Power Conservation Patents (Class 455/574)
  • Patent number: 11832177
    Abstract: A first bridge device, connected by a first wired link to a supplying device, and a second bridge device, connected by a second wired link to a consuming device, are interconnected via a wireless communication network and are able to be configured in: a nominal operating mode; an energy saving mode; or a stop mode. The first bridge device switches into stop mode following detection of deactivation of the first wired link, and switches into energy saving mode following detection of disconnection from the network of the second bridge device or when the second bridge device goes into energy saving mode or following detection of a low volume of bidirectional traffic. The second bridge device switches into stop mode following detection of deactivation of the second wired link, and switches into energy saving mode following detection of the consuming device being put into hibernation or following detection of disconnection of the network or detection of a low volume of bidirectional traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Nicolas Dangy-Caye
  • Patent number: 11832176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for power saving and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method for efficiently conducting data transmission/reception of each terminal in a high density environment and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, the present invention provides a wireless communication method for a terminal including receiving a distributed access group parameter for data transmission/reception by a group unit, wherein the distributed access group parameter comprises information about a number of groups assigned to a corresponding BSS, obtaining group information about the terminal based on the distributed access group parameter, and performing data transmission based on the obtained group information, and a wireless communication terminal using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11832188
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, a processor configured to be electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory configured to be electrically connected with the processor. The memory includes instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain location information of the electronic device, transmit a first message for requesting to change a state of the electronic device to a network, receive a first response message to the transmitted first message from the network, transmit a second message for requesting a parameter for an operation cycle of the second communication circuit to the network, receive a second response message to the second message from the network, and change the operation cycle of the second communication circuit to a value corresponding to a current state of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Young Cha, Hye Jeong Kim, Jung Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 11821732
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device configured to detect whether the device is in a bag or outside of the bag. The device determines whether the device is in or outside of the bag based on distance measurements generated by at least one proximity sensor and motion measurements generated by at least one motion sensor. By using both distance measurements and motion measurements, the device is able to detect whether the device is in the bag or outside of the bag with high accuracy and robustness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Paolo Rivolta, Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco, Roberto Mura
  • Patent number: 11812475
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless resource configuration method and device. The wireless resource configuration method includes: broadcasting, by a base station, first access parameter information. The first access parameter information is configured based on a user equipment (UE) power class and is configured to enable the UE to select an access parameter according to the UE power class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiubin Sha, Bo Dai, Yuanfang Yu, Ting Lu, Qian Dai, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11805308
    Abstract: There are provided an imaging apparatus and an imaging method that enable operation in which a display unit is brought into a turn-off state when a predetermined time elapses after start of capturing a moving image, a command from a remote commander is accepted and executed, and the captured moving image is output to an external apparatus. In a case where a manipulation unit that outputs a command depending on content of a user manipulation is manipulated and a command causing a moving image to be recorded on a recording medium is output, recording of the moving image is started and the display unit is controlled to a turn-off state in which an image is not displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shutaro Yorozu
  • Patent number: 11799955
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for an electronic device, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store instructions, one or more processors to execute the instructions, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory can be configured to store a set of synchronization data associated with interaction between the electronic device and one or more applications and instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to retrieve a set of synchronization data to be transmitted from the electronic device to select a transport channel from one of a peer-to-peer channel or a network-based channel and transmit the set of synchronization data from the electronic device to one or more remote devices via the selected transport channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz de Lacerda, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Bob Bradley, Joshua R. Ford, Michael D. Ford, Brian E. Korver, Marc J. Krochmal, Joseph E. Meyer, Jared K. McGann, Rex C. Ross, Paul W. Salzman, Christopher G. Skogen
  • Patent number: 11792733
    Abstract: A system and method for conducting battery charge aware communications is disclosed. A system receives a content request from a client device, wherein the content request indicates one or more content items. The system retrieves the one or more requested content items from a content database at the system. The system determines whether the content request includes current remaining battery power data for the client device. In response to determining that the content request includes the current remaining battery power data for the client device, the system determines whether a current remaining battery power is below a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the current remaining battery power is below the predetermined threshold, the system analyzes the one or more requested content items to determine core content sections. The system transmits the determined core content sections to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Lakshmanan Velusamy
  • Patent number: 11778561
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for downlink control information (DCI) format for power efficiency. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first DCI message in a first symbol of a downlink control channel, the first DCI message comprising a portion of an identifier that consists of less than all parts of the identifier, the first symbol being one of a plurality of symbols in a time period. The method may also include, when the portion of the identifier corresponds to the UE, receiving downlink data via resources indicated by a second DCI message, the second DCI message received in a second symbol of the downlink control channel, the second DCI message indicating the resources for receiving downlink data, the second symbol being another one of the plurality of symbols in the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amit Bar-Or Tillinger, Gideon Shlomo Kutz, Idan Michael Horn, Shay Landis
  • Patent number: 11765045
    Abstract: A system, methods, and computer-readable media are provided herein for real-time “live” identification of connectivity issues with autonomous predictive solution provision via a diagnostic application supported by a machine-learning model. In aspects, live data in a targeted application is captured in an on-going manner and used by the diagnostic application to automatically identify connectivity issues. When connectivity issues are detected, the live data capture is pushed to the model so that the model can make a predictive classification of the error based on geospatial, temporal, and/or geospatial-temporal alignments in the data. Based on the classification, the model predicts a solution and the diagnostic application provides the solution to the user of the targeted application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Phi Hoang Nguyen, Kevin Ka-Kin Lau
  • Patent number: 11765687
    Abstract: A method of communicating data between a radio network infrastructure and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises establishing at a radio network infrastructure element there is data available for communication between the radio network infrastructure and the terminal device and transmitting a paging message for the terminal device from the radio network infrastructure element. The paging message comprises an indication of an identifier for the terminal device and an indication of a network allocated resource for use in subsequently communicating the data between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device. In response to receiving the paging message the terminal device transmits to the radio network infrastructure element a paging response indicating the terminal device received the paging message, after which the data is communicated between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device using the network allocated resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi, Anders Berggren
  • Patent number: 11755098
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an intelligent terminal energy saving method based on artificial intelligence (AI) prediction. The method includes: collecting application (APP)-related operation data on the intelligent terminal; carrying out AI analysis on the APP-related operation data collected, to predict timing and a restriction measurement to restrict an APP in a background; and adopting the restriction measurement to restrict the APP in the background at the timing predicted. Corresponding to the method, the disclosure further discloses an intelligent terminal energy saving device based on AI prediction. Using the technical schemes disclosed in the disclosure, the power consumption of applications on a portable intelligent terminal can be reduced, and the battery life can be extended, without affecting the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai Sun, Wei Su, Yi Jiang, Zhigang Dong, Hua Liu, Chunhai Liu, Xiaokai Tang
  • Patent number: 11755851
    Abstract: A process for triggering projected displays can comprise determining that an RFID device has moved within a predetermined range of a first interrogator, wherein the RFID device is carried by a user. The RFID device can be interrogated to determine a first identifier. Based on the first identifier, an identity of the user can be determined. A projection command can be transmitted to a projection source, wherein the projection command comprises the identity of the user and instructive indicia comprising information about a toy, wherein the toy comprises a second RFID device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CFA Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Panayiotou, Nathaniel McFarland
  • Patent number: 11743875
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame notifying a start of resource unit-based OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) communication via a first channel; and controlling circuitry configured to control, when the first frame is received, the receiver to perform standby operation at least in a first resource unit in a second channel different from the first channel, wherein the first resource unit includes one or more subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers disposed in the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: International Semiconductor Group
    Inventors: Ryoko Matsuo, Tomoko Adachi, Tomoya Tandai
  • Patent number: 11743917
    Abstract: A downlink control information (DCI), such as a blanking DCI (bDCI) message may be transmitted by a base station (e.g., eNB) and received by a mobile device (e.g., UE). The bDCI may indicate that the eNB will not transmit a subsequent DCI to the UE for a duration of time. The UE may be in continuous reception mode or connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode. The UE may therefore determine to enter a sleep state or take other action. The bDCI may specify an explicit blanking duration, or an index indicating a blanking duration from a lookup table, and/or the blanking duration (and/or a blanking duration offset value) may be determined in advance, e.g., semi-statically. When the UE is in C-DRX mode, the UE may be configured such that either the sleep/wake period of the C-DRX mode or the blanking period of the bDCI may take precedence over the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Johnson O. Sebeni, Yang Li, Zhu Ji, Yuchul Kim, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Xiangying Yang, Li Su
  • Patent number: 11743818
    Abstract: In a user equipment, base station and method for a mobile communication system, the user equipment receives, from a first base station, transmission power control information used for a dual simultaneous transmission in which radio signals are simultaneously transmitted to both the first base station and a second base station, and determines a first transmission power and a second transmission power for the dual simultaneous transmission based on the transmission power control information. The first transmission power is used for transmitting a radio signal to the first base station, and the second transmission power is used for transmitting a radio signal to the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11723084
    Abstract: An information processing terminal according the present disclosures is configured to, by executing a device setting app, obtain connection information used to a setup to connect to an access point and store the connection information in a storage. Then, the information processing terminal selects connection information satisfying a particular condition from among at least one piece of the connection information stored in the storage based on information which is obtained by the information processing terminal, connects to an electronic device according to an NFC communication method which has a narrow communication range than a communication range of an Wi-Fi method, and transmits the selected connection information to the electronic device. The electronic device is configured to complete the setup using the received connection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sato
  • Patent number: 11716684
    Abstract: A configuration method and a device are provided. The method includes: sending a first message to a network-side device, where the first message explicitly or implicitly indicates a power saving mode or a power saving class of a terminal device; receiving, from the network-side device, first feedback information about the first message; and determining, based on the first feedback information, value(s) of one or more first parameters related to power consumption of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajie Jiang, Peng Sun, Xueming Pan
  • Patent number: 11716668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication system including first and second electronic devices that communicate with one another over a plurality of wireless channels. The first electronic device is configured to establish a connection with a second electronic device using a first wireless channel that operates according to a first wireless communication protocol. During communication via the first wireless channel, the first electronic device identifies an operational context of the first electronic device in which the operational context includes a proximity of the first electronic device relative to the second wireless device, and based on the identified operational context, establishes the connection with the second electronic device using a second channel that operates according to a second wireless communication protocol. The first wireless communication protocol is different than the second wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Minho Cheong, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Dileep Kumar Soma
  • Patent number: 11690017
    Abstract: A system for providing real-time always-on location is presented for maintaining the current location of a mobile device, while saving the battery by managing the GPS in a power-saving mode while the device is considered to be stationary. The system also provides a real-time location in an indoor environment where a GPS signal may not be available. Additionally, methods for driving detection are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: mPanion, Inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj Chawla
  • Patent number: 11690015
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for reducing power consumption when a station (STA) is operating in a listen mode. In some aspects, to reduce power consumption in the listen mode, the STA may alternate between monitoring a wireless channel for packets and not monitoring the wireless channel. When the STA is monitoring the wireless channel for packets in the listen mode, the STA may configure packet detection components to a power-on state. When the STA is not monitoring the wireless channel in the listen mode, the STA may configure packet detection components to a power-off state. During the power-on state of the listen mode, the STA may detect a preamble of a packet that was transmitted over the wireless channel. In response to detecting the preamble of the packet, the STA may switch from the listen mode to a receive mode to process the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumen Chakraborty, Shwetank Kishorkumar Mistry, Kyungwan Nam, Ming-Tuo Chin, James Michael Gardner, Arvind Keerti, Chiao Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11690012
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing use of power of a wireless communication device configured to communicate over a plurality of radio links. A criterion is detected, and one of the plurality of radio links is selected as a selected radio link based on detecting the criterion. Operation of the selected radio link is switched from a first operating mode to a second operating mode, and operation of one or more remaining radio links of the plurality of radio links is disabled. In response to switching operation of the selected radio link to the second operating mode, the selected radio link oscillates between an awake state and an asleep state. Radio traffic information for the plurality of radio links is received, via the selected radio link, during the awake state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sharan Naribole, Srinivas Kandala, Wook Bong Lee, Ashok Ranganath
  • Patent number: 11688258
    Abstract: An EAS system first transmits, over a time, a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogation signal into an RFID interrogation zone of an EAS system. The system then first receives at least one RFID response signal from a first RFID tag of the system responding to the interrogation signal. The system second transmits, over a second time overlapping at least in part with the first time, a non-RFID RF signal into a second zone. The second zone and the RFID interrogation zone overlap to form a zone of interest. The system second receives, from the first RFID tag, an indication that the first RFID tag received the second transmission. The system determines, based on receiving both the RFID response signal from a first RFID tag and the indication that the first RFID tag received the second transmission, that the first RFID tag is in the zone of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Adam S. Bergman, Manuel A. Soto
  • Patent number: 11676509
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding torch. The welding torch includes a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch, a temperature associated with the welding torch, or some combination thereof. A display of the welding torch is activated, a determination is made that the welding torch has been involved in a high impact event, live welding using the welding torch is disabled, a software selection is made, or some combination thereof, based on the motion, the temperature, or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: William Joshua Becker, James M. Walker, Jeremy J. Erdmann
  • Patent number: 11678141
    Abstract: XCB dual-radio devices as finders, locators, scanners, sensors, and radio topology reporters for pet location management services. Finding, tracking, scanning, locating and proximity monitoring are provided as complementary services supplemented by a Bluetooth Proximity Locator Services Toolkit and a Cellular Remote Locator Services Toolkit. The radiotag devices may also include a user interface with exterior “homing” switch accessible to a user. The switch may activate an “on demand” location fix and communication package useful in pet location services and recovery. For example, smart systems enable alerts, messaging, maps and mixed media support as community services for pet location and tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel J. Daoura, Robert Aldridge, Johnathan Charles Miller, Nicholas R. Pearson-Franks
  • Patent number: 11671916
    Abstract: An energy efficient protocol for a communication network made up of a network of wireless communication nodes is disclosed. To reduce the amount of energy consumed by the nodes, the nodes operate in a reduced power duty cycle acquisition mode of operation in which the nodes cycle between a low power standby state and a higher power detection state. The nodes are forced to transition out of the duty cycle acquisition mode in response to detection of a triggering event when in the detection state. The operating parameters of the reduced power duty cycle acquisition mode can be modified based on current operating conditions on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberder Technoloav Corporstion
    Inventor: Khaled Mouffok
  • Patent number: 11671804
    Abstract: An electronic device for taking a pre-action and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuitry configured to support a Bluetooth protocol and at least one processor operatively connected with the wireless communication circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gupil Cheong, Moonseok Kang, Yunsik Bae, Doosuk Kang, Bokun Choi
  • Patent number: 11662576
    Abstract: One aspect disclosed is a method including determining a location from a positioning system receiver, determining, using a hardware processor and the location, that the location is approaching a path of direction of visual direction information, displaying the visual direction information on a display of a wearable device in response to the determining, determining, using the positioning system receiver, whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, determining, by the hardware processor, a first period of time for display of the content data based on whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, powering on the display and displaying, using the display, content data for the first period of time, turning off the display and the hardware processor following display of the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bamberger, Peter Brook, Nicolas Dahlquist, Matthew Hanover, Russell Douglas Patton, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II
  • Patent number: 11665730
    Abstract: Systems, methods and instrumentalities are disclosed for establishing a connection between a remote WTRU and a relay WTRU over a radio link interface. The relay WTRU may be authorized by a network to perform relay functions and may receive a parameter relating to the operation of the radio link interface. The relay WTRU may receive a request from the remote WTRU to establish a connection with relay WTRU over the radio link interface. The relay WTRU may determine whether to accept or reject the request based on information provided by the remote WTRU and the network. The relay WTRU may send a response to the remote WTRU based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Saad Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11665654
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that includes a communication processor; a transceiver electrically connected to the communication processor; a first power amplifier electrically connected to the transceiver; a first antenna electrically connected to the first power amplifier; and a first supply adjustor electrically connected to the communication processor and the first power amplifier. The communication processor can be set to perform a first determination about whether a carrier bandwidth part of a first signal transmitted through the first antenna exceeds a first threshold value, perform a second determination about whether the power of the first signal exceeds a second threshold value, select a first tracking mode as an envelope tracking mode or an average power tracking mode on the basis of at least a portion of the first determination and the second determination, and control the first supply adjustor using the selected first tracking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sungchul Park, Suha Yoon, Euichang Jung, Suyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11653628
    Abstract: Tracking tag and method for cattle tracking. The tracking tag includes, in some implementations, a near-field communication (NFC) module, a battery module, and a Bluetooth module. The NFC module is programmed with a unique identifier. The battery module is coupled to the NFC module. The battery module is configured to supply battery energy when active. The battery module is also configured to activate when the NFC module is first read after being programmed with the unique identifier. The Bluetooth module is coupled to the battery module. The Bluetooth module is configured to receive the battery energy from the battery module. The Bluetooth module is also configured to transmit the unique identifier using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmission protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MICROTRAKS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Herron, Michael Fregeau
  • Patent number: 11653409
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, system information including information on a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle; transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a request message including information on a second DRX cycle based on the first DRX cycle; receiving, from the AMF, a response message about the request message, wherein the response message includes information determined based on whether the AMF assigns the second DRX cycle; and determining a DRX cycle of the terminal based on the response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11652492
    Abstract: A system for processing a signal in a signal chain having decentralized embedded power management of components of the signal chain includes an input circuit to generate a measurement signal responsive to a stimulus, where the measurement signal is indicative of a characteristic of the stimulus. The system additionally includes a signal converter circuit coupled to the input circuit to convert the measurement signal to a digital signal according to a timing condition for capturing a sample of the measurement signal. The signal converter includes a control circuit to provide electrical power to the input circuit based on the timing condition and a sampling circuit to capture the sample of the measurement signal responsive to an indicator signal generated by the sensor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: George Pieter Reitsma, Raymond Thomas Perry, Quan Wan, David James Plourde, Andreas Koch, Paul A. Perrault
  • Patent number: 11650649
    Abstract: Systems and methods for centralized power management of wireless user devices are disclosed. In embodiments, a method comprises: monitoring, by a computing device, battery charge levels for remote user devices; identifying, by the computing device, that a battery charge level of a first user device of the remote user devices is below a predetermined threshold value based on the monitoring; identifying, by the computing device, at least one in-use device from the remote user devices based on real-time data indicating that the at least one in-use device is in use by a user; and sending, by the computing device, an alert to the at least one in-use device based on the identifying the at least one in-use device, wherein the alert includes information about the first user device and information regarding the battery charge level of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventor: Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Patent number: 11653302
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for low power channel access using a wake up radio are disclosed herein. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving a wake up signal at a wake up radio from a communication node at a receipt time, wherein the wake up signal indicates a node active time for a main radio to begin communicating with the communication node; determining a transition time between an initiation time for the main radio and a device active time, wherein the device active time is during the node active time; determining a delay time from the receipt time to the initiation time; initiating the main radio at the initiation time; and communicating with the communication node using the main radio during the device active time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiying Lv, Nan Li, Bo Sun
  • Patent number: 11652585
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a Dynamic PHY-Level Collision Avoidance (DPLCA) based Ethernet network are disclosed. The Dynamic PHY-Level Collision Avoidance (DPLCA) Ethernet network includes an Ethernet bus comprising a shared cable, and a plurality of Ethernet nodes connectable to the Ethernet bus. Each of the Ethernet nodes is configured to autonomously select a unique node identifier, including the Ethernet node operating to transmit over the Ethernet bus either a special symbol or packet during a time slot designated for the unique node identifier, monitor any collisions with the transmitted special symbol or packet, and autonomously select the unique node identifier if no collision is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Kamal Dalmia
  • Patent number: 11638212
    Abstract: Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Chadra Laboratories LLC
    Inventors: James H. Foster, Marlene Nilsen, Paul G. Puskarich
  • Patent number: 11632707
    Abstract: A repeater system includes a first RF repeater device arranged in a first topology of a network of RF repeater devices, to communicate with one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices to service one or more source nodes and destination nodes in a wireless network. The first RF repeater device deploys an intermediate frequency to frequency shift an incoming waveform. The first RF repeater device detects a change in a network condition in wireless network between one or more source node and the destination nodes. Based on the detected change in network condition, the one or more second RF repeater devices are controlled in network of RF repeater devices to re-configure the first topology of network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AR & NS Investment, LLC
    Inventor: Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani
  • Patent number: 11621901
    Abstract: A method for managing message transmission times from a first device to a destination of a second device. The devices have respective electrical load levels at a given time. The method includes receiving a request to change message transmission times, the request including the current electrical load level associated with the second device; and determining transmission times by taking into account the load levels of the first and/or second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Fabrice Fontaine, Herve Marchand
  • Patent number: 11616843
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node constituting a vehicle network includes transitioning an operation state of the first communication node to a wake-up state when a preconfigured event is detected; determining whether a physical layer collision avoidance (PLCA) function is deactivated; in response to determining that the PLCA function is deactivated, generating a message including an indicator indicating that the PLCA function is deactivated; and transmitting the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11611904
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform optimized data collection in a wireless network. The wireless network communicatively interconnects a gateway device having a network controller, one or more wireless extenders, and one or more client devices. The gateway device receives polling responses from the one or more wireless extenders and periodically monitors station metrics data for the one or more client devices based on the polling responses. The gateway device determines which of the one or more client devices is an immobile device based on the station metrics data, and transmits an instruction to at least one wireless extender for modifying collection or reporting of the station metrics data for any client device determined to be an immobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Krishna Prasad Panje
  • Patent number: 11611205
    Abstract: A triggering circuit and an electronic fuse device incorporating the same. The triggering circuit works with a microcontroller to control a load. The microcontroller has a low-power mode and an external interrupt input for triggering wakeup from the low-power mode and initiating an interrupt action related to the load. The triggering circuit comprises a sensor input for receiving a sensor signal related to the load, a threshold input for receiving a threshold reference signal, and a comparator for comparing the sensor signal to the threshold reference signal and for outputting an interrupt signal to the external interrupt input in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Sebastian Yousef, Pekka Herzogenrath
  • Patent number: 11606403
    Abstract: A system includes participant nodes that unicast a voice stream to a master node and receive a multicast voice stream from the master node. The multicast voice stream may be a mixed voice stream mixing the voice streams of the participants. In this case, each participant performs echo cancellation on the multicast voice stream. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream may be a multiplexed voice stream multiplexing the voice streams of all participants. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream and generates a mixed voice stream that does not include that participant. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream received by each participant may be a multiplexed digital voice stream multiplexing multiple mixed streams including one mixed stream that does not include the voice stream of that participant. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream to obtain the mixed stream that does not include that participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Douglas Newin, Simon Vermette, Kevin Lévesque-Landry
  • Patent number: 11599178
    Abstract: An electronic device has sensing circuitry and control circuitry. The control circuitry generates, based on generated sensor data, information indicative of movement of the electronic device. The control circuitry generates control signals to control operation of the electronic device in a plurality of power states, including a working-power state, an intermediate-power state and a low-power state, based on the information indicative of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Paolo Rivolta, Marco Bianco, Roberto Mura, Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco
  • Patent number: 11601355
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a network hardware device and a processor. The network hardware device transmits Internet Protocol (IP) datagram packets. Each of the IP datagram packets includes a respective user datagram protocol (UDP) packet. The processor detects a UDP packet. The UDP packet includes a real-time protocol (RTP) packet. The processor inspects one or more fields of the RTP packet, and determines whether a conferencing application generated the RTP packet. In response to a conferencing application generating the RTP packet, the processor determines whether the RTP packet is a real-time audio/video packet, and determines whether an audio/video session is in-progress. In response to the audio/video session being in-progress, the processor determines a network traffic policy for the RTP packet, and the network hardware device to transmit the UDP packet encapsulating the RTP packet based on the determined network traffic policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Harpreet Narula, Srikanth Kondapi
  • Patent number: 11595142
    Abstract: A reception apparatus of a time division multiple access (TDMA) system for performing intermittent reception by a reception period of a time slot and a non-reception period of a predetermined number of time slots which follow the reception period and in which reception is suspended includes a symbol clock controller configured to perform symbol synchronization at a timing at which a synchronous word included in the reception period after the non-reception period, and correct a symbol clock frequency of a symbol clock based on a number of time slots and a symbol count value during a previous reception period and the non-reception period following the previous reception period; and a reception period controller configured to correct, after detection of the synchronous word, a reception termination timing of the reception period in which the synchronous word is detected based on the symbol clock with the corrected symbol clock frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11582680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an access control method performed at user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, multiple pieces of access control information corresponding to multiple network types; using the received multiple pieces of access control information to respectively perform an access control check for the multiple network types of networks; starting an access barring timer according to an access control check result; and if the access barring timer times out, informing an upper layer of the UE that barring of access is removed. The present disclosure also provides an access control configuration method for UE performed at a base station, corresponding UE, and a corresponding base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu, Fancying Xiao, Ningjuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11576120
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: James Earl Womack, Yi Yu, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 11569666
    Abstract: A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11564171
    Abstract: A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Do Ahn, Sung Min Cho