Patents Issued in February 7, 2017
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Method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment and actions of individuals
Patent number: 9564951Abstract: A method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE) and actions of individuals includes the following steps. An article of PPE configured with a smart tag is provided to an individual prior to performance of a task. After the individual performs the task, the article of PPE is processed. Information is retrieved from the smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE. After the performance of the task, the individual's data is read and the individual enters into a designated area.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Luca D Farioli Brioschi, Luis V Ramirez Chaidez, Lawrence J. Ptasienski, Mark T Anderson, Michael E Hamerly -
Patent number: 9564952Abstract: A method for near field authentication of sources using an audio transceiver computing device includes scanning a plurality of predetermined frequencies for a free frequency, selecting the free frequency from the plurality of predetermined frequencies, generating a periodic enclosed content message, generating a modulated carrier wave representing the periodic enclosed content message, and transmitting the modulated carrier wave at the free frequency. A method for near field authentication of sources using a microphone input of a receiving computing device includes scanning a plurality of predetermined frequencies to detect a signal using the microphone input, verifying, responsive to detecting the signal, that the signal includes at least one enclosed content message, and extracting a content from the enclosed content message.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.Inventors: Craig S. Etchegoyen, Dono Harjanto, Sean D. Burdick
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Patent number: 9564953Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping/demapping a resource efficiently in a wireless communication system are provided. A resource mapping method of a transmitter in a wireless communication system includes precoding pairs of symbols, arranging the pairs of precoded symbols adjacently in a resource block, and transmitting the pairs of precoded symbols in the resource block.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Tae Kim, Youn Sun Kim, Jin Kyu Han, In Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9564954Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping/demapping a resource efficiently in a wireless communication system are provided. A resource mapping method of a transmitter in a wireless communication system includes precoding pairs of symbols, arranging the pairs of precoded symbols adjacently in a resource block, and transmitting the pairs of precoded symbols in the resource block.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Tae Kim, Youn Sun Kim, Jin Kyu Han, In Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9564955Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for canceling interference at a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. A signal that includes a desired signal and an interference signal is received from at least one Base Station (BS). A random parameter is generated by projecting a vector of the received signal onto a set of projection vectors. A decision metric is determined using the random parameter. A Traffic to Pilot Ratio (TPR) that minimizes the decision metric with respect to both a transmission mode candidate group of the interference signal and a TPR candidate group of the interference signal is determined. The interference signal is canceled from the received signal using the TPR.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Heun-Chul Lee, Jong-Han Lim
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Patent number: 9564956Abstract: A systems and method of channel estimation can be used in wireless environments. The systems and method can: (a) determine, by a transmitter, a number of receivers with which to communicate wirelessly, the number of receivers being at least one and corresponding to at least a first receiver; and (b) generate, by the transmitter, a frame to transmit to the first receiver, the frame generated based on a total number of receivers that is higher than the determined number of receivers.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: David Garrett, Nihar Jindal, Jun Zheng, Srinath Puducheri Sundaravaradhan
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Patent number: 9564957Abstract: An embodiment for a method for user equipment assisted three-dimensional beamforming is disclosed. The method may include the user equipment receiving a reference signal from an eNodeB comprising an antenna. The user equipment may then calculate an optimum antenna tilt for the antenna and transmit feedback to the base station. The feedback may include an indication of the optimum antenna tilt for the antenna. Additional signals may be received from the base station after a transmit angle of the antenna has been adjusted in response to the optimum antenna tilt.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajarajan Balraj, Biljana Badic
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Patent number: 9564958Abstract: Embodiments of an eNodeB and method for Machine Type Communication in a Wireless Network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a method performed by circuitry of an evolved Node B (eNodeB) can include receiving, by the eNodeB, a notification that a User Equipment (UE) is configured to be used for Machine Type Communication (MTC). The method can include determining whether the UE is in a Radio Resource Control Connected (RRC_Connected) state and determining whether the UE can enter a power saving mode. The method can include configuring the UE to change to an RRC Deep Idle mode, in response to determining that the UE is in the RRC_Connected state and the UE can enter the power saving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Marta Martinez Tarradell, Sangeetha L. Bangolae, Puneet Jain
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Patent number: 9564959Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes receiving information about at least one Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS); performing channel estimation based on the information about at least one CSI-RS; receiving information about at least one feedback; and transmitting at least one feedback including a channel estimation result using the information about at least one feedback, wherein the information about at least one feedback includes information about a transmission timing and a feedback mode for at least one feedback.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hyo-Jin Lee, Youn-Sun Kim, Ki-Il Kim
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Patent number: 9564960Abstract: In a satellite communication system comprising at least a hub and a plurality of terminals, at least one terminal may include a cache for storing data objects. The cache may be based on a detachable memory device that may be inserted to or removed from the terminal at any given time, including after the terminal is deployed. Aspects are directed to preventing a prefetching of objects already stored in a cache of a remote terminal. In some embodiments, an efficient multicasting of content to terminals over an adaptive link may occur in a manner which may benefit terminals comprising a cache while not affecting or minimally affecting the performance of terminals that may not include a cache.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.Inventors: Oren Markovitz, Yoseph Hecht, Nitay Argov, Zohar Kanfi
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Patent number: 9564961Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system, a detection server, a control apparatus, a mobile communication apparatus, a network optimizing method, and a program which can execute optimization of network processing based on a change of use characteristics. A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes: a detection server that detects a characteristics change of a mobile communication apparatus based on an event notice transmitted from the mobile communication apparatus; and a control apparatus that determines control contents related to the mobile communication apparatus based on the characteristics change of the mobile communication apparatus detected by the detection server, and sets the determined control contents to a processing node that executes data transfer processing between the mobile communication apparatus and another mobile communication apparatus or control processing related to the data transfer processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Takanori Iwai
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Patent number: 9564962Abstract: A telematics server manages meeting request messages sent from, and to, a vehicle-coupled device. The server performs authentication services when a subscriber logs in to the server from the vehicle-coupled device, or with a device associated with the subscriber's telematics services account. Upon login, the server may append a session identifier to the request message. After the message passes through the server, an application running on a device remote from the vehicle receives the request message and accepts user input that permits the remote device to transmit its current location to the vehicle-coupled device in a confirmation message according to the session identifier. The telematics server can use the session identifier to determine the destination address of the vehicle-coupled device to forward the confirmation message to. The vehicle-coupled device displays the remote user device location on a map. The request and confirmation messages may include a media content file.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Verizon Telematics IncInventors: Christina Yarnold, Mike Peterson
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Patent number: 9564963Abstract: A receiver receives signals and noise over a frequency spectrum of a desired received signal. The desired received signal is spread using code division multiple access. The received signals and noise are demodulated to produce a demodulated signal. The demodulated signal is despread using a code uncorrelated with a code associated with the desired received signal. A power level of the despread demodulated signal is measured as an estimate of the noise level of the frequency spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Gary R. Lomp, Faith M. Ozluturk, John Kowalski
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Patent number: 9564964Abstract: An optimization unit in an optical receiver divides a symbol region out of a plurality of symbol regions into which signal points that specifies symbol information included in an optical signal are classified, into a plurality of division regions from the symbol center coordinate of the symbol region. Moreover, the optimization unit accumulates the signal points of the symbol information for every division region in the symbol region. Furthermore, based on the accumulated number of signal points for every division region, the optimization unit controls the average length of a phase estimation unit when the phase noise of the optical signal is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Taku Saito, Katsumi Fukumitsu, Osamu Takeuchi, Hirofumi Araki, Kanji Naito, Shoichi Murakami
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Patent number: 9564965Abstract: A signal monitoring device, a signal transmission/reception device and a communication device, which realize easy acquisition of a diagnosis result and a signal value, and further realize fast acquisition of the diagnosis result. A signal monitoring device includes: a difference value calculator that time-sequentially calculates, for a signal to be monitored, a difference value between a signal value thereof and a previously set threshold; and a storage that updates and stores the time-sequentially calculated difference value in accordance with a previously set rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yoshiki Wada
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Patent number: 9564966Abstract: Methods and systems are described for sampling an LCOM message signal at a rate less than the Nyquist rate (i.e., an “alias frequency”) and accurately reconstructing the entire LCOM message using a light receiver (e.g., digital camera) of a typical mobile computing device, such as a smartphone, tablet, or other mobile computing device. The described methods and system take advantage of the repetition of LCOM signals, sampling an LCOM signal at a frequency less than the Nyquist frequency over at least two repetitions of a signal waveform, thereby collecting sufficient samples to accurately reconstruct the signal. The samples of each successive signal waveform repetition are offset from one another so that different points on the waveform are sampled, thus facilitating reconstruction of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Christian Breuer, Anant Aggarwal, Barry Stout
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Patent number: 9564967Abstract: A computerized system and method for managing a passive optical network (PON) is disclosed. The system includes a detection and analysis module adapted for receiving uploaded measurement data from an optical line terminal (OLT) and at least one optical network terminal (ONT), and at least one of technical tools data, service failure data, and outside plant data. The detection and analysis module is adapted for determining a source of failure or potential failure in the PON by correlating the uploaded measurement data and the at least one of technical tools data and service failure data with information stored in a memory medium for the OLT and each ONT.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kapil Shrikhande, Kent George McCammon, Kevin Xiangkai Meng, Raghvendra Savoor
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Patent number: 9564968Abstract: The present application is directed an optical gyroscope. The optical gyroscope includes a substrate including a first and a second waveguide disposed thereon. One or both of the waveguides may be doped with a rare-earth material. A crossing element is disposed between the first and the second waveguides to form a substantially orthogonal connection therebetween. The application is also directed to a system including an optical gyroscope. The application is further directed to a method of observing characteristics of the optical gyroscope.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LGS INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Young-kai Chen, Noriaki Kaneda, Alex Pidwerbetsky
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Patent number: 9564969Abstract: A lighting fixture for visible light communication is configured to modulate light intensity of a light source (11) comprising a light-emitting device (2) to superpose a communication signal on illumination light. The lighting fixture includes: a power supply circuit (3) configured to control light output of the light source (11) based on a dimming signal; a switch device (Q1) for modulating an output current from the power supply circuit (3) to the light source (11); an impedance element (Rx); a communication circuit (4); and an ON circuit (6). The communication circuit (4) is configured to supply a modulation signal to a side of the switch device (Q1) to superpose the communication signal on the illumination light. The ON circuit (6) is configured to turn on the switch device (Q1) by supply power from the power supply circuit (3) when the communication circuit (4) is inactivated.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Iintellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shojirou Kido, Eiji Shiohama
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Patent number: 9564970Abstract: An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject. The method includes receiving an ID list that includes a plurality of sets of identification information, and setting an exposure time of an image sensor so that a bright line corresponding to an exposure line included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including the bright line by the image sensor capturing the subject, and obtaining the information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image. The method further includes searching for a channel used to broadcast the content displayed by the subject, by searching the ID list for the obtained information, and obtaining related information associated with the channel from a server.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Koji Nakanishi, Hideki Aoyama, Ikuo Fuchigami, Tsutomu Mukai, Hidehiko Shin, Yosuke Matsushita, Shigehiro Iida, Kazunori Yamada, Toshiyuki Maeda, Akihiro Ueki, Takashi Suzuki, Akira Shiokawa, Koji Aoto
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Patent number: 9564971Abstract: A modular optical cabling system converts and transmits digital electronic signals from a source such as a computer to any suitable target device such as a display or a projector through an optical backbone. A modular transmitting unit connects the source to a modular optical cable and converts the digital electrical signals to optical signals. A modular receiving unit receiver connects the modular optical cable to the target device and converts the optical signals to digital electrical signals. A directional modular optical cable connects between the transmitter unit and the receiver unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Lastar, Inc.Inventors: Garry Dukes, Xiaolin Tong, Everett Poffenberger, Junxing Cao, Xin Yang
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Patent number: 9564972Abstract: A fiber-optic based communication system for facilitating communication between a client device, such as a hand-held computing device, and a host device, such as a desktop computer, a lap-top computer, a tablet device or any other computing device. The communication system includes a cable comprising electronic devices positioned at terminal ends of an optical fiber that provides for communication between the client device and the host device, and the communication occurs via electromagnetic coupling in the near field at at least one end of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Seldon David Benjamin, Davide Domenico Fortusini, Anthony Ng'oma, Jacob George
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Patent number: 9564973Abstract: The disclosures provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of a distributed base station. At least one channel of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) signals of a distributed base station are encapsulated into optical transport unit x (OTUx) signals in a frame structure of OTUx by adopting Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP) mapping scheme, wherein the x represents a transmission capacity and wherein the OTUx is adopted for providing a bandwidth required by the at least one channel of CPRI signals, and then the OTUx signals that bear the at least one channel of CPRI signals are sent.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jingxin Tan, Xin Xiao, Zhiyong Huang, Chaoyang Li, Binghua Zhang, Wei Du, Hanguo Li
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Patent number: 9564974Abstract: An optical transmission device for transmitting and receiving a multilevel-modulated optical signal includes a plurality of transmission frame processors for generating transmission frame signals accommodating a plurality of client signals that are each subjected to error correction processing and scrambling/descrambling processing, and a digital modulator/demodulator for mapping the transmission frame signals that are input to and output from the plurality of transmission frame processors to a multilevel signal. The digital modulator/demodulator performs digital modulation/demodulation, in which the plurality of transmission frame processors each have a function of shifting a phase of a pattern between a plurality of transmission frames to be mapped to a multilevel signal and to be digitally modulated/demodulated.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Konishi, Kazuo Kubo
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Patent number: 9564975Abstract: An optical transmission device includes: a drive signal generate unit that generates a drive signal; a modulation unit that modulates an optical signal in accordance with the drive signal; a detect unit that detects a fluctuation of a signal component of the drive signal with respect to an optical signal output by the modulation unit; and a correct unit that corrects a parameter of the drive signal generate unit in accordance with a detect result of the detect unit so that a non-linear characteristic of the modulation unit gets closer to a linear characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yuichi Akiyama, Takeshi Hoshida
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Patent number: 9564976Abstract: A dual-polarization, 2-subcarriers code orthogonal, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal carrying information bits is transmitted in an optical communication network without transmitting a corresponding pilot tone or training sequence. A receiver receives the transmitted signal and recovers information bits using a blind equalization technique and by equalizing the 2-subcarriers OFDM signal as a 49-QAM signal in time domain with a CMMA (constant multi modulus algorithm) equalization method.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Jianjun Yu, Fan Li
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Patent number: 9564977Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for portable through-the-earth radio (PTTER). The PTTER provides bidirectional voice and/or data communication between a surface radio and a portable radio. The PTTER also provides a transmit antenna having a primary loop and one or more secondary loops configured to increase the magnetic field produced by the primary loop. The PTTER also provides a transportable loop antenna that can be wound around a form for transportation. The PTTER also provides a receive antenna optimal for implementing noise cancellation. The PTTER also provides a navigation subsystem for detecting distance and direction to increase the effective range of the PTTER. The PTTER can be implemented in a backpack form factor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: VITAL ALERT COMMUNICATION INC.Inventors: Michael Roper, Markus Svilans, Peter Kwasniok, Vladimir Puzakov
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Patent number: 9564978Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, user equipment and a base station adapted to handle channel state feed-back reports in a more flexible way. More specifically, a channel state feedback procedure is provided which utilizes the resources available for transmission of channel state feedback more efficiently. This is achieved by including uplink grant availability into the channel state feedback reporting triggers used for determining when and how to send channel state feedback from a UE, i.e. a channel state feedback reporting request may be sent by a base station in an uplink grant to a UE comprising an indication of an expected amount of information to be returned.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: IDTP HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Kristina Jersenius, Eva Englund, Pal Frenger
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Patent number: 9564979Abstract: A mismatch compensating device includes: a signal generator, synchronously outputting first and second signal; a gain and phase compensator, processing the first and second signals according to a gain parameter and a phase parameter to generate compensated first and second signals; a DAC, performing a digital-to-analog conversion on the compensated first and second signals to generate first and second analog signals; an analog front-end circuit, processing the first and second analog signals to output a joint signal; a mismatch detecting circuit, detecting the power of the joint signal to generate a detection result; a frequency-dependent mismatch compensator, compensating at least one of the first and second signals; and a control circuit, setting the gain and phase parameters and a parameter of the frequency-dependent mismatch compensator according to the detection result to compensate frequency-independent gain and phase mismatch and a frequency-dependent mismatch response.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventors: Tzu-Yi Yang, Tai-Lai Tung
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Patent number: 9564980Abstract: A method of operation of a mobile telecommunication system includes: measuring a received reference signal; removing a guard portion from the received reference signal; determining a noise variance estimate from both a noise region of the received reference signal and a noise sample in a signal region of the received reference signal, or calculating a dispersion power of a noise region of the received reference signal and determining the noise variance estimate based on at least a dispersion power; and calculating a signal to noise ratio from the noise variance estimate for adjusting a receiver device.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Insoo Hwang, Heejin Roh, Jungwon Lee, Inyup Kang
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Patent number: 9564981Abstract: Mixer includes first and second displays each capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of eight channels. Once a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen is received, it is ascertained whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on both of the first and second displays. If the pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the displays, the currently instructed pop-up screen and one-screen channel selection switch are displayed on the one display together with. If, on the other hand, the pop-up screen can be displayed on both of the displays, the instructed pop-up screen are displayed on in a two-screen format on individual ones of the displays, and a two-screen channel selection switch is displayed on each one of the pop-up screens.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Fujita, Kotaro Terada
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Patent number: 9564982Abstract: An audio control console includes a housing. The housing includes: an operating board provided with a plurality of rows of a plurality of channel strips each including a plurality of operating members each for controlling a value of a parameter of an audio signal processing in a signal processing channel; a support board comprising a flat blank region allowing an object to be placed thereon; and a stepped surface connecting the operating board and the support board to each other. The stepped surface connects the operating board and the support board to each other such that a height position of the support board is above a height position of the operating board. The blank region is inclined downward toward the stepped surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Masafumi Ito
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Patent number: 9564983Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for enablement of a phone conversation. The method includes receiving a combined signal including an interference signal and a first voice signal from a first user having a communication with a second user. The interference signal can be used to prevent the first voice signal from being overheard by people near the first user. The first voice signal can be extracted from the combined signal based at least in part on the interference signal and transmitting the extracted first voice signal to the second user. The system and computer program product are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Feng Cao, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang
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Patent number: 9564984Abstract: A portable electronic device including a battery, a metal element, a control circuit and a plurality of impedance elements is provided. The battery is disposed in a carrier. The metal element receives a feeding signal through a feeding point to generate at least one radio-frequency signal. An orthogonal projection of the metal element on the carrier is overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the battery on the carrier. The control circuit is configured to control the battery so that a plurality of operation signals are transmitted between the battery and the control circuit. The plurality of impedance elements are electrically connected between the battery and the control circuit, and the plurality of impedance elements transmit the plurality of operation signals and block the at least one radio-frequency signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang
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Patent number: 9564985Abstract: A banking system is controlled responsive to data read from data bearing records. The system comprises an automated banking machine. The machine includes at least one type of data reader, which includes a card reader. The machine also includes an anti-fraud arrangement that can deter effective operation of unauthorized devices attached to the machine. Such unauthorized devices may include a fraudulent card reader placed adjacent to a card entry slot that leads to the card reader. The arrangement can sense a fraudulent card reader installed on the machine. The arrangement can additionally emit jamming signals that interfere with an ability of a sensed fraudulent card reader to accurately read card data.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Gregory S. Ray, David N. Lewis, Randall Jenkins, James Block, Songtao Ma, Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffery Enright, James E. Pettitt
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Patent number: 9564986Abstract: A radio access network system is described that determines a signal metric associated with a user equipment or device. The user equipment device can implement an altered transmission policy. The altered transmission policy can alter a strength of transmissions by increasing power consumption per transmission, increasing a length of timer per transmission, and altering other parameters of transmissions. The altered transmission policy can also alter an error correction policy. The error correction policy can indicate that error correction transmissions are to be decreased. The altered transmission policy can be implemented until the signal metric changes to a more desirable level.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Jeffrey Krinsky, Bahman Khosravi-Sichani
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Patent number: 9564987Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a method and system for improve link adoption performance in wireless networks. The method for modifying the MCS index for transmission using a computed offset is provided. The offset is calculated based on HARQ feedback of transmissions. A transition probability matrix with plurality of MCS indices is used for selecting the MCS index for transmission based on the highest probability of transition. A pattern sequence of MCS indices is formed and the presence of the pattern is determined in the history of the HARQ transmissions. The frequency of the pattern presence is also determined and the MCS index is selected for the HARQ transmissions. A frequency database of MCS indices is built using source encoding techniques. The transition probabilities that are estimated from the frequency database along with a cost function associated with each MCS index will be used to compute next MCS index.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sheetal Kalyani, Narendran Krishnan, Saishankar Katri Pulliyakode
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Patent number: 9564988Abstract: A communication system includes a content repository storing a content file and a video transport processing system receiving the content file and dividing the content file into a plurality of content file portions, forming a leading data portion, determining a cyclic redundancy check value, forming a trailing data portion with the cyclic redundancy check value therein, forming a content data stream from the leading data portion, the plurality of content file portions and trailing data portion. The system also includes a system communicating the content data stream to a user device.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Munsell, James A. Michener
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Patent number: 9564989Abstract: A DTV transmitting system includes a frame encoder, a randomizer, a block processor, a group formatter, a deinterleaver, and a packet formatter. The frame encoder builds an enhanced data frame and adds parity data into the data frame. The frame encoder further divides the data frame into first and second sub-frames including first and second portions of the parity data, respectively, and permutes a plurality of the first sub-frames and a plurality of the second sub-frames, respectively. The randomizer randomizes enhanced data in the permuted sub-frames, and the block processor codes the randomized data at a rate of 1/N1. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having one or more data regions and inserts the 1/N1 coded data into at least one of the data regions. The deinterleaver deinterleaves the group of enhanced data, and the packet formatter formats the deinterleaved data into enhanced data packets.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyoung Gon Lee, In Hwan Choi, Byoung Gill Kim, Won Gyu Song, Jong Moon Kim, Jin Woo Kim
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Patent number: 9564990Abstract: The present invention is directed to data communication system and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus that receives data from multiple lanes, which are then synchronized for transcoding and encoding. A pseudo random bit sequence checker may be coupled to each of the plurality of lanes, which is configured to a first clock signal A. Additionally, an apparatus may include a plurality of skew compensator modules. Each of the skew compensator modules may be coupled to at least one of the plurality of lanes. The skew-compensator modules are configured to synchronize data from the plurality of lanes. The apparatus additionally includes a plurality of de-skew FIFO modules. Each of the de-skew compensator modules may be coupled to at least one of the plurality of skew compensator modules.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: INPHI CORPORATIONInventors: Arun Tiruvur, Jamal Riani, Sudeep Bhoja
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Patent number: 9564991Abstract: A method of providing forward error correction on an Ethernet point-to-point link, constituted of: receiving at one end of the point-to-point link an input data stream, wherein the input data stream is a 10 bit symbol encoded serial data stream at a first data rate; decoding the 10 bit encoded data stream to a 9 bit symbol data stream; increasing the data rate of the 9 bit symbol data stream to a second data rate; for each segment of a predetermined number of 9 bit symbols generating a respective plurality of parity symbols; combining the segments and the generated respective plurality of parity symbols into FEC appended segments; encoding the FEC appended segments into an output 10 bit symbol encoded data stream; and transmitting the output 10 bit encoded stream on the point-to-point link at the second data rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Microsemi Frequency and Time CorporationInventors: Anne Geraldine O'Connell, Con Cremin
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Patent number: 9564992Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, encoding, by an encoder, data in plural PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes); processing, by a framing and interleaving block, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, wherein the processing the encoded data further includes: time interleaving, by a time interleaver, the encoded data in the plural PLPs, frame mapping, by a framer, the time interleaved data onto at least one signal frame, and frequency interleaving, by a frequency interleaver, data in the at least one signal frame; and waveform modulating, by a waveform generation block, the frequency interleaved data in the at least one signal frame and transmitting, by the waveform generation block, broadcast signals having the waveform modulated data.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Seoyoung Back, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
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Patent number: 9564993Abstract: A method and apparatus to perform a soft demapping in a rotated quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) based communication system is described. The method and the apparatus include pre-processing a symbol based on a priori information and performing a one-dimensional (1D) soft demapping on the pre-processed symbol, continuously.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyeong Yeon Kim, Gyu Bum Kyung, Ki Taek Bae, Ho Yang
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Patent number: 9564994Abstract: Systems and circuits are described for transmitting data over physical channels to provide a fault tolerant, high speed, low latency interface such as between a memory controller and memory devices. Communications signals are communicated over interconnection groups comprised of multiple wires, with the described encoding and decoding permitting continued communication in the presence of a wire failure within an interconnection group. An efficient distributable voltage regulator to provide communications driver power is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.Inventors: Amin Shokrollahi, Roger Ulrich
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Patent number: 9564995Abstract: A retransmission method for a time division duplexing self-adaptive frame structure, and a network side device relate to a technology of dynamically allocating uplink and downlink sub-frames in an LTE-advance (3GPP Release11) TDD communication system. The method comprises: during transmission of a TDD self-adaptive frame, for an uplink sub-frame, if a frame structure, of which an RTT period of PHICH and PUSCH of the uplink sub-frame is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub frame is found in 7 types of defined frame structures, then sending PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the found frame structure, and sending retransmission data on the corresponding uplink sub-frame in the found frame structure. The solution ensures HARQ compatibility of an uplink data channel of R10UE. In addition, A/N feedback of the PDSCH is configured according to the uplink A/N resolution, thereby improving retransmission performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Xiaobo Zhang, Bin Yu, Wenfeng Zhang
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Patent number: 9564996Abstract: A method and apparatus may be used for supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes per transmission time interval (TTI). A transmitter and a receiver may include a plurality of H-ARQ processes. Each H-ARQ process may transmit and receive one TB per TTI. The transmitter may generate a plurality of TBs and assign each TB to a H-ARQ process. The transmitter may send control information for each TB, which may include H-ARQ information associated TBs with the TBs. The transmitter may send the TBs using the associated H-ARQ processes simultaneously per TTI. After receiving the TBs, the receiver may send feedback for each of the H-ARQ processes and associated TBs indicating successful or unsuccessful receipt of each of the TBs to the transmitter. The feedback for multiple TBs may be combined for the simultaneously transmitted H-ARQ processes, (i.e., TBs).Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Stephen E. Terry, Robert L. Olesen, Jin Wang, Arty Chandra
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Patent number: 9564997Abstract: A method for determining whether an acknowledgement received by a user equipment from an external device is a forced acknowledgement. The method including transmitting a set of data stored in an uplink buffer to an external device, receiving an acknowledgement from the external device, determining if the acknowledgement received from the external device was a forced acknowledgement and flushing out an uplink buffer if determined that the acknowledgement was not a forced acknowledgement. The determining the acknowledgement is a forced acknowledgment being based on whether an uplink retransmission collides with one or more scheduled transmission times, a Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) falls between gap measurements and an uplink retransmission collides with one of the gap measurements or a TTI bundling retransmission collides with a gap measurement. If the acknowledgement is not a forced acknowledgment, a set of data stored in the uplink buffer is retransmitted to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christian W. Mucke, Johnson O. Sebeni, Navid Damji, Samy Khay-Ibbat, Syed A. Mujtaba, Tarik Tabet, Vinay R. Majjigi
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Patent number: 9564998Abstract: Provided is a terminal device with which deterioration in hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission performance can be inhibited by continuing a downlink (DL) HARQ process for DL data before and after changing the uplink link-DL configuration. In this device, a decoder (210) stores, in a retransmission buffer, DL data transmitted from a base station, and decodes the DL data, and a wireless transmitter (222) transmits a response signal generated using a DL-data-error detection result. A soft buffer is partitioned into a plurality of regions for each retransmission process on the basis of the highest values among retransmission process numbers respectively stated in a plurality of configuration patterns which can be set in the terminal (200).Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Sun Patent TrustInventors: Toru Oizumi, Ayako Horiuchi, Akihiko Nishio
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Patent number: 9564999Abstract: Provided are space division multiple access for wireless local area network (WLAN), and channel estimation for the same. A frequency division multiple access technique and a space division multiple access technique based on competition are used together for channel access. The channel access method includes: a competition period for estimating channel characteristics for a plurality of stations and transmitting, to the plurality of stations, downlink schedule information or uplink schedule information based on the estimated channel characteristics; and a data transmission period for performing downlink transmission or uplink transmission with all or some of the plurality of stations in accordance with the downlink schedule information or the uplink schedule information.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Byoung Hoon Kim, Yong Ho Seok, Andrey Lyakhov
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Patent number: 9565000Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving information. A User Equipment (UE) identifies first information for a cyclic shift value, transmitted from a Node B. The UE identifies second information for the cyclic shift value, transmitted from the Node B. The UE obtains a sequence based on a Zadoff-Chu sequence and the cyclic shift value defined based on the first information and the second information. The UE transmits the sequence in a Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol to the Node B. The SC-FDMA symbol is predefined among a plurality of SC-FDMA symbols in a slot of a subframe.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Young-Bum Kim, Joon-Young Cho, Juho Lee, Ying Yang Li, Yujian Zhang