Patents by Inventor Tyler Brown

Tyler Brown has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of signaling particular types of resource elements in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9628230
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal including a transceiver coupled to a processor and corresponding methods are disclosed. The processor is configured to determine resource elements that carry data intended for the terminal from a set of allocated resource elements that carry data intended for the terminal excluding at least resource elements associated with a first set of one or more resource elements of a particular type that are shifted relative to a known reference signal pattern. The processor is also configured to decode the resource elements that carry the data intended for the terminal based on the resource elements that carry the data intended for the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Kamal Sayana, Tyler Brown, Xiangyang Zhuang
  • Refrigerator appliances
    Patent number: 9581383
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance including a refrigerated chamber defined by a liner positioned within a cabinet is provided. At least one track extends generally along a vertical direction of the refrigerator appliance attached to or positioned adjacent to the liner. Additionally, a shelf assembly is configured to attach to the track. An electrical bar extends at least partially within the track and a probe of the shelf assembly is configured to extend into the track and press against the electrical bar along a transverse direction. The probe may accordingly make an electrical connection with electrical bar when the shelf assembly is attached the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Brown, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Peter Hans Bensel
  • Method and system for managing transmit power on a wireless communication network
    Patent number: 9538478
    Abstract: The present disclosure sets forth multiple embodiments of the invention. Among those embodiments is a method for determining a maximum power reduction of an uplink signal. The uplink signal is transmitted on a carrier that has a range of frequencies. Frequencies outside of the carrier frequency range include adjacent channel regions. Resource blocks of the carrier that have been allocated for use by to transmit the uplink signal are identified. A power spectral density is determined based on the identified resource blocks. A metric that is based on a third order convolution of the power spectral density function is determined. A maximum power reduction for the adjacent channel regions is also determined based on the metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Colin D. Frank, Tyler A. Brown, Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy
  • Lighting system for an oven appliance
    Patent number: 9528709
    Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet having a first wall at least partially defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of items to be cooked is provided. The oven appliance also includes a lighting system positioned adjacent to an opening defined by the first wall of the cabinet. The lighting system includes an optical feature and a light source positioned outside the cooking chamber and spaced from the opening in the first wall. The optical feature extends between the light source and the opening defined by the first wall to direct light from the light source into the cooking chamber when the lighting system is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
  • METHODS FOR CODEBOOK SUB-SAMPLING
    Publication number: 20160353413
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for codebook sub-sampling. In various implementations, a wireless terminal receives a reference signal, determines, based on the reference signal, a first precoding index i2 for a first subband and a second precoding index i?2 for a second subband. The wireless terminal transmits a representation of i2 and a representation of i?2 to a base station. In various implementations, i?2 belongs to the set Si2 which, in one implementation, equals {mod(i2?K1+k,K), k=0,1 , . . . , K2}, where K1>1, and where K2>1 and K>1 are integers. According to an implementation, the wireless terminal receives the reference signal from a first base station and transmits the representations of i2 and i?2 to a second base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Tyler A. Brown, Robert T. Love, Vijay Nangia
  • Method and apparatus for rank adaptation in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication system
    Patent number: 9509377
    Abstract: A communication system provides for adaptive rank determination, for example, a rank 2 transmission in instances where a rank 1 transmission may be indicated under supported feedback modes in current standards where no explicit power adaptation can be assumed, for example, where a user equipment (UE) is limited to reporting a rank 1 channel due to a large dynamic range of a signal or due to a signal received by the UE from one base station (BS) antenna port drowning out a signal received by the UE from another BS antenna port. The communication system provides for the UE to implement rank 2 transmission in such instances by using per-antenna port power control at a BS serving the UE. In one embodiment, the BS controls the rank determination at the UE by signaling transmit power or power offset related parameters to use for rank and transmission parameters determination and feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Kamal Sayana, Tyler A. Brown, Robert T. Love, Vijay Nangia
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMZING ANTENNA PRECODER SELECTION WITH COUPLED ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20160344460
    Abstract: A method and apparatus optimize antenna precoder selection with coupled antennas. A power metric corresponding to each precoder of a plurality of precoders can be received at a receiving device. Reference signals can be received. A transmission channel corresponding to each precoder can be estimated based on the reference signals. The estimate of the transmission channel can be scaled based on the power metric for each precoder. A channel quality metric for each precoder can be generated based on the scaled estimate of the transmission channel. An index of a precoder with the largest channel quality metric can be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Colin Frank, Tyler A. Brown
  • REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20160341470
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance including a refrigerated chamber defined by a liner positioned within a cabinet is provided. At least one track extends generally along a vertical direction of the refrigerator appliance attached to or positioned adjacent to the liner. Additionally, a shelf assembly is configured to attach to the track. An electrical bar extends at least partially within the track and a probe of the shelf assembly is configured to extend into the track and press against the electrical bar along a transverse direction. The probe may accordingly make an electrical connection with electrical bar when the shelf assembly is attached the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Brown, Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Peter Hans Bensel
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMZING ANTENNA PRECODER SELECTION WITH COUPLED ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20160344461
    Abstract: A method and apparatus optimize antenna precoder selection with coupled antennas. A data signal can be received. The data signal can be precoded. The precoded data signal can be scaled using a precoder-dependent scaling factor. The scaled precoded data signal can be transmitted through a plurality of antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Colin Frank, Tyler A. Brown
  • LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN OVEN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20160320069
    Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet having a first wall at least partially defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of items to be cooked is provided. The oven appliance also includes a lighting system positioned adjacent to an opening defined by the first wall of the cabinet. The lighting system includes an optical feature and a light source positioned outside the cooking chamber and spaced from the opening in the first wall. The optical feature extends between the light source and the opening defined by the first wall to direct light from the light source into the cooking chamber when the lighting system is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
  • LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN OVEN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20160320070
    Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
  • Lighting system for an oven appliance
    Patent number: 9482436
    Abstract: An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Hettinger, Justin Tyler Brown, Edward LaVoisier Muhammad
  • Ready Meals Shipping
    Publication number: 20160264340
    Abstract: A ready-meal shipping container includes: a housing comprising a plurality of walls bounding an interior cavity and a food-tray-retention assembly. The food-tray-retention assembly includes a plurality of racks arranged in a stacked configuration within the interior cavity of the housing, and an elongated sleeve aligned with the racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Tu, Tyler Brown, Kyle Desautels
  • Methods for codebook sub-sampling
    Patent number: 9432101
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for codebook sub-sampling. In various implementations, a wireless terminal receives a reference signal, determines, based on the reference signal, a first precoding index i2 for a first subband and a second precoding index i2? for a second subband. The wireless terminal transmits a representation of i2 and a representation of i2? to a base station. In various implementations, i2? belongs to the set Si2 which, in one implementation, equals {mod(i2?K1+k,K), k=0, 1, . . . , K2}, where K1>1, and where K2>1 and K>1 are integers. According to an implementation, the wireless terminal receives the reference signal from a first base station and transmits the representations of i2 and i2? to a second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Tyler A. Brown, Robert T. Love, Vijay Nangia
  • Method for semi-statically adapting uplink multiple-input multiple-output transmission
    Patent number: 9432979
    Abstract: A method, a wireless terminal device, and a base station are disclosed. A receiving unit 408 may receive from a base station an antenna precoding instruction for an uplink transmission. A processor 304 may execute a modification of the antenna precoding instruction according to a transmit antenna adapter into a customized precoding. A transmitting unit 406 may perform the uplink transmission according to the customized precoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Xiangyang Zhuang, Tyler Brown
  • Method for codebook enhancement for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output systems
    Patent number: 9401749
    Abstract: A wireless terminal is capable of receiving a pilot signal from a base station; and determining a precoding matrix as a linear combination of two matrices V1 and V2 based on the received pilot signal. In one implementation, the two matrices V1 and V2 are sub-matrices of a matrix U of a codebook, the linear combination is u:=(V1+?V2)/?{square root over (1+|?|2)} and ? is one of a real-valued number and a complex-valued number. The wireless terminal is also capable of transmitting a representation of at least a portion of the precoding matrix to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Tyler A. Brown, Colin D. Frank, Robert T. Love, Vijay Nangia
  • METHOD OF SIGNALING PARTICULAR TYPES OF RESOURCE ELEMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160173245
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal including a transceiver coupled to a processor and corresponding methods are disclosed. The processor is configured to determine resource elements that carry data intended for the terminal from a set of allocated resource elements that carry data intended for the terminal excluding at least resource elements associated with a first set of one or more resource elements of a particular type that are shifted relative to a known reference signal pattern. The processor is also configured to decode the resource elements that carry the data intended for the terminal based on the resource elements that carry the data intended for the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Kamal Sayana, Tyler Brown, Xiangyang Zhuang
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRANSMIT POWER ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160088569
    Abstract: The present disclosure sets forth multiple embodiments of the invention. Among those embodiments is a method for determining a maximum power reduction of an uplink signal. The uplink signal is transmitted on a carrier that has a range of frequencies. Frequencies outside of the carrier frequency range include adjacent channel regions. Resource blocks of the carrier that have been allocated for use by to transmit the uplink signal are identified. A power spectral density is determined based on the identified resource blocks. A metric that is based on a third order convolution of the power spectral density function is determined. A maximum power reduction for the adjacent channel regions is also determined based on the metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Colin D. Frank, Tyler A. Brown, Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy
  • Container for shipping prepared meals
    Patent number: D758184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TableRunner, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Tu, Tyler Brown, Kyle Desautels
  • Meal tray retention packaging
    Patent number: D758191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TableRunner, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Tu, Tyler Brown, Kyle Desautels