Patents Issued in January 15, 2019
  • Patent number: 10182451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for a terminal requesting scheduling to transmit uplink data in a mobile communication system. More specifically, the present invention, in a system that aggregates carriers between different base stations, defines a process and a method for scheduling requests so that a terminal can transmit “scheduling request” control information to each base station, thereby enabling effective transmission of dynamic scheduling and uplink data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngbum Kim, Younsun Kim, Juho Lee, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 10182452
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein are related to communicating feedback communications received over multiple component carriers (CCs) in wireless communications. The communications can be received from a serving node over the multiple CCs configured in carrier aggregation or multiple connectivity. One or more of the multiple CCs can be determined for transmitting feedback regarding the communications received over at least one CC of the multiple CCs, wherein the one or more of the multiple CCs are selected for transmitting the feedback based at least in part on a transmission time interval (TTI) duration for the at least one CC. Feedback related to receiving the communications from the serving node over the at least one CC can be transmitted over the one or more of the multiple CCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wanshi Chen, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Peter Gaal, Shimman Arvind Patel, Jing Sun, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 10182453
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for improved power saving in a User Equipment (UE) supporting enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination/Time-domain ICIC (eICIC/Time-domain ICIC) are provided. The power saving method includes receiving control information including a reference pattern for a power saving mode from a base station, determining whether the terminal is configured to operate in the power saving mode, and determining, when the terminal is configured to operate in the power saving mode, whether to decode a downlink control channel according to the reference pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeongin Jeong, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 10182454
    Abstract: User equipment (UE)-initiated accesses within a cellular network are optimized to account for cell size and to reduce signaling overhead. A fixed set of preamble parameter configurations for use across a complete range of cell sizes within the cellular network is established and stored within each UE. A UE located in a given cell receives a configuration number transmitted from a nodeB serving the cell, the configuration number being indicative of a size of the cell. The UE selects a preamble parameter configuration from the fixed set of preamble parameter configurations in response to the received configuration number and then transmits a preamble from the UE to the nodeB using the preamble parameter configuration indicated by the configuration number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Pierre Bertrand, Jing Jiang
  • Patent number: 10182455
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first packet at a first wireless device from a second wireless device. The second wireless device may be a neighboring wireless device of the first wireless device. The method may also include transmitting a second packet to a third wireless device that is a neighboring wireless device of the first wireless device. The method may also include obtaining a third packet from the third wireless device in response to transmitting the second packet to the third wireless device and obtaining a fourth packet from the third wireless device in response to the third wireless device receiving a fifth packet from a fourth wireless device that is not one of the multiple neighboring wireless devices of the first wireless device. The fourth packet may indicate reserved radio resources for future packet transmissions from the first wireless device to the third wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Olivier Duval, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 10182456
    Abstract: Detection and reporting techniques for collisions between transmitters of two different radio access technologies (RATs) transmitting in a shared radio frequency spectrum band is described. The collision may occur following a listen-before-talk procedure but prior to transmission of data, and may not affect the reception of the transmitted data. Collisions may be detected using for example, energy sensing, preamble or ready-to-send (RTS) signal detection, or unsuccessful decoding of all or part of a channel reservation signal. A transmitting device may determine a collision has occurred by detecting an energy level during a preamble transmission is greater than a threshold level or by detecting that an energy level during a transmission gap of a time-domain energy pattern is above a threshold level. A receiving device, such as a user equipment (UE), that detects the collision may report the collision to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Srinivas Yerramalli, Qingsi Wang, Yongbin Wei, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 10182457
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed by a base station. The method comprises: generating and transmitting a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) configuration parameter for a User Equipment (UE); detecting a random preamble sequence and/or a corresponding PRACH resource set transmitted from the UE, so as to determine a type and/or a coverage enhancement level of the UE; and generating a Random Access Response (RAR) based on the type and/or the coverage enhancement level of the UE. The present disclosure also provides a method performed by a UE and correspondingly a base station and a UE. With the present disclosure, it is possible to increase resource utilization for LTE to support MTC UEs, improve frequency spectrum/energy efficiency, and reduce time/frequency resource conflicts between cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Renmao Liu
  • Patent number: 10182458
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communications field, and provide a method for predetermining a resource in random access, user equipment, and a base station, so that a process of random access can be simplified, and reliability of information transmission in the process of random access can be improved. The method is: an implicit manner is used to indicate some or all of identifiers of a random access preamble index; so that a message in a procedure of random access is simplified, and at the same time resources used for transmitting an RAR reply message, transmitting a contention resolution message, retransmitting an RAR reply message, and retransmitting a contention resolution message are configured by using signaling or preset by a system. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used for a process of random access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Yu, Fang Nan
  • Patent number: 10182459
    Abstract: The application describes an apparatus including a non-transitory memory including instructions to perform random access in a beam sweeping network having a cell. The network includes a downlink sweeping subframe, an uplink sweeping subframe and a regular sweeping subframe. The apparatus also includes a processor operably coupled to the non-transitory memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions of selecting an optimal downlink transmission beam transmitted by the cell during the downlink sweeping subframe. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of determining an optimal downlink reception beam from the optimal downlink transmission beam. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of determining a random access preamble and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource via resource selection from the optimal downlink transmission beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Murray, Pascal M. Adjakple, Wei Chen, Lakshmi R. Iyer, Qian (Emily) Zhang, Allan Y. Tsai, Guodong Zhang, Qing Li
  • Patent number: 10182460
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Ajinkya Apte, Bruce Sherrod, Matthew Leventi, Suryaveer Singh Lodha, Matthew John Alberts, Tim Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10182461
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to wireless communication. In one aspect, the technology described herein concerns a method performed by, or executed in, a control node of a wireless communication network, e.g. a RNC. The method comprises generating (401) an identifier (e.g. a handshake ID), and associating (402) the identifier with one HS-SCCH order as well as one MAC Control Information. It is thus possible to establish a one-to-one mapping between the identifier and said HS-SCCH order and said MAC Control Information. Furthermore, the generated identifier and its associated HS-SCCH order as well as its associated MAC Control Information may be communicated to another node (e.g. a UE and/or a RBS) of the wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Waikwok Kwong, Cecilia Eklöf
  • Patent number: 10182462
    Abstract: A configuration mechanism for physical channel resources for sounding or discovery in a half-duplex communication environment for apparatuses belonging to a service group is disclosed, the configuration mechanism taking into account a required capacity for sounding or discovery and a maximum tolerated latency for the service group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Pekka Pajukoski
  • Patent number: 10182463
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for sharing data among computing devices. In one technique, a first device broadcasts wireless data and establishes a wireless connection with a second device. The first device receives authorization data and first entity data from the second device. The first device authorizes the second device based on the authorization data. The first device then sends second entity data through the wireless connection to the second computing device. The first device sends the first entity data over a network to a remote server system. The first device receives, from the remote server system, entity data that pertains to an entity that is identified by the first entity data. The first device may then display at least a portion of the entity data on a screen of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chamila Amithrigala, Jacek Suliga, Xin Sun, Rachel Kumar, Steven Brooks, Mark Hull, Hariharan Gopalakrishnan, Haider Sabri
  • Patent number: 10182464
    Abstract: There is provided a method of implementing carrier aggregation on a first transceiver. The method comprises receiving and decoding, during a first subframe, channel quality information from user equipment and transferring, before the expiry of a second subframe immediately following the first subframe, the decoded channel quality information over a direct physical link to a second transceiver, for use in decoding further channel quality information from the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies Singapore (Sales) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Binu Mathew
  • Patent number: 10182465
    Abstract: A control node (140; 150) of a cellular network establishes one or more control plane sessions with a gateway node (160). On the basis of these one or more control plane sessions with the gateway node (160), the control node (140; 150) also establishes one or more control plane sessions with one or more radio access network nodes (112, 114; 122, 24) to control multicast transmissions by the one or more radio access network nodes (112, 14; 122, 124). Further, the control node (140; 150) detects a connection failure to the gateway node (160). When detecting the connection failure, the control node (140; 150) starts a first timer. Further, also the gateway node (160) detects the connection failure. When detecting the connection failure, the gateway node (160) starts a second timer. The second timer is configured with a longer duration than the first timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ibtissam El Khayat, Björn Knuthammar, Jie Ling, Tobias Ljungström, Peter Werner, Qi Xia, Tingyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10182466
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing keepalives or other non-interactive or background traffic from applications on a mobile device are disclosed. A keepalive optimizer can detect keepalive and other background traffic and optimize such traffic by blocking keepalives, advancing or delaying execution of keepalives, delaying repeatable background requests based on radio state, device state or characteristics, policy, transaction characteristics, application characteristics, and/or the like. The disclosed keepalive optimization methods facilitate management of traffic and/or conservation of resources on the mobile device and the network. The keepalive optimization can be performed by an application sending the keepalives or by a local proxy on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seven Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Abhay Nirantar, Andrii Kokhanovskyi, Nariman D. Batlivala, Rami Al-Isawi, Sungwook Yoon, Michael Fleming, Ari Backholm
  • Patent number: 10182467
    Abstract: A method includes configuring serving cells for UE, the serving cells including at least six serving cells configurable for the UE; receiving PUCCH format configuration information for transmitting uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells, the PUCCH format configuration information including configuration information of PUCCH format 4; determining a total number of HARQ-ACK bits, SR bits, and periodic CSI bits to be transmitted in a subframe; selecting, at least based on the determined total number, a PUCCH format to transmit at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI, the selected PUCCH format being one of PUCCH formats including the PUCCH format 4 and PUCCH format 3; and transmitting the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells in the subframe using the selected PUCCH format, the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells including the at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 10182468
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a terminal performs device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: converting into a radio resource control (RRC) connection state through the transmission of a service request; being allocated a resource for the D2D communication; transmitting a D2D signal through the allocated resource; and receiving a system information block (SIB) after transmitting the D2D signal, wherein if the SIB includes information on a resource pool, the terminal does not perform an RRC recovery-related operation even if RRC connection failure occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehun Kim, Youngdae Lee, Jaehyun Kim, Sunghoon Jung, Jinsook Ryu, Hyunsook Kim, Laeyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10182469
    Abstract: A heating system for a vehicle steering wheel may include a conductive element surrounding at least a portion of the steering wheel, a power supply for the conductive element configured to provide an input voltage, and a transformer between the power supply and the conductive element and configured to receive the input voltage and provide an output voltage higher than the input voltage to the conductive element for heating the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Robert Chascsa, II, Ishak Zaman
  • Patent number: 10182470
    Abstract: A ceramic heater having an enlarged windward area includes a conductive heat sink, at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating element, and an electrode plate. The conductive heat sink includes a cooling fin. The at least one PCT heating element is disposed on one side of the cooling fin. The electrode plate is disposed on the other side of the cooling fin. A conductive terminal protrudes from one end of the electrode plate. The conductive terminal includes a warped section and a flat section. A portion of the warped section and the flat section extend in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the electrode plate. Accordingly, heat dissipation is accelerated, a windward area is enlarged, and the effect of blowing out a hot airflow is enhanced, thereby avoiding a temperature rise of the conductive terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BETACERA INC.
    Inventors: Etsuro Habata, Chih-Chang Wei
  • Patent number: 10182471
    Abstract: A crushable ceramic heater core for an electric heater device which has a cylinder-like body of crushable ceramic material and grooves along the periphery of the body, the grooves being key shaped and adapted to receive a conductive pin in a groove. The invention also includes an electric heater device where such a core has been wound with heater wire and the conductive pin has been inserted in a core groove in contact with the wire, and the wire wound core has been installed in a sheath which has been filed with electrical insulting material. The sheath and its contents are swaged to create a compacted unitary heater assembly. The invention also includes the process for making the wire wound\grooved core having a conductive pin therein in contact with the wire winding, and a method for making a heating device having such a core and which has been compacted to a theoretical density. The heater assembly and the method may also include installation of temperature sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Inventor: Walter Crandell
  • Patent number: 10182472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kitchen appliance (1) suitable for being wirelessly operated on an induction heating cooker (K), comprising a programmable microcontroller (2), one or more than one electronic circuit (3) that provides the microcontroller (2) to control the communication means, user interface and sensors, providing communication with the induction heating cooker (K) whereon the kitchen appliance (1) is operated, a power control circuitry (4) that supplies the microcontroller (2) and the electronic circuits (3) with low level DC voltage, a rectifier (5) that converts the AC voltage to DC voltage and a buffer capacitor (6) which filters the DC voltage at the rectifier (5) outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Onur Yaman, Ahmet Yorukoglu, Sefa Hazir
  • Patent number: 10182473
    Abstract: A power converter and a cooking apparatus including the same are disclosed. The power converter includes a switching unit to perform switching using a direct current (DC) voltage and to output an alternating current (AC) voltage, a driving unit to output a high-frequency voltage to a magnetron based on the AC voltage, an output voltage detector to detect an output voltage flowing to the magnetron, and a controller to calculate a frequency command value based on the detected output voltage, to generate a frequency command value by avoiding a resonance frequency when the calculated frequency command value corresponds to the resonance frequency, and to output the generated frequency command value to the switching unit. Therefore, it is possible to stably perform oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seungkeun Cho
  • Patent number: 10182474
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Kim, SieHyug Choi, Jehong Park, Yeasle Lee, Chiwoong Kim
  • Patent number: 10182475
    Abstract: A light emitting diode driving circuit including a first LED array; a second LED array; an LED driving circuit configured to provide a constant current to the first LED array and/or the second LED array; a linear circuit configured to selectively provide a second current that is smaller than the constant current to the second LED array; and a driving controller configured to control the LED driving circuit and the linear circuit such that the constant current is selectively provided to the first LED array or the second LED array based on an operating mode, and such that the second current is provided to the second LED array only when the constant current is being provided to the first LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong-il Kang
  • Patent number: 10182476
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for boost regulators with dynamic regulation band are disclosed. In certain configurations, a boost regulator system includes a boost regulator, a current source, and a light emitting element, such as a flash LED, that is controlled using a current generated by the current source. The boost regulator generates an output voltage that is used to power the current source. The boost regulator operates with a regulation band that changes based on a current level of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: George A. Hariman, Chak S. Ngai, Wendy Ng
  • Patent number: 10182477
    Abstract: Embodiments include computing devices, apparatus, and methods implemented by the apparatus for constant current regulation for luminaires of an aircraft escapes slide lighting system. In various embodiments, each of a plurality of constant current regulator circuits may be integral to a luminaire having at least one LED. Each of the constant current regulator circuits may be electrically connected in parallel to a power source. A protection circuit may be configured to provide power surge and/or reverse polarity protection to the constant current regulator circuits as a centralized protection circuit, or a decentralized plurality of protection circuits, each corresponding to a constant current regulator circuit. Testing of the escapes slide lighting system having the constant current regulator circuits may provide an unambiguous indication of whether any of the luminaires are inoperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASEWEST INC.
    Inventors: Gary C. Leegate, Edgar E. Cuervo, Andrew W. Deweerd
  • Patent number: 10182478
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Mingli Kang, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 10182479
    Abstract: A voltage regulation circuit for LED tube coupled to an energy input terminal being an AC source, a CCG or a ECG, comprising: a controlling part, including: a first impedance unit coupled to the energy input terminal; a second impedance unit coupled to the first impedance unit; and a third impedance unit coupled to the second impedance unit; and a controlled part including at least an LED unit and coupled to the controlling part; wherein a first terminal of the first impedance unit is coupled to a first terminal of the second impedance unit, a second terminal of the second impedance unit is coupled to a first terminal of the third impedance unit through a node, and the node is coupled to the controlled part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALFASEMI INC.
    Inventors: Te-Lung Shih, Yu-Cheng Chang, Kuo-Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 10182480
    Abstract: An LED-based light includes one or more LEDs, a sensor arranged to detect a brightness level in an area resulting from the combination of light emitted by the LEDs with light from at least one ambient light source other than the LEDs, and operable to output a signal corresponding to the detected brightness level, a controller operable to regulate an amount of power provided to the LEDs in response to the signal, a light transmitting housing for the LEDs, the sensor and the controller and a connector shaped for connection with a light socket disposed at an end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: iLumisys, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Scapa, David L. Simon, John Ivey
  • Patent number: 10182481
    Abstract: An illustrative bi-level dimming controller for coupling to a dimming control input of a lighting driver includes a dimming preset selector for setting a preset dim level, and a dimming control circuit having variable impedance and providing a constant dimming voltage output for a preset dim level, even if the current supplied to or impedance coupled to the dimming controller changes. The dimming control circuit is responsive to the preset dim level to drive a dimming voltage output proportional to the preset dim level. The dimming controller may also include a dim enable circuit responsive to a detection signal to selectively couple and uncouple the dimming signal output with the dimming control input of the lighting driver, thereby providing switching between a preset dim level and a full light level. The detection signal may be electrically isolated from the dimming voltage output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Ankit Sanghvi
  • Patent number: 10182482
    Abstract: A lamp kit, preferably a headlamp kit, for the installation in a motor vehicle, comprising at least two headlamps (1, 11), preferably two front headlamps, wherein the lamp kit comprises at least two light sources (3, 13) for installation in one each of the two lamps (1, 11), wherein each of the two light sources (3, 13) can emit light in at least one first or one second wavelength, wherein the first of the at least two multicolored light sources (13) is or can be connected to a first control unit (14) for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the first light source, wherein the first control unit is or can be connected to a first receiving unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal, and the second of the at least two multicolored light sources (3) is or can be connected to a second control unit (4) for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the second light source, wherein the second control unit (4) is or can be connected to a second receiving unit for receiving a wirel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CUSTOM LIGHTS UG
    Inventor: Hanno Michael Schultheis
  • Patent number: 10182483
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a white light source; a blue light source; a reflector layer which reflects light; a light diffuser layer which is light transmissive and disposed on an anterior surface side of the reflector layer; and a scatter panel which is light transmissive and disposed on an anterior surface side of the light diffuser layer to face the light diffuser layer. At least a portion of a gap between the scatter panel and the reflector layer and at least a portion of a gap between the scatter panel and the light diffuser layer change from a first end side to a second end side of the lighting apparatus. The white light source and the blue light source are disposed on the first end side of the lighting apparatus to emit light toward the light diffuser layer and the scatter panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10182484
    Abstract: A technique for determining when to replace protection circuitry in electronic devices, such as lighting fixtures, is provided. Protection circuitry is provided between AC supply rails and in front of circuitry to be protected. A protection circuit sensor is located and configured to measure a characteristic of the protection circuitry and provide a corresponding sensor output. Control circuitry will monitor the sensor output of the protection circuit sensor on a continuous, periodic, or aperiodic basis. Next, the control circuitry will determine at least one metric indicative of an extent of damage inflicted on the protection circuitry 30 based on the sensor output. Based on the at least one metric, the control circuitry will determine when the at least one metric exceeds a threshold indicative of a need to replace the protection circuitry while the protection circuitry remains operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerry Farrel Thornton, Xin Jiang
  • Patent number: 10182485
    Abstract: A lens structure for a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture includes one or more lenses, each of which is configured to be located over an LEDs of the lighting fixture. Each lens includes a bowl-shaped collimator, an air gap positioned over the dome and extending into a first end of the collimator, and a core positioned over the air gap and extending into an opposing second end of the collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Joseph R. Casper, Christopher D. Nolan, Joseph J. Witkowski, Jeff R. Shuster, Brian M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10182486
    Abstract: Provided is an LED drive circuit whereby the light emission color is easily changed when dimming by adjusting the current that drives the LED. The LED drive circuit has: a variable constant current source; a first LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a first light emission color; a second LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a second light emission color; and a current limiting circuit including a current detection element and a switch element. The LED drive circuit is characterized by: the threshold voltage for the first LED row being larger than the threshold voltage for the second LED row; the first LED row and the second LED row being connected in parallel to the variable constant current source; and the current limiting circuit limiting the current flowing to the second LED row, on the basis of the current flowing to the current detection element via the first LED row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10182487
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for a light fixture are disclosed. One apparatus of the light fixture includes a sensor unit and a light intensity controller. The sensor unit includes a sensor operative to generate a sense signal based on at least one of sensed motion or light, wireless communication circuitry operative to maintain a link with a network, and a controller. The controller is operative to manage communication with the network, manage reception of beacons through the wireless communication circuitry, wherein the beacons are received from an object, and the beacons include information associated with the object, and generate dimming control base on at least one of the sensed signal and communication from the network. The light intensity controller is configured to receive the dimming control and operative to adjust an emitted light intensity of a luminaire of the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Enlighted, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanuj Mohan, Gaile Gordon
  • Patent number: 10182488
    Abstract: An RF controlled lighting unit is provided, suitable for connection to at least one of a dimmer for adjusting a phase cut angle of input mains voltage in accordance with an adjustable dimming level or an electronic switch for selecting between on-and off-states. The lighting unit includes a solid state light source; a radio circuit for receiving a wireless control signal; a rectifier circuit for rectifying the input mains voltage received from the electronic switch or the dimmer; a first power converter for driving the solid state light source in response to the rectified input mains voltage and delivering power to the radio circuit; and a second power convertor for delivering power to the radio circuit when the rectified input mains voltage becomes inadequate for the first power converter due to the phase-cut angle of the rectified input mains voltage or the off-state of the electronic switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johan-Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Peter Deixler, Yifeng Qiu, Paul Theodorus Jacobus Boonen
  • Patent number: 10182489
    Abstract: A wireless light kit includes a wireless light unit that comprises a housing having an interior compartment that contains a processor and a power source and a light source that is powered by the power source and operatively connected to the processor. The kit also includes two different types of mounting back plates, namely a first back plate and a second back plate. The first back plate is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing and provide a mounting surface for mounting to a support surface, such as a wall. The second back plate is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing and further includes a stake extending outwardly therefrom and being configured for insertion into a ground surface for supporting the wireless light unit above the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TRENDSTAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rajesh Israni
  • Patent number: 10182490
    Abstract: Improved heat transfer from an x-ray tube can be accomplished with a heatsink surrounding at least part of an x-ray tube. The heatsink can be electrically connected to an anode of the x-ray tube and can be an electrical current path. The heatsink can include a plurality of protrusions extending radially outward from the x-ray tube and can be a single, integral substance extending from an inner-surface of the heatsink to a distal-end of the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Moxtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Miller, Thomas E. Blair
  • Patent number: 10182491
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods of using the apparatus having a neutron generator. The neutron generator can include a neutron generator tube having a cylindrical inner surface that bounds a cylindrical cavity, a field ionization array cylindrically distributed on the cylindrical inner surface, and a target rod positioned in the cylindrical cavity. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Navarro-Sorroche, Weijun Guo
  • Patent number: 10182492
    Abstract: An airtight structure includes a first plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second plate mounted on the second surface of the first plate, a wick structure mounted between the first plate and the second plate, a first fixed pin welded with the first plate and the second plate, and a second fixed pin welded with the first plate and the second plate. The second plate bonds to form a cup portion. The cup portion and the first plate together define a cavity. The wick structure is received in the cavity, a bottom surface of the cup portion forms a first through hole for receiving the first fixed pin therein. An outer periphery of the cup portion forms a second through hole. The second through hole is spaced apart from the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CHAMP TECH OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiao-Yu Zhao, Chi-Yuan Lai, Meng Fu
  • Patent number: 10182493
    Abstract: A heat spreader for printed wiring boards and a method of manufacture are disclosed. The heat spreader is made from a plurality of graphene sheets that are thermo-mechanically bonded using an alloy bonding process that forms a metal alloy layer using a low temperature and pressure that does not damage the graphene sheets. The resulting heat spreader has a higher thermal conductivity than graphene sheets alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Starkovich, Jesse B. Tice, Xianglin Zeng, Andrew D. Kostelec, Hsiao-Hu Peng, Edward M. Silverman
  • Patent number: 10182494
    Abstract: A heat sink is mounted to a PCB for thermal heat removal. The PCB is configured with plated through hole vias within a footprint of the heat sink. The plated through hole vias can include thermal via types and signal carrying via types. The signal carrying via types are landless vias on the PCB back side configured to eliminate physical and electrical contact between the plated through hole via and the heat sink. The landless via is configured by removing a conductive annular ring on the back side of the PCB, and then covering this area with an insulating material such as soldermask. The insulating material forms an insulation cap between the via side wall plating and the attached heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Henrik Jacobbson, Fa Chao OuYang
  • Patent number: 10182495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ground terminal for an electronic device. The ground terminal comprises a ground cable connecting device, an electrical switch, an electrical conductor connecting the ground cable connecting device to the electrical switch. The ground terminal and its ground cable connecting device is configured so that the electrical switch is brought in to a first mode in response to an electrical wire being connected to the ground cable connecting device, the first mode being a mode in which the switch establish electrical conduction between an electrical circuit of the electronic device and the ground cable connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventors: Sven Svensson, Magnus Birch
  • Patent number: 10182496
    Abstract: Systems and approaches are provided for optimizing the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in a switched network. STP port type for a network infrastructure device can be controlled based on the dynamically discovered neighbor device type of the directly connected peer of the device using the Link Level Discovery Protocol (LLDP). LLDP can provide system capabilities of a link level peer to identify whether the link level peer is a host or a network infrastructure device. In various embodiments, the exchange of system capabilities can the trigger the configuration of an STP port as a network port for ports connected to network infrastructure devices or edge ports for ports directly connected to host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Abhishek Saxena, Ramana Mellacheruvu, Parag Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10182497
    Abstract: An electronic device on a spacecraft that is enclosed by a conformal coating that is transparent and sufficiently conductive to conduct accumulated charge on the electronic device. The coating includes an intrinsic conducting polymer, such as PEDOT:PSS, dissolved, for example, in an organic solvent, and mixed with a polyurethane, such as Arathane™ 5750 or 5753.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Ge Wang
  • Patent number: 10182498
    Abstract: A quilt packaging system includes a first microchip substrate having a first edge surface which includes a first conductive interconnecting structure disposed thereon and a second microchip substrate having a first edge surface which includes a second conductive interconnecting structure disposed thereon. The first conductive interconnecting structure is hingedly connected in an interdigitated manner with the second conductive interconnecting structure at an angle that is not a straight angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. Kulick, Tian Lu
  • Patent number: 10182499
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit as well as printed passive and active electronic components using additive printing technology is provided. The fabrication process includes a substrate and a first conductive layer that is printed with conductive ink on the substrate. An insulation layer that has uniform thickness is printed on the first conductive layer and the substrate, less via cavities, test point cavities, and a surface mount component contact point and mounting cavities. The insulation layer is replaceable with resistive layer or semi-conductive layer to fabricate electronic components. The vias are printed with conductive ink inside of the via cavities. Additionally, a second conductive layer is printed on the vias and over the insulation layer. The insulation, resistive, or semi-conducting layer, the vias, and the conductive layers are repeatedly printed in sequence to thus form the multilayer printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Memphis Research Foundation
    Inventor: Bashir I. Morshed
  • Patent number: 10182500
    Abstract: In an imprint process in a gaseous atmosphere containing a condensable gas, the curable composition for photoimprint is difficult to cure, the pattern is not fully formed to cause defects. The present invention relates to a curable composition for photoimprint in a gaseous atmosphere containing a condensable gas. The curable composition for photoimprint at least comprises the following component (A) and component (B): (A) polymerizable compound, and (B) photopolymerization initiator. Component (B) has a saturated solubility of less than 1% by weight in the condensable gas in a liquid state at 5° C. and 1 atm or has a Hansen distance (Ra) of larger than 7.6 to the condensable gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Honma, Toshiki Ito, Shiori Yonezawa, Youji Kawasaki, Akiko Iimura