Frequency Or Phase Modulation Patents (Class 455/42)
  • Patent number: 8185064
    Abstract: Object To reduce deterioration of transmission quality under circumstances where the moving speed is high. Overcoming Means An adaptive modulation control apparatus for adaptively selecting a modulation parameter from among a plurality of modulation parameters determined based on a plurality of modulation schemes, coding rates of error correction or a combination thereof corresponding to a propagation path state is provided with a reception state measuring section (2) that measures a reception state of a signal received from a communicating apparatus, a correcting section (3) that makes a correction to change propagation path information indicative of a measurement result of the propagation path state based on the measured reception state, and a modulation parameter selecting section (4) that selects a modulation parameter corresponding to the corrected propagation path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 8177131
    Abstract: An information processing terminal defines a data transfer state for permitting a contactless data communication through an IC card and a data not transfer state for not permitting the contactless data communication so that the IC card manages the communication state of the information processing terminal. The IC card can transfer data to the terminal side depending on whether it is in any of the data transfer state and the data not transfer state without depending on the notification from the information processing terminal, synchronization can be easily established, a transfer speed can be increased, and a large amount of data can be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Felica Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Toyokazu Ota, Yasumasa Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 8169244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pulse width modulator, more particularly to a cross-coupled pulse width modulator. A crossing input signal modulator according to the present invention comprises: a positive path block which includes a first integrator for performing the first-order integration of feedback signals in first input and output signals and then transmitting the first-order integrated signals to a second integrator, and a second integrator for performing the second-order integration of a signal from the first integrator and a second input signal and then transmitting the second-order integrated signals; and a negative path block which includes a third integrator for performing the first-order integration of feedback signals in the second input and output signals and integration of a signal from the third integrator and the first input signal and then transmitting the second-order integrated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Cesign Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Hyoung Lee, Jae-Young Shin
  • Patent number: 8160119
    Abstract: A method of fighting interference in a frequency-hopping communication system is disclosed. The system has at least one main sensor and one or more auxiliary sensors. According to at least one embodiment, frequency-hopping signals are received. The frequency-hopping signals are arranged to include useful bands and one or more guard bands inserted between the useful bands, and a ratio of the useful bands to the guard bands being chosen according to a predetermined value of probability of interference interception. Signals of the inserted guard bands having a signal level greater than a predetermined threshold are selected. A set of spatial-filtering weightings are calculated according to a correlation matrix of noise plus jammers alone on the signals selected. Baseband signals of the received frequency-hopping signals are filtered by the set of the calculated spatial-filtering weightings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Pascal Chevalier, François Van De Wiele, Christophe Donnet
  • Patent number: 8160566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a method for its operation and control. The mobile phone is capable of receiving the message sent by other mobile phones through a message transmission system. The method comprises: receiving the message from another mobile phone, wherein the received message comprises a presentation part and an associated control part, the control part being used for the control and management of the processing of the received message; extracting the control part from the received message; and executing the operation related to the message based on the extracted control part. According to an embodiment, if the control part received by the mobile phone comprises the notification mode control command, the mobile phone issues a message notification according to the notification mode control command, disregarding the message notification mode pre-configured on the mobile phone. Thus the requirement of the sender personalized message service can be satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alastair John Angwin, Chang Jie Guo, Jun Shen, Song Song, Pei Sun, Jian Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 8160524
    Abstract: A signal receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives at least two types of broadcasting signals included in a plurality of channels; and a controller which controls the receiver to search a current channel according to one type of a broadcasting signal used for a previous channel search and to search a current channel according to another type of a broadcasting signal if the channel is not searched, to thereby set an automatic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Bong-ki Jang
  • Patent number: 8155592
    Abstract: A wireless communication system including a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a first mixing module, a phase-locked loop module, reference oscillator, and a second mixing module. The first mixing module is configured to combine a low-frequency data signal and an audio signal, and to generate a first combined signal. The phase-locked loop module is configured to generate a phase error signal based on a reference signal and a frequency modulated signal. The reference oscillator generates the reference signal having a frequency based on the low-frequency data signal. The second mixing module is configured to combine the first combined signal and the phase error signal, and to generate a second combined signal. The transmitter generates the frequency modulated signal based on the second combined signal and transmits the frequency modulated signal. The receiver is configured to receive the frequency modulated signal, and extract the low-frequency data signal and the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Bob Basine
  • Publication number: 20120083215
    Abstract: Methods and systems for antenna switching for mitigating leakage of a 60 GHz transmitted signal back into an RF input of a 60 GHz device are disclosed and may include configuring one or more antennas in the plurality of remote RF modules based on a measured signal characteristic, wherein the RF modules receive IF signals via coaxial lines. In-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) signals may be generated from the received IF signals. The generated I and Q signals may be summed before being transmitted via the antennas. The received IF signals may be up-converted into first I and Q signals, filtered, and up-converted a second time into the generated I and Q signals. Control signals for the RF modules may be communicated utilizing the coaxial lines. A local oscillator frequency may be configured for the up-conversion of signals via the communicated control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8138892
    Abstract: An antenna assembly is operative for receiving interrogating radiation at a variable frequency tag and generating a corresponding received signal, and for receiving a signature signal and radiating corresponding response radiation. A logic unit is operative for receiving the received signal and outputting the signature signal in response, the signature signal including a signature code for use in identifying the tag. A voltage controlled oscillator is operative for controlling a rate at which the signature code is output; and a power supply is operative for providing an electrical potential difference for energizing the tag. The voltage controlled oscillator is operable to output the signature code at a rate which is governed by the magnitude of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mineral Lassen LLC
    Inventor: Ian James Forster
  • Patent number: 8130948
    Abstract: A method and system enables the selective addressing of groups of broadcast receivers within part of a satellite footprint. It uses two satellites having a common transmission band to transmit respective signals, and at receivers in the footprint the phases of the signals received from the two satellites are compared. This phase difference is dependent upon receiver location, but by measuring phase difference no absolute timing or phase measurement is required. A common key is generated at the receivers in a certain area. The output of selected receivers is fed back to the broadcast control centre and is used to encode the location-based services for that area. Preferably the operation is conducted on multiple frequencies and in multiple rounds of such frequencies. A multibit keyword can be directly generated at the receivers by use of a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and combining its outputs for different rounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: British Broadcasting Corporation
    Inventor: Nigel Christopher Earnshaw
  • Patent number: 8126504
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wireless communication system including a plurality of communication devices is disclosed. In the method, firstly, one of the communication devices establishes a fixed beam pattern and transmits a training signal, and another communication device receives the training signal while scanning a beam direction by changing the AWVs of an antenna array. Next, it obtains a data string describing a relation between an incoming direction and a received-signal characteristic at the other communication device based on a reception result of the training signal. Then, it obtains first AWVs with which a beam is formed in a plurality of incoming directions of the received signal based on the data string. The roles of these two communication devices are interchanged and similar processes are performed in order to obtain second AWVs, and then one of AWV combinations combining first and second AWVs are used for wireless communication between these communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Hosoya, Kenichi Maruhashi, Naoyuki Orihashi
  • Patent number: 8126401
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides transmitter having a phase locked loop that has a dynamically controllable loop bandwidth. A transmit modulator is coupled to the PLL for performing vector modulation in response to transmission symbols. Each transmission symbol comprises an amplitude signal and a phase signal. A controller is coupled to the PLL and to the transmit modulator and is operable to detect when a criteria of the transmission symbols crosses a threshold and to adjust loop bandwidth in response to crossing the threshold. The criteria of the transmission symbols may be a function of the amplitude signal or a function of the phase signal, and may be the amplitude signal, a first derivative of the amplitude signal, a second derivative of the amplitude signal, a square of the amplitude signal, a derivative of the amplitude signal squared, the phase signal, or a derivative of the phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Khurram Waheed, Sudheer K. Vemulapalli, Manouchehr Entezari, Imran Bashir
  • Patent number: 8112119
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a drive mechanism and a voice-activated module. The drive mechanism connects the first housing with the second housing. The voice-activated module control the drive mechanism to drive the first housing moving relative to the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ri Zhou
  • Patent number: 8094629
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminal, having a wireless interface that exchanges packetized communications with servicing Access Points (APs). A processing unit communicatively coupled to the wireless interface selects an appropriate programmable COder/DECoder (CODEC) with which to convert incoming packetized communications to incoming user communications, and outgoing user communications to outgoing packetized communications. A user interface coupled to the programmable CODEC receives the incoming user communications and produces the outgoing user communications. The processing unit monitors the serviced packetized communications to determine a communication quality level delivered by the wireless interface. Then the processing unit chooses the selected coding scheme based upon the communication quality level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Bye
  • Patent number: 8090316
    Abstract: A digital FM transmitter has a digital controlled oscillator for generating a modulated RF carrier. A digital signal processor receives digital input samples and generates a modulating signal for input to the digital controlled oscillator. A bandpass filter for filters frequency components of the modulated carrier outside a predetermined frequency band and supplies the filtered modulated RF carrier to an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsemi Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Slobodan Milijevic, Krste Mitric
  • Patent number: 8090318
    Abstract: A digital data processing circuit includes: an output unit configured to output to an audio signal processing circuit change data for changing a receiving frequency of a FM receiving device as a first frequency to a second frequency in response to an instruction signal providing an instruction to change the receiving frequency to the second frequency, the audio signal processing circuit being a circuit configured to modulate a carrier wave having the first frequency corresponding to setting data with a modulation signal corresponding to an audio signal to be reproduced by the FM receiving device and to the change data, and transmit the modulated carrier wave to the FM receiving device; and a setting unit configured to set the setting data so as to change a frequency of the carrier wave to the second frequency after the output unit outputs the change data to the audio signal processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Terada, Masahiro Obuchi, Tadahiro Makabe
  • Patent number: 8086190
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for reconfigurable devices for multi-frequency coexistence are provided. In this regard, an IC may be configured based on a frequency of signals processed by the IC. In instances that the IC may process signals of a first frequency, the IC may be configured such that a loop communicatively coupled to the integrated circuit may function as an inductor. In instances that the IC may process signals of a second frequency, the IC may be configured such that the loop may function as an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving the signals. The loop may be within and/or on the IC and/or a package such as a multilayer package to which the IC may be bonded. The loop may be fabricated with stripline and/or microstrip transmission line. In instances that the loop may function as an inductor, the loop may be communicatively coupled as part of a VCO tank circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8081927
    Abstract: A digital data processing circuit comprising: a setting unit configured to set setting data on an audio signal processing circuit configured to generate an FM modulated signal based on the setting data, the FM modulated signal being a signal to be transmitted wirelessly to an FM radio receiver; and an output unit configured to output audio data for reproducing a predetermined audio signal while the setting unit sets the setting data on the audio signal processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Terada, Masahiro Obuchi, Tadahiro Makabe
  • Patent number: 8077799
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least two controllers each providing control information for controlling phase or frequency of a digital signal, a combiner for combining control information from the at least two controllers to combined control information and a phase rotator for adjusting, by using phase rotation, one or more of the phase and the frequency of the digital signal on the basis of the combined control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jaako Maunuksela, Jussi Vepsäläinen, Mika Kahola
  • Patent number: 8078125
    Abstract: A demodulator (6) for demodulating a modulated signal (3) comprises a Hubert transformer (7) for generating a Hubert transformed modulated signal (18) of the modulated signal (3). The Hubert transformed modulated signal (18) comprises modulated (5) and unmodulated signal sequences (4) and originates from an unmodulated signal. The demodulator (6) further comprises a comparing device (14) for comparing the Hubert transformed modulated signal (18) with a reference signal (15), which corresponds to the Hubert transformed unmodulated signal. The demodulator (6) is further configured to identify the modulated and unmodulated signal sequences (4, 5) based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Harald Witschnig, Johannes Bruckbauer
  • Patent number: 8078108
    Abstract: The idea on which the present invention is based is that transmitting and receiving data by an antenna or an antenna array may be performed more efficiently by analyzing protocol data of a transmit protocol, which control the data flow between a transmitting and a receiving device, by a controller, and by individually setting transmission times and receiving times on the basis of this analysis, or by specifically selecting a single antenna from an antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Uwe Wissendheit, Dina Kuznetsova
  • Patent number: 8072284
    Abstract: A split delay-line oscillator for secure data transmission is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for a split delay-line oscillator for secure data transmission includes a first modulator/demodulator block in a first device, the first modulator/demodulator block operable to insert a first variable delay to modulate a frequency of a shared carrier signal passing through the first modulator/demodulator block, and a second modulator/demodulator block in a second device, the second modulator/demodulator block operable to insert a second variable delay to modulate the frequency of the shared carrier signal passing through the second modulator/demodulator block, wherein the first and second devices create a shared secret by contributing data on the frequency-modulated shared carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Savitzky, Sergey Chemishkian, Bradley Rhodes
  • Patent number: 8073079
    Abstract: A threshold noise-canceling method comprising the steps of: receiving an angle-modulated signal; identifying in the angle-modulated signal potential threshold noise events that exceed a first threshold value; calculating average values of the phase of the angle-modulated signal before and after a potential threshold noise event; identifying every potential threshold noise event as a threshold noise event when the difference between the corresponding before and after average values of the phase is greater than a second threshold value; and canceling out each threshold noise event by adding to the phase of the angle-modulated signal a 2? phase shift of polarity opposite to that of the corresponding threshold noise event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Ahsen Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20110291856
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for computing the carrier frequency of a transmitter using frequency modulated digital data to compensate for frequency shifting of the transmitter and the receiver local oscillators and for bandwidth adjustment of the receiver's filter. In particular, methods and apparatus are disclosed for binary systems transmitting “1” and “0” data using decoded or undecoded received signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ITRON, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Cahill-O'Brien, Mark K. Cornwall
  • Patent number: 8045937
    Abstract: A feedback loop is used to determine phase distortion created in a signal by directly extracting the phase distortion information from a feedback signal using original frequency modulation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Mayer, Nick Shute
  • Publication number: 20110244801
    Abstract: A baseband signal processing unit changes the collector current of a transistor (20) formed by a bias control circuit (7) in accordance with a baseband transmission signal input from a baseband signal input terminal (18), changing the drain bias of a high-frequency transistor (1) to realize frequency modulation by changing the oscillation frequency, and the radiation wave thereof forms a transmit RF signal, whereby the transmission operation is performed. On the other hand, the oscillation signal is synchronized with a frequency modulated RF signal that arrives from outside, the change in frequency caused by the frequency modulation is generated as a change in the drain bias of the high-frequency transistor (1), and reception operation is performed by taking out that change as a voltage amplitude change from the baseband signal output terminal (14). As a result, it is possible to provide a microwave/millimeter wave communication apparatus that is simple in structure, low cost, and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: NAT INSTITUTE OF INFO AND COMM TECH, COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Utagawa, Toshiaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20110238518
    Abstract: The method and solution can be mainly used for data transmission in cashless payment applications, especially those realized from the mobile phone while using RFID and/or NFC platform. The signals with different frequency are combined in antenna system (M) of the receiver (1) and transmitter (2) and then the carrier signal is separated from the result of the combined signals and the transmitted data are demodulated. The difference between the frequencies has a value, that corresponds to the size of the subcarrier frequency to which the receiver (1) is preset. During transmission the transformer connection coefficient can have the value k=0.2?0.001, while the antenna (3) of the receiver (2) is tuned narrowly to the transmitter's (2) frequency without considering the subcarrier frequency. The transmitter is preferably located on a memory card or on a card with a format and interface of a memory card, e.g. micro SD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: LOGOMOTION, S.R.O.
    Inventor: Miroslav Florek
  • Patent number: 8027641
    Abstract: A method and system is provided processing channel information may include in a mobile FM radio system including an integrated FM radio transmitter and FM radio receiver, dynamically generating a list of local FM channels, ranking local FM channels in the generated list, and selecting one of the ranked local FM channels for use by the FM transmitter based on neighboring channel interference. The FM radio receiver may detect FM channels being transmitted or not being transmitted, detect a pilot signal or a channel transmission pause. A tuning frequency of the FM radio receiver may be adjusted for scanning and detecting the local FM channels based on knowledge of a location of the FM radio receiver, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), dynamically scanning for local FM channel based on received RDS/RDBS data or country code, and/or carrier error of a related FM signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Brima Ibrahim, John Walley, Scott Bibaud, Bojko Marholev, Prasan Pai, Siukai Mak
  • Patent number: 8027411
    Abstract: A wireless receiver having improved receiving characteristics is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Sasaki, Takashi Enoki
  • Patent number: 8018985
    Abstract: A Generalized Rake (G-Rake) receiver is adapted for Golden code reception in a CDMA system. Signals transmitted by two or more transmit antennas are received at two or more receiver antennas. The signal from each receiver antenna is despread, and channel estimation is performed for each transmit antenna. G-Rake combining weights are calculated based on impairment correlation across G-Rake fingers and channel coefficients corresponding to each transmit antenna. The despread values from each symbol period are combined over a plurality of symbol periods based on the combining weights. The combined values are processed using coefficients derived from the Golden number to generate a set of decision variables, and the Golden encoded symbols are jointly detected from the decision variables. In some embodiments, spherical decoding and triangularization significantly simplify the decoding problem formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali S. Khayrallah, Yi-Pin Eric Wang
  • Patent number: 8018914
    Abstract: A demodulation section 13 receives a TDMA-TDD based phase-modulated burst signal of mobile communications and demodulates the burst signal by a synchronous detection system (or a quasi-synchronous detection system). The demodulation section 13 includes a frequency deviation compensation section and a carrier recovery section each having a loop filter 14 with three or more stages of time constants. The time constants are switched by a selector switch 15 based on a control signal from a demodulation control section 16. This achieves quick pull-in and jitter after convergence is minimized, thereby allowing highly efficient performance of frequency deviation compensation, etc. that is required for synchronous detection (or quasi-synchronous detection) without increasing the size of circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Taisei Suemitsu
  • Patent number: 7997480
    Abstract: A data communication system includes an IC card function execution unit, a card reading/writing device, and an information processing terminal. The IC card function execution unit has a controller that causes the card reading/writing device to execute a data transfer operation to a memory in the IC card function execution unit through a contactless interface or causes the information processing terminal to execute a data transfer operation to the memory through a wired interface. The controller executes a data transfer between the card reading/writing device and the information processing terminal on a communication path composed of the contactless interface and the wired interface through the IC card function execution unit interposed therebetween. When the IC card function execution unit receives data from the information processing terminal through the wired interface, the IC card function execution unit directly transmits the data to the card reading/writing device through the contactless interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Felica Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Toyokazu Ota, Yasumasa Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 8000666
    Abstract: A wireless connection apparatus which scans radio frequency bands for local quiet unused, vacant, or unassigned frequencies which the apparatus can use, on a temporary basis, to establish a link for communicating between a portable multimedia device and a nearby RBDS/RDS configured receiver or source. The apparatus does not interfere with or utilize frequencies actively in use by an assigned user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Monster Cable Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Le Thu Tran
  • Patent number: 7995770
    Abstract: A receiver and method is for receiving wireless transmissions including program data and locating data, and for determining its location from the locating data, and optionally from a stored representation of a venue and/or sound reproducing transducers therein. The receiver and method may also determine the actual speed of sound from current local atmospheric data, and determine a delay time to its location therefrom for delaying the received program data to be substantially in time alignment with natural sound, and to be so reproduced and/or recorded. A binaural microphone may pick up ambient sound which is mixed or combined with the delayed program data for producing a combined stereo audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffrey Franklin Simon
  • Patent number: 7991355
    Abstract: A transmission circuit for an RF inductive link, particularly for an implanted device such as a cochlear implant. In a preferred form, the transmission circuit 1 includes a transmitter coil 24 and a damping device, including an auxiliary coil 4 and switch 6. The switch is operated to close the coil circuit when data zeros are transmitted. This has the advantage of improving modulation depth without placing stress on the RF driver output switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Ibrahim Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20110183621
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing system. The processing system is configured to estimate a power spectral density of a first signal. In addition, the processing system is configured to determine a normalized correlation detector between the estimated power spectral density and a known power spectral density of a second signal. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine whether the first signal contains the second signal based on the normalized correlation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhi Quan, Stephen J. Shellhammer, Wenyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 7986723
    Abstract: Delay estimation apparatus and method, comprising: a correlation step which a correlation function between a received signal and a supplied template waveform is generated, AD conversion step at which said correlation output generated at said correlation step is uniformly sampled into discrete samples; and arithmetic operation step at which a time delay estimate of the received signal based on said discrete samples generated at said AD conversion step is computed, wherein a selection criterion depending on the digital sampling frequency used at said AD conversion means is checked, if said selection criterion is satisfied, computes the time delay estimate based on the direct pick method, and if said selection criterion does not hold, computes the time delay estimate based on the simplified maximum likelihood (ML) method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ryuji Kohno
  • Patent number: 7986195
    Abstract: Provided are apparatuses and methods for digital FM modulation. In one example, a message signal is integrated by an integrator to transform the message signal into a complex signal. The complex signal may include at least two complex components that may interfere to produce an FM modulated carrier signal. Hence, in this example, the method and apparatus for digital FM modulation may produce an FM modulated carrier signal without phase shifting. In another example, a lookup table is not necessary for modulation of the carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventor: Sergio R. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7986217
    Abstract: In a radio frequency identification (RFID) system that requires an RFID reader to receive a response from an RFID tag and then transmit a command to the RFID tag within a certain time period, the RFID reader may place an initial part of the command transmission in the RFID reader's transmit chain before receiving the entire response from the RFID tag, and complete the command transmission after receiving the entire response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Barnes, Marc A. Loyer
  • Patent number: 7983235
    Abstract: In a wireless 802.15.4 communication system (300), a high-speed data frame structure (340) is provided which uses the 802.15.4 SHR structure that is spread modulated to obtain the synchronization benefits of the 802.15.4 protocol, but which uses a modified data frame structure for the payload portion without using spreading to thereby improve its transmission efficiency. The transmission efficiency can be further increased by increasing the size of the data payload (and correspondingly, the frame length size).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton C Powell, Kuor-Hsin Chang, Bing Xu
  • Patent number: 7983617
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for transmitting multiple channels on FM bands may include generating from one or more baseband signals, a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals each at a different radio frequency, wherein the one or more baseband signals comprise an in-phase signal component and/or a quadrature signal component. Suitable combinations of the one or more baseband signals may be modulated in a radio frequency transmission chain that may comprise intermediate frequency modulation and radio frequency modulation. The suitable combinations of the one or more baseband signals may be weighted sums. The plurality of radio frequency signals may each carry distinct information. One of the plurality of radio frequency signals may be centered at a frequency f1+f2 and another one of said plurality of radio frequency signals may be centered at a frequency f1?f2, where f1 and f2 are frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Brima Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 7974580
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communications is disclosed including a signal generator adapted to generate a substantially periodic signal including a plurality of cycles, and a modulator adapted to modulate an amplitude, a phase or both the amplitude and the phase of the periodic signal on a per cycle basis. In one aspect, the modulator is adapted to modulate the amplitude, the phase, or both the amplitude and phase of the periodic signal with a defined modulation signal. In another aspect, the defined modulation signal includes a substantially root raised cosine signal. In yet another aspect, the defined modulation signal is configured to achieve a defined frequency spectrum for the modulated periodic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Russell John Fagg
  • Patent number: 7970354
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for an electronically adjustable signal filter system, which comprises, in some embodiments, a first filter coupled to an antenna coupling network and a second filter, a power amplifier coupled to the first filter, an antenna connected to an antenna coupling network, a pilot tone generator coupled to the first filter, and a first signal source connected to the power amplifier and first filter. In some embodiments, the power amplifier amplifies the first signal, the first filter places a notch into the first signal transmitted to the antenna coupling network, the antenna coupling network combines the first signal and a second signal received from the antenna and transmits a third signal to the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Charles Nicholls, Alain Roussel
  • Publication number: 20110151789
    Abstract: A remote device powering module, system and method for providing RF power to an electronic device located in a bounded area. The remote device powering module comprises a phased array antenna and is connected to a source to convert the power to an electric signal and to apply a phase reference to the electrical signal. The electrical signal is shifted with a shifting module and phased array antenna that comprises a plurality of radiating elements generates and transmits RF power via RF waves using the phase reference and the shifted phase. The RF power is then converted by the receiver to direct-voltage to be provided to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Louis Viglione, Dino Mason, Paolo Primiani
  • Publication number: 20110128992
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated communication circuit includes: a low-noise amplifier; a receive mixer; a receive VCO; a demodulation-processing circuit; a modulation-processing circuit; a transmit mixer; a transmit VCO; a second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration circuit; a quadrature-receive-signal-calibration circuit; and a test-signal generator. The test-signal generator generates first and second test signals using the transmit VCO. In the second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration mode, the second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration circuit variably changes an operation parameter of the receive mixer thereby to calibrate the second-order distortion characteristic to achieve its best condition while the first test signal is supplied to the receive mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Koji MAEDA, Taizo Yamawaki, Yukinori Akamine
  • Publication number: 20110124288
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for automatically establishing a new wireless link, when the original wireless link between the apparatus and a commercially available FM radio receiver is interfered by other signal sources, thereby eliminating the need to manually configure both the target FM radio receiver and the apparatus to a suitable FM frequency. The apparatus modulates an audio signal on a selected frequency and transmits the resulting FM signal to the target FM radio receiver, scans an FM spectrum for available frequencies, selects one of the available frequencies as an alternate frequency, transmits a Radio Data System compatible command incorporating the alternate frequency to configure the target FM radio receiver to tune to the alternate frequency when reception conditions are poor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: GRANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Hung CHEN, Chwan-Chia WU
  • Publication number: 20110105031
    Abstract: The present invention provides an audio broadcasting system which comprises an audio player, an adaptor and a vehicle stereo device with a FM receiver. The audio player includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of audio files and a processing unit for generating a channel frequency converting signal corresponding to a FM channel frequency of the FM receiver of the vehicle stereo device. The adaptor generates a particular FM signal based on the audio files and the channel frequency converting signal from the audio player and transmits the particular FM signal to the FM receiver of the vehicle stereo device wirelessly for broadcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ACTION STAR ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Wei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110081863
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an all digital phase-lock loop (ADPLL). The ADPLL determines an error generated by a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) which is operated using a tuning word, stores information related to the error, and compensates for the error based on the stored information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stefan Mendel
  • Patent number: 7921183
    Abstract: A communication system includes a storage device having a storage area accessed in one of a page unit and a sector unit; a control device operable to request access to data in a file unit; and a predetermined transmission line for transmitting data between the storage device and the control device. The control device transmits to the storage device via the transmission line a request for access to one of each page and each sector forming a file for which access has been requested, and the storage device sequentially accesses one of a requested page and a requested sector, whereby a request for access to the entire file is realized in the storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20110076952
    Abstract: This invention describes a programmable, digital implementation to shift an arbitrary frequency, or various frequencies in various communication systems of the original signal in the frequency domain. The correspondent phase accumulation to perform the desired frequency shift per sampling instant is perfectly tracked by counting up or down a simple integer. Several arbitrary frequency shifters with different mathematical models are provided. The correspondent implementations with Look-Up-Tables (LUT) are derived for high-speed implementations without further calculations of the values of the sine and cosine functions every sampling instant. Furthermore, a simple shift-and-add phase rotation is described to replace the four required real multiplications. If the original complex signal contains only one-bit each from real part and imaginary part, a surprisingly simple implementation is derived and disclosed for the overall arbitrary frequency shift operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Jeng-Hong CHEN