Location Monitoring Patents (Class 455/456.1)
  • Patent number: 11704698
    Abstract: A mobile advertising system includes a non-transitory computer readable configured to store instructions thereon; and a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for receiving gaze data from a viewing vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for receiving location information from an advertising vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for correlating the gaze data with the location information to determine whether the gaze data indicates viewing of an advertisement attached to the advertising vehicle. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for updating a histogram based on the correlation between the gaze data and the location information. The processor is configured to execute the instructions for generating a travel plan for increasing advertising effectiveness for the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: WOVEN BY TOYOTA, INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11706585
    Abstract: A location-based mobile messaging shopping network is provided that acquires location data from a mobile computing device (MCD), receives the location data at a server, generates a collection of businesses and individual sellers offering goods or services in the location associated with the location data based on the service area of the businesses and individual sellers and user location, and establishes a real-time communication channel between the businesses and MCD. The MCD displays various real-time communication channels to enable the user of the MCD to communicate with the businesses, and enables the user to purchase goods and services directly through the real-time communication channels displayed on the MCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: nJoy Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Sipes
  • Patent number: 11706677
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for handover processes between communication networks includes one or more processors, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to receive, by the UE, first diagnostic information, determine whether to perform a first handover from a first communication network to a second communication network based on a first set of thresholds, the first set of thresholds being based on the first diagnostic information, receive, by the UE, an update of the first diagnostic information, and determine whether to perform a second handover from the first communication network to the second communication network based on an updated first set of thresholds, the updated first set of thresholds being based on the updated first diagnostic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Toaha Ahmad, Zeinab Mahdavifar, Michael L. Kim, Adnan Rahat
  • Patent number: 11703600
    Abstract: A satellite radio wave receiving device including: one or more processors configured to: cause a receiver to start a receiving operation of receiving radio waves from positioning satellites; perform a current position calculation to calculate a current position based on the radio waves received; calculate a positioning accuracy of the current position; decide whether or not to adopt the current position based on a number of positioning satellites from which the receiver has received radio waves and the positioning accuracy; in response to deciding to adopt the current position, cause the receiver to stop the receiving operation; and in response to deciding to not adopt the current position, cause the receiver to continue the receiving operation of receiving radio waves from the positioning satellites and repeat performance of the current position calculation to calculate current positions based on the radio waves received during the continued receiving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsue
  • Patent number: 11698467
    Abstract: An indoor positioning method based on image visual features. A Wi-Fi signal strength value of a Wi-Fi tag closest to a current location of a mobile device is matched with a signal strength list in a map database to obtain a first location of a first Wi-Fi tag with the greatest matching degree. A SURF descriptor of an image of the Wi-Fi tag closest to the current location of the mobile device is matched with SURF descriptors recorded in the signal strength list in the map database to discover an image of a Wi-Fi tag with the greatest matching degree, thereby obtaining a second location of a second Wi-Fi tag corresponding to the image of the Wi-Fi tag with the greatest matching degree. A three location of a three Wi-Fi tag is obtained according to a homography matrix corresponding to the image of the Wi-Fi tag with the largest matching degree and an empirical value of a positioning error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 11698463
    Abstract: A receiver circuitry configured to receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a signal comprising positioning information for allowing a spatial position of the terminal device to be determined using the positioning information and a predetermined positioning scheme associated with the positioning information, the positioning scheme comprising one or more of instructions and additional information for determining the position of the terminal device using the positioning information, wherein the positioning information is comprised within a system information block (SIB) of the received signal; and processing circuitry configured: to determine, based on a characteristic of the SIB, a temporal validity of the received positioning information, and to determine, at a time at which the received positioning information is temporally valid, the spatial position of the terminal device using the received positioning information and the predetermined positioning scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Anders Berggren, Vivek Sharma, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11696277
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a position estimation entity configures a sidelink anchor group with sidelink anchor(s), to which respective sidelink PRS pre-configuration(s) are sent. A UE transmits a request to schedule an on-demand sidelink PRS position estimation session of the UE. The position estimation entity provides the UE with assistance data associated with the sidelink anchor group for the on-demand sidelink PRS position estimation session. The UE sends the sidelink anchor group a sidelink PRS trigger to perform a sidelink PRS exchange with some or all of the sidelink anchor group in accordance with the respective sidelink PRS pre-configuration(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jingchao Bao, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 11696160
    Abstract: Systems and methods can support identifying pairings and channel parameters in short-range wireless communications such as bluetooth low energy interfaces. Radio frequency sensors may be positioned within an electromagnetic environment where a master wireless device and a slave wireless device share short-range wireless communications. Signals transmitted between the master wireless device and the slave wireless device can be received by the radio frequency sensors. Inter-arrival times for packets within the received signals may be identified. Statistics of the inter-arrival times can be analyzed to identify connection intervals between the master wireless device and the slave wireless device as well as back-to-back interval exchanged within the connection intervals. Packet header contents may be used to reconcile the estimated timing parameters and time slots. Pairings between the master wireless device and the slave wireless device may be identified and tracked along with communication channel parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Bastille Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Sebastian Balint Seeber
  • Patent number: 11696093
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for object positioning using mixture density networks, comprising: receiving radio frequency (RF) signal data collected in a physical space; generating a feature vector encoding the RF signal data by processing the RF signal data using a first neural network; processing the feature vector using a first mixture model to generate a first encoding tensor indicating a set of moving objects in the physical space, a first location tensor indicating a location of each of the moving objects in the physical space, and a first uncertainty tensor indicating uncertainty of the locations of each of the moving objects in the physical space; and outputting at least one location from the first location tensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Farhad Ghazvinian Zanjani, Arash Behboodi, Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Dijkman, Ilia Karmanov, Simone Merlin, Max Welling
  • Patent number: 11695516
    Abstract: In an example, a second UE receives a first SCI and a second SCI from a first UE in a first slot. A groupcast sidelink transmission is scheduled by the first SCI and the second SCI. The second SCI indicates a location indication, associated with a location of the first UE, and a communication range. A PSFCH resource is determined based upon the first SCI. The second UE doesn't transmit a NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if location information of the second UE is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is outside the communication range. The second UE transmits the NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if the location information isn't available and the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, or if the location information is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is within the communication range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Huang, Ming-Che Li, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: 11694497
    Abstract: The method includes one or more turnstiles using a non-secure ranging process to detect a proximity of one or more mobile computing devices carried by respective users. The method also includes one of the turnstiles, on making a proximity determination in respect of a first of said mobile computing devices, commencing a secure authentication process to authenticate a user carrying the first mobile computing device. The method further includes, in response to a determination that the user carrying the first mobile computing device has been authenticated, allowing the user carrying the first mobile computing device to pass through the turnstile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Srivathsa Masthi Parthasarathi, Sunil Dilipkumar Jogi, Ghiath Al-kadi
  • Patent number: 11689883
    Abstract: A transceiver for a wireless communication system is configured to: communicate with at least one other transceiver of the system using a sidelink resource pool of the system; transmit signals on resources of the pool that are allocated to the transceiver on a period basis with equal length periods tperiodA; transmit a first signal on a first resource of the resources allocated to the transceiver, and receive a second signal from another transceiver of the system on a second resource, the second signal being transmitted by the other transceiver responsive to a reception of the first signal, the second signal being transmitted by the other transceiver on the second resource using the period tperiodA based on which the resources are allocated to the transceiver; determine a distance to the other transceiver based on a time troundA between the transmission of the first signal and the reception of the second signal from the other transceiver, and based on the period tperiodA based on which the resources are alloc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Mohammad Alawieh, Bastian Perner, Niels Hadaschik, Norbert Franke
  • Patent number: 11689313
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a cell punctures resource(s) allocated to transmission of UL or DL PRS(s). The cell communicates (e.g., receives or transmits) UL or DL higher-priority signal(s) on the punctured resource(s), and communicates the UL or DL PRS(s) on the non-punctured resource(s). In another embodiment, a second cell neighboring a first cell schedules and transmits the UL or DL higher-priority signal(s) on part of the first cell's PRS resource(s). In another embodiment, the first cell receives an indication of the UL or DL higher-priority signal(s) scheduled for transmission by the second cell, and punctures its PRS resource(s) to reduce interference on the second cell's UL or DL higher-priority signal(s). In a further embodiment, a UE receives an indication of puncturing and selectively modifies its PRS processing on the punctured resource(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Alexandros Manolakos
  • Patent number: 11686588
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving location data for a first location and a second location and generating a plurality of candidate routes to travel from the first location to the second location, based on the location data, each candidate route comprising a plurality of segments. The systems and methods further generate a safety score for each segment of each candidate route of the plurality of candidate routes, generate a safety score for each candidate route based on safety scores generated for each segment associated with each candidate route, select a best candidate route using the safety score associated with each of the candidate routes, and provide a recommendation for a travel route comprising the best candidate route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Houtan Shirani-Mehr, Kapil Gupta, Mir Shahrouz Takyar, Jaikumar Ganesh
  • Patent number: 11689262
    Abstract: An operating method of a communication device for providing a beamformed transmission signal to a plurality of terminals may include determining a target transmission vector based on an area restriction condition for each of the plurality of terminals, generating a beam selection matrix for selecting some of a plurality of antennas based on the target transmission vector and a beam selection condition, generating a precoding matrix based on the target transmission vector and the beam selection matrix, and generating a transmission signal based on the beam selection matrix and the precoding matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongin Choi, Yangsoo Kwon, Joonsung Kim, Jinwoo Oh, Mingoo Kim, Inhyoung Kim, Youngseok Jung, Jinwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11690041
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques to enable a mobile device to determine a Z-axis coordinate based on altitudes associated with Wi-Fi access points detected in a Wi-Fi scan by the mobile device. One embodiment provides for an electronic device configured to compute a weighted average of Z-axis coordinates associated with detected Wi-Fi access points and determine a Z-axis coordinate for the electronic device based on the weighted average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Smith, Robert W. Mayor, Wei Kong
  • Patent number: 11685050
    Abstract: A system for generating a machine learning system to generate guidance information based on locations of objects is provided. The system accesses training data that includes training time-of-arrival (“TOA”) information of looks and guidance information for each look. The guidance information is based on a training collection of object locations. The TOA of a look represents, for each object location of a training collection of object locations, times between signals transmitted by transmitters and return signals received by receivers. The return signals represent signals reflected from an object at the object location. The system trains a machine learning system using the training data wherein the machine learning system inputs TOA information and outputs guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: N. Reginald Beer, David H. Chambers, Jeffrey Edward Mast
  • Patent number: 11681005
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include vehicle locating systems and vehicles locatable by vehicle locating systems. An illustrative vehicle locating system includes a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon having a first location associated therewith and configured to receive a first radio frequency signal from a vehicle and coded with vehicle identification information. The first BLE beacon may be further configured to calculate a first proximity of the vehicle to the first BLE beacon and send to a server a first proximity signal indicative of the first proximity. A second BLE beacon has a second location associated therewith and is configured to receive a second radio frequency signal from the vehicle and coded with the vehicle identification information. The second BLE beacon may be further configured to calculate a second proximity of the vehicle to the second BLE beacon and send to the server a second proximity signal representative of the second proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11682043
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may allow a user having a mobile device to check in to a location using a packet sequence that includes information for identifying the location transmitted by one or more Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons at or near the location. The user may be able to store packet sequences for various locations that may allow the user to automatically check into these locations using the store packet sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Bleecher Snyder, Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 11683410
    Abstract: A set of tracking devices can be placed within a geographic area as part of a scavenger hunt. A user with a mobile device can traverse the area, and when the user moves within a threshold proximity or communicative range of a tracking device, the mobile device can receive a communication from the tracking device identifying the tracking device. In response to determining that the tracking device is part of the set of tracking devices and thus part of the scavenger hunt, the mobile device can modify a tracking device interface displaying a representation of the tracking device to indicate that the tracking device has been found. In response to each tracking device being found, the mobile device can modify the tracking device interface to indicate that the scavenger hunt has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe Knorr Kuhn, Wayne Patterson
  • Patent number: 11683784
    Abstract: To automatically determine geographic positions of signal sources in areas with limited satellite coverage, a system receives signal data collected by a receiver moving along a path through a geographic area with limited satellite coverage, the signal data being indicative of changes, over a period of time, in strength of respective signals detected by the moving receiver and emitted by multiple signal sources statically disposed along the path. The system determines a time it takes for a length of a vehicle to pass by the signal source at the determined speed. The system then calculates static positions of the signal sources using the signal data and the determined time, including associating the location of each signal source with a time when the signal source was directly over the roof of the vehicle in which the moving receiver is travelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gil Disatnik, Sagi Hed
  • Patent number: 11683778
    Abstract: A method in a wireless device (WD) is described. The method is at least for determining a geo-location of a target station using round-trip times (RTTs) of a plurality of signals transmitted by the WD and a plurality of response signals received from the target station corresponding to the plurality of signals transmitted by the WD. The method includes determining an expected response signal, and, for each transmitted signal of the plurality of signals, determining that a response signal type matches an expected response signal type, cross-correlating a set of samples of the response signal, searching for a predetermined characteristic of the expected response signal, and correlating at least a subset of bits of the set of bits of the received response signal with the set of expected bits of the expected response signal. Further, a peak rolling sum correlation and the RTTs are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivia Fernandez, Ryan Busser, Graham K. Smith
  • Patent number: 11683780
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a UE includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the UE for Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD)-based 5G-NR positioning. The processing circuitry is to determine a first PRS BW associated with a first PRS received from a first gNB associated with a first cell. A second PRS BW is determined, which is associated with a second PRS received from a second gNB of a second cell. An RSTD report resolution is determined based on the first PRS BW and the second PRS BW. A receive (Rx) timing difference between the first cell and the second cell is measured based on reception times of the first PRS and the second PRS. The measured Rx timing difference is mapped into an RSTD report for transmission to the first gNB, based on the RSTD report resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Rui Huang, Andrey Chervyakov, Alexey Khoryaev, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11678147
    Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation wireless network using a Location Management Function (LMF) based control plane (CP) location solution. The LMF serves as the main anchor point for location support instead of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may obtain location information for a UE via an AMF from a Next Generation Radio Access Network or the UE and may interact with a Gateway Mobile Location Center to receive location requests from and return location information to an external client. The LMF solution may be more efficient and require less implementation than an AMF based CP location solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 11678291
    Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) that is using Narrowband Internet of Things radio access or Cellular Internet of Things features to access a wireless network. The techniques include enabling support for a last known location of a UE, using previously obtained location measurements, when a UE is not reachable from a wireless network for positioning. The techniques also include limiting positioning protocol interaction between a UE and a location server via a reduced maximum message size, reduced message volume and longer response and retransmission timers. The techniques further include enabling a UE to obtain location measurements when not connected to a wireless network, enabling periodic and triggered location of a UE in which a UE evaluates location triggers while not connected to a wireless network, enabling use of deferred location and enabling improved location security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 11678134
    Abstract: Techniques for supporting network independent location services (LCS) are described. In one design, a location center may communicate with a terminal to establish an account for the terminal with the location center for location services. The location center may establish the account for the terminal independent of a home network or a serving network for the terminal. During signup to establish the account, the location center may (i) provide address information for the location center, security information, and/or other information for the location center and (ii) receive public identity information and/or other information for the terminal. The location center may thereafter provide location services to the terminal based on the established account and without interacting with the home or serving network for the terminal. Techniques for supporting delivery of assistance data are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen William Edge
  • Patent number: 11672442
    Abstract: A caregiver assistance system is disclosed for helping caregivers manage the care of existing bed sores and/or reduce the risk of a patient developing bed sores. The system may also help the caregiver to perform rounding tasks and/or to reduce the likelihood of patient falls. The system comprises a server application in communication with the patient's bed and one or more mobile electronic devices (e.g. smart phones). The mobile devices receive individual assessments of a plurality of bed sore risk factors and forward them to the server. The server generates bed sore risk scores from the answers and forward them to an EMR server. The server may also determine one or more risk reduction steps, display them on the mobile electronic device, and/or forward them to the patients' beds for implementation thereon. Additional bed sore information may be captured and sent to the EMR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Durlach, Ross Michael Nave
  • Patent number: 11676490
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating a reserved time slot at a place that provides a service, and positional data indicating a position of a user who has reserved the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and determine whether to take the user to the place using a vehicle according to a remaining time until the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and the position indicated by the positional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chikage Kubo, Yusuke Kobayashi, Minoru Kubota, Kentaro Takahashi, Hideo Hasegawa, Takashi Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 11671662
    Abstract: A method is implemented on a casting device to enable a follow-me mode in which the casting device controls display of media content on an output device coupled to the casting device. The casting device detects a client device associated with the casting device, and determines a proximity of the client device. In accordance with a determination that the client device is within a proximity threshold of the casting device, the casting device receives content information associated with content recently accessed by the client device, obtains the content from a content source in accordance with the content information, and outputs the obtained content to an output device in accordance with the content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Adam Glazier, Tomer Shekel
  • Patent number: 11671224
    Abstract: In an aspect, a first UE transmits SL-PRS to a second UE based on a bandwidth associated with DL-PRS(s) from one or more gNBs to the second UE in association with a positioning procedure of the second UE. In other aspects, a network component (e.g., LMF, UE, etc.) triggers transmission of a WLAN ranging signal from a first UE to a second UE (e.g., to supplement an NR-based positioning procedure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jingchao Bao, Sony Akkarakaran, Alexandros Manolakos, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
  • Patent number: 11671937
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a wireless communication module and a processing circuit. When the processing circuit establishes a link with a base station via the wireless communication module, the processing circuit obtains a beam identified (ID) of a received beam of the wireless communication module, and generates position information based on the beam ID and a beam mapping table. In addition, the processing circuit transmits the position information to an indicator to indicate a position of the base station relative to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Szu-Yuan Chen, Chiung-Wen Hsin, Syu-Hao Chen, Chung-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 11669783
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for confirming the identity of a passenger and changing destination of a vehicle. This may include receiving dispatching instructions to pick up a first passenger at a pickup location and to drop off the first passenger at a first destination as well as authentication information for authenticating a first client computing device of the first passenger. Once the client device is authenticated and a second passenger enters the vehicle, the vehicle is maneuvered towards the first destination. While doing so, a location of the vehicle is compared to location information received from the client computing devices. A notification is sent to a dispatching server based on the comparison and a second destination location is received in response. The vehicle is then maneuvered towards the second destination instead of the first destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: John Wesley Dyer, Luis Torres, Yu-Hsin Chen, Michael Epstein
  • Patent number: 11665663
    Abstract: Data is transmitted over a radio network, in which a fixed transceiver transmits distance data to a network data processor and the fixed transceiver is required to wait after a transmission to maintain network compatibility. Bulk distance data is collected for a plurality of mobile transceivers during a ranging time slot. The bulk distance data is transmitted in a transfer time slot 3201, while maintaining network compatibility. Fixed time of flight is shown and transmission power is controlled to avoid automatic gain control at a receiver. Distance values may be averaged from each pair of distanced derived from each available pair of fixed transceivers when ranging a specific mobile transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Entotem Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Paul George Randall, David Ian Belcher, Alastair Bryers, Andrew James Maxim
  • Patent number: 11662212
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine map information defining a map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of regions. A quality level is assigned to each region of the plurality of regions based on map information available for that region. The quality level is associated with at least one of: a resolution metric, a volume metric, a recency metric, a verification metric, or an elegance metric associated with the map information available for that region. A first region of the plurality of regions is identified that is at risk of being downgraded to a lower quality level. Instructions are issued to one or more vehicles that cause the one or more vehicles to traverse the first region and capture sensor data within the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Kris Richard Efland
  • Patent number: 11657420
    Abstract: A system predicts a value estimate for a user who provides a service that involves moving among geographical regions (e.g., a transportation service). The system determines the value estimate by identifying a sequence of time periods, each time period having an associated set of geographical regions. Possible transitions between geographical regions in different time periods are analyzed, for example, using statistical or machine-learned models, to determine likelihoods that the user will move between the geographical regions from one time period to another, and to determine expected values for a transition. Such models may be trained or developed using historical service data and user profile data stored by the system. Transitions are analyzed over a sequence of time periods to determine accumulated values associated with estimated overall values for each geographical region. The system predicts an overall value estimate for the user based on the accumulated values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Haowei Zhang, Monique Johanna Maria van den Boogaart, Hao Min
  • Patent number: 11659516
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide network-based user equipment receive/transmit capability exchange for positioning in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 11650332
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a location of a mobile terminal is determined by obtaining a location of a first access point (AP), receiving a visibility indication indicating that a second AP received a signal from the first AP or the first AP received a signal from the second AP, determining a location of the second AP based on the received visibility indication and the location of the first AP, determining a location of the mobile terminal in communication with the second AP based on the determined location of the second AP, and transmitting a message indicating the location of the mobile terminal on a digital communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer Aref Hassan, Russell Andrew Penar, Mahendra D. Sekaran
  • Patent number: 11653324
    Abstract: A location control subsystem is provided that allows a user of an electronic device to define the granularity used to provide location coarseness. A user can define a coarse location granularity for an application. When a coarse device location is reported to an application, the location can be provided with at least a minimum degree of variable specificity based on the selected location coarseness. When an application is granted a coarse location, the application is to interpret the provided location indicating that the user may be anywhere within a geographic region of variable specificity, as opposed to being close to a center point with a horizontal accuracy based on the precision of the location fix, as when a fine granularity location is provided. In addition to reducing the spatial resolution of the location that is reported to the application, the temporal resolution may also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Driscoll, Siraj T. Abidi, Jessica Aranda, Matthew B. Ball, Krishna M. Behara, Patrick L. Coffman, Charles D. Deets, Christopher C. Foster, Ronald K. Huang, Erik C. Neuenschwander, Stephen J. Rhee, Maria Ryen, Brandon J. Van Ryswyk, Christian Schroeder, Shuli Zhou
  • Patent number: 11652689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for zero touch deployment and dynamic configuration. A management server receives a dynamic configuration value for a configuration setting via a configuration service, and generates configuration information including a mapping of a configuration setting to the dynamic configuration value. Further, the management server receives a configuration information request including an identifier associated with a remote client device, and sends the configuration information to the remote client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael James Power, Ragini Rajendra Prasad, Haroun Ansari Mohammed Ansari, Kenneth North, Ahmed Zaytoun, Oren Lavi Stern, Praveen George
  • Patent number: 11644316
    Abstract: A computer program product for navigation in an establishment site for a first user using a first mobile electronic device are provided. The embodiment may include scanning an area around a current location of the first user to identify a set of second mobile electronic devices. The embodiment may also include referencing one or more resources for: identifying a set of second users for each of the set of second mobile electronic devices; analyzing schedules of the set of second users to identify expected current locations of each of the set of second users in an establishment site; and identifying the current location of the first user relative to the expected current locations of at least some of the set of second users by referencing a map of the establishment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Wood, Giacomo G. Chiarella, Eunjin Lee, Daniel T. Cunnington
  • Patent number: 11647387
    Abstract: A one-time password (OTP) is transmitted to an authorized wireless device for use an authentication factor, even though the OTP may be intercepted or otherwise viewed with an unauthorized device. When a secure request is initiated that requires entry of an OTP as an authentication factor, a hyperlink is transmitted to a wireless device from which the secure request is initiated. When the hyperlink is selected, a connection is established with an entity that determines mobile number information associated with the SSL connection. Comparison of the determined mobile number information and the mobile number of the wireless device to which the hyperlink was intended to be sent indicates whether the wireless device that has established the SSL connection is the authorized wireless device. The OTP is displayed on the wireless device after that device has been verified as the authorized wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMIGO, INC.
    Inventors: Chirag C. Bakshi, Harish Manepalli, Venkatarama Parimi
  • Patent number: 11647480
    Abstract: A positioning method includes: identifying a plurality of anchor devices of an anchor group, including a first UE, based on a geographic similarity of the plurality of anchor devices, each of the plurality of anchor devices being capable of exchanging PRS with a second UE; and transmitting an anchor group message to the second UE, the anchor group message identifying the plurality of anchor devices and indicating a transient property of the anchor group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jingchao Bao, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11640671
    Abstract: Monitoring system and method for identifying object of interest after the object of interest has undergone a change in appearance. The method includes detecting an appearance of a first object of interest in a first zone and determining whether the first object of interest has appeared in a second zone adjacent the first zone within a predetermined time. When the first object of interest has not appeared in the second zone within the predetermined time, the method includes adding the first object of interest to a disappearance database and detecting an unexplained appearance of a second object of interest in a third zone of the plurality of zones. When an unexplained appearance of the second object of interest is detected, the method includes adding the second object of interest to a suspect database, and generating a notification for a first responder regarding the second object of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Heng Cheng Chiam, Zhe Heng Lee, Uvarajan Moorthy, Chun Seng Song
  • Patent number: 11637618
    Abstract: A system includes control circuitry that obtains radar data from each repeater device of a network of repeater devices. A plurality of signal propagation indicators is determined, and a three-dimensional representation of a geographical area is generated based on the obtained radar data and plurality of signal propagation indicators. A location and movement of a plurality of user devices in the geographical area is tracked and a beamforming scheme is selected for one or more repeater devices of the network of repeater devices. An out-of-band control of operations of the network of repeater devices is executed based on the generated three-dimensional representation, the selected beamforming scheme for the one or more repeater devices, and the tracked location and movement of the plurality of user devices in the geographical area, for example, to achieve high dates, less interference, and increased signal strength and gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AR & NS Investment, LLC
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Arman Rofougaran, Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani
  • Patent number: 11637678
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for determining a Zone identifier (ID), Zone Center, and negative acknowledgement (NACK) ranges. Included are operations and means at a receiving user equipment (UE) to determine a current geographic location (GLL) of the receiving UE, and select a Zone ID based on a two-dimensional (2-D) lookup into an indexed array with the current GLL, the indexed array storing Zone data for one or more geographic Zones. The Zone data for each geographic Zone may be indexed according to geographic position, and include a Zone ID, Zone center, and one or more NACK ranges, each NACK range corresponding with a geographic Zone disposed about the geographic Zone corresponding to the Zone ID. Operations further include performing a NACK operation based on the selected Zone ID and a NACK range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohit Narula, Richard Reid Hovey, Shailesh Patil, Deviprasad Putchala, Dan Vassilovski, Hong Cheng, Michael Mitrani, Arthur Gubeskys
  • Patent number: 11636087
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an identification unit that identifies a telecommunications carrier with which the mobile terminal is subscribed; an input unit that receives an input of an access request to a link destination, including information regarding multiple access destinations, selected by the user of the mobile terminal; a selection unit that, based on information regarding the telecommunications carrier identified by the identification unit, selects an access destination indicating, among the multiple access destinations, an access destination in a server corresponding to the telecommunications carrier; and a communication unit that accesses the access destination selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Hideyuki Kotou, Akira Kozawa, Atsushi Mikasa
  • Patent number: 11638122
    Abstract: Various example embodiments are described in which a network node transmits to a user device preconfiguration information for a plurality of on-demand positioning signal (ODPS) preconfigurations. An ODPS preconfiguration may be selected and communicated. The transmitted ODPS preconfiguration may be a request for transmission, or a notice of transmission, of the selected ODPS. An ODPS, which is associated with or based on the selected ODPS preconfiguration, may be transmitted. The ODPS may include any positioning signal (e.g., any signal that may be used for positioning) that may be transmitted upon request or as needed, and, e.g., may include downlink on-demand positioning reference signals (ODPRS), uplink on-demand sounding reference signals (ODSRS), or other positioning or reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Diomidis Michalopoulos, Taylan Sahin
  • Patent number: 11635297
    Abstract: A method for assigning a processing plan to a mobile unit data set of a mobile unit of an indoor location system of a manufacturing hall is provided. The method includes: providing a manufacturing control system for industrial processing of workpieces with a machine tool in accordance with workpiece-specific processing plans, each processing plan storing order information for a workpiece to be processed, providing a mobile unit with an image acquisition unit for acquiring image data, mobile unit data set belonging to the mobile unit and position data of the mobile unit acquired with the indoor location system being stored in the manufacturing control system, acquiring image data of a processing plan-specific object for identifying the processing plan to be assigned with the manufacturing control system, and assigning the identified processing plan to the mobile unit data set of the mobile unit in the manufacturing control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Ottnad, Ulrich Schneider, Benjamin Schwarz, Korbinian Weiss
  • Patent number: 11637668
    Abstract: Provided are a signal transmission method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium. The method includes generating a second narrowband positioning reference signal sequence according to a system frame number (SFN); obtaining a second narrowband positioning reference signal according to the second narrowband positioning reference signal sequence; and transmitting a first narrowband positioning reference signal on a first radio frame set, and transmitting the second narrowband positioning reference signal on a second radio frame set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youjun Hu, Bo Dai, Huiying Fang, Kun Liu, Weiwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11628360
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling game applications are provided. In the method, when an operating system receives a game starting command, the operating system determines a manner to start a corresponding game application according to whether the game application has resided in a memory, and when a cold boot manner is used, the operating system triggers the game application to report an amount of memory required currently by the game application, and determines whether a requirement of running the game application is met according to the amount of memory required and an amount of memory currently used, or the operating system ensures to meet the requirement of running the game application through background application freezing and clearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huaiwei Ju, Hua Liu, Kun Zhou, Yong Huang, Yuan Li, Chao Zhu, Chengming Xia, Wenfang Zhao, Ying Wang, Jingyang Jia, Pan Wang