Having Particular Power Or Bias Supply (including Self-powered Or Battery Saving Means) Patents (Class 455/343.1)
  • Patent number: 12261899
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include a user equipment (UE) generating a set of multimedia packets including a first multimedia packet and a second multimedia packet that is generated after the first multimedia packet. The UE may add the set of multimedia packets to a queue and apply an uplink packet handling protocol. Using the uplink packet handling protocol, the UE may discard the first multimedia packet and transmit, to a base station, the second multimedia packet. Using the second multimedia packet, a server in communication with the base station may generate a video frame and transmit the video frame to the UE via the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hussein Metwaly Saad, Ravi Agarwal, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Mickael Mondet, Hyun Yong Lee, Chih-Ping Li, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam
  • Patent number: 12222404
    Abstract: A current load circuit for testing a power supply circuit includes a control circuit and a load generation circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a reset signal according to a clock signal. The load generation circuit is coupled to the control circuit and has several load configurations. The load generation circuit is configured to provide one of the load configurations as a current load of the load generation circuit according to the clock signal and the reset signal and receive a portion of the supply current provided by the power supply circuit according to the current load to generate an indication signal for indicating a performance of the power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Han-Chieh Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12224407
    Abstract: The present invention maintains compatibility with a power tool having no wireless connection function, and prevents malfunctions due to linked operation. A battery pack that supplies a driving power source to a power tool, said battery pack comprising: a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with an external device; and a control unit that performs a first determination process to determine the state of a wireless communication connection with the external device, wherein when the control unit has determined in the first determination process that wireless communication has been established, the control unit transmits a linking command to the external device, and during a state in which the wireless communication has been established, the control unit can perform a communication connection cancellation process to cancel the wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Tatsuya Ito, Kenta Harada, Hiromi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12218522
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer device is disclosed that includes at least a first coil layer and a second coil layer, each coil layer including two coil windings positioned adjacent to one another in a lateral direction; wherein the two coil windings in each corresponding coil layer are connected in series and are wound in the same rotational direction, and the first and second coil layers are stacked in layers on top of one another. The magnetic fields of the coil layers can interact with one another in a constructive manner such that the overall efficiency and power transmission of the wireless power transfer device can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tennessee Technological University
    Inventors: Muhammad E. Bima, Indranil Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 12191678
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power supply apparatus configured to perform power transmission by an electromagnetic wave having a first frequency band, and a second power supply apparatus configured to perform power transmission by an electromagnetic wave having a second frequency band. The first power supply apparatus and the second power supply apparatus are provided so as to be 2H×{tan(?)} or greater distant from each other, when each of the first power supply apparatus and the second power supply apparatus is provided in height H from a floor surface, where H is a positive number, and when a direction of a maximum value ±3 dB is in a range from ?? to +? in a case where a perpendicular downward direction from each position is a standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Taniguchi, Toshiya Mitomo
  • Patent number: 12183107
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for training a machine learning (ML) model to detect anomalies in images of documents. A first image of a first set of images of documents is obtained. Each first image relates to a region of the document and the first set of images comprises an image of a document containing an anomaly and an image of a document not containing an anomaly. Signal processing algorithms are applied to the first images to generate a signal for each first image and each algorithm, and a discriminative power of each algorithm is evaluated. Based on the discriminative power, a signal processing algorithm is selected and ML model input data is generated using signals generated by applying the algorithm to second digital images. The ML model is trained using the input data to produce output indicating whether an image of a document contains an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Onfido Ltd.
    Inventors: Philip Botros, Romain Sabathe, Elizabeth Christiansen, Slavi Bonev, Roberto Annunziata, Mohan Mahadevan
  • Patent number: 12182373
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for transitioning between a standard display mode and a low power display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Chao, Kevin W. Chen, Aurelio Guzman, Paul T. Nixon, Kevin M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 12167312
    Abstract: An electronic device mounted in a vehicle and including; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature associated with a measurement target to generate a measured temperature, and a controller configured to operate in a normal operating mode if the measured temperature is less than a first reference temperature, and further configured to operate in a limited control mode if the measured temperature is greater than or equal to the first reference temperature. During the normal operating mode, the controller is enabled to perform a performance limiting function, and during the limited control mode, the controller is enabled to perform an emergency call (eCall) function and is disabled to perform a performance limiting function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heungkyu Kwon, Yongchul Choi, Jungcheon Choi
  • Patent number: 12147441
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for providing local business-based recommendations or search results to visitors. In response to a request for a digital map of a geographic area, the system determines whether a user is familiar with the geographic area based on the user's location history. In response to determining that the user is unfamiliar with the geographic area and therefore is a visitor of the geographic area, the system provides recommendations, suggestions, or search results to the user which includes local businesses which are of interest to the user. The local businesses may include local businesses which are related to a geographic search query provided by the user, or may include local businesses recommended by the system according to the time of day, time of year, events within the geographic area such as events stored in the user's virtual calendar, reviews of the local businesses, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
    Inventors: Kayla Drozd, Theobolt N. Leung, Kenneth J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 12081224
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes generating a low-frequency clock signal having a first frequency, in a standby mode and in a run mode of the CPU, generating a high-frequency clock signal having a second frequency higher than the first frequency, in the run mode, updating a value of the reference time base at each period of the low-frequency clock signal in the standby mode, and accessing the counter register with the high-frequency clock signal in the run mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Grand Ouest) SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Meunier, Vincent Pascal Onde
  • Patent number: 12082108
    Abstract: A power-saving state switching method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The power-saving state switching method includes configuring, by the base station, a first power consumption mode of the terminal at a first time point, and transmitting configuration information of the first power consumption mode to the terminal. Two or more power consumption modes are supported by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meiying Yang, Deshan Miao, Fangchen Cheng
  • Patent number: 12074446
    Abstract: Embodiments may include a control device comprising an antenna; a near-field communications (NFC) module coupled with the antenna; a power storage coupled with the NFC module to harvest energy from a radio frequency (RF) field; and a wireless communications interface coupled with the power storage to receive power to generate and transmit a non-NFC radio transmission in response to the energy harvested from the RF field. Further embodiments may include a processor of the wireless communications interface to decrement a dim level in response to energy harvested from the RF field via a first antenna and to increment the dim level in response to energy harvested from the RF field via a second antenna. The wireless communications interface may then generate and transmit a non-NFC radio transmission to change the dim level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Raman Nair Harish Gopala Pillai
  • Patent number: 12058618
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for UE group wake up signals are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a first time slot (w0) and a first frequency location for a first wake up signal; and a transmitter that transmits the first wake up signal starting from the first time slot (w0) and the first frequency location; wherein the first wake up signal is associated with a paging message and ends at a second time slot minus one (g0?1) with a first maximal duration; wherein a first time offset of the second time slot (g0) and a start of a time slot of the paging message is determined by at least one of: a second time offset of the second time slot to a third time slot for a second wake up signal, a second maximal duration of the second wake up signal, a presence of the second wake up signal, and a paged group number associated with the paging message; wherein the transmitter further transmits the paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yingying Li, Zhi Yan, Haipeng Lei, Hongmei Liu, Haiming Wang
  • Patent number: 12022399
    Abstract: A power control device includes: a modem, a first power management module connected to the modem, an AP, a second power management module connected to the AP, and a control circuit connected to the AP, the first power management module and the second power management module. The second power management module is configured to output a second control signal to the first power management module. The AP is configured to generate a first control signal and output the first control signal to the control circuit in a case that a shutdown instruction is received or an abnormal power-down is detected. The control module is configured to convert the second control signal into a third control signal under control of the first control signal. The first power management module is configured to stop power supply to the modem under control of the third control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chaojie Shao
  • Patent number: 11994082
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a frequency output circuit that outputs a clock signal having a specified frequency, a circuit block that realizes a predetermined function, and a standby controller that controls a standby mode of the circuit block in accordance with the clock signal. Here, the standby controller includes a control circuit that outputs state information corresponding to the control of the standby mode, a frequency control signal that designates the frequency of the clock signal output from the frequency output circuit in accordance with the state information, and a frequency selection circuit that outputs count information that designates the duration of the state transition of the circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Kondo
  • Patent number: 11997576
    Abstract: A method of BLE-Mesh communications includes providing a dual-mode BLE-Mesh device including dual-mode RF driver, dual-mode manager, a BLE stack for BLE operations. and a mesh stack for mesh operations in a BLE-mesh network having a BLE relay device and a functional end BLE device. The BLE-mesh device has a periodic set of time indexed data slots common throughout the BLE-mesh network which provides a BLE event timeline for BLE connection events. The dual-mode BLE device implements an event clustering algorithm that delays or advances mesh events with respect to a timing the BLE connection events for clustering together their respective occurrences into continuous BLE/Mesh events to reduce a duty cycle by reducing a number of transitions from active mode to sleep mode and from sleep mode to active mode. The BLE-Mesh device communicates in the BLE-mesh network using the continuous BLE/Mesh events with at least one mesh device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arvind Kandhalu Raghu, Mehul Soman
  • Patent number: 11973391
    Abstract: In general, devices and systems for a tangentially actuated magnetic momentum transfer generator, and methods of use thereof, are provided. In an aspect, an electrical generator having a plurality of turns of wire forming a coil, a rotating magnet positioned in the coil, at least one stationary magnet positioned about the coil, and a slider movable relative to the rotating magnet in a direction tangential to an outer surface of the rotating magnet are provided. The slider can be configured to cause rotation of the rotating magnet, and the rotation of the rotating magnet and/or an interaction of the rotating magnet with a magnetic field of one or more of the at least one stationary magnet and the slider magnet can induce a voltage across a first terminal end and a second terminal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: WePower Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Deak, Michael Joseph Riddell, Lawrence Richenstein
  • Patent number: 11950167
    Abstract: A mobile computing device can operate as a user device or a service provider device for a network-based service. The mobile computing device can transmit location data to a network system to aid in the network system's management of the network-based service. The mobile computing device can dynamically adjust the location data transmission rate at which location data is transmitted to the network system based on various parameters, including one or more of: a power status, information related to the network-based service, network connectivity metrics, and the like. By dynamically adjusting the location data transmission rate based one or more of these parameters, the mobile computing device can conserve battery power without adversely affecting the provisioning of the network-based service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Erick Chang, Katherine Swanson
  • Patent number: 11936435
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a combined telecommunications and power network, the network comprising: one or more optical network terminals; one or more optical network splitters, wherein each of the optical network splitters are optically connected to one or more of the optical network terminals; one or more optical line terminals, wherein each of the optical line terminals are optically connected to one or more of the optical network splitters; one or more network switches, wherein each of the network switches are connected to one or more of the optical line terminals; one or more routers, wherein each of the routers are connected to one or more of the network switches, and electrically connected to one or more modems; one or more automatic transfer switches, wherein each of the automatic transfer switches electrically powers one or more of the optical line terminals; one or more power sources, wherein each of the power sources is electrically connected to a respective one of the automatic transfer switches; and a s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Aleksandar Milojkovic
  • Patent number: 11929792
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) using radiative coupling and dynamic beamforming. In some embodiments, a method of operation of an Energy Transmitter (ET) comprises, for each time period (TPi) of a plurality of time periods ({TPi}i=0,1, . . . , I-1), for each time slot (TSi,j) of one or more time slots ({TSi,j}j=0,1, . . . , J-1), transmitting, during TSi,j of TPi on a frequency fmod(i,2), a radio frequency signal (ST(i,j)) that is modulated with a signature of a particular Energy Harvester (EH). The method further comprises, for each TPi, attempting, during TPi, to receive, from the particular EH on a frequency fmod(i+1,2), a radio frequency signal (SR(i)) that is modulated with the signature of the particular EH. In this manner, continuous WPT is provided. Corresponding embodiments of an ET are also disclosed. Embodiments of a method performed by an EH and corresponding embodiments of an EH are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ashkan Kalantari, Shousheng He
  • Patent number: 11910311
    Abstract: A method of discontinuous reception (DRX) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU receiving DRX setting information over a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and the WTRU receiving DRX activation information over medium access control (MAC) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammed Sammour, Arty Chandra, Jin Wang, Shankar Somasundaram
  • Patent number: 11889433
    Abstract: There is provided co-channel interference mitigation by power adjustments that take into account sensitivity improvement provided by the sky communications. In connection with a communications network configured for ground communications and sky communications one radio device performs transmission power control of another radio device. If at the controlling radio device, a radio link is determined to be sky communications, at least one power adjustment for controlling the transmission power of the other radio device is determined in accordance with one or more power control parameters for sky communications. The transmission power of the second radio device is controlled by the first radio device, on the basis of the determined at least one power adjustment. In this way co-channel interference mitigation is supported by power adjustments that take into account sensitivity improvement provided by the sky communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Poul Olesen, Bent Henneberg Rysgaard
  • Patent number: 11886266
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for dynamic power control are described. In some examples, a memory device may be configured to adjust a first duration for transitioning power modes. For example, the memory device may be configured to operate in a first power mode, a second power mode, and a third power mode. When operating in a second power mode, the memory device may be configured to increase or decrease the first duration for transitioning to a third power mode based on a second duration between received commands. If no commands are received during the first duration, the memory device may transition from the second power mode to the third power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Junjun Wang, Yanming Liu, Deping He, Hua Tan
  • Patent number: 11860586
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a positioning module that performs positioning by receiving radio waves from navigation satellites; a movement distance detection sensor that detects movement distance; and a processor that turns on power of the positioning module and, if positioning with the positioning module has not succeeded after a first prescribed period of time has elapsed, turns off power of the positioning module, wherein if the processor detects that the movement distance detected by the movement distance detection sensor starting from when the positioning module was turned off is greater than or equal to a prescribed distance, the processor turns on power of the positioning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki Oshita
  • Patent number: 11853446
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more computers implements a hardware feature access service. The hardware feature access service stores private keys that correspond to digital certificates embedded in chipsets of devices enrolled in the hardware feature access service. The hardware feature access service is configured to issue access or access revocation messages to the chipsets to “lock” or “unlock” associated hardware components. The hardware feature access service also implements a service interface that allows clients to request changes to enabled feature sets for devices enrolled in the hardware feature access service. In response to such requests, the hardware feature service automatically and wirelessly enables or disables feature sets by locking or unlocking relevant hardware components of a device relevant to enabling or disabling the requested feature sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Argenti
  • Patent number: 11837884
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer device is disclosed that includes at least a first coil layer and a second coil layer, each coil layer including two coil windings positioned adjacent to one another in a lateral direction; wherein the two coil windings in each corresponding coil layer are connected in series and are wound in the same rotational direction, and the first and second coil layers are stacked in layers on top of one another. The magnetic fields of the coil layers can interact with one another in a constructive manner such that the overall efficiency and power transmission of the wireless power transfer device can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Muhammad E. Bima, Indranil Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 11838869
    Abstract: A method for reducing the energy consumption of a mobile device includes: measuring condition values of the mobile device by a measuring unit associated to the mobile device; comparing the measured condition values of the mobile device to entries of a condition listing, wherein the condition listing is stored in a memory unit of the mobile device; and initiating an energy saving program of the mobile device upon detecting a match of the measured condition values and an entry of the condition listing. The entries of the condition listing comprise the following measuring condition values of the mobile device: a display state, an activity state, a traffic consumption value, a traffic stream value, an SSID state, a BSSID state, an ESSID state, authentication information, and/or access type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Markus Amend, Eckard Bogenfeld
  • Patent number: 11824170
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of circuit technologies. A wake-up circuit and a rechargeable device are disclosed. The wake-up circuit includes an input control module, a drive module, and an output control module. The input control module, the drive module, and the output control module each are connected to an auxiliary power supply. The input control module is configured to output a first level signal when an external voltage signal is received. The drive module is configured to, when the first level signal is received, output a second level signal that lasts for a first preset time. The output control module is configured to, when the second level signal is received, output a wake-up signal that lasts for the first preset time to a battery management system. According to this application, the wake-up circuit and the BMS consume less power of the auxiliary power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin He, Zhiwei Yan, Fupeng Cai, Lidan Yan, Fuming Ye, Fangjie Zhou
  • Patent number: 11817722
    Abstract: A traffic queue having at least one charging lane including a plurality of ground-side wireless charging assemblies installed in the ground and spaced to permit at least two vehicles to be simultaneously charged by wireless power transfer is used to charge electric vehicles. During charging, the vehicle is aligned with a first ground-side wireless charging assembly in the at least one charging lane and charged using the first ground-side wireless charging assembly in a first charging session. The vehicle is then advanced to a second ground-side wireless charging assembly and aligned with the second ground-side wireless charging assembly and charged using the second ground-side wireless charging assembly in a second charging session. A time-ordered sequence of messaging is provided between the first and second ground-side wireless charging assemblies and a vehicle-side wireless charging assembly to control providing power and billing for the first and second charging sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: InductEV Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Wolgemuth, Anthony W. Calabro
  • Patent number: 11800424
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, device, system, and storage medium, and relates to the technical field of wireless communication. The method includes: sending by an unmanned aerial vehicle mode switching information to a base station, after the flight mode is switched from a first flight mode to a second flight mode; and receiving by a base station the mode switching information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the mode switching information is configured to indicate that the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle has been switched from the first flight mode to the second flight mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11755090
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a power supply unit (PSU) and a motherboard. The PSU provides power to components of the information handling system, and includes power monitoring circuitry and digital-to-analog (D/A) circuitry. The power monitoring circuitry of the PSU determines whether the provided power exceeds one of a plurality of thresholds during a respective one of a plurality of time periods, and provides a digital value on one of a plurality of pins based on one of the threshold voltages being exceeded during the corresponding time period. The D/A circuitry of the PSU detects the digital value on one of the pins, and provides one of a plurality of quantized voltages. Each of quantized voltages corresponds to a different one of the pins. The motherboard receives the one of quantized voltages, and activates a throttling operation based on the received one of quantized voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark T. Ellis, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Patent number: 11740253
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer that can perform a reagent preparation/disposal operation comfortably and smoothly as when printing a reagent list such as a reagent preparation/disposal list on paper even without printing the reagent list. The automatic analyzer that performs analysis using a sample and a reagent, the automatic analyzer including: a storage unit that stores reagent information related to a reagent remaining amount or a reagent expiration date of each of reagent containers; and a display unit that displays a reagent list in which reminder information that gives a reminder to an operator is assigned to each of setting positions of the reagent containers based on the reagent information stored in the storage unit. The reagent managing unit updates display of the reagent list such that a reagent container selected by the operator is visually identifiable while the reagent list is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sasaki, Toshihide Hanawa, Satoshi Shibuya, Yasuo Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11722106
    Abstract: Multifunctional RF limiting amplifiers having various configurations and functions are disclosed. In a first configuration, the RF limiting amplifier includes an active load output circuit that allows one to adjust the output impedance based upon the anticipated connected load impedance. In a second configuration, the RF limiting amplifier includes a pair of emitter-followers to buffer the output of a first stage, allowing the RF limiting amplifier to drive one or more second stages. A third configuration includes a pair of RF limiting amplifiers with their outputs mixed to implement a down conversion function. The third configuration may be used to drive dual SAW resonators for detecting the presence of biological or chemical agents. The RF limiting amplifier may be implemented in either bipolar junction transistors or CMOS transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt O. Wessendorf, Darren W. Branch
  • Patent number: 11723277
    Abstract: An energy harvesting device for powering electronic devices such as wireless sensors and IoT devices is described. The device relies on nature's fundamental forces to convert kinetic energy to electrical energy, acting as power source; while accounting for the Casimir force. Nanotechnology and MEMS are used to fabricate the device embedding a mechanical oscillator, electronic circuitry, energy harvester, and transducer integrated in the same packaging. The device supports mechanism to excite and ignite the oscillatory behavior via RF signal from a remote signal source that synthesizes the RF signal on a fix or mobile platform. Additionally, solar and RF signals may be added constructively to boost the output power of the device. The device scales from micron size to blades and racks formed from arrays of the connected devices to increase the output power of the aggregate system to any desired level for powering home appliances or computer networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Ramin Sadr
  • Patent number: 11714985
    Abstract: A system for controlling assignment and management of identities in ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chips. The system comprises a processor; a non-transitory memory; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, allocates a plurality of unique AEPH identities, wherein each unique identity comprises an identity of a product item and an instance identity; stores the plurality of unique AEPH identities in a first immutable record in a datastore, wherein the unique AEPH identities are associated with an initial state; provides the plurality of unique AEPH identities to an original equipment manufacturer of AEPH chips; provides an application programming interface (API); authorizes a request to update a state associated with a first unique AEPH identity in the datastore; and adds a second immutable record to the database that associates the first unique AEPH identity with an updated state of the first unique AEPH identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Bales, Lyle T. Bertz, Lyle W. Paczkowski, Harry W. Perlow
  • Patent number: 11677276
    Abstract: There are provided a method and a device for feeding electric power to a vehicle, etc. installed with a solar photovoltaic power generation panel employing a multi-junction solar cell in a non-contact manner by irradiating light to the solar photovoltaic power generation panel. In the method, light containing a wavelength component absorbed by each of all solar cell layers laminated in a multi-junction solar cell of the vehicle, etc. is projected from a light-projecting device to the light receiving surface of the multi-junction solar cell; and electric power generated by the irradiation of light from the multi-junction solar cell is taken out. The device includes structures for emitting light containing a wavelength component absorbed by each solar cell layer laminated in the multi-junction solar cell, and for irradiating the light to a light receiving surface of the multi-junction solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taizo Masuda
  • Patent number: 11678404
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, which has a circuitry configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to: perform simultaneous uplink communication with the LTE base station and the new radio base station; detect an overheating situation; and transmit capability information in response to detecting the overheating situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vivek Sharma, Yuxin Wei, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11670970
    Abstract: A system for wireless-power transmission includes a radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter that is in communication with a sensor for acquiring data for motion recognition and tracking of a plurality of objects within at least a portion of a transmission field of the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter; and one or more processors of the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter configured to: detect location and displacement of an object of the plurality of objects within the transmission field; and send instructions to cause adjustments to transmission of one or more radio-frequency power-transmission waves by the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter to a receiving electronic device based on the location and displacement of the object. The receiving electronic device is configured to use energy from the one or more radio-frequency power-transmission waves to (i) power the receiving electronic device and/or (ii) to charge a power source of the receiving electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventor: Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 11650655
    Abstract: A loop-powered field device includes a plurality of terminals coupleable to a process communication loop and a loop control module coupled to one of the plurality of terminals and configured to control an amount of current flowing through the loop control module based on a control signal. A field device main processor is operably coupled to the loop control module to receive its operating current (I_Main) from the loop control module and is configured to provide the control signal based on a process variable output. A low power wireless communication module is operably coupled to the loop control module to receive its operating current (I_BLE) from the loop control module. The low power wireless communication module is communicatively coupled to the field device main processor. The low power wireless communication module has an active mode and a sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventor: Yevgeny Korolev
  • Patent number: 11646604
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless device capable of being self-powered and an operating method thereof. The wireless device includes an energy harvesting module that generates electrical energy based on energy supplied from an outside, a power management module that generates a voltage based on the electrical energy provided from the energy harvesting module, a user input interface that includes at least one input device sensing an input of a user, and a communication module that transfers a command corresponding to the at least one input device to the outside based on the voltage provided from the power management module, in response to that the at least one input device is accessed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jong Pil Im, Jeong Hun Kim, Seungeon Moon
  • Patent number: 11636891
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for varying a time average for feedback of a memory system are described. An apparatus may include a voltage supply, a memory array, and a regulator coupled with the voltage supply and memory array and configured to supply a first voltage received from the voltage supply to the memory array. The apparatus may also include a voltage sensor configured to measure a second voltage of the memory array and a digital feedback circuit coupled with the memory array and regulator and configured to generate feedback comprising information averaged over a duration based at least in part on the second voltage measured by the voltage sensor and to transmit an analog signal to the regulator based at least in part on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Fuad Badrieh
  • Patent number: 11615431
    Abstract: An embodiment models and predicts energy consumption and provides recurring and realistic opportunities to reduce energy consumption throughout the work day or process cycle using user interfaces to convey positive and negative feedback in a controlled manner; and user experience, that reward positive changes with increased positive feedback and reduced negative feedback. Energy consumption of categories of appliances, devices, and equipment is considered a random variable. Using archived energy data, business data, and other related data, statistical modeling is used to create inverse cumulative probability distribution functions. An energy budget (consumption prediction) is computed so that it meets a probability p of the budget being exceeded during a given interval. When the budget is exceeded the feedback is negative, otherwise feedback is positive. Each budget is computed as the value b of the random variable such that the probability that the random variable will be less than or equal to b is 1-p.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GridPoint, Inc.
    Inventor: Jill R. Goldschneider
  • Patent number: 11611241
    Abstract: An extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) includes a resonant coil on a surface of the EMU to be coupled to a second resonant coil affixed to a structure via a resonant magnetic field. The EMU also includes a receiver in the EMU coupled to the resonant coil to provide a direct current (DC) voltage based on the resonant magnetic field. A battery in the EMU is charged based on the DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Savulak, Sean K. Murray, Gregory John Quinn
  • Patent number: 11601013
    Abstract: A system and method for wireless transmission of electricity through the air utilizes Earth's natural magnetosphere or an induced magnetosphere to produce electrons which may be systematically converted to almost weightless preparticles called muons that are transmittable from a tower with a low frequency radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald L. Besser
  • Patent number: 11589376
    Abstract: A multi-radio device includes two or more radio subsystems coupled to a packet traffic arbitration (PTA) module. The PTA module receives a first request for radio communication from a first radio subsystem, where the first request indicates a first usage duration. After granting the first request, the PTA module receives a second request for radio communication from a second radio subsystem. The second request indicates a second usage duration. The PTA module sends a rejection of the second request to the second radio subsystem, where the rejection indicates a remaining time of the first usage duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Chen, Tsai Yuan Hsu, Shun-Yong Huang, Chen-Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 11577739
    Abstract: Methods and systems of enabling a transportation mode on a telematics device coupled to a vehicle are provided. One method includes detecting a first event or receiving a command for enabling a transportation mode, running a transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to receiving the first event or the command, and exiting the transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to detecting a second event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, James Patrick Howell
  • Patent number: 11568729
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host device and multiple monitor devices. One of the monitor devices is configured as a parent monitor device, and the remaining monitor devices are configured as child monitor devices. The parent monitor device receives a user presence detect (UPD) status signal, and queries all of the child monitor devices for a current UPD status. In response to the queries, the parent monitor consolidates the current UPD status from each of the child monitor devices and the current UPD status of the parent monitor device. Based on the consolidated current UPD status and based on a UPD policy, the parent monitor device sets a current user status as a user absence or presence. In response to the processor being in a low power state and the current user status being the user presence, the patent monitor device provides a wake notification to the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Kamepalli, Daniel L. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 11554731
    Abstract: An electrical system in a vehicle has a battery is configured to supply electrical current when a driver ignition key is in a Key-Off state. A. A plurality of electrical loads are each configurable to receive the electrical current flowing from the battery during the Key-Off state depending upon predetermined Key-Off-Load (KOL) Modes. A vehicle locator determines a geographic location of the vehicle. A sleep-time database records daily Key-On and Key-Off events according to changes between the Key-On state and the Key-Off state, wherein each Key-Off event is associated with a respective geographic location from the vehicle locator. An analyzer identifies Key-Off events sharing a repetitive time span and a common geographic location. A scheduler activates a timed KOL sequence according to the identified Key-Off events so that repetitive time slots of vehicle usage can be used to reduce battery drain during times when vehicle usage is less likely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hanyang B. Chen, Michael J. Irby
  • Patent number: 11553416
    Abstract: Technologies directed to dynamic memory reallocation and offload channel state information (CSI) processing for device power savings are described. A method includes receiving, by a radio, first data from a processing device. The first data is sent to a second wireless device over a wireless channel. The method measures, by the radio, first CSI values that represent channel properties of the wireless channel. The method sends, by the radio, the first CSI values to the processing device with a first periodicity. The method receives, by the radio from the processing device, second data that specifies a transfer interval and an amount of memory to reserve in a memory buffer for second CSI values measured during the transfer interval. The method measures, by the radio, the second CSI values and sends the second CSI values to the processing device at the end of the transfer interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Ichapurapu, Durga Laxmi Narayana Swamy Inti, Amit Kachroo
  • Patent number: 11516734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to control methods and devices. One example method is applied for a terminal device, and the terminal device comprises a radio frequency processing circuit, the radio frequency processing circuit comprising a plurality of radio frequency channels. The method comprises determining low power consumption state information of the carrier based on precoding information and duration information, where the low power consumption state information comprises a target radio frequency channel and a duration time for scheduling the target radio frequency channel, a data sequence mapped to the target radio frequency channel being all-zero, and sending control information to the radio frequency processing circuit, where the control information is used to control the target radio frequency channel to be in a low power consumption state, and the low power consumption state comprises a disabled state or a dormant state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junwei Wang, Meng Deng