Land Vehicle Location (e.g., Bus, Police Car Patents (Class 342/457)
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Patent number: 11818662Abstract: A mobile information handling system comprising a plurality of wireless network interface modules, a wireless network interface control system for controlling the plurality of wireless network interface modules, and a processor executing instructions of a wireless utilization machine learning inference modulator to receive iterative wireless utilization profiles indicating aggregated time and location profiles of wireless network utilization parameters and user configuration states of the information handling system for data needs including applications and hardware usage levels.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Abu S. Sanaullah, Liam B. Quinn, Jace W. Files
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Patent number: 11714177Abstract: In various embodiments, a system for identifying a vertical height of a user equipment using network-side components, instead of device-side components, is described. The system may include a fixed antenna of a node and a processor. The antenna sends a first beam having a first set of beam characteristics and receives a first signal strength indication from the user equipment based upon the first beam. The antenna then sends a second beam having a second set of beam characteristic and receives a second signal strength indication from the user equipment based upon the second beam. The processor may then analyze the first signal strength and the second signal strength to determine the vertical height of the user equipment, such as by a trigonometric calculation based upon an inclination of the beams and various known distances.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventor: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
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Patent number: 11705002Abstract: The technology includes communicating the current status of a self-driving vehicle to users, such as passengers within the vehicle and other users awaiting pickup. Certain information about the trip and vehicle status is communicated depending on where the passenger is sitting within the vehicle or where the person awaiting pickup is located outside the vehicle. This includes disseminating the “monologue” of a vehicle operating in an autonomous driving mode to a user via an app on the user's device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet or laptop PC, wearable, or other computing device) and/or an in-vehicle user interface. The monologue includes current status information regarding driving decisions and related operations or actions. This alerts the user as to why the vehicle is taking (or not taking) a certain action, which reduces confusion and allows the user to focus on other matters.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Salil Pandit, Nirmal Patel, Renaud-Roland Hubert, Maria Moon, Lauren Schwendimann, Guilherme Villar, Ryan Powell, Peter Crandall, Matthew Hall
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Patent number: 11662500Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a submarine position detection method based on extreme points of gravity gradients. A space rectangular coordinate system is established by taking a centroid of the middle cylindrical portion as a coordinate origin, a direction pointing to a bow is taken as a forward direction of the X axis, a direction pointing to a port is taken as a forward direction of the Y direction, and a vertical upward direction is taken as a forward direction of the Z axis. The detection method includes steps of: determining a horizontal position of a submarine, i.e., coordinates (X, Y), according to a position of a central extreme point and a central position between extreme points of non-diagonal components of a gradient tensor; and determining a functional relation between a depth and the extreme points of gravity gradients by using the submarine model.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Inventors: Xiaoyun Wan, Xianghang Zeng
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Patent number: 11645898Abstract: A multi sensor detection and disabling lock system includes detector cases for holding interchangeable detectors that sample for chemical, biological and radiological compounds, agents and elements, with each detector case disposed in or upon the monitored product. The detector case transmits detection information to a monitoring computer terminal and transmits a signal to a lock disabler engaged to the product to lock or disable the product's lock thereby preventing untrained, unauthorized and unequipped individuals from gaining access and entry to the product, and also preventing further contamination of the area. The detection system can be interconnected to surveillance towers scanning detector cases disposed at seaport docks, freight depots and rail terminals for monitoring containers being prepared for shipment or sitting on docks for long periods of time.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventor: Larry Golden
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Patent number: 11632419Abstract: Systems and methods electronically produce a local estimate of less-than-critical resources based on a client side version of digital rules and a coarse values received from an online service provider. Although using the client side version of digital rules and the coarse values may not include all the parameters and values needed to provide a fully accurate estimate of the resource, the ability to locally estimate resources without having to make network calls to the online service provider, such as when there are unfavorable conditions or latency of the network, imminent overloading of the online service provider or other operating conditions or demands on the online service provider preventing it from producing a timely more accurate estimate, provides a faster and more efficient way of obtaining a potentially useful estimate of resources.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Avalara, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Lee Robles, Nikki Nash, Mark Janzen, Rahul Aggarwal, Gregory T. Kavounas, Hemendra Pal
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Patent number: 11610241Abstract: A network based real estate transaction system is disclosed for assisting real estate agents and their clients with determining properties for purchase.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventor: Dennis J. Dupray
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Patent number: 11431555Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates transmitting a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that propagates along a surface of a first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the first plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys a plurality of communication signals, detecting an attenuation in the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves that affects a propagation of the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves along the first surface of the first transmission medium, and responsive to the detecting, redirecting at least a portion of the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves to an interface of a second transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Giovanni Vannucci, Peter Wolniansky, Paul Shala Henry
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Patent number: 11422224Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for determining a location of a device based on phase differences of a signal received from the device. In some embodiments, expected phase differences for signals transmitted from a plurality of regions are determined. The expected phase differences are those differences of the signal when received at each of a plurality of receive elements of a receiving device. By comparing phase differences of a signal received from the device to the expected phase differences, a location of the device is determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventor: Neal Dante Castagnoli
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Patent number: 11425535Abstract: A method of navigating a vehicle with an electronic device using bilateration to a desired location is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving, with an electronic device, a plurality of signals emitted from a plurality of transmitting devices within a vicinity of the electronic device and determining a signal quality for the signals that are received based on 1) a RSSI or 2) a received signal power and a received signal gain, and signal propagation characteristics based on transmitting device information. The signal propagation characteristics is compared with either 1) the RSSI or 2) the received signal power and the received signal gain and at least two of the signals are designated having a highest signal quality, and are used to determine a distance that the electronic device is from the transmitting devices for locating the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Kenmar CorporationInventors: Neal C. Fairbanks, Frederick R. Nader, Collin M. Rusk
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Patent number: 11396275Abstract: The invention proposes an autonomous device for controlling a heating circuit of an automotive vehicle windscreen wiper blade, comprising a module for regulating the electrical power supply of the heating circuit, furnished with an input for connecting to an electrical energy generator and with an output for connecting to a said windscreen wiper blade heating circuit. This device comprises means for acquiring, at an instant t, a datum representative of a temperature outside the vehicle on the one hand and of a datum representative of the instantaneous speed of the vehicle on the other hand, the said acquiring means being configured to transmit these data to the regulating module.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Stephane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Guillaume Mouleyre, William Terrasse
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Patent number: 11368202Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described for a user equipment in a wireless communication system with a plurality of user equipment where reference weight vectors orthogonal to each other are selected from a predefined set of directions for reference beams. The inner products of a UE-specific beam weight vector with all reference weight vectors is performed and UE-specific beams are mapped to the set of reference beams. From the set of reference beams, based on the reference beam with largest magnitude of inner product, the direction of the user equipment is determined. Based on that determined direction, the user equipment is instructed in to pair with another user equipment of the plurality.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Bulin Zhang, Gurudutt Hosangadi, Yang Yang
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Patent number: 11366216Abstract: Systems and methods of measuring distance between two wireless devices by combining phase shift and time-of-flight measurements. A first wireless devices sends a first packet to the second wireless device. After receiving the first packet, the second wireless device sending to the first wireless device a second packet. After sending the second packet, the second wireless device sends a first continuous wave signal to the first wireless device. After receiving the first continuous wave signal, the first wireless device sends to the second wireless device a second continuous wave signal. The first wireless device then calculates a time-of-flight measurement based on a time between the first wireless device sending the first packet and receiving the second packet, and calculates a second measurement based on a phase shift of the first continuous wave signal and the second continuous wave signal, and combines the two measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Tomas Motos, Espen Wium
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Patent number: 11360195Abstract: Various embodiments determine a position of a wireless device and enable the wireless device to retrieve the determined location. In one embodiment, a system comprises of at least one wireless transmitting device, a plurality of wireless receivers, and at least one server. Each of the plurality of wireless devices receive signals from the wireless transmitting device with unknown position and send time stamped information to the server. Each of the plurality of wireless device also sends unique identifying information about the wireless transmitting device. The server calculates a position of the wireless transmitting device by considering the inputs received from the plurality of wireless receivers. The wireless device obtains its position from the server. The process can be executed on demand or at regular frequent intervals.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventor: Nicholaus J. Bauer
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Patent number: 11341438Abstract: Product provisioning and recommender systems and methods are described for generating product-based recommendations for geographically distributed physical stores based on mobile device movement. In various embodiments, a server aggregates mobile device movement data originating from a plurality of mobile devices geographically distributed with respect to a physical store of a geographic trade area. A provisioning application (app) executing on the server and analyzing the mobile device movement data, assigns geographic region descriptors defining a geographical consumer region for each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. The provisioning app generates a network store graph model based on a set of regional probabilities and a set of trade area probabilities.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Daniel E Ames, II
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Patent number: 11334807Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learning estimation networks in a communications system. One of the methods includes: processing first information with ground truth information to generate a first RF signal by altering the first information by channel impairment having at least one channel effect, using a receiver to process the first RF signal to generate second information, training a machine-learning estimation network based on a network architecture, the second information, and the ground truth information, receiving by the receiver a second RF signal transmitted through a communication channel including the at least one channel effect, inferring by the trained estimation network the receiver to estimate an offset of the second RF signal caused by the at least one channel effect, and correcting the offset of the RF signal with the estimated offset to obtain a recovered RF signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.Inventors: Timothy James O'Shea, Kiran Karra, T. Charles Clancy
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Patent number: 11320271Abstract: A positioning device performs positioning to measure a position of a vehicle. The positioning device receives a signal transmitted from a GNSS satellite. The positioning device perform a positioning calculation using the signal. The positioning device communicates with a positioning server. The positioning device selects, as a system for the positioning, one of a first positioning system and a second positioning system.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Miyao, Kentaro Asai, Yosuke Moriuchi
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Patent number: 11294096Abstract: The system as described collects and utilizes weather data sensor information in order to rapidly collect and update weather forecasts using real-time weather data collected at high rates of frequency, and use this collected high frequency weather data to rapidly correct and update the weather forecasts generated by the system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: The Tomorrow Companies Inc.Inventors: Shimon Elkabetz, Jacob Ribnik, Itai Zlotnik, Rei Goffer, Nir Nossenson, Daniel Alexander Rothenberg, Karl Ginter
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Patent number: 11277322Abstract: A method involves receiving a request for information of one or more second users located within a vicinity of a first client device, determining, for each second user within the vicinity of the first client device, an affinity score between a first user and the second user based at least on one or more network-traffic patterns associated with the first client device and a second client device associated with the second user, selecting one or more of the second users within the vicinity of the first client device based on the determined affinity scores, and sending, to the first client device, information associated with the selected one or more second users, the information including one or more context items generated based on the network-traffic patterns associated with the first client device and the one or more second client devices associated with the selected one or more second users.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventor: Mateusz Berezecki
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Patent number: 11269480Abstract: A technique for controlling objects includes a handheld controller that provides output for generating a virtual ray. The virtual ray has a location and a direction. The location of the virtual ray is measured as a location of the handheld controller, based on input from sensors in the surrounding space. As a user moves and/or rotates the handheld controller, the virtual ray sweeps through space, intersecting various objects. When the virtual ray intersects with the location of a controllable object whose identity and location are known, the handheld controller identifies the object and accepts remote-control input from the user for controlling that object. Using the handheld controller, the user may control any controllable object having a known identity and location in space, and may control virtual as well as physical objects.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Reavire, Inc.Inventor: Jeff Gullicksen
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Patent number: 11246010Abstract: A positioning and tracking system is disclosed. The positioning and tracking system includes positioning sensors disposed in a space, wherein the positioning sensors are all movable and all have functions of sensing distance, angle and time, and the positioning sensors communicate with each other to sense relative distances, relative angles and relative times between every two positioning sensors of the positioning sensors. when at least one of the positioning sensors moves in the space, the positioning sensors re-communicate with each other to instantly update the relative distances, the relative angles and the relative times between every two positioning sensors of the positioning sensors.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: IWAVE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shau-Gang Mao, Chong-Yi Liou, Wei-Ting Tsai, Ting-Wei Wu, Yu-Yao Chen, Jin-Feng Neo, Zheng-An Peng, Tsu-Yu Lo, Je-Yao Chang, Chien-Bang Chen, Shih-Ping Huang
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Patent number: 11239904Abstract: A communication system has a phased antenna array configured to communicate via a plurality of beams with a wireless device, such as user equipment (e.g., a smart phone). The plurality of beams define a field of view of the phased antenna array, the field of view having a plurality of cells and each of the plurality of beams is associated with one of the plurality of cells within the field of view. A processing device detects the wireless device within the field of view and determines a coarse geographic location of the wireless device within the field of view of the wireless device when the wireless device is within the field of view, or within a cell. The system further determines a fine geographic location for the wireless device based on frequency offset (due to Doppler) and signal flight time.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: AST & Science, LLCInventors: Raymond J. Sedwick, Abel Avellan
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Patent number: 11228469Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for providing locationing multipath mitigation for wireless communication is provided. The system includes a receiver having at least one controller. The at least one controller is programmed to; receive a first narrowband wireless signal including a predetermined symbol from a transmitter across a wideband transmission channel that exhibits a multipath condition and additive noise, the first narrowband wireless signal being convoluted with the wideband channel to form a first received signal and to perform autocorrelation on the first received signal to extract the predetermined symbol. The at least one controller is further configured to filter the extracted predetermined symbol to deconvolve the first received signal to minimize the effects of the multipath condition and the additive noise to provide a first deconvoluted signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DEEYOOK LOCATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventor: Eran Shpak
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Patent number: 11197265Abstract: A moving path determining method, applied to a user equipment, the moving path determining method comprises performing positioning to at least three wireless communication devices via a scanning frequency in a cumulative time, to calculate a plurality of sampling positions; determining whether a measured distance value corresponding to each of the plurality of sampling positions of at least three wireless communication devices is less than a predetermined value or not; removing the sampling position corresponding to the measure distance value less than the predetermined value within the plurality of sampling positions, to obtain a plurality of valid sampling positions; calculating a count value of the plurality of valid sampling positions; and determining a current position of the user equipment according to the count value and a smoothing threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Chin-Shuo Kuo
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Patent number: 11194012Abstract: Provided is a radio source position estimation system including a plurality of radio transmission devices spaced a predetermined distance apart from one another and configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals received from an arbitrary radio source and a central radio reception device configured to estimate a position of the radio source using the RF signals received from at least three radio transmission devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research InstituteInventors: Sung Hyuck Im, Moon Beom Heo, Se Bum Chun, Deok Won Lim, Eun Seong Son, Koon Tack Kim
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Patent number: 11184048Abstract: A measuring system includes a first measuring device and a second measuring device. The measuring system is configured to, between the first measuring device and the second measuring device, determine a first phase shift at a first frequency, determine a second phase shift at a second frequency, and determine a third phase shift at a third frequency. The first measuring device includes a phase difference calculator configured to calculate a first phase difference between the first phase shift and the second phase shift, and a second phase difference between the second phase shift and the third phase shift. The first measuring device also includes a range/velocity calculator configured to determine a first biased distance estimate from the first phase difference, a second biased distance estimate from the second phase difference, and an unbiased distance and/or velocity from the first biased distance estimate and the second biased distance estimate.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Stichting IMEC NederlandInventor: Jac Romme
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Patent number: 11175654Abstract: A remote vehicle control system includes a vehicle mounted sensor system including a video camera system for producing video data and a distance mapping sensor system for producing distance map data. A data handling system is used to compress and transmit both the video and distance map data over a cellular network using feed forward correction. A virtual control system acts to receive the video and distance map data, while providing a user with a live video stream supported by distance map data. Based on user actions, control instructions can be sent to the vehicle mounted sensor system and the remote vehicle over the cellular network.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Oliver Ryan, Usman Ghani, Tobenna Arodigobu
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Patent number: 11176596Abstract: User equipment (UE) includes a short-range transceiver configured for communication with a plurality of wireless access points (APs) distributed throughout a venue. The individual UEs can communicate with the venue via the APs. The UEs can be configured to play interactive games with the venue, some of which may be displayed on the large screen in the venue and others that are displayed on the display of the UE. Data may be sent to the UEs individually or in groups. The data may be in the form of advertising, text messaging, images, video, multimedia, or the like. An array of UEs can receive portions of an overall image and function as individual pixels in a large display.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Mobilitie, LLCInventors: Gary B. Jabara, Lloyd Frederick Linder, David Brett Simon
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Patent number: 11169260Abstract: A method for determining the position of a mobile radio station by a vehicle, the method being based on a plurality of radio measurements. The invention further relates to a vehicle for carrying out such a method.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventors: Gabriel Goron, Michael Schulmeister, Klaus Rink, Jonas Herzfeld
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Patent number: 11161516Abstract: According to one embodiment, by way of example, a vehicle control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire map data indicating an absolute azimuth of a linear road surface sign disposed on a road surface on which a vehicle travels, and image data obtained by imaging surroundings of the vehicle with a vehicle-mounted camera included in the vehicle; and a correction unit configured to detect the road surface sign from the acquired image data, calculate a relative azimuth of the road surface sign with respect to the vehicle on the image data, calculate a shift of an azimuth in which the vehicle moves based on the calculated relative azimuth and the absolute azimuth of the detected road surface sign indicated by the map data, and correct the azimuth in which the vehicle moves based on the calculated shift.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Tanaka, Toyoji Hiyokawa
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Patent number: 11140651Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for determining a location of a communication device. Data corresponding to a detected transmission of a data packet between a tag device and one or more communication devices is received on one or more communication channels. At least one of a channel state information and a signal strength associated with the detected transmission for each frequency band in a plurality of frequency bands are determined. Based on the determined channel state information, one or more lengths of signal paths corresponding to the detected transmission of the data packet are determined. A shortest length in across one or more communication devices is selected to determine a location of the tag device.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Sai Roshan Ayyalasomayajula, Dinesh Bharadia, Deepak Vasisht, Dina Katabi
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Patent number: 11131744Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: POLTE CORPORATIONInventors: Felix Markhovsky, Truman Prevatt, Russ Markhovsky, Michael John Buynak
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Patent number: 11132004Abstract: Vehicles and methods of navigating vehicles comprise at least three receiver antennae configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals from one or more RF-transmitting antennae coupled to an object, receiver circuitry coupled to the receiver antennae to acquire the RF signals and to determine timing information from the acquired RF signals, memory storing information related to fixed distances between each receiver antenna and each other receiver antenna, a processor configured to determine a relative position of the vehicle with respect to the one or more RF-transmitting antennae based on the stored information related to the fixed distances between each receiver antenna and each other receiver antenna and on the timing information determined by the receiver circuitry, and a control system configured to control operation of the vehicle in response to the relative position of the vehicle with respect to the one or more RF-transmitting antennae determined by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: POSITION IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Edward L. Hill, Brett Bilbrey, Harry Lee Deffebach, III, Krenar Komoni
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Patent number: 11119496Abstract: Some aspects include a method including: generating, with a processor of the robot, a map of the workspace; segmenting, with the processor of the robot, the map into a plurality of zones; transmitting, with the processor of the robot, the map to an application of a communication device; receiving, with the application, the map; displaying, with the application, the map; receiving, with the application, at least one input for the map; implementing, with the application, the at least one input into the map to generate an updated map of the workspace; transmitting, with the application, the updated map to the processor of the robot; receiving, with the processor of the robot, the updated map; generating, with the processor of the robot, a movement path based on the map or the updated map; and actuating, with the processor of the robot, the robot to traverse the movement path.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: AI IncorporatedInventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Lukas Fath
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System for the secure distributed firmware and configuration update of un-networked physical devices
Patent number: 11107127Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for the secure distribution of firmware and configuration updates to un-networked physical devices. A client component is provided for installation on a client device, which is configured to receive, via the client component, a status data packet including a status indication from a beacon, when the client is proximate to the beacon. A server receives the status data packet via the client component, determines whether an update is available for the beacon based at least in part on the status indication, and transmits, to the client device, an encrypted update data message relating to the update for installation at the beacon to complete the update of the beacon.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Thomas Middleton, Orin Morris -
Patent number: 11102727Abstract: An uplink control method, includes: determining a downlink path loss based on a first reference signal receive power that is of a serving cell in which the terminal device is located and that is obtained through measurement; receiving a first transmit power and a second transmit power that are sent by the base station; and if the first reference signal receive power is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, obtaining, by the terminal, an uplink transmit power of the terminal in a first network; or if the first reference signal receive power is less than a preset threshold, obtaining, by the terminal, an uplink transmit power of the terminal in the first network.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kai Xu, Liwen Zhang, Lin Zhou, Bo Cheng
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Patent number: 11079463Abstract: A method for the determining a position of at least one measurement object equipped with a mobile station having a receiver includes employing at least four reference objects having a base station and a transmitter, wherein a first reference object of the at least four reference objects has a mobile station with a receiver and simultaneously acts as a measurement object. The base station and the mobile station are structurally combined. The reference objects initially have a known position that can change. The transmitters of the base stations transmit signals and the mobile stations receive signals. The method additionally includes emitting, by at least two transmitters of base stations, periodic signals of different frequencies at mutually defined time intervals, wherein these frequencies are closely adjacent.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Yu Yao, Stefan Van Waasen, Renhai Xiong, Michael Schiek
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Patent number: 11075929Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing time series data of a wireless communication link between a first node and a second node on a millimeter-wave communications network; determining that an anomaly exists in the time series data; determining an anomaly type for the anomaly by inputting one or more features derived from the time series data into a machine learning module; generating a report comprising an indication that the anomaly exists and a description of the anomaly type, and determining one or more treatments for the determined anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Ying Li, Fan Sun, Guan Pang
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Patent number: 11067684Abstract: Embodiments provide a data receiver with a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive at least two sub-data packets from a data transmitter, and to combine the at least two sub-data packets to obtain a data packet that is transmitted split into the at least two sub-data packets by the data transmitter, wherein each of the at least two sub-data packets is shorter than the data packet, a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive the at least two sub-data packets on at least two different carrier frequencies a unit for determining a phase difference configured to determine a phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets that is caused by the at least two different carrier frequencies and the path delay, and a unit for determining a distance difference configured to determine a distance difference between the data receiver and the data transmitter based on the determined phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Niels Hadaschik, Marc Faßbinder, Josef Bernhard, Jörg Robert, Jörn Thielecke, Markus Hartmann, Hans-Martin Tröger, Ferdinand Kemeth
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Patent number: 11055802Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for managing provisioning of a service. The techniques include requesting identity credentials from a device having a PII wallet for identity credentials of a potential user of the service, receiving the requested identity credentials, sending the received requested identity credentials to an identity and access management system, receiving a decision regarding verification of the requested identity credentials from the identity and access management system, and producing a notification in response to the received decision.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Graeme Jarvis, Terezinha Rumble, George C. Grammer, Michael Lamarca
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Patent number: 11051267Abstract: A channel latency determining method, a positioning method, and device, the method including obtaining, by a communications device, device location information of a calibration user equipment (UE), calculating a propagation delay according to the device location information and prestored location information of an antenna, where the propagation delay is a time between transmitting a radio signal by the calibration UE and receiving the radio signal by the antenna, calculating a time of arrival according to the radio signal transmitted by the calibration UE to the antenna, where the time of arrival is a time obtained through calculation according to a time of arrival (TOA) estimation algorithm, and determining a channel latency according to the propagation delay and the time of arrival, where the channel latency is positively correlated with the time of arrival and is negatively correlated with the propagation delay.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Zhang, Feng Zhou, Yaxin Wu, Jiao He
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Patent number: 11041934Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for determining a position of a vehicle using millimeter wave narrow beamforming. A method may include receiving a set of training packets that each uniquely identify a position on a portion of a roadway where the vehicle is located. Each of the training packets included in the set may be associated with only one of the millimeter wave narrow beams. The method may include identifying a training packet included in the set of training packets that has a highest receive power level among the set of training packets. The method may include determining the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The method may include determining positional information for the vehicle based on the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The positional information may describe a location of the vehicle on the roadway.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Vutha Va, Takayuki Shimizu, Gaurav Bansal, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11032665Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment (UE) geolocation. A machine learning model can be trained to estimate UE locations based on historical network communication data associated with the UEs. In order to train the machine learning model, known previous UE locations and corresponding historical network communication data can be provided to the machine learning model. A variety of other information, such as topographical information, can also be provided to the machine learning model. The machine learning model can be trained to predict the known previous UE locations based on the corresponding historical network communication data and any other provided information. Once it is trained, the machine learning model can be deployed to estimate real-time UE locations based on historical network communication data associated with the UEs.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Abraham George, Ye Ge, Jie Chen, Wenjie Zhao
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Patent number: 11022701Abstract: A method for determining a position of a unit by satellite navigation, wherein the position is determined solely by Doppler measurements. Further, an associated control module and an associated data storage medium are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Inventors: Sergey Azarkevich, Holger Faisst
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Patent number: 11023833Abstract: A pro-active mobile refueling service uses a multiple agents and targets solution to assign mobile service agents to re-fuel moving vehicles. A subscription service continually monitors the fuel consumption and fuel reserves of subscribed moving vehicles to predict when a subscribed vehicle will need fuel replenishing.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adi Ionel Botea, Fan Xie
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Patent number: 10984619Abstract: A multi sensor detection and disabling lock system includes detector cases for holding interchangeable detectors that sample for chemical, biological and radiological compounds, agents and elements, with each detector case disposed in or upon the monitored product. The detector case transmits detection information to a monitoring computer terminal and transmits a signal to a lock disabler engaged to the product to lock or disable the product's lock thereby preventing untrained, unauthorized and unequipped individuals from gaining access and entry to the product, and also preventing further contamination of the area. The detection system can be interconnected to surveillance towers scanning detector cases disposed at seaport docks, freight depots and rail terminals for monitoring containers being prepared for shipment or sitting on docks for long periods of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Inventor: Golden Larry
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Patent number: 10979439Abstract: Systems and methods are described for management of data transmitted between computing devices in a communication network. An administrative component can configure one or more devices in the communication path of messages to be exchanged by devices to interpret codes embedded in the communication messages. A receiving device can review incoming messages for one or more processing codes or instructions that are embedded in the portion of the communication typically utilized solely to identify the subject matter of the communication, generally referred to as the topic portion of the communication. The receiving devices can then process the embedded codes to determine how the communication message will be routed or otherwise processed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Rahul Sharma
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Patent number: 10966060Abstract: A method of determining a location, using bilateration, of an electronic device that is spaced from transmitting devices is disclosed. The electronic device receives first and second signals of the same or different signal type from first and second transmitting devices, respectively, with an antenna. The electronic device determines a signal quality of each signal based on: 1) a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or a received signal power and a received signal gain, and 2) signal propagation characteristics specific for the transmitting devices. The signals with the two highest signal qualities are used for location determination. The distance from the transmitting devices can be determined based on one or more of: a received signal power and signal gain for both signals, a transmitted power and signal gain of both signals, or location information associated with the transmitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Kenmar CorporationInventors: Neal C. Fairbanks, Frederick R. Nader, Collin M. Rusk
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Patent number: 10965387Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for wireless transceiver calibration. In one embodiment, the method for relative calibration of multiple transceiver units for their use for joint transmission from groups of transceiver units to at least one other wireless entity, wherein each transceiver unit includes an antenna element, comprises: exchanging pilots using multiple signaling resource slots, using at least two non-overlapping groups of transceiver units; and performing calibration of transceiver units in the first and second groups of transceiver units, including choosing relative calibration parameters to control calibration and using a metric to assess calibration, where the metric is based on at least one combination of calibration parameters and the observations of each transceiver group in at least two groups of transceiver units based the simultaneous pilot broadcast and subsequent reception between transceiver units in pairs of groups of transceiver units.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Haralabos Papadopoulos
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Patent number: 10958301Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for synchronizing playback of audiovisual content with a dumb speaker. In some embodiments, a display device transmits a spread spectrum signal to a dumb speaker over a data channel using a spread spectrum code. The display device then receives the spread spectrum signal from the dumb speaker over an audio data channel. The display device despreads the spread spectrum signal based on the spreading code. The display device determines a time of receipt of the spread spectrum signal. The display device calculates an audiovisual output path delay for the dumb speaker based on the time of receipt and a time of transmission. The display device then synchronizes the playback of the audiovisual content at the dumb speaker and a smart speaker based on the audiovisual output path delay.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Robert Caston Curtis, Mark Ely, Brian Thoft Moth Møller