Patents by Inventor Zoltan Biacs
Zoltan Biacs 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).
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Publication number: 20240012154Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, Zoltan BIACS, Rayman PON, David TUCK, Bo ZHENG, Jeffrey WONG
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Patent number: 11835631Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Arnold Jason Gum, Zoltan Biacs, Rayman Wai Pon, David Tuck, Bo Zheng, Jeffrey Wong
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Publication number: 20230305166Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a background location of a mobile device using one or more signal metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Marc Anthony ISCHE, Ahmad HATAMI, Ardalan HESHMATI, Zoltan BIACS, Douglas ROWITCH, Dominic Gerard FARMER, Srigouri KAMARSU, Jie WU
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Publication number: 20230258817Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for providing modified orbital assistance data to a mobile station to determine its location using global navigation satellite system (GNSS). In some example embodiments, a method for determining a location of a mobile station using orbital assistance data may include: receiving satellite positioning signals from a plurality of GNSS satellites; receiving orbital assistance data comprising a distance between a location on an antenna which is associated with a first frequency of the satellite positioning signals and a location on the antenna which is associated with a second frequency of the satellite positioning signals; and determining the location of the mobile station based on the orbital assistance data and the satellite positioning signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Kannan MUTHURAMAN, Zoltan BIACS, Ning LUO, Ronald BLUMSTEIN
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Patent number: 11650327Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for providing modified orbital assistance data to a mobile station to determine its location using global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The modified orbital assistance data may include predicted orbital information for the GNSS satellites combined with antenna phase center offset data for one or more GNSS satellites. The antenna phase center offset data may indicate an offset distance from the center of mass of the GNSS satellite to a position on an antenna of the respective GNSS satellite. The modified orbital assistance data may be in an earth-centered earth-fixed (ECEF) frame of reference and the antenna phase center offset data may be in a body-centered frame of reference.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kannan Muthuraman, Zoltan Biacs, Ning Luo, Ronald Blumstein
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Publication number: 20220373696Abstract: Techniques for Ultra Wide-Lane (UWL) Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning a mobile device may include obtaining, using a multi-band GNSS receiver of the mobile device: a first carrier-phase measurement of a first GNSS signal on a first GNSS carrier frequency, and a second carrier-phase measurement of a second GNSS signal on second GNSS carrier frequency. Techniques may further comprise providing a position estimate of the mobile device, wherein: the position estimate is determined from a wide-lane (WL) combination of the first carrier-phase measurement and the second carrier-phase measurement, and the WL combination has a combined carrier phase noise that is less than a pseudo-range noise of the first carrier-phase measurement and a pseudo-range noise of the second carrier-phase measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Min WANG, Ning LUO, Gengsheng ZHANG, Zoltan BIACS, Mangesh CHANSARKAR, Jean-Michel ROUSSEAU, Dimitri RUBIN, David TUCK, Yuxiang PENG
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Publication number: 20220291393Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, Zoltan BIACS, Rayman Wai PON, David TUCK, Bo ZHENG, Jeffrey WONG
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Patent number: 11442172Abstract: Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Zoltan Biacs, Ning Luo
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Publication number: 20220163677Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for providing modified orbital assistance data to a mobile station to determine its location using global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The modified orbital assistance data may include predicted orbital information for the GNSS satellites combined with antenna phase center offset data for one or more GNSS satellites. The antenna phase center offset data may indicate an offset distance from the center of mass of the GNSS satellite to a position on an antenna of the respective GNSS satellite. The modified orbital assistance data may be in an earth-centered earth-fixed (ECEF) frame of reference and the antenna phase center offset data may be in a body-centered frame of reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Kannan Muthuraman, Zoltan Biacs, Ning Luo, Ronald Blumstein
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Publication number: 20220099844Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a background location of a mobile device using one or more signal metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Marc Anthony ISCHE, Ahmad HATAMI, Ardalan HESHMATI, Zoltan BIACS, Douglas ROWITCH, Dominic Gerard FARMER, Srigouri KAMARSU, Jie WU
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Patent number: 11226417Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a background location of a mobile device using one or more signal metrics.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Marc Anthony Ische, Ahmad Hatami, Ardalan Heshmati, Zoltan Biacs, Douglas Neal Rowitch, Dominic Gerard Farmer, Srigouri Kamarsu, Jie Wu
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Publication number: 20210157011Abstract: Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Zoltan BIACS, Ning LUO
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Patent number: 10935663Abstract: Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Zoltan Biacs, Ning Luo
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Publication number: 20190094371Abstract: Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Zoltan BIACS, Ning LUO
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Patent number: 9274231Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, for determining background position information for the mobile station using one or more positioning techniques, such as signal metrics.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Marc Anthony Ische, Ahmad Hatami, Ardalan Heshmati, Zoltan Biacs, Douglas Rowitch, Dominic Farmer, Srigouri Kamarsu, Jie Wu
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Patent number: 9019157Abstract: A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Michael James Wengler, Leonid Sheynblat, Mark Leo Moeglein, Zoltan Biacs, Arnold Jason Gum
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Patent number: 8866588Abstract: A method performs an update for a first device that consumes information with a known expiration time. The first device operates within a network that accommodates other devices also consuming the information. The method includes setting a time for the first device to refresh the information, the time to refresh being based on a pseudorandom time offset. The method also includes sending a refresh request to a resource for the data during the set time.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Neal Rowitch, Zoltan Biacs, Ravikumar Varma Dandu, Donovan Trisko, Jie Wu, John Delucchi, Grant Alexander Marshall, Ashok Bhatia
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Publication number: 20140210662Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a location of a mobile device using more than one location-determining technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmad HATAMI, Ardalan HESHMATI, Zoltan BIACS, Douglas ROWITCH, Dominic FARMER, Srigouri KAMARSU, Jie WU
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Publication number: 20130201056Abstract: A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATIONInventors: Michael James Wengler, Leonid Sheynblat, Mark Leo Moeglein, Zoltan Biacs, Arnold Jason Gum
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Patent number: 8131290Abstract: Techniques to support positioning of roaming mobile stations are described. A roaming mobile station communicates with a visited network and has a data connection to a home network. The mobile station sends a request for positioning assistance to a home position determining entity (H-PDE) in the home network. The H-PDE determines that base station almanac (BSA) data applicable for the mobile station is not locally available and sends a request for location information for the mobile station to a designated network entity. This entity may be a BSA server storing BSA data for different networks or a visited PDE (V-PDE) in the visited network. The H-PDE receives location information (e.g., BSA data, assistance data, and/or a position estimate for the mobile station) from the designated network entity and provides positioning assistance to the mobile station based on the received location information.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Gaurav Lamba, Kirk Allan Burroughs, Barbara L. Haskins, James D. DeLoach, Jr., Zoltan Biacs