Having Particular Power Or Bias Supply (including Self-powered Or Battery Saving Means) Patents (Class 455/343.1)
  • Patent number: 11068154
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus includes a display unit and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to switch and display a plurality of images classified for each layer. The display control unit is configured to selectively execute a first display control mode and a second display control mode. The first display control mode causes the display unit to display, on the basis of an operation event, the second image from a third image not relating to the first image via the first image. The second display control mode enables the display unit to display the second image from the third image without the first image when a control signal for prompting access to the second image is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishikawa, Chisako Kajihara, Satoshi Akagawa, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Takeshi Iwatsu, Yasuki Kanema
  • Patent number: 11057833
    Abstract: Cross-layer sleep control in a wireless device. In an embodiment, parameter(s) are stored in association with a system component and each of a plurality of power-saving configurations. When a predetermined type of event is detected, a next event and a time span until the next event is anticipated to occur is determined. For each system component required for the next event, the parameter(s) associated with the system component are retrieved for each power-saving configuration, and one of the power-saving configurations is selected based on the retrieved parameter(s) and the time span. Each system component is then control to transition to its selected power-saving configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TRACIE WIRELESS LLC
    Inventor: Murat Karsi
  • Patent number: 10999711
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an system configured to distributed an behavior state signal to an subscriber terminal when the subscriber comes within an predetermine region of the environment. The system comprises of an plurality of A/V recording and communication apparatus arranging at an predetermine region of the environment, an behavior state processing unit configured to obtain and distribute data to and from components of the system, subscriber terminal and the one or more VSIM severs of the terminal service provider. The service provider further comprises an VSIM server configured to distribute one or more behavior state signals to the one or more subscriber terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Clarence Wheeler
  • Patent number: 10965170
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a first wireless signal of power feeding, to a first terminal; a second transmitter configured to transmit a second wireless signal of power feeding, to the first terminal and controlling circuitry configured to control both the first transmitter and the second transmitter to transmit simultaneously at least a part of the first wireless signal from the first transmitter to the first terminal and the second wireless signal from the second transmitter to the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoko Matsuo, Kentaro Taniguchi, Toshiyuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10917265
    Abstract: To obtain a communication apparatus capable of reducing the consumption of electric power. A communication system according to the present disclosure includes a transmitter that generates a first signal including communication data and sends the first signal through a communication terminal in a first operation mode, and that generates a second signal including a predetermined first signal pattern and having a transition rate lower than the first signal and sends the second signal through the communication terminal in a second operation mode, and a controller that sets an operation mode for the transmitter to either of a plurality of operation modes including the first operation mode and the second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugioka
  • Patent number: 10916110
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for emergency lighting and evacuation. A building may include several emergency lighting stations in which at least some, if not all, of the lighting station includes a lighting device, a motion sensor, a speaker, a video camera, and a wireless access point. A controller adapter may provide power to and communicate with the lighting stations via Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) connections. A central controller may communicate with the controller adapter to control the emergency lighting stations through the PoE connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Joseph Alexander Carr, Zhenyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10867148
    Abstract: A customizable programmable card may comprise a set of visual indicators on a face of the card, wherein each one of the visual indicators indicates a functionality available for instantiation via the card; a short-range communication widget that comprises: a short range communication unit capable of transmitting data to a receiving entity; and a data store that comprises: a set of application identifiers, wherein each application identifier corresponds to one of the set of visual indicators; and, for each of the set of application identifiers, a corresponding set of application data to be used by a corresponding application associated with the application identifier, that causes the corresponding application to be instantiated on the receiving entity, wherein the corresponding set of application data are used as parameters for the instantiated corresponding application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Develop For LLC
    Inventor: William F Carroll, II
  • Patent number: 10845860
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting power in a data center that processes data obtained from radio units functioning as wireless transceivers. The power control method for the data center capable of processing data for each of a plurality of radio units includes identifying whether data is transmitted and received to and from the plurality of radio units communicating with terminals via wireless communication, and performing power control based on a load value calculated using a result of the identifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiho Yoon, Youngyong Kim
  • Patent number: 10771294
    Abstract: A compressed over pulse-code modulation (PCM) (CoP) format (e.g., for data transfer between a Bluetooth component and an audio digital signal processor (ADSP) component) may be modified to transport additional metadata (e.g., sideband data). Sideband data may be transported to convey parameter control information (e.g., control information for codec parameter control interfaces, such as information for quality mode changes), in band data (e.g., data specific parameters, such as timestamps for playback timing control and synchronization purposes), etc. Sideband data may be transported (e.g., communicated) over an interface between a Bluetooth component and an ADSP component while an applications processor is operating in a low power state or sleep mode. According to some aspects, the modified CoP format (e.g., a sideband packet) may include a sideband identification (ID) field and a sideband data payload (e.g., where the sideband ID field indicates the structure of a corresponding sideband data payload).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Raghavendra Bhat Noojady Krishna, Siddartha Shaik, Mallikarjuna G B, Alexy Joseph
  • Patent number: 10742242
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a power management circuit to receive an input voltage and to generate and provide a first output voltage to an energy storage device. The power management circuit further generates and provides a second output voltage to a load. The first output voltage is greater than the input voltage, and the second output voltage is smaller than the first output voltage. The apparatus further includes a monitor circuit to monitor the first output voltage and to provide a signal to the load to indicate when the load may perform an operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Daigle, Jeffery Tindle, Matt Williamson, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
  • Patent number: 10732696
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for wake-up control of an intelligent terminal. At least two alarm set indications are sent by one or more applications of the intelligent terminal. The alarm set indication is used to indicate a first alarm wake-up time determined by the application for waking up the intelligent terminal. At least two of the at least two first alarm wake-up times corresponding to the at least two alarm set indications are delayed until a second alarm wake-up time. The second alarm wake-up time is determined according to preset adjustment control information. The intelligent terminal is woken at the second alarm wake-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoping Zhu, Yonghong Qiao, Bingtian Han
  • Patent number: 10673473
    Abstract: A circuit may include a transmitter for generating a signal indicative of input data, an on-chip channel for transmitting the signal from the transmitter, and a receiver comprising a receiving terminal that has a negative resistance value as input resistance of the receiving terminal, the receiver generating a signal indicative of recovered data based on the transmitted signal through the on-chip channel. The circuit may recycle a portion of charge stored in the on-chip channel using charge recycling, and the charge recycling is associated with the negative resistance value of the input resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hong June Park, Ji Hoon Lim, Hae Kang Jung
  • Patent number: 10632852
    Abstract: Techniques for electric vehicle systems, and in particular to a vehicle optical charging system and method of use. In one embodiment, a system for vehicle optical charging comprises: an optical charging station configured to transmit an optical signal, the optical charging station comprising a directive element configured to direct the transmitted optical signal; a receiving vehicle comprising an electrical storage unit and a receiver configured to receive the transmitted optical signal, the receiver in electrical communication with the electrical storage unit; wherein the received optical signal enables charging of the electrical storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Patent number: 10585017
    Abstract: A diagnosis apparatus includes a fiber optic sensor, a collection processor, and a self-diagnosis processor. The fiber optic sensor is configured to be disposed over a target. The collection processor is configured to perform a collection process that collects measurement data related to the target obtained by the fiber optic sensor. The self-diagnosis processor is configured to perform a self-diagnosis process before the collection processor starts the collection process. The self-diagnosis process obtains an output value related to calibration of the fiber optic sensor, causes the collection processor to start the collection process when the output value falls within a proper range, and outputs an error when the output value falls outside the proper range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Soejima
  • Patent number: 10571990
    Abstract: A method is for managing power consumption in a remotely controllable vehicle includes: operating a telematics multimedia unit (TMU) data modem of the vehicle in a remote standby mode; setting a communication mode corresponding to a communication mode most recently used by the TMU data modem; setting a timer on a remote standby mode for a predetermined time; deducting an amount of residual current in a battery of the vehicle by an operating current having a predetermined level according to a power usage condition in a predetermined period, wherein the power usage condition is determined based on a location of the TMU data modem; monitoring whether the amount of residual current is lower than a threshold level after the predetermined time of the timer elapses; and terminating the remote standby mode when the amount of residual current is lower than the threshold level after the predetermined time of the timer elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jang Yeol Kim
  • Patent number: 10559788
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided for a mobile communication device, comprising a casing defining a cavity that conforms, at least partially, to the outer shape of the mobile communication device and one or more rechargeable power cells housed within the thickness of the casing. An internal interface engages a corresponding interface on the mobile communication device to provide power from the one or more rechargeable cells to the mobile communication device. An external interface is electrically coupled to the internal interface in order to transmit signals from the mobile communication device to an external device and may further serve to recharge the one or more rechargeable power cells. The battery pack may also serve as an extendible platform by providing additional integrated communication interfaces and/or processors that can be utilized by the mobile communication device to extend its communication and/or processing capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: mophie inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Huang, Matthew Brand
  • Patent number: 10554052
    Abstract: Wireless power transmitters and methods of management thereof are disclosed herein. An example wireless power transmitter includes an antenna array and a communication radio configured to: establish a communication connection with a respective wireless power receiver; and receive device data from the respective wireless power receiver, the device data used to determine a location of the respective wireless power receiver. The example wireless power transmitter also includes a controller in communication with the antenna array and the communication radio, the controller configured to: determine whether the respective wireless power receiver is authorized to receive power from the wireless power transmitter; if so, determine a particular time at which RF power waves should be transmitted to the respective receiver, the particular time based at least in part on a charging schedule for the transmitter; and instruct the antenna array to transmit radio frequency (RF) power waves at the particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas Bell, Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 10542404
    Abstract: A locking device for providing access to a structure includes a locking mechanism configured to selectively switch between a locked state and an unlocked state. A wireless interface is operatively connected to the locking mechanism to control change between the locked and unlocked states. The wireless interface is configured to periodically beacon a data packet providing information to listening devices in a local area without requiring a bi-directional connection and to support bi-directional connections as needed to transfer data to the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lang, Adam Purdue, Steve Switzer
  • Patent number: 10523034
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe various techniques for integrating wireless power facilities or functionality into an existing object or device via embedded or deposited surface antennas. More specifically, the techniques described herein provide for the ability to embed and/or otherwise deposit spatially-arrayed adaptively-phased antennas on the surface of an existing object or device such that the antennas are exposed to air and/or otherwise lacking significant interference. In some embodiments, a wireless power control system is operatively coupled to the antennas to independently control phases of the phased of the antennas in a wireless power delivery environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ossia Inc.
    Inventors: Hatem Zeine, Anas Alfarra, Alireza Saghati
  • Patent number: 10499407
    Abstract: A method can include monitoring a transmission medium for packets of a first protocol type with first communication circuits while the medium is controlled by second communication circuits. Requesting access to the medium in response to the first communication circuits detecting a packet of the first protocol type. Upon being granted access to the medium, executing a data transmission operation. Yielding the medium back to the second communication circuits in response the first communication circuits completing the data transmission operation. Related devices and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Raghunatha Kondareddy
  • Patent number: 10484215
    Abstract: A system and method for an NFC card for use in asynchronous NFC card emulation mode transmission. The method comprises estimating carrier frequency offset between a carrier frequency of a NFC reader and a carrier frequency of the NFC card, adjusting digital baseband sampling of the baseband sample output at the NFC card emulation mode transmitter based on the estimated carrier frequency offset to obtain an adjusted baseband sample output and modulating a RF transmitter in the NFC card emulation mode transmitter based on the adjusted baseband sample output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei International Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harya Wicaksana, Zhan Yu, Rui Yu
  • Patent number: 10474852
    Abstract: A system for charging long-range radio frequency identification tags includes a plurality of physically separated transmitters. Each transmitter is configured to direct a respective energy beam to an energy location. A tag is at the energy location. The tag is configured to store a received energy from the energy location, to sense a sensor data and to transmit the sensor data to a reader after a capacitor connected to the tag charges to an operating voltage level. The capacitor is charged by the received energy. A controller is configured to align at the energy location for each of the plurality of transmitters, a respective frequency, and at least one of a respective phase, and a respective polarity of each respective energy beam to maximize an energy level at the energy location in response to a device response of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Teslonix Inc.
    Inventors: Miodrag Bolic, James Stuart Wight, Rony Everildo Amaya, Cezary Paul Slaby
  • Patent number: 10468912
    Abstract: A capacitive contactless powering system (100) comprises a pair of receiver electrodes (141, 142) connected to a load (150) through a first inductor (160), wherein the first inductor is coupled to the load to resonate the system; a pair of transmitter electrodes (121, 122) connected to a driver (110); an insulating layer (130) having a first side and a second side opposite each other, wherein the pair of transmitter electrodes are coupled to the first side of the insulating layer and the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second side of the insulating layer, such that a capacitive impedance is formed between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein a power signal generated by the driver is wirelessly transferred from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal matches a series-resonance frequency of the first inductor and the capacitive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Sempel, Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Dave Willem Van Goor, Henricus Theorodus Van Der Zanden
  • Patent number: 10363903
    Abstract: In a vehicle keyless system 1, an on-vehicle device 10 receives a command signal transmitted from a portable device 2 and controls a predetermined on-vehicle component. The portable device 2 transmits, as a main signal MS, a command signal including ID information unique to the portable device 2, and then transmits a sub signal LP subsequent to the main signal MS. The on-vehicle device 10 transitions to a sleep state when the command signal transmitted as the main signal MS is received and the ID information included in the received main signal MS does not match with ID information stored in an EEPROM 14 as ID information unique to the portable device 2 to which the on-vehicle device 10 is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10368311
    Abstract: A communication method is provided. The communication method includes comparing an amount of current consumed by a first communication module which operates a first channel with an amount of current consumed by a second communication module which operates a second channel and determining at least one of the first channel or the second channel as a primary component carrier (PCC) according to the compared result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Ha Kim
  • Patent number: 10340700
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a power regulation system for energy harvesters that lacks a battery is provided. In some embodiments, the power regulation system may receive power from multiple energy harvesters that generate energy from different sources, such as wind currents and ambient light. In these embodiments, the power regulation system may selectively provide power from one or more of the energy harvesters to a load as environmental conditions change and power itself with energy from the energy harvesters. Thereby, the power regulation system may start and operate without a battery and provide power to the load over a wider range of environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global
    Inventors: Junifer Frenila, Perryl Glo Angac, Oliver Silvela, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10340972
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a system on a chip (SoC). In some embodiments, the SoC includes a power supply circuit, a power management circuit operatively coupled to the power supply circuit, a first wireless communications circuit and a second wireless communications circuit. The first wireless communications circuit is configured to receive an RF signal and is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit. The first wireless communications circuit has a net radio frequency (RF) power gain no more than unity before at least one of downconversion of the RF signal or detection of the RF signal. The second wireless communications circuit is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit and the power management circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Benton H. Calhoun, Yousef Shakhsheer, Yanqing Zhang, Alicia Klinefelter, David D. Wentzloff, Nathan E. Roberts, Seunghyun Oh
  • Patent number: 10331609
    Abstract: Wireless peripherals may be used by workers to facilitate communication, data entry, data visualization, safety, and security. Typically, these peripherals must communicate with a back-end system; however, direct communication is often impossible. Instead, the peripherals must communicate through an intermediary device (i.e., a base station) to reach the back-end system. To be most effective, the back-end system must be able to adapt its communication/response to a worker's identity, location, and/or peripherals. To facilitate this, the present invention embraces a peripheral hub, worn by a worker. The peripheral hub uses information regarding the worker and/or his peripherals to generate a peripheral manifest. The peripheral hub can transmit the peripheral manifest to the back-end system via the base station, and using information from the peripheral manifest, the back-end system may communicate/respond appropriately to the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Arlan Kohtz, Ryan McMahan, Jason Schoon
  • Patent number: 10324513
    Abstract: A method for processing data includes receiving in a peripheral device, which is connected by a bus to a host processor having host resources, a notification of a sleep state of at least one of the host resources. While the at least one of the host resources is in the sleep state, when the peripheral device receives data from a data source for delivery to the host processor, the peripheral device sends a message to the data source, which causes the data source to defer conveying further data to the peripheral device until the at least one of the host resources has awakened from the sleep state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Idan Burstein, Shlomo Raikin, Noam Bloch, Lavi Koch
  • Patent number: 10277866
    Abstract: A computing device may send using bluetooth a signal to find another computing device having a display device. The computing device and the another computing device may be registered to a same user and proximate to each other. Content is communicated to display on the display device using a WiFi network. The Wi-Fi network may also be utilized to communicate a notification of an incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Porto Vinci Ltd. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Patrick T. Igoe
  • Patent number: 10244471
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for receiving D2D discovery information and an apparatus. The method for receiving D2D discovery information includes: sending, by an upper layer of a radio resource control RRC layer of a D2D communication device, a first instruction to a physical layer of the D2D communication device, where the first instruction is used to instruct the physical layer to switch from a D2D sleep state to a D2D listening state; and receiving, by the physical layer of the D2D communication device, the first instruction and switching from the D2D sleep state to the D2D listening state according to the first instruction, to listen to D2D discovery information. This reduces power consumption of the D2D communication device and prolongs a standby time of the D2D communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Lin, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10200211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a communication system (100) having a plurality of communication units (300, 301, 302, 303, 304) which are connected to a communication medium (110), wherein access to the communication medium (110) is granted to the communication units (300, 301, 302, 303, 304) in a predefined order, wherein, after the end of a standby mode, a communication unit (300, 301, 302, 303, 304) checks whether it is granted access and changes to the standby mode again for a pause duration (T1, T2) until access is likely to be granted to it again if the communication unit (300, 301, 302, 303, 304) does not require access to the communication medium (110) or is not granted access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 10194394
    Abstract: Embodiments of a low-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR) are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a wireless device is set to a first state or a second state, wherein in the first state the wireless device is configured to receive wake-up (WU) packets, and wherein in the second state the wireless device is configured to not receive WU packets, wherein the wireless device comprises a WLAN radio and a low-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR). In some embodiments, the wireless device is configured to receive a wake-up packet, turn on the WLAN radio and turn off the LP-WUR. In some embodiments, the wireless device is configured to turn off the WLAN radio and turn on the LP-WUR for power conservation. In some embodiments, the wireless device turns off the WLAN radio and turns off the LP-WUR, and can periodically turn on the LP-WUR radio for extreme power saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Kai Huang, Robert J. Stacey, Minyoung Park
  • Patent number: 10178474
    Abstract: A smart-home device may include a recording device configured to record sound during a first time interval and a memory device comprising a plurality of stored sound profiles. The smart-home device may also include a processing system configured to receive an environmental input, select a stored sound profile from the plurality of stored sound profiles based on the environmental input, and perform a noise-cancelation routine on the sound recorded during the first time interval. The stored sound profile may be used as an initial background noise profile for the noise-cancelation routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Gints Valdis Klimanis
  • Patent number: 10172092
    Abstract: Example systems and methods are provided for maintaining a system clock during a sleep mode of a mobile communication device. An example system may include a high frequency clock circuit configured to generate a system clock, and a low frequency clock circuit configured to generate a sleep clock, where the sleep clock has a lower frequency than the system clock. The example system may further include a sleep system configured to deactivate the system clock in response to the mobile communication device entering sleep mode. The sleep system may include a sleep counter configured to use the sleep clock to maintain a sleep count for the deactivated system clock during the sleep mode, and a calibration unit configured to activate a calibration clock at periodic intervals during the sleep mode and utilize the calibration clock to calibrate a frequency of the sleep clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuan Zhou, Bin Xia, Shiyi Zhu, Xiaohu Chen, Xioabo Zhang, Qingming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10170738
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided for a mobile communication device, comprising a casing defining a cavity that conforms, at least partially, to the outer shape of the mobile communication device and one or more rechargeable power cells housed within the thickness of the casing. An internal interface engages a corresponding interface on the mobile communication device to provide power from the one or more rechargeable cells to the mobile communication device. An external interface is electrically coupled to the internal interface in order to transmit signals from the mobile communication device to an external device and may further serve to recharge the one or more rechargeable power cells. The battery pack may also serve as an extendible platform by providing additional integrated communication interfaces and/or processors that can be utilized by the mobile communication device to extend its communication and/or processing capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: mophie inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Huang, Matthew Brand
  • Patent number: 10116338
    Abstract: A measuring transducer supply unit for use in automation technology, which makes the connection of at least one field unit to a superordinate unit by means of a two-wire line possible, wherein the measuring transducer supply unit comprises at least a switch, a radio module, and a circuitry. The radio module can be activated or de-activated by means of the switch, and the circuitry realizes the conversion between signals of the two-wire line and signals of the radio module such that the at least one field unit connected to the measuring transducer supply unit via the two-wire line can be operated by wireless communications connection by means of the radio module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER WETZER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Schauble, Thorsten Springmann, Amend Zenuni
  • Patent number: 10104256
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first processing device, a second processing device, and a power state control unit. The power state control unit controls a power state of the electronic device. The power state includes a normal state and a power-saving state. The second processing device ensures the execution of the process according to the received data in the normal state. The power-saving state at least temporarily stops supplying the second processing device with electric power while the first processing device ensures the execution of the process according to first received data. When a temporary wake up of the electric power supply to the second processing device is intermittently repeated in the power-saving state, the power state control unit determines a time interval from a termination of the temporary wake up to a start of a subsequent temporary wake up based on a specific condition during the temporary wake up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaaki Aiba
  • Patent number: 10098067
    Abstract: Embodiments of service discovery via LP-WUR (low-power wake-up radio) are generally described herein, A wireless device receives, at a LP-WUR of the wireless device, a wake-up packet from a peer device. The wireless device decodes the wake-up packet to determine a service ID (identifier) and protocol support information. The wireless device determines that the wireless device is operable to provide a service identified by the service ID and implement a protocol identified by the protocol support information, the protocol comprising NAN (neighbor aware networking) or Wi-Fi direct. The wireless device wakes up a WLAN (wireless local area network) radio of the wireless device in response to determining that the wireless device is capable of providing the service and implementing the protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Emily H. Qi, Minyoung Park, Po-Kai Huang
  • Patent number: 10085213
    Abstract: A device, system, and method uses a high power mode for a cellular connection. The method is performed at a device that is configured to establish a network connection to a network. The method includes detecting a number of at least one event that has occurred over a time period, the at least one event associated with operations used through the network connection, the at least one event indicative of a power to perform the operations that is greater than a predetermined power. When the number is at least a predetermined threshold, the method includes identifying the network connection as being in a high power state. The method includes activating settings when the network connection is in the high power state, the settings reducing a usage of the operations over the network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Sami M. Almalfouh, Li Su, Jianxiong Shi, Daniel D. Schucker, Ajoy K. Singh, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 10045296
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending the sleep time for a Bluetooth transceiver circuit uses a fine count signal and a base count signal during the sleep mode, followed by an interval that accounts for wake-up overhead and preparation for the next active mode. The wake-up to active mode is aligned with the timing signal that defines the communication slots in the Bluetooth communications. The extension of the sleep mode until a beginning of a communication slot in active mode is accomplished for wake-up processes that are initiated by an external trigger event as well as for wake-up processes that are initiated as a result of an internal timer. Power consumption is reduced because the circuit does not wake up to active mode before communication can be carried out in a communication slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Praveen K. Vasishtha, Yashodhara Devadiga
  • Patent number: 9960817
    Abstract: A communication device includes: an electromagnetic-wave generating unit for outputting an electromagnetic wave; and a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting data by modulating the electromagnetic wave in accordance with data and receiving data transmitted from the other device by demodulating the electromagnetic wave outputted by the electromagnetic-wave generating unit or the electromagnetic wave outputted by the other device as the other party of communication, wherein the transmitting/receiving unit transmits attribute information indicating communication ability of the device and receives attribute information indicating communication ability of the other device, and the electromagnetic-wave generating unit reduces power of the electromagnetic wave to be outputted after receiving the attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 9948128
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a power tool, a power tool battery pack and a battery pack charger. The power tool battery pack is separable from and attachable to the power tool, and electrically connectable to the power tool electrical terminals when attached to the power tool. The power tool battery pack has at least one battery cell, a receiver coil, and a control circuit for controlling the amount of power that is provided to the at least one battery cell. The battery pack charger has at least one transmitter coil for generating a magnetic field which induces a voltage in the receiver coil, and a control circuit for controlling the amount of power that is provided to the transmitter coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Ashinghurst, Rouse Roby Bailey, Jr., Jason F. Busschaert, Scott J. Eshleman, Sankarshan Murthy, Christine H. Potter, Daniel Puzio, Craig A. Schell
  • Patent number: 9913087
    Abstract: A mobile asset cellular device transmission detector system and method comprises a mobile asset cellular device transmission detector, a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, and a digital video recorder. The wireless processing unit includes event recorder interface software, digital video recorder interface software that obtains data from the digital video recorder, wireless navigation (Wi-Nav) software that obtains data from the Wi-Nav, global positioning system (GPS) software that obtains data from a GPS and geo-fence software. The cellular device transmission detector continually checks for cellular device transmissions within a mobile asset and whether those transmissions were associated with an impact, rollover, operator action or geo-fence defined location and/or boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Michael Heilmann, Lisa A. Matta, Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9907020
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to an access point. One example apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is to instruct the transceiver to transmit a first wake up message to a client device at a first transmission rate via a wireless network. The processor, in response to receiving a sleep message from the client device via the transceiver, is to instruct the transceiver to transmit a second wake up message to the client device at a second transmission rate that is greater than the first transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Souvik Sen, Dongho Kim
  • Patent number: 9860804
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for transmitting a measurement report during wireless communications. When, for example, a low-power period (e.g., CDRX OFF period) is scheduled to begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer (TTT timer), a UE may modify the low-power period. The low-power period may be modified based, at least in part on determining the low-power period of the UE will begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer, a duration of the measurement event timer, and a duration of the low-power period. Modifying the low-power period may include delaying the start of the low-power state until after transmission of the MR associated with the measurement event timer or skipping the low-power period altogether. The UE may transmit the MR based, at least in part, on the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yongle Wu, Vishu Kumar, Amit Mahajan, Udayan Murli Bhawnani, Won-Joon Choi, Shivratna Giri Srinivasan, Osama Nafeth Saleem Alrabadi, Dominique Francois Bressanelli, Marian Madan, Mohamed Khalifa, Florina Andreea Prisecaru
  • Patent number: 9852102
    Abstract: Wireless peripherals may be used by workers to facilitate communication, data entry, data visualization, safety, and security. Typically, these peripherals must communicate with a back-end system; however, direct communication is often impossible. Instead, the peripherals must communicate through an intermediary device (i.e., a base station) to reach the back-end system. To be most effective, the back-end system must be able to adapt its communication/response to a worker's identity, location, and/or peripherals. To facilitate this, the present invention embraces a peripheral hub, worn by a worker. The peripheral hub uses information regarding the worker and/or his peripherals to generate a peripheral manifest. The peripheral hub can transmit the peripheral manifest to the back-end system via the base station, and using information from the peripheral manifest, the back-end system may communicate/respond appropriately to the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Arlan Kohtz, Ryan McMahan, Jason Schoon
  • Patent number: 9832811
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce power consumption in user equipment (UE) that operates in a connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode while in communication with wireless network are disclosed. A C-DRX warm-up period before the UE enters an on-duration is adjusted dynamically based on one or more factors including a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values, and Doppler shift values. The C-DRX warm-up period is adapted based on the pattern of DL subframes in the UL/DL subframe configuration by including DL subframes that best contribute to channel estimation and adaptive tracking loops based on measured SNR and Doppler shift conditions. Favorable channel conditions, such as higher SNR and lower Doppler shift, can require fewer DL subframes and consequently shorter C-DRX warm-up periods. Higher Doppler shift values indicate more rapidly varying channel conditions and require DL subframes positioned closer to the start of the on-duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Tahir Shamim
  • Patent number: 9826458
    Abstract: A portable encoded information reading (EIR) terminal for incorporation in a data collection system can comprise a terminal module communicatively coupled to a wireless interface module via a wired interface. The terminal module can include a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an encoded information reading (EIR) device. The wireless interface module can include a microcontroller, a memory, and at least one wireless communication interface. The wireless interface module can establish one or more wireless links with one or more peer EIR terminals, to join a wireless network which is collectively formed by the peer EIR terminals. The wireless interface module can receive or transmit beacons containing at least an identifier of a path selection protocol which is used for unicast, multicast and broadcast frame transmission within the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ynjiun P. Wang, Huyu Qu
  • Patent number: 9819198
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic system including a radiative electromagnetic emitter for emitting an activation signal including sequentially an energy supply signal followed by an identification signal, the power of the energy supply signal being at least ten times greater than the power of the identification signal, further including an interface connected to an energy supply source; an electric load; a circuit for deactivating a placing of electric load on standby, including: a receiver including a reception interface, a rectifier configured to generate a DC activation voltage on the basis of an activation signal, a switch configured to selectively connect/disconnect to the load from the energy supply, an identification circuit configured to extract an identifier of the activation signal and configured to apply the activation voltage as closure control signal for turning off the switch if a match of the identifier is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Ecole Centrale De Lyon, Universite Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, Institut National Des Sciences Appiquees De Lyon, University De Limoges, Centre National De La Recherch
    Inventors: Christian Vollaire, Marc Thevenot, Vlad Marian, Cyrille Menudier