Patents by Inventor Weihua Gao

Weihua Gao 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).

  • Patent number: 11082816
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and to the transceiver and configured to: obtain a first device identity for each of a plurality of first radio-frequency (RF) devices each configured to transmit a wireless RF signal; obtain a mobility status for each of the plurality of first RF devices, the mobility status indicative of whether the respective first RF device is expected to be mobile or static; obtain an RF signal measurement for each of the plurality of first RF devices; and produce a profile of the plurality of first RF devices using the first device identity for each of the plurality of first RF devices, the mobility status for each of the plurality of first RF devices, and the RF signal measurement for each of the plurality of first RF devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Ju-Yong Do, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11082818
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Meghna Agrawal, Weihua Gao
  • Publication number: 20210185630
    Abstract: A system includes: an interface; and a processor configured to: receive one or more search criteria from the interface, the one or more search criteria being a first portion of a search query; determine a second portion of the search query based on the first portion of the search query and an association of the first portion of the search query with an entity, the search query being a request for a location of a target device associated with the entity; cause a transceiver of the interface to transmit the search query wirelessly in one or more outbound electronic signals to a first intermediate device; receive one or more inbound electronic signals from the first intermediate device via the interface, the one or more inbound electronic signals including a location of the target device; and cause the interface to provide an indication of the location of the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ju-Yong DO, Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Weihua GAO, Meghna AGRAWAL, Gengsheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11026196
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for synchronization of sensing operations performed by a plurality of devices. The method may include collecting sensing capabilities of one or more connected devices that are communicably coupled with a central device. Each connected device may include one or more sensors, and the sensing capabilities may include at least sensor type and sensing interval for each sensor. The method may also include coordinating sensing operations performed by the central device and the one or more connected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ju-Yong Do, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Gengsheng Zhang, Rayman Pon
  • Patent number: 10957201
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing a driving plan of an autonomous vehicle. The method may include obtaining observations of a neighboring vehicle using one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The method may also include classifying one or more behavioral driving characteristics of the neighboring vehicle based on the observations. Furthermore, the method may include updating the driving plan based on a classification of the one or more behavioral driving characteristics of the neighboring vehicle, and controlling one or more operations of the autonomous vehicle based on the updated driving plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ju-Yong Do, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Meghna Agrawal, Weihua Gao, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10955688
    Abstract: The disclosed method may include (1) providing, from a display, an image to an eye by way of a lens assembly on an optical path between the display and the eye, wherein the lens assembly includes (a) a first liquid crystal lens providing a first electronically controllable cylindrical power, oriented along a first constant axis, in response to a first signal and (b) a second liquid crystal lens providing a second electronically controllable cylindrical power, oriented along a second constant axis that is rotationally offset from the first constant axis, in response to a second signal, (2) determining, based on information indicating cylindrical power and cylindrical axis components, the electronically controllable cylindrical powers that result in providing the cylindrical power component, oriented along the cylindrical axis component, and (3) generating, based on the electronically controllable cylindrical powers, the signals. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Weihua Gao, Daozhi Wang
  • Publication number: 20210045082
    Abstract: A method of registering a target device includes: receiving a first indication to initiate a registration; and determining a suggested registration location and/or or a suggested registration name. The method further includes: providing a second indication of at least one of the suggested registration location or the suggested registration name; providing a third indication requesting at least one of whether the suggested registration location is accepted or whether the suggested registration name is accepted; receiving a fourth indication indicating at least one of whether the suggested registration location is accepted or whether the suggested registration name is accepted; and registering the target device by storing target device information based on the fourth indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ju-Yong DO, Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Weihua GAO, Meghna AGRAWAL, Gengsheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10856119
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Meghna Agrawal, Weihua Gao
  • Publication number: 20200374673
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Meghna AGRAWAL, Weihua GAO
  • Patent number: 10827450
    Abstract: A method of registering a target device includes: receiving a registration request, through a user interface, to register the target device; determining a suggested registration location for the target device; and providing an indication of the suggested registration location through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ju-Yong Do, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Meghna Agrawal, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10788685
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) a lens assembly that provides an electronically controllable cylindrical power, oriented along an electronically controllable axis, on an optical path between a display device and an eye of a viewer in response to at least one first control signal, and (2) a controller that (a) receives information indicating a cylindrical power component and a cylindrical axis component of an eyeglass prescription for the viewer, and (b) generates, based on the information, the at least one first control signal to cause the lens assembly to provide the cylindrical power component, oriented along the cylindrical axis component, for the viewer. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Weihua Gao, Daozhi Wang
  • Publication number: 20200292776
    Abstract: A method for assembling a first lens and a second lens is provided. The method includes performing an optical center measurement for at least one of the first lens or the second lens, and performing an optical center adjustment when the optical center measurement does not satisfy a predetermined optical center condition. The method also includes performing a polarimetric measurement for at least one of the first lens or the second lens, and performing a polarimetric angle adjustment when the polarimetric measurement does not satisfy a predetermined polarimetric condition. The method further includes assembling the first lens and the second lens to form an optical assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Aiqing CHEN, Weihua GAO, Daozhi WANG
  • Publication number: 20200292777
    Abstract: A housing assembly for mounting a first lens and a second lens includes a first lens holder. The first lens holder includes a ring-shaped structure configured to mount the first lens. The housing assembly also includes a second lens holder including a cup-shaped structure. The cup-shaped structure includes an upper portion configured to mount the first lens holder, and a lower portion configured to mount the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Aiqing CHEN, Weihua GAO, Daozhi WANG, Ashvath SHARMA, Matthew ERICH, Mark Alan TEMPEL
  • Publication number: 20200280826
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and to the transceiver and configured to: obtain a first device identity for each of a plurality of first radio-frequency (RF) devices each configured to transmit a wireless RF signal; obtain a mobility status for each of the plurality of first RF devices, the mobility status indicative of whether the respective first RF device is expected to be mobile or static; obtain an RF signal measurement for each of the plurality of first RF devices; and produce a profile of the plurality of first RF devices using the first device identity for each of the plurality of first RF devices, the mobility status for each of the plurality of first RF devices, and the RF signal measurement for each of the plurality of first RF devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Meghna AGRAWAL, Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Weihua GAO, Ju-Yong DO, Gengsheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10701531
    Abstract: A method of using one or more radio-frequency signals includes: monitoring, with at least one radio-frequency (RF) receiver, one or more RF characteristics of one or more wireless RF signals from one or more RF devices in an environment; comparing the one or more RF characteristics to a reference RF profile for the environment; and initiating an action based on a difference between the one or more RF characteristics and the reference RF profile determined by the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Ju-Yong Do, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10637870
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes: generating a communication that includes attribute indications corresponding to a plurality of attributes of a transmitting device; and transmitting the communication wirelessly from the transmitting device; where the attribute indications include: a device identity of the transmitting device; a mobility indication indicative of whether the transmitting device is mobile or static; a location indication indicative of a location of the transmitting device; and a privacy indication associated with a corresponding attribute of the transmitting device, the privacy indication indicating whether a receiving device that receives the attribute indications from the transmitting device is authorized to transmit information regarding the corresponding attribute of the transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ju-Yong Do, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Meghna Agrawal, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10631117
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for managing assistance data by user equipment. The method may include obtaining positioning assistance data from a server. The method may also include generating, from the obtained positioning assistance data, at least one first subset of positioning assistance data based, at least in part, on positioning capabilities and/or positioning preferences associated with a first device. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting the first subset of positioning assistance data to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weihua Gao, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Ju-Yong Do, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10595162
    Abstract: A method of associating environmental context with wireless access points is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method on a user equipment may comprise determining at least one environmental context associated with a subset of one or more Access Points (APs) visible to the UE at an estimated location of the UE. The at least one environmental context associated with the subset may be determined based on one or more of wireless measurements by the UE, and/or sensor measurements by the UE. Further, at least one AP cluster may be determined by clustering the subset of the one or more APs visible to the UE based on the at least one environmental context and the estimated location. Environmental context for APs may be crowdsourced and stored and provided to a UE as location assistance information to facilitate location determination and other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meghna Agrawal, Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Gengsheng Zhang, Ju-Yong Do, Weihua Gao
  • Publication number: 20200077239
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Meghna AGRAWAL, Weihua GAO
  • Publication number: 20200037105
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided that may be implemented at one or more of a plurality of co-located mobile devices. For example, a first mobile device may identify a plurality of location determination tasks, transmit a request indicative of a subset of the plurality of location determination tasks to be performed by a second mobile device, and receive a response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep VENKATRAMAN, Weihua GAO, Benjamin WERNER