Power Conservation Patents (Class 455/574)
  • Patent number: 11099810
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for communicating notifications and other textual data associated with applications installed on an electronic device. According to certain aspects, a user can interface with an input device to send (218) a wake up trigger to the electronic device. The electronic device retrieves (222) application notifications and converts (288) the application notifications to audio data. The electronic device also sends (230) the audio data to an audio output device for annunciation (232). The user may also use the input device to send (242) a request to the electronic device to activate the display screen. The electronic device identifies (248) an application corresponding to an annunciated notification, and activates (254) the display screen and initiates the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Long Peng, Hui Dai, Xin Guan
  • Patent number: 11096168
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information (DCI) and a control section that assumes that scheduling of 1 ms Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length in a first CC is performed based on DCI that is received in 1 ms TTI length of a second CC that is different from the first CC and is not performed based on DCI that is received in TTI length shorter than 1 ms of a third CC that is different from the first CC. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal and a radio base station are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Tooru Uchino, Kazuaki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Hiroki Harada
  • Patent number: 11096121
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling power consumption of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes deactivating one or more of hardware components for signal reception in a transmission interval if there is no data to be received in the transmission interval, and receiving a control signal by activating all the components in a next transmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Yoon Kim, Min-Goo Kim, Seong-Woo Ahn, Jong-Han Lim, Chae-Man Lim, Young-Seok Jung
  • Patent number: 11089526
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to operate a wireless device, comprising a communication unit, in a wireless cellular network comprising at least two radio access networks, the communication unit being configured to communicate to a network node of the wireless cellular network, the network node being associated to a first radio access network. The method comprises the steps for the communication unit of: detecting if a second radio access network of said wireless cellular network fulfills a predefined set of access parameters, wherein the second radio access network supports a different access technology than the first radio access network. If the second radio access network fulfills said set of access parameters: sending a connection release indication to the network node, receiving from the network node a connection release confirmation message, sending a connection request message to the wireless cellular network with selection of said second radio access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: THALES DIS AIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Breuer, Thomas Ulrich
  • Patent number: 11089551
    Abstract: A method for power saving control and related products are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device is monitored to determine a first activity content of a user in a current time period, and a second activity content of the user based on a previous time period is obtained. According to the first activity content and the second activity content, a first probability that the terminal device is to be used by the user in the current time period is determined. A power saving mode is enabled in response to the first probability being less than a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Bai
  • Patent number: 11079834
    Abstract: A radio module, radio module, comprising a battery; and a radio circuit, the radio circuit comprising: a DC-to-DC converter coupled with the batters and configured to convert a battery voltage to a first DC voltage level; at least one regulator coupled with the DC-to-DC converter and configured to covert the first DC voltage level to a second DC voltage level; a plurality of circuit blocks coupled with the at least one regulator such that the second DC voltage level is configured to provide power to the plurality of circuit blocks; a real time clock configured to provide a clock signal to the plurality of circuit blocks; and a management unit coupled with the plurality of circuit blocks and configured to implement a state machine to control the plurality of circuit blocks, wherein the state machine causes the management unit to cause the second DC voltage level to be applied to and removed from at least some of the plurality of circuit blocks during various states comprising the state machine, wherein the plu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: UBILITE, INC.
    Inventors: Ismail Lakkis, Lai Xu
  • Patent number: 11082943
    Abstract: A method and device for a mobile terminal detaching are provided. The method comprises: upon deactivation, a mobile terminal starts a first timer, sends to a network apparatus deactivation indication information used to indicate that the mobile terminal is deactivated and keeps a registration state which is the same as the state that the mobile terminal was in before powering-off without performing a detach operation, such that the network apparatus starts a second timer to time synchronously with the first timer; and upon expiration of the first timer, the mobile terminal performs detachment operation if the mobile terminal is not reactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin Feng
  • Patent number: 11082946
    Abstract: A network node and a method therein for optimizing paging in a wireless communications network. A wireless device operates in the communications network. The network node configures the wireless device for transmission of an UL signal and with conditions for when the wireless device should transmit the UL signal. Further, the network node receives the UL signal from the wireless device and pages the wireless device using beamformed transmission, wherein the direction of the beamformed transmission is derived at least in part from the reception of the UL signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Johan Rune, Icaro L. J. Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11071060
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method for transmitting a wake-up radio packet to low power devices in a wireless local area network. At a wireless access point having a plurality of antennas, data for transmission to one or more lower power wireless devices are received. A wake-up radio packet, including a wake-up data frame, is configured for transmission to the one or more lower power wireless devices. A waveform for transmitting the wake-up radio packet is generated. At each of the plurality of antennas, the waveform is adjusted with spatial mapping to prevent unintentional spatial nulling of the waveform during transmission of the wake-up radio packet. The wake-up radio packet is transmitted, via the plurality of antennas, in a form of the adjusted waveform to the one or more lower power wireless devices prior to transmitting the received data to the one or more lower power wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Cao, Hongyuan Zhang, Sudhir Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 11071061
    Abstract: A communication system, gateway, terminal, and communication method based on LoRa technology are provided. The system includes: a gateway configured to transmit an LoRa data packet containing a preamble, wherein duration of the transmission of the preamble is n1; and a terminal configured to perform channel activity detection one time for a duration of q1 each time after sleeping for a duration of p1, continue to sleep for the duration of p1 in response to the preamble not being detected, or receive and process the data packet and then continue to sleep for the duration of p1 in response to the preamble being detected, wherein p1>q1, and p1+q1 is less than or equal to n1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Zhao, Baoyu Shi, Xinyi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11050357
    Abstract: A modular multilevel power converter includes first electric components on a first vehicle and second electric components on a second vehicle. The first vehicle and the second vehicle are placed at a spacing distance from each other. The first electric components and the second electric components are electrically interconnected by a plurality of first connecting conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Mangold, Martin Pieschel, Uwe Stuermer, Tobias Tepe
  • Patent number: 11051248
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring components of a vehicle includes a manager and a wireless node. The manager is positioned on the vehicle and configured to wirelessly transmit a wake signal in response to an event. The wireless node positioned to monitor a component of the vehicle and includes an antenna, a wakeup circuit, and a node transceiver. The wakeup circuit is connected to the antenna and configured to monitor for the wake signal, and the node transceiver is configured to perform wireless communication with the manager. The wakeup circuit is configured to power on the node transceiver upon receipt of the wake signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Lance Robert Doherty, Shane O'Mahony, Philip Eugene Quinlan, Mark Alan Lemkin
  • Patent number: 11044679
    Abstract: Embodiments can include methods, devices and systems which can transmitting a preamble across a first channel according to a first communication protocol; sequentially transmitting signal values in a plurality of narrow bands; monitoring the narrow bands for response communications; and upon detecting response communications on at least one of the narrow bands, establishing communications across at least one of the narrow bands. Each narrow band can be a different portion of the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Strauch, Ayush Sood, Kiran Uln, Kamesh Medapalli, Prasanna Kumar Sethuraman, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao, Saishankar Nandagopalan
  • Patent number: 11039393
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices suspend and establish wireless communications connections. Methods include determining at least a first wireless communications device should be transitioned to a low power mode, and transitioning, using second logic, first logic of the first wireless communications device to the low power mode. The first logic implements a host stack of a wireless communications protocol, the second logic implements a controller stack of the wireless communications protocol, and the transitioning to the low power mode includes suspending a communications connection between the first wireless communications device and a second wireless communications device. Methods also include transitioning the first logic of the first wireless communications device to an active mode. The transitioning to the active mode reestablishes the communications connection between the first wireless communications device and a second wireless communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Balasubramanyam Rangineni, Rohit Gupta
  • Patent number: 11038734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods. In one example method, an access network device and a terminal each determine a format of at least one mini-slot group based on a first subcarrier width used for a first control channel and a second subcarrier width used for a second control channel. The access network device sends first indication information and second indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines, based on the first indication information, a time-domain location of each mini-slot group in which the second control channel is carried, and determines, based on the format of the at least one mini-slot group and the second indication information, a time-domain location of a mini-slot that is in each mini-slot group and in which the second control channel is carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Zhang, Hao Sun
  • Patent number: 11019569
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for device power management in wireless networks. For instance, an apparatus may include a power management module, and a transceiver module. The power management module determines a beacon interval and a wakeup interval. The transceiver module to send a transmission to one or more remote devices that includes the beacon interval and the wakeup interval. The beacon interval indicates a time interval between consecutive beacon transmissions of the apparatus, and the wakeup interval indicates a time interval between when the apparatus receives two consecutive beacons from a peer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohong Gong, Jesse Walker
  • Patent number: 11011131
    Abstract: The implementations of the present disclosure disclose a screen-off control method which includes: obtaining a plurality of signal intensity values by performing a signal intensity value reading operation on a proximity sensor the number of times preset; calculating an average intensity value; determining whether a first difference value between the average intensity value and an initial intensity value of the proximity sensor is greater than a preset value; if yes, determining the first difference value to be a signal intensity calibration value; and performing screen-off control according to the signal intensity calibration value and a screen-off threshold value. The present disclosure also provides a screen-off control apparatus, a storage medium, and a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yibao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11012940
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kelvin Kar Kin Au, Liqing Zhang, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 11005287
    Abstract: An advanced mobile energy storage device includes an energy storage component for the storage of electrical energy and characterized by a state of charge representative of an amount of energy stored within the energy component and by an energy storage rate into and out of the energy storage component. At least one power input transfers electrical energy into the device for storage in the energy storage component. At least one power output transfers electrical energy out of the device from the energy storage component. A processor determines, for indication to a user, an estimate of time until the state of charge at least reaches one or more particular levels, the estimate determined at least from the state of charge in conjunction with the energy storage rate. The device can network with an external computing device and can generate solar adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PTGHS, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Partee, Kevin Magenis, Brian Magenis, John Vicars, Mike Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10952143
    Abstract: Example sleeping and wake-up methods and apparatuses of a master-slave network, and a power saving system of a master-slave network, are described. One example method includes obtaining running statuses of slave devices on links from a link management list. A target device is determined. The target device is a slave device whose running status is idle. If running statuses of the target slave device to an end slave device on a link on which the target slave device is located are all idle, it is determined that a sublink from the target slave device to the end slave device on the link on which the target slave device is located is a target sublink. A power saving message is sent to at least one slave device on the target sublink, so that the slave device enters a sleep and listen state when receiving the power saving message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Zhu, Peng Chen, Zhirong Yang
  • Patent number: 10951313
    Abstract: A remaining battery capacity measuring device within a control device of a mobile apparatus measures a remaining battery capacity level of a battery. The light-emission control device, in a period separate from a transmission period for transmitting an ID, in accordance with the remaining charge amount of the battery, performs changing of a hue of light emitted by an LED, and setting no-data and a no-data period. Alternatively, the light-emission control device, in the period separate from the transmission period for transmitting the ID, in reaction to the remaining battery capacity level of the battery, changes a luminosity of the light emitted by the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Taichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10945209
    Abstract: A method of controlling monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in user equipment (UE), the method including receiving wake up signal (WUS) configuration information from a base station; monitoring a WUS transmitted from the base station based on the WUS configuration information; detecting the WUS based on the monitoring; and monitoring at least one search space associated with the detected WUS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Jinyoung Oh, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10944133
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by at least one of a plurality of battery monitoring circuits a frequency synchronization signal and measurement frequency information from a host controller, wherein the at least one of the plurality of battery monitoring circuits is connected to at least one of a plurality of battery blocks; generating, by the at least one of the plurality of battery monitoring circuits, a periodic signal based on a clock signal having a clock frequency, the measurement frequency information, and the frequency synchronization signal; obtaining, by the at least one of the plurality of battery monitoring circuits, at least one measurement value of the at least one of the plurality of battery blocks using the periodic signal; and transmitting, by the at least one of the plurality of battery monitoring circuits, the at least one measurement value to the host controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Stefano Marsili, Andreas Berger, Klaus Hoermaier, Guenter Hofer, Christoph Sandner
  • Patent number: 10944463
    Abstract: A non-personal basic service point/access point (PCP/AP) communication device includes a reception circuit that receives a DMG Beacon frame, a judging circuit that judges whether or not to transmit a frame used for beamforming training (BFT), using information relating to reception antenna gain of a PCP/AP communication device included in a DMG Beacon frame and information relating to reception power of a DMG Beacon frame, and a transmission circuit that transmits the frame used for BFT in a case of the judging circuit having judged to transmit the frame used for BFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yao Huang Gaius Wee, Hiroyuki Motozuka, Lei Huang, Tomoya Urushihara, Masataka Irie
  • Patent number: 10938582
    Abstract: An electronic device and a power control method of an electronic device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bu-Seop Jung, Bum-Jib Kim, Jung-Hun Lee, Hye-Jung Bang, Soon-Ho Lee, Young-Kow Lee, Ki-Yeong Jeong, Nam-Ju Cho, Doo-Suk Kang, Hyuk Kang, Bo-Kun Choi
  • Patent number: 10924996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a state switching method and apparatus. The state switching method includes: receiving, by a first network node, a preset frame sent by a second network node, where the preset frame includes indication information used to indicate an on/off state of a main transceiver and/or a wake up receiver of the first network node immediately, after a specified time point, or within a specified time period; and controlling, by the first network node based on the indication information, to switch an on/off state of the main transceiver and/or the wake up receiver of the first network node. According to the embodiments of the present invention, energy is saved by using a preset frame to indicate an on/off state of a main transceiver and/or a wake up receiver of a network node after a specified time point or within a specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Gan, Meilu Lin, Jia Jia, Xun Yang
  • Patent number: 10925056
    Abstract: A SRLTE/Hybrid CDMA management system is provided to facilitate the prioritization and management of shared RF resources among the different SIMs and RATs in a multimode device. The described techniques address a shared single RF resource usage problem in multi-SIM and multimode 3GPP2/3GPP devices that implement an SRLTE or Hybrid CDMA mode in one or more SIMs. Thus, the techniques enable the RATs within an SRLTE or Hybrid CDMA system, and RATs across multiple SIMs, to access a single set of RF resources using a priority access scheme that prioritizes RATs for both packet service (PS) and circuit service (CS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Su-Lin Low, Hong-Kui Yang, Jing Su
  • Patent number: 10925084
    Abstract: Uplink data is transmitted efficiently. A terminal device includes: a reception unit configured to receive a parameter included in an RRC message; a higher layer processing unit configured to store an uplink grant as a configured uplink grant; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a MAC protocol data unit. In a case that the parameter is configured and an initial transmission based on the configured uplink grant is performed and that the MAC protocol data unit includes only a prescribed MAC control element, the MAC protocol data unit is not transmitted. The prescribed MAC control element includes a MAC control element for a padding BSR, and does not include a MAC control element for a regular BSR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shoichi Suzuki, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10924157
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distribution of time synchronization information to ultra-wide-band (UWB) devices are disclosed. A system includes anchors and tags having synchronized timing systems. The system includes a site master configured for transmitting a first time-synchronization message to at least a first anchor. The first anchor is configured for distributing time synchronization information to at least a second anchor by transmitting a first UWB message during an assigned time slot for the first anchor. The first UWB message includes timing information based on the first time-synchronization message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CLAIRVOYANT NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventor: Tadd Christian Torborg
  • Patent number: 10917872
    Abstract: Provided are a paging optimization method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a base station, paging types and corresponding paging occasion parameters, where the paging types comprise at least two types; and when transmitting a paging message by the base station, selecting a corresponding paging type and transmitting the paging message at a paging occasion corresponding to the paging type by the base station. Through adopting multiple paging types, different paging messages may correspond to different paging types and different paging occasions, so that the paging resources are effectively saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xu Liu, Bo Dai, Xiubin Sha
  • Patent number: 10913507
    Abstract: A human-powered vehicle system and a control method are provided that reduce power consumption of a detection device. The human-powered vehicle system includes an electronic controller having at least one processor configured to control a detection device provided at a human-powered vehicle to detect an electromagnetic wave having a frequency that is greater than or equal to 30 GHz and excluding visible light. The at least one processor is configured to control the detection device in at least one of a first mode and a second mode that consumes less power than the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Nishino, Toshihiko Takahashi, Hitoshi Takayama, Masahiro Nakakura
  • Patent number: 10912038
    Abstract: Provided is an uplink scheduling method and apparatus. The method includes that a User Equipment (UE) receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) sent by a base station, and the UE sends an uplink channel or/and an uplink signal and determines transmit power of the channel or/and the signal according to configuration information of the base station and the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Focai Peng, Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Yajun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10906608
    Abstract: A brake system includes a driving part driven by electric power to brake a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle and an electronic controller configured to control the driving part. The electronic controller has a plurality of control modes including a first mode that drives the driving part in accordance with a user operation and a second mode that does not drive the driving part regardless of the user operation. The electronic controller is configured to switch the plurality of control modes based on setting information related to an input to the human-powered vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Nishino, Toshihiko Takahashi, Daisuke Nago
  • Patent number: 10912022
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power saving optimization method and device for an access point of a wireless local area network. The present embodiment discloses a power saving optimization method and device for optimizing the weak wakeup interval, a value of the weak awake time period, and a predicted value of power consumption between a station and an access point associated, in order to optimize power saving when the station performs operations in a low power mode, so as to maintain a sleep mode over a long period of time to a maximum extent without data loss in the low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Korea Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Kim, Chang Hwan Park, Jeong Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10896680
    Abstract: A system for operating a headphone can include a primary processor to control the headphone and operate in a low-power state, a cup portion having a microphone to receive an input, a listening sub-system to convert the input into an output signal, and a neural net processor to receive the output signal from the listening sub-system and determine whether to generate a wake signal based on the received output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: AVNERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher James O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10878782
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas Felton, Stephen O. Lemay, Yiqiang Nie, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Jacob Z Weiss, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 10873885
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may support two types of networks, such as a 4th-Generation (4G) network and a 5th-Generation (5G) network. The 4G network is accessed through Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base stations. The 5G network is accessed through New Radio (NR) base stations. During idle mode, a communication device may scan 5G RF frequencies to determine whether a 5G signal is available and whether to display a 5G network symbol in the status bar of the device. The communication device is configured to detect conditions indicating whether a user of the device is likely viewing the device and/or the display of the device. If it is unlikely that the user is viewing the device or its screen, RF frequency scanning is paused to reduce power consumption and the currently displayed network symbol is maintained until RF frequency scanning is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Au, Kun Lu, Ming Shan Kwok, Jun Liu, Egil Gronstad, Alan Denis MacDonald, John J. Humbert
  • Patent number: 10867605
    Abstract: A system for operating an earbud can include a primary processor to control the earbud and operate in a low-power state, a microphone to receive an input, a casing having a speaker configured to provide audio output from the primary processor to a user's ear, the casing being configured to maintain a position in a user's ear canal to maintain a position of the speaker within the user's ear, a listening sub-system to convert the input into an output signal, and a neural net processor to receive the output signal from the listening sub-system and determine whether to generate a wake signal based on the received output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AVNERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher James O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10860079
    Abstract: Includes receiving, from a link partner, a message specifying a link partner receive wake time and resolving to a transmit wake time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aviad Wertheimer, Robert Hays
  • Patent number: 10860084
    Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Kwang Um, Du-Seok Kim, Hyun-Cheol Park, Ho-Sik Cho, Cheol-Ju Hwang
  • Patent number: 10856230
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for selecting a low power measurement mode (LPM mode). A wireless device may enter an idle mode, determine that it is stationary, and enter an LPM mode. In the LPM mode, the wireless device may perform cell measurements at a reduced frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sundarraman Balasubramanian, Vijay Venkataraman, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Nordine Kadri, Ali Ehsan, Omar Ali, Youcef Benalia, Jordi Agud Ruiz
  • Patent number: 10842348
    Abstract: A starter circuit for an electronic device includes a rectifier circuit having an input coupled to an antenna; a Schmidt trigger coupled to the rectifier circuit; a pulse timer circuit coupled to receive pulses from the Schmidt trigger and configured to measure pulse characteristics to determine whether the pulses are part of a valid startup sequence and to generate a reset signal if the pulses are not part of a valid startup sequence; and a counter having first and second inputs coupled to outputs of the pulse timer circuit, the counter configured to output a signal to initiate power-on of a component of the electronic device a when its count value reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kishore Rama Rao, Kim Heng
  • Patent number: 10842347
    Abstract: A medical apparatus includes a control device, a motion sensor, via which a motion value is determinable, a position sensor, via which an angular position in space is detectable, and a time measuring device, via which a time interval is determinable. The control device is embodied in such a way that a switch-off signal is producible if, during the entire time interval, the motion value remains below a threshold and, at the same time, the position sensor detects an inclination angle relative to a repository plane that lies in a defined repository angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Roland Guckler, Martin Fanenbruck, Helge Jess, Peter Nakaji
  • Patent number: 10834474
    Abstract: A method of managing bandwidth usage at a customer premises includes receiving a content stream at a set-top box device coupled to a display device. The method also includes receiving a power-off command for the display device. Furthermore, the method includes displaying a prompt on the display device, wherein the prompt comprises an instruction to confirm that the display device is active via a confirmation input. The method further includes directing, responsive to the determining that the confirmation input has not been received, a source device to cease sending the content stream to the set-top box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David A. Levine, Dale Malik
  • Patent number: 10834677
    Abstract: A method for control of data transmission in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by an application, from a modem, information indicative of a radio coverage condition, where a user equipment (UE) includes the application and the modem; based on the received information, determining that the UE is in an enhanced coverage state; and in response to the determining, controlling uplink data transmission by the modem to reduce power consumption of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Claude Jean-Frederic Arzelier, Stephen John Barrett, Rene Faurie, Karen Lynn Bachman
  • Patent number: 10827109
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first communicator, a second communicator, a setter, and a controller. The first communicator performs first communication with an external device. The second communicator performs second communication with the external device. The setter sets a first function or a second function as a function when remotely activated from the external device. The first function includes a function of transmitting image data to the external device via the first communicator and receiving an operation signal for remote control from the external device. The second function includes a function of receiving the operation signal from the external device via the second communicator. The controller establishes a first connection of the first communication when remotely activated from the external device in a case where the first function is set. The controller establishes a second connection of the second communication after the first connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ohgishi, Yutaka Shirai
  • Patent number: 10820216
    Abstract: Gateway devices can use dual cellular interfaces to provide reliable communications for client machines. A gateway device can use one of the dual cellular interfaces as a primary interface and the other as a hot backup interface. The backup interface remains connected to a cellular network while communications are routed on the primary interface. Accordingly, the gateway device can rapidly switch communications between from the primary interface to the backup interface. Applications, for example, for ATM payment processing, vending machine telemetry, point of sale payment processing, kiosk internet connectivity, remote monitoring and control, mobile or electronic health, and remote information displays, may run on the gateway devices, on servers, on user devices, or a combination of these devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Systech Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Rucker, Donald G. Armerding
  • Patent number: 10817034
    Abstract: According to various examples of the present invention, a wearable electronic device comprises: an energy harvester for generating electric energy on the basis of a movement or a change in the shape of the wearable electronic device; a first processor for controlling the energy harvester; a first sensor and a second sensor; and a second processor for controlling the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the first processor transmits, to the second processor, a control signal for transitioning the second processor into an activated state if the electric energy generated by the energy harvester satisfies a designated first condition, and the second processor can be set such that first sensor data is acquired through the first sensor and second sensor data is selectively acquired from the second sensor according to whether the first sensor data satisfies a designated second condition, when the second processor is transitioned from an inactivated state to the activated state by responding to the control sig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Soo Park, Ki-Hoon Kang, Hyun-Su Hong, Tae-Ho Kim, Jeong-Min Park
  • Patent number: 10820267
    Abstract: A method for controlling connectivity of a mobile device being connected to a first network through a first radio communication interface. The method includes triggering the mobile device to adopt a power saving mode with respect to the first network; and in response to the triggering of the adoption of the power saving mode, generating a signal for activating a second radio communication interface in order to establish a connection to a second network. A mobile device that performs the method and a computer program product with program code, that when executed on at least one processor of a computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TELIA COMPANY AB
    Inventors: Tero Jalkanen, Tomi Sarajisto
  • Patent number: 10812302
    Abstract: A system for automatically detecting the PHY mode based on the incoming preamble is disclosed. The system includes a multimode demodulator, which includes a preamble detector and a demodulator. The preamble detector is used to determine when the preamble has been received and the PHY mode being used by the sending node. An indication of the PHY mode is supplied to the demodulator, which then decides the incoming bit stream in accordance with the detected PHY mode. In some embodiments, one demodulator, capable of decoding the bit stream in accordance with a plurality of PHY modes is employed. In other embodiments, the system includes a plurality of demodulators, where each is dedicated to one PHY mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Hendricus de Ruijter