Radiotelephone Equipment Detail Patents (Class 455/550.1)
  • Patent number: 12079416
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a sensor substrate disposed on the display panel, the sensor substrate including a touch sensing area; sensing electrodes and antenna sets, disposed on the touch sensing area of the sensor substrate; and an input sensing circuit for sensing an external input based on sensing signals from the sensing electrodes. The input sensing circuit determines whether the external input occurred on an area in which the antenna sets are disposed in the touch sensing area, based on the sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Lee, Sung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12052701
    Abstract: A method for ubiquitously covering a selected area with a single wireless communication channel. At least two wireless converters are placed at different locations to provide an aggregated wireless coverage area, the wireless converters covering wirelessly only a respective portion of a selected area with least two portions at least partially overlapping. An OFDM base station transmits a sequence of OFDM signals simultaneously via at least two distribution lines, each OFDM signal modulated by sub-carriers. The wireless converters simultaneously receive, via respective distribution lines, the OFDM signals from the OFDM base station, and up-convert a respective OFDM signal into an RF band to re-transmit wirelessly the respective OFDM signal. At least two re-transmissions of each OFDM signal arrive at a wireless client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cellium Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gal Zuckerman, Oz Liv, Roy Kinamon
  • Patent number: 12047050
    Abstract: A high-power, frequency-tunable, harmonic filtering system for multiple operating frequencies includes a first SPMT switch circuitry, a second SPMT switch circuitry, and high-power, frequency-tunable harmonic filters (HFHFs). The first SPMT single-pole terminal is configured to receive a high-power RF input signal. The second SPMT single-pole terminal is configured to output a high-power RF output signal. Each of the HFHFs is connected to a respective one of the first SPMT multi-throw terminals and a respective one of the second SPMT multi-throw terminals. Each of the HFHFs is interposed between the respective first and second multi-throw terminals along a respective RF signal pathway between them. Each operating frequency is associated with one of the HFHFs. The respective operating frequency is associated with one of multiple cutoff frequencies of the respective HFHF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRI-TEQ LLC
    Inventor: Phil Gelder
  • Patent number: 12025657
    Abstract: The invention describes a system for testing antenna-in-package (AiP) modules and a method for using the same. Firstly, AiP modules respectively receive RF signals from a testing transmitting antenna. Then, at least one of the power and the phase of each of the RF signals is adjusted to generate modulated RF amplified signals as recognition tags with difference. The RF amplified signals are received from each control integrated circuit (IC) and the power of the modulated RF amplified signals is summed to generate a net mixed test signal. Finally, the test signal is received and RF properties corresponding to at least one of the power and the phase of each of the RF amplified signals as recognition tags are obtained. The method can simultaneously test a plurality of AiP modules to shorten the test time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ohmplus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Hsi-Tseng Chou, Chih-Wei Chiu, Zhao-He Lin, Jake Waldvogel Liu
  • Patent number: 12010534
    Abstract: The present invention is designed so that DL controls channels are monitored adequately even when the unit of scheduling in the time direction is subject to control. According to the present invention, a user terminal monitors a downlink (DL) control channel and receives downlink control information (DCI), and this user terminal has a receiving section that receives time interval information, which shows a time interval for monitoring the DL control channel, and a control section that controls monitoring of the DL control channel based on the time interval information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 12004112
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an improved tracking area update(TAU) procedure for minimizing service interruptions for wireless devices. In embodiments herein, wireless devices set a delay timer upon experiencing a triggering event. Upon termination of the triggering event, the wireless devices are able to complete the TAU procedure if the delay timer has not yet expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
  • Patent number: 11997423
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques implemented partly by a communications service for identifying and altering undesirable portions of communication data, such as audio data and video data, from a communication session between computing devices. For example, the communications service may monitor the communications session to alter or remove undesirable audio data, such as a dog barking, a doorbell ringing, etc., and/or video data, such as rude gestures, inappropriate facial expressions, etc. The communications service may stream the communication data for the communication session partly through managed servers and analyze the communication data to detect undesirable portions. The communications service may alter or remove the portions of communication data received from a first user device, such as by filtering, refraining from transmitting, or modifying the undesirable portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Adam Lichtenberg, Terrence Wise
  • Patent number: 11984866
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver including a receiver circuit coupled to an RF transceiver node, a tunable notch filter coupled between the RF transceiver node and a reference node, and a controller that programs the tunable notch filter with a selected blocker frequency and that selectively enables the tunable notch filter to attenuate at least one blocker signal. The tunable notch filter may include a variable capacitor and an inductor coupled in series between the RF transceiver node and ground. The inductor of the tunable notch filter may include a bondwire coupled between a semiconductor die and a semiconductor package. The inductance may include a physical inductor mounted on the package or a printed circuit board. The tunable notch filter may be enabled by a switch selectively coupling the filter to either the RF transceiver node or ground. The variable capacitor may be digitally programmed with digital values stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Vitor Pereira, Jeffrey A. Tindle, Mustafa H. Koroglu, Terry Lee Dickey
  • Patent number: 11973481
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver including a receiver circuit coupled to an RF transceiver node, a tunable notch filter coupled between the RF transceiver node and a reference node, and a controller that programs the tunable notch filter with a selected blocker frequency and that selectively enables the tunable notch filter to attenuate at least one blocker signal. The tunable notch filter may include a variable capacitor and an inductor coupled in series between the RF transceiver node and ground. The inductor of the tunable notch filter may include a bondwire coupled between a semiconductor die and a semiconductor package. The inductance may include a physical inductor mounted on the package or a printed circuit board. The tunable notch filter may be enabled by a switch selectively coupling the filter to either the RF transceiver node or ground. The variable capacitor may be digitally programmed with digital values stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Vitor Pereira, Jeffrey A. Tindle, Mustafa H. Koroglu, Terry Lee Dickey
  • Patent number: 11929775
    Abstract: A mobile terminal, includes a housing, and a middle frame and a display that are disposed in the housing. The display is coupled to the middle frame. An accommodation space is formed between the display and the middle frame. In addition, the mobile terminal further includes a first magnet and a second magnet, and a part of the first magnet and a part of the second magnet are disposed in the accommodation space. The first magnet is disposed on a back facet of the display, the second magnet is disposed on the middle frame, and the first magnet and the second magnet are disposed face to face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuojun Yu, Jinhua Liu, Yingming Li, Yuqing Zhang, Chien Feng Yeh, Renxuan Qin
  • Patent number: 11901932
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cancelling an interference in a received signal. The apparatus may include a plurality of receivers and one or more transmitters. The first receiver is configured to process a received signal. The first receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a first local oscillator signal having a first frequency. The received signal includes a wanted signal and an unwanted signal. The second receiver is configured to process the received signal and generate an interference reference signal. The second receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a second local oscillator signal having a second frequency. The apparatus includes an interference canceller configured to cancel, in a digital domain, at least in part interference caused by non-linear characteristics of the first receive chain in a presence of the unwanted signal from the down-converted received signal by the first receive chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Oren Ezra Avraham, Josef Holzleitner, Ram Sunil Kanumalli, Harald Pretl, Silvester Sadjina, Werner Schelmbauer
  • Patent number: 11868897
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring of icon in an external display device are disclosed. Images of an icon displayed in a display device may be continually captured as video frames by a video camera of an icon monitoring system. While operating in a first mode, video frames may be continually analyzed to determine if the captured image matches an active template icon known to match the captured image of the icon. While the captured image matches the active template icon, operating in the first mode continues. Upon detecting a failed match to the active template icon, the system starts operating in a second to search among known template icons for a new match. Upon finding a new match, the active template icon may be updated to the new match, and operation switches back to the first mode. Times of transitions between the first and second modes may be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventor: Konstantinos Antonio Dimitriou
  • Patent number: 11870924
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal including a front case, a display disposed at a front surface of the front case, a rear case disposed to oppose a rear surface of the front case, and a finger scan sensor part coupled to the rear surface of the front case. The finger scan sensor part may be configured to sense at least a portion of light incident after passing through the display and the front case among light reflected by an external object. Other embodiments are implementable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byunghwa Lee, Jonghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11811957
    Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package comprises a substrate, an antenna, and an active component. The antenna is disposed at least partially within the substrate. The active component is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the antenna. A location of the antenna is configured to be adjustable with respect to a location of the active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yuanhao Yu, Chung Ju Yu, Jui-Hsien Wang, Chai-Chi Lin, Hong Jie Chen
  • Patent number: 11793488
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical (imaging) device comprises a housing configured for handheld use, a transducer array, a display coupled to the housing, a plurality of sensors distributed about a periphery of the housing and configured to detect when a hand of an operator is positioned around the housing, and a computing device disposed within the housing, wherein the computing device is in communication with the transducer array, the display, and the sensors. The computing device is operable to: monitor the sensors, determine whether a reading from a first sensor at a first edge of the periphery of the housing exceeds a threshold, set the first edge as a primary edge based at least in part on the reading from the first sensor, and orient the display such that the primary edge is at the bottom of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Mckee Dunn Poland
  • Patent number: 11785453
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless token capable of representing a user network, the token being used to automatically provision an IoT enabled device to connect to the user network. Functions required to achieve this include: authenticate the token with the user network, and responsive to said authentication, obtain and store configuration information for enabling the token to communicatively couple one or more devices at or within a defined proximity to the token, with the user network; responsive to a wireless signal received from a given device among the one or more devices, establish a temporary secure communication channel between the given device and the token; and provide the configuration information from the token to the given device using the temporary secure communication channel, wherein the configuration information enables the given device to establish a connection with and operate in the user network based on the obtained configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NAGRAVISION S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Bernard Fischer
  • Patent number: 11782971
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for dynamic Network-Based Media Processing (NBMP) image retrieval. A call for a function from among a function group is received. The function call corresponds to an NBMP request to a workflow manager. A determination is made as to whether an image associated with the received function call is static or dynamic. A pointer to the image is returned based on the image being determined to be dynamic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Iraj Sodagar
  • Patent number: 11785376
    Abstract: A receiver control method includes: when a receiver of a terminal is at a first position of the terminal, picking up, by using a microphone, an audio signal sent by the receiver; and if there is a noise in the audio signal picked up by the microphone, moving the receiver to a second position of the terminal. When the receiver is at the first position, an orthographic projection of a first sound hole of the receiver along a first direction at least partially overlaps with a target component. When the receiver is at the second location, the orthographic projection of the first sound hole along the first direction does not overlap with the target component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanzhong Lin, Junhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11750673
    Abstract: Methods for synchronizing a client application user interface (UI) state of content of a client application on a client device corresponding with a host application on a host device are presented, the method including: receiving an update on the host application; transmitting a request for remote notification to the client device to synchronize the UI state of content of the client application responsive to receiving the event; displaying a notification corresponding with the request for remote notification on the client device indicating content is available to the client device; selecting the notification; launching the client application on the client device; transmitting a synchronizing request by the client device to the host device; enabling a synchronization mode of the host application; determining a host application UI state; transmitting content data associated with the UI state of the host application to the client device; and displaying the client application UI state based on the content data fro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SPRING DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Albert Teng, Jack Yuan, Xiao Bin, Richard Li
  • Patent number: 11647124
    Abstract: In a method for configuring a policy for user equipment (UE), a PCF network element receives policy information of the UE from a first network element. The policy information of the UE indicates a current policy of the UE. The PCF network element sends configuration information to the UE based on the policy information of the UE, and the configuration information instructs the UE to update the policy of the UE. The policy control function network apparatus then sends to the first network apparatus update information that comprises either the configuration information or an identifier of the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiyang Sun, Chunshan Xiong, Yizhuang Wu
  • Patent number: 11632621
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling the volume of a wireless headset, a wireless headset and a mobile terminal. The method comprises: when the mobile terminal is connected to a wireless headset in an in-ear state, acquiring a target play volume range of the wireless headset; adjusting the play volume of the wireless headset within the target play volume range; when volume determination information from the wireless headset is received, determining that the play volume of the wireless headset at the moment the volume determination information is received is a target play volume value; and adjusting the play volume of the wireless headset to be the target play volume value. The play volume of a wireless headset suitable for a user can be automatically and quickly set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhua Gong, Baoti Li
  • Patent number: 11595530
    Abstract: A multi-port VoIP telecommunications system that allows the user to gain access to telephone connectivity through the Internet by connecting directly to the Internet or by connecting to the Internet through the existing Internet connection of a computer or cell phone device. The present system includes an Ethernet port, a Wi-Fi receiver to facilitate the transmission and receipt of Internet protocol signals wirelessly, a USB plug connectable to the ATA, connectivity to a home monitoring network and connectivity to Bluetooth devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NetTALK.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark F. Rodriguez, Anastasios Takis Kyriakides, Kenneth Hosfeld, Leo Manzewitsch, Garry M. Paxinos, Nicholas Kyriakides
  • Patent number: 11592410
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless monitoring system for a coal-gangue mixing ratio based on a non-Hermite technology, including a signal generation monitoring device, an excitation coil, a receiving coil and a parallel plate capacitor. The signal generation monitoring device is connected with the excitation coil; the receiving coil is connected with the parallel plate capacitor to form an LC resonance system; the receiving coil is placed in parallel with the excitation coil, and the axis of the receiving coil and the axis of the excitation coil are on a same horizontal line; the signal generation monitoring device is used to generate a pulse current and collect reflected signals; the excitation coil excites an initial magnetic field based on the generated pulse current, and the LC resonance circuit performs an electromagnetic field induction to generate an induced magnetic field, and feeds back the reflected signals to the signal generation monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Shanxi Datong University
    Inventors: Lijuan Dong, Haoyan Xi, Yong Sun, Yong Dong, Yue Zhao, Yanhong Liu, Fusheng Deng, Xiaoqiang Su, Yunlong Shi
  • Patent number: 11569909
    Abstract: In order to predict properties of a first device, data is obtained relating to properties of second devices having characteristics in common with the first device. The data comprises values of a first parameter at specific values of a second parameter. The data is organized in a first matrix with each row or column representing one value of the second parameter, and each column or row contains for one of the second devices the value of the first parameter at each of the values of the second parameter for which data is available. The first matrix is factorized into a second matrix and a third matrix. The second matrix represents a relationship between the second parameter and hidden features. The third matrix represents a relationship between the second devices and hidden features. The second matrix and/or the third matrix is used to predict at least one value of the first parameter and at least one respective specific value of the second parameter outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Roberto Magri, Marcello Morchio
  • Patent number: 11570895
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, a second printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface disposed to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a battery disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, a first connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and a second connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the first connection member and the second connection member may be arranged to at least partially overlap at a portion passing by the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanjae Ju, Jaehan Kim, Seunghak Lee, Jungyong Yun, Sungchel Hwang
  • Patent number: 11548389
    Abstract: A control system for a screen of a vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS), an inertia sensor and a control circuit. The GPS detects a satellite signal from a satellite. The inertia sensor senses motion of the vehicle and correspondingly generates a motion state value. The control circuit performs one of a first determination procedure and a second determination procedure according to the state of the satellite signal. In the first determination procedure, the control circuit calculates the vehicle speed of the vehicle according to the satellite signal, and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed. In the second determination procedure, the control circuit generates a motion signal according to the motion state value, and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal. Accordingly, driving safety can still be effectively ensured even in the case of poor satellite signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsueh-Mao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11503142
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal including a front case, a display disposed at a front surface of the front case, a rear case disposed to oppose a rear surface of the front case, and a finger scan sensor part coupled to the rear surface of the front case. The finger scan sensor part may be configured to sense at least a portion of light incident after passing through the display and the front case among light reflected by an external object. Other embodiments are implementable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byunghwa Lee, Jonghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11500655
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for inline and contextual delivery of content, which may include content selectively determined using private database content. In some implementations, interface data indicating text of a user interface of a electronic device is obtained. A particular term in the text of the user interface of the electronic device is determined to satisfy one or more criteria. Based on determining that the particular term satisfies the one or more criteria, the particular term is annotated to alter the appearance of the particular term in the user interface. After annotating the particular term, user interaction with the annotated term is detected and a card is provided for display in the user interface. The card can include information that corresponds to the term and that was determined using content from a private database for an organization of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Siamak Ziraknejad, Jiao Xu, Boyu Li, Quan Jia, Saurabh Abhyankar, Raul de Leon, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11502730
    Abstract: Devices and systems useful in concurrently receiving and transmitting Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals in the same frequency band are provided. By way of example, an electronic device includes a transceiver configured to transmit data and to receive data over channels of a first wireless network and a second wireless network concurrently. The transceiver includes a plurality of filters configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the data and to receive the data in the same frequency band by reducing interference between signals of the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuo Liu, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang, Indranil S. Sen, Nicholas M. McDonnell, Chia Yiaw Chong
  • Patent number: 11503017
    Abstract: In order to leverage an enterprise-hosted network (EHN) associated with an entity, a communication technique may dynamically customize an application on a portable electronic device. In particular, the portable electronic device may discover and then may connect to the EHN using a quarantine zone that restricts access to the EHN. After providing valid credentials to establish a level of trust with the EHN, the portable electronic device may receive a request for authentication and authorization information. In response to the request, the portable electronic device may provide a credential to the EHN. Next, the portable electronic device may receive provisioning information that customizes the application on the portable electronic device to a venue associated with the entity. The provisioning information may include a connection setting associated with the application on the portable electronic device, which allows the portable electronic device to connect to the EHN outside of the quarantine zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Doron Givoni, Henry H. Tzeng, Steve A Martin
  • Patent number: 11496428
    Abstract: A method for sharing content on an instant messaging application operating in a user terminal including determining whether content-to-be-shared for a chat room associated with a user account of the instant messaging application exists, outputting a share recommendation message for the user account through the chat room in response to a result of the determining indicating that the content-to-be-shared exists, receiving a response to the share recommendation message from the user account, and outputting the content-to-be-shared for the chat room based on the received response to the share recommendation message may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deokyong Ahn, Hwan Kim, Min Jeong Kim, Jaehyun Lee, Seongsu Kim, Kyoung Min Kim, Sanghyuk Suh, Jeongrok Kim, Tae Jeong Lee, Jeong Hyeon Kwon, Keumryong Kim, Inah Kim, Na Young Kim, Jungjun Park
  • Patent number: 11494162
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a user inputter receiving a user input; a content receiver receiving content data from a content source; a display configured to display an image included in the content data; a sound output configured to output sound included in the content data; and a processor configured to decode the content data into sound data, set a sound parameter according to a result of reinforcement learning about the sound parameter based on the user input, convert the sound data into a sound signal according to the set sound parameter, and control the sound output to output the sound corresponding to the sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Beom Kim, Sun Min Kim, Jae Youn Cho, In Woo Hwang, Ki Woong Kang
  • Patent number: 11495229
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for sending a first instruction for a device to output first content while the speech-processing device is in an ambient state during a first time period. First feedback data is received indicating that a first action associated with the first content was requested at a first time. A determination is made that the first time is during the first time period. Timing data related to a current time of the device is determined. Second content is determined based at least in part on the first action being requested during the first time period and the timing data. A second instruction is sent effective to cause the device to output second content while in the ambient state during a second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guoning Hu, Michael Hart, Seth Brickman, Ashok Gupta, David Jason Jones, Sandy Huang Cook
  • Patent number: 11493961
    Abstract: A docking station has a base, a main casing, a cover body, a ventilation layer, and multiple first lateral openings. The main casing forms a first inner space and has multiple first through-holes. The ventilation layer is in gaseous communication with the first inner space via the first through-holes. The cover body is fixed to the main casing, and the ventilation layer is formed between the cover body and the main casing. The first lateral openings are formed in the cover body and in gaseous communication with the ventilation layer. When in use, heat generated by electronic components inside the first inner space makes air inside the first inner space flow upwards to the ventilation layer and subsequently exits the docking station via the first lateral openings. Meanwhile, cool air enters the first inner space via the first lateral openings to dissipate heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BIZLINK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Tseng, Yu-Shih Chin
  • Patent number: 11457303
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a housing assembly that includes a display and a tray recess; and an ear bud tray disposed in the tray recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Jackson Patterson, Cuong Huy Truong, Kazuo Nakada, Hisashi Shima
  • Patent number: 11430236
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems and devices having segmented numeral character recognition. In an embodiment, users may take digital pictures of a seven-segment display on a sensor device. For example, a user at a remote location may use a digital camera to capture a digital image of a seven-segment display on a sensor device. Captured images of a seven-segment display may then be sent or uploaded over a network to a remote health management system. The health care management system includes a reader that processes the received images to determine sensor readings representative of the values output on the seven-segment displays of the remote sensor devices. Machine learning and OCR are used to identify numeric characters in images associated with seven-segment displays. In this way, a remote heath management system can obtain sensor readings from remote locations when users only have access to sensor devices with seven-segment displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: REDIMD, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Holmsten, Malcolm Edward Storey, Aakash L. Gupta
  • Patent number: 11429657
    Abstract: A mobile device receives media files, and automatically tags each of the media files with tags, comprising data or meta-data, based on: 1) other mobile users proximate to the mobile device, 2) a current location of the mobile device, 3) facial recognition analysis applied to each of the first media files, 4) subject or content recognition analysis applied to each of the first media files, 5) a current date, and/or 6) a usage history associated with each of the first media files. The mobile device stores the tagged media files, and receives a user request to search the media files. The mobile device searches the tags, responsive to the user request, to generate a filtered set of media files, and presents the filtered set of media files to a user of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry E. Brackett, Allison M. Forgues
  • Patent number: 11430429
    Abstract: To more smoothly communicate with a user, provided is an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls information presentation to a user, in which, in a case where a specific expression in a group including the user is applicable regarding content of information to be presented, the output control unit causes the information presentation including the specific expression to be executed using at least one of a sound or an image. Furthermore, provided is an information processing apparatus including a learning unit that learns a recognition target and a linguistic expression regarding the recognition target in association with each other, in which the linguistic expression includes a specific expression in a group including a user, and the learning unit learns the specific expression on the basis of at least one of a collected sound or a collected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mari Saito
  • Patent number: 11418619
    Abstract: Technology is described for configuring data communication schedules for devices. A computing hub in a wireless network may determine a data communication schedule for a device in the wireless network. The data communication schedule may include an assigned time slot for the device to communicate with the computing hub. The data communication schedule with the assigned time slot may be provided from the computing hub to the device. The device may be instructed to wake up from a reduced power mode and enter into an active mode during the assigned time slot defined in the data communication schedule. The computing hub may prioritize data communication for the device during the assigned time slot defined in the data communication schedule and when the device is in the active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Mattison, Chen Yang, Harout Sebouh Hedeshian, Jimi Shah
  • Patent number: 11418866
    Abstract: A voice-activated encoding method includes determining a voice power parameter based on a frequency domain representation of a voice signal from a voice microphone. The method includes determining an ambient power parameter based on a frequency domain representation of at least one ambient signal from at least one ambient microphone spaced from the voice microphone. The method also includes enabling encoding of an audio signal based on the voice signal in response to comparing the power parameters and a threshold value. A headset including a controller may use the method to determine whether to enable or disable encoding, transmission, or both of an audio signal to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stefan M. Apelqvist, Vijay K. Gidla, Abel Gladstone Mangam, Roger Kihlberg
  • Patent number: 11394435
    Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device including a plurality of panel antennas and storing information about a plurality of codebooks includes: determining at least one panel antenna among the plurality of panel antennas based on environmental information; receiving control information from a base station; and selecting an optimal codebook among the plurality of codebooks based on the determined at least one panel antenna and the received control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junho Lee, Yangsoo Kwon, Donghyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11393319
    Abstract: An individual tracking and communication system and method is presented herein. The system and method includes a wearable device adapted to be worn by a user and a caregiver device operated by a caregiver. The wearable device and caregiver device are paired to one another by being assigned to the same group via a management dashboard, and thereby allowing for communications to occur there between. The wearable device is configured to initiate and receive voice communications with the caregiver device, and to automatically initiate a communication with an emergency service if an attempt to initiate a voice communication with the caregiver device fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: REMI Device Company
    Inventors: Daniel Maisano, II, Patricia Maisano
  • Patent number: 11374941
    Abstract: Integrity protection is activated for user plane data transferred between a network node and a terminal device of the cellular communications network. The activation can be initiated by the terminal device sending a request message to a second network node. Thus, a UE, such as a Cellular IoT UE, and a network node such as a SGSN are able to use LLC layer integrity protection for both control plane and user plane data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Vesa Torvinen, Noamen Ben Henda, Vesa Lehtovirta, Katharina Pfeffer, Monica Wifvesson
  • Patent number: 11374635
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for sensor assisted beam selection. A method for sensor assisted beam selection includes receiving an input from a sensor indicating a presence of an obstacle proximate to the sensor. The method further includes identifying an antenna module proximate to the sensor. The method further includes deactivating at least a portion of the identified antenna module based on the input from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengda Huang, Jianhua Mo, Boon Loong Ng, Mandar Narsinh Kulkarni, Won-Suk Choi, Jianzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11370353
    Abstract: A wireless doorsill plate with changeable display information and power-saving mechanism includes a baseplate, a battery module, a radio frequency module, a display module and an energy-saving module. A circuit board is provided on the baseplate, the battery module is disposed on the baseplate and electrically connected to the circuit board, and the battery module is used to generate an electric power. The radio frequency module is disposed on the circuit board and used to receive an activation signal to generate a wireless signal. The display module is assembled on the circuit board and has a backlight unit connected to the battery module. The energy-saving module is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the battery module. According to the wireless signal the energy-saving module reduces the electric power generated by the battery module in order to turn on the backlight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ZEALIO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Pao Cheng, Pao-Lin Guo, An-Tsun Teng
  • Patent number: 11363407
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secure in-person dating and socializing platform. The platform may perform a check-in of a first user at a particular event based on messaging from a first device of the first user. The first device may receive messages from other devices of other users at the particular event that have previously checked-in to the particular event. Each message may provide a status for a different one of the other users. The first device may determine a location of each of the other devices based on signaling characteristics associated with receiving each message, may determine an area falling within a field-of-view of the first device camera, and may provide an augmented reality presentation of the camera feed with a visual indicator for the status of a second user at a particular location in the field-of-view that maps to the location of a second device of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ON LLC
    Inventor: Luis Contreras
  • Patent number: 11336867
    Abstract: A method of tracking a mobile device comprising at least one camera in a real environment comprises the steps of receiving image information associated with at least one image captured by the at least one camera, generating a first geometrical model of at least part of the real environment based on environmental data or mobile system state data acquired in an acquisition process by at least one sensor of a mobile system, which is different from the mobile device, and performing a tracking process based on the image information associated with the at least one image and at least partially according to the first geometrical model, wherein the tracking process determines at least one parameter of a pose of the mobile device relative to the real environment. The invention is also related to a method of generating a geometrical model of at least part of a real environment using image information from at least one camera of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Meier, Sebastian Lieberknecht
  • Patent number: 11330656
    Abstract: This disclosure provides mechanisms for User Equipment, UE, capability signaling and coordination for Long Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR) tight-interworking without increasing the complexity of LTE capability reporting. This disclosure proposes a capability signaling and coordination framework in order to coordinate at least band combinations and Layer 2 buffer capabilities across the master and the secondary nodes which are of different Radio Access Technologies (RATs), such as LTE and NR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Stefan Wager
  • Patent number: 11329689
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for canceling unwanted transmitter-to-receiver leakage in a coherent wireless system using a feedforward waveform that overcomes the limitations of purely analog or purely digital cancelation systems and methods. Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure generate a software-defined waveform that, when fed forward into the receiver, effectively cancels the leakage. Embodiments of the present disclosure can use a defined cancelation waveform (e.g., a software-defined cancelation waveform) that can cancel multiple leakage paths at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Christopher T. Rodenbeck
  • Patent number: 11330057
    Abstract: Operation methods of a first communication node in a network, in particular, an Ethernet-based vehicle network, include: transmitting, by the first communication node to at least one communication node which is connected to the first communication node, a first frame requesting state information of a physical layer between the first communication node and the at least one communication node; receiving, by the first communication node from the at least one communication node, a second frame in response to the first frame; and identifying, by the first communication node, a state of the physical layer based on the second frame when the second frame is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sub Kim, Sung Ho Choi, Seong Jin Park