Having Particular Housing Or Support Of A Transceiver Patents (Class 455/90.3)
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Patent number: 12133033Abstract: A consumer product cabinet is disclosed. The consumer product cabinet may be a speaker cabinet. The cabinet may include a plurality of planar side surfaces. Each planar side surface may be attached to adjacent planar side surfaces at a predefined angle along a planar side surface height. The predefined angle may be 90 degrees. The cabinet may further include a plurality of support members. Each support member may be disposed at an intersection of the adjacent planar side surfaces. Further, each support member may be configured to generate recesses along the planar side surface height. Furthermore, the cabinet may include a plurality of replaceable exterior panels configured to removably attach to the plurality of planar side surfaces via the recesses. A recess depth may be equal or equivalent to a replaceable exterior panel thickness.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Concierge Audio LLCInventor: Richard Guy Kimbell, III
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Patent number: 12126746Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first frame; a second frame coupled to be movable in a first direction from the first frame, and comprises a third rear unit moving along the back surface of the first frame, and a first roller on the end part in the first direction of the third rear unit; a flexible display having one end fixed to the front surface of the first frame, and covering the first roller; a drive unit moving the second frame in the first direction or moves same in a second direction opposite direction from the first direction; and a connection band covering the end part in the second direction of the third rear unit, has one end thereof connected to the end part in the first direction of the first frame, and has the other end thereof connected to the other end of the flexible display.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junghyun Jo, Insu Song, Jaewook Lee
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Patent number: 12115936Abstract: A distributed biometric vehicle entry system is configured to provide personalized biometric authentication for vehicle entry. The system utilizes an authentication token private key challenge generated a biometric wireless vehicle entry keypad, or a passive device such as a smartphone or fob, such that it would be insufficient for an intruder to simply jump the circuit with an external battery. The biometric authentication may be localized to an embedded system within the biometric vehicle entry keypad, and may be self-contained from all other vehicle systems with a wireless vehicle interface and independent power supply. The vehicle may grant access responsive to receiving the authentication token (and only the authentication token) whenever a valid biometric signature is recognized.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ali Hassani
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Patent number: 12107320Abstract: A module for a base station monopole has a wall defining an interior space. The wall includes an opening configured to receive electronic equipment and a vent opening in communication with the exterior of the module. A reinforcement member is secured to the wall and is positioned opposite to the opening and adjacent the vent opening. A baffle is supported adjacent the wall where the baffle has an intake opening and an exhaust opening in communication with the vent opening. The intake opening is laterally offset from the exhaust opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Richard Williams, Jignesh Patel, Ulrich Gienger
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Patent number: 12087321Abstract: The number of conversational tests needed for the evaluation of acoustic quality of the ICC system is reduced. An evaluation value conversion device 3 evaluates the quality of communication between a near-end acoustic region 100 and a far-end acoustic region 200 inside a vehicle for which a plurality of acoustic regions are predetermined. A voice signal picked up by a microphone M2 disposed in the far-end acoustic region 200 is emitted from a speaker S1 disposed in the near-end acoustic region 100.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Sachiko Kurihara, Noboru Harada, Masahiro Fukui, Akira Nakagawa
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Patent number: 12074994Abstract: A connection structure and a foldable terminal device are provided. The connection structure includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a damping mechanism connected to the first connecting member and the second connecting member. The damping mechanism is configured to achieve hovering of the first connecting member and the second connecting member, so that arbitrary angle hovering in a wide range of angles can be realized. In addition, a certain sense of damping can be fed back to users through the damping mechanism, so that the user experience is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Inventor: Dawen Nie
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Patent number: 12065083Abstract: A vehicle interfaced smartphone control device for limiting phone distraction while driving includes a docking station, which selectively engages a smartphone of a driver of a vehicle so that the smartphone is operationally engaged to the docking station. The docking station is mountable to an interior element of the vehicle so that the smartphone is accessible to the driver. The docking station is operationally engageable an electronic control module of the vehicle. First and second programming code are selectively positionable on the electronic control module and the smartphone, respectively. The first programming code enables the electronic control module to operate the vehicle with at least one operational aspect of the vehicle being limited. The second programming code enables the smartphone, when operationally engaged to the docking station, to continuously signal the electronic control module to operate the vehicle without limiting any operational aspects of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Inventor: Michael Oliva
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Patent number: 12047109Abstract: An electronic device is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwang Yang, Jongmin Yoon, Juhwan Yun, Donguk Choi
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Patent number: 12045088Abstract: A thin portable communication terminal that includes a casing having a rectangular parallelepiped shape; one pair of arm portions each having one end that is axially supported to be turnable with respect to corresponding one of both side faces on longer sides of the casing; hand portions each disposed at another end of corresponding one of the one pair of arm portions; and a leg portion disposed on one side face that is on a shorter side of the casing and is capable of independent movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Robo Garage Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tomotaka Takahashi
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Patent number: 12041192Abstract: A portable, electronic device configured to transform between a smartphone usage mode and a keyboard-based usage mode. The device includes (i) a base section and (ii) a top section that includes a touchscreen display that sits over the base section when the device is in the smartphone mode. A sliding carriage system enables the top section to both (i) slide back over the base section, moving parallel to a top surface of the base section, and then fully expose the keyboard, and (ii) then pivot so that the display is at a conventional reading angle to the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: PLANET COMPUTERS LTD.Inventors: Martin Riddiford, Janko Mrsic-Flogel, Sebastian Ng Lei
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Patent number: 12035099Abstract: A speaker module includes a casing and a speaker unit. The casing has a sound outlet. The speaker unit is arranged in the casing, the speaker unit and the sound outlet are arranged along a transverse axis, and the speaker unit includes a bearing base, a first speaker assembly, and a second speaker assembly. The first and second speaker assemblies are disposed on the bearing base. The first speaker assembly and the second speaker assembly are symmetrical relative to the bearing base. A first sound cavity is formed between the casing and the first speaker assembly, a second sound cavity is formed between the casing and the second speaker assembly, the first sound cavity and the second sound cavity are communicated with the sound outlet, and the first sound cavity and the second sound cavity have the same size and are symmetrical relative to the bearing base.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Ruey-Ching Shyu
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Patent number: 12028665Abstract: A terminal device includes: a housing, where the housing is provided with an interface accommodation hole, a sound guide hole, and a sound guide channel, and the sound guide hole is located in a hole wall of the interface accommodation hole; an interface, where the interface is disposed in the housing, and at least a part of the interface is located in the interface accommodation hole; and an acoustic device, where the acoustic device is disposed in the housing, and the sound guide hole is communicated to the acoustic device through the sound guide channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Jian Ding, Junke Gao, Shihu Zhang
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Patent number: 12002769Abstract: In certain aspects, a chip includes a pad, and a power amplifier having a first output and a second output. The chip also includes a transformer, wherein the transformer includes a first inductor coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal of the transformer, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first output of the power amplifier, and the second terminal is coupled to the second output of the power amplifier. The transformer also includes a second inductor coupled between a third terminal and a fourth terminal of the transformer, wherein the third terminal is coupled to the pad. The chip also includes a first switch coupled to the fourth terminal, a shunt inductor coupled in parallel with the first switch, and a low-noise amplifier coupled to the third terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Muhammad Hassan, Bhushan Shanti Asuri, Jeremy Darren Dunworth, Ravi Sridhara
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Patent number: 12003661Abstract: There is provided an end point device including one or more processors configured to establish a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection with an intermediate networking device, communicate, to the intermediate networking device, an end point device credential that uniquely identifies the end point device, access a WWAN using a single user account associated with the end point device credential and the intermediate networking device, transmit network traffic to a forwarding layer of the intermediate networking device for forwarding the network traffic to the WWAN according to an access network forwarding policy, and communicate signals to indicate a current geographic location of the end point device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2024Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Headwater Research LLCInventor: Gregory G. Raleigh
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Patent number: 12003041Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first module and a second module. The first module and the second module are in a folded state or an extended state. The first module is provided with a first antenna radiation branch, the first antenna radiation branch is provided with a first feed point and a first ground point, and the first feed point is electrically connected to a first feed source via a switch. The second module is provided with a second antenna radiation branch, and the second antenna radiation branch is provided with a second feed point and a second ground point. In the case where the first module and the second module are in the folded state, the switch is in the off state, and in the case where the first module and the second module are in the extended state, the switch is in the on state.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Yang Liu
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Patent number: 11996721Abstract: A modular wireless appliance charging system includes a primary charging platform having a plurality of adapter slots disposed on its upper side. An adapter is configured to be removably secured within each adapter slot. Each adapter includes a receiver configured to removably secure an appliance to the adapter via a charging port of the appliance. A power supply is operably connected to a charging mechanism which is configured to charge the battery of the appliance that is secured to the receiver of an adapter that is secured within one of the adapter slots. An auxiliary platform having similar components can be connected to the primary platform to expand the system's charging capacity. The adapters can include many configurations for different types of appliances. In this way, the user can customize their charging system to include a specific type, number, and order of adapters for organizing and charging their battery-powered appliances.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Inventor: Daniel Santana
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Patent number: 11985401Abstract: A camera module having a first housing including an image sensor converting an optical signal into an electrical signal, and a second housing including an imaging optical system focusing the optical signal on the image sensor and a first optical path conversion member disposed on an object-side surface of the imaging optical system and converting an optical path, and carried into or carried out of the first housing in a state of being coupled to the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hae Seung Hyun
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Patent number: 11973891Abstract: A holding device for an electronic device having a video display. The holding device including: a first part configured to hold the electronic device; and a second part rotatably arranged relative to the first part, the second part arranged to oppose the video display, the second part having a portion configured to fix to a user's clothing. Wherein when the portion of the second part is fixed to the user's clothing, the first part is rotatable relative to the second part between a first position and a second position, a first angle between the first part and the second part in the first position is smaller than a second angle between the first part and the second part in a second position to permit the user to view the video display in a hands-free manner in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Darin Little
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Patent number: 11967780Abstract: This application provides an antenna structure and a communications terminal. The antenna structure includes an antenna radiator, a signal source, a first capacitor, and a first tuning circuit. A first terminal of the antenna radiator is grounded. A first terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the first tuning circuit are electrically connected to a connection point of the antenna radiator. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the signal source. A second terminal of the first tuning circuit is grounded. Antenna impedance of the first terminal of the first capacitor at target frequencies is in the first quadrant of a Smith chart, and the target frequencies are at least some frequencies in frequency bands covered by the antenna radiator.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Rihui Li, Rui Jiang, Zipeng Hou
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Patent number: 11946588Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to display assemblies and counterbalance mechanisms for rotatable displays. In one example, a counterbalance mechanism for a rotatable display comprises at least one crank arm rotatably connected to a ground. The counterbalance mechanism also comprises at least one spring comprising a first end connected to a spring end of the at least one crank arm, and a second end connected to the ground. At least one connecting link has a first portion connected to the at least one crank arm and a second portion connected to the rotatable display.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Nicholas Benjamin Wendt
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Patent number: 11949442Abstract: A mobile conversion apparatus for docking cellular data devices including push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) devices. The apparatus includes a Universal Serial Bus Type-C (USB-C) connection. The conversion apparatus is designed and configured to couple the PoC device to a mobile communications interface within a vehicle using the USB-C connection. The PoC device is horizontally insertable into the conversion apparatus exposing only the top of the PoC device leaving only the display and knob of the PoC device exposed on the face of the conversion apparatus. In this manner, the conversion apparatus effectively docks the PoC device, thereby connecting the two together via the USB-C connection.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Siyata Mobile Inc.Inventors: Marc Seelenfreund, Gidi Bracha
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Patent number: 11909128Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate, a plurality of metal elements disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first lines disposed on the substrate, and a radio frequency signal processor. One of the plurality of metal elements is overlapped one of the plurality of electrodes. The radio frequency signal processor provides a signal to the one of the plurality of electrodes through one of the plurality of first lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Liang Yun Chiu
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Patent number: 11907430Abstract: Smart glasses, comprising a body, at least one antenna module, a radio frequency module, a sensing module and a processing module. The at least one antenna module is disposed on the body; the radio frequency module is coupled with the antenna module and used to receive or transmit a radio frequency signal by the antenna module; the sensing module is coupled with the antenna module and used to sense a capacitance value of a parasitic capacitance of the antenna module and generate a corresponding sensing signal; and the processing module is connected with the radio frequency module and the sensing module, wherein the processing module is used to run a corresponding application according to the radio frequency signal or the sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NANJING SILERGY MICRO (HK) CO., LIMITEDInventor: Chia-Lin Chang
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Patent number: 11908442Abstract: A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive audio from the at least one microphone, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker. The processing of the audio involves identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BRAGI GMBHInventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
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Patent number: 11881844Abstract: A multiplexer includes: a switch capable of connecting a common terminal to at least one of a first selection terminal, a second selection terminal, and a third selection terminal at the same time; a first filter connected to the first selection terminal, the first filter having a first pass band; a second filter connected to the second selection terminal, the second filter having a second pass band that is different from the first pass band; and a coupling circuit connected to the third selection terminal and the first filter, the coupling circuit forming a signal path between the third selection terminal and the first filter by electromagnetic coupling.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kunitoshi Hanaoka
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Patent number: 11832328Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for detecting when a control link between a user equipment (UE) and a base station is lost and recovering the control link. In one example, a UE may detect that a control link with a base station is lost based on a timer or counter expiring or based on failing to receive signaling from the base station. In another example, a UE may be configured to transmit uplink transmissions to a base station to maintain a control link with the base station, and the base station may detect that a control link with the UE is lost if the base station fails to receive one or more uplink transmissions from the UE. If the control link is lost, the base station and the UE may communicate to re-establish the control link.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jingchao Bao, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Taesang Yoo, Hamed Pezeshki, Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Ajay Gupta, Vinod Viswanatha Menon
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Patent number: 11822393Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing a thermal window for an Information Handling System (IHS) housing are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a plurality of components and a housing configured to hold the plurality of components, where the housing includes a plate having a metal portion and a plastic portion, and where the plastic portion is positioned adjacent a hot spot of the IHS.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Allen B. McKittrick, Pomin Shih, Jeffrey D. Kane
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Patent number: 11805352Abstract: A headset charging dock includes a headset mechanical support configured to hang a first headset by a headband of the first headset; and a wireless charging interface for the first headset, the wireless charging interface integrated in the headset mechanical support.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.Inventors: John A. Kelley, Jacob T. Meyberg Guzman, Nicholas W. Paterson, David Laniado Lacarra, Rogers Van Buren Clark, III, Roman M. Duran, Darrin Caddes, Bowman Wang, John B. Ledingham, Dave Hansung Kim
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Patent number: 11799994Abstract: Disclosed are an antenna tuning method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The antenna tuning method is applied in a mobile terminal and comprises: detecting the current sliding state of a cover body in a mobile terminal, the sliding state comprising s a sliding open state and a sliding closed state; and tuning an antenna in the cover body according to the current sliding state.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Chen, Liyun Liu
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Patent number: 11800271Abstract: A microphone bed for receiving a microphone. The microphone bed including a first compressible portion and first and second non-compressible portions. The first compressible portion is formed to accommodate a first end of the microphone. The first non-compressible portion has the compressible portion coupled thereto, the non-compressible portion having a length that is over half a length of the microphone. The second non-compressible portion is coupled to the first non-compressible portion, which together form a cavity therebetween, the second non-compressible portion having a floor. There is a weighted feature extending upward from the floor of the second non-compressible portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Derrick P. Golden
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Patent number: 11772811Abstract: A system for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system, equipped with HMIs, includes three layers: a lower layer configured so as to receive wired electric power supply and data exchange connections; an upper layer comprising a hand-rest knob, at least one physical interaction means configured so as to interact on the pointing means for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit, and a module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit and arranged in the extension of the hand-rest knob; and an intermediate layer configured so as to make it possible to modify the position of the upper layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: THALESInventors: Mathieu Besnard, Philippe Coni, Sarah Egea, Yannick Le Roux
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Patent number: 11775089Abstract: Disclosed herein a user interface device includes a display; a rail extending in a first direction parallel to the display; a hinge configured to slide along the rail in the first direction; a knob coupled to the hinge to slide in the first direction on a display surface and configured to detect a rotation input; and a magnet holder disposed to face the hinge in a second direction of the hinge and extending in the first direction; wherein the first magnet is provided on the hinge, the magnet holder is provided with a second magnet and a third magnet, the second and third magnets have different magnetic poles from that of the first magnet on facing surface thereagainst, and the first magnet reacts by an magnetic force of the second and third magnets so that the knob is held to a first position or a second position, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.Inventor: Ju Hwan Cho
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Patent number: 11764172Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a first switch, a second switch, an amplifier electrically connected between the first switch and the second switch, and a base. The first switch, the second switch, and the amplifier are provided on the base. In a top view of the base, the amplifier is disposed between the first switch and the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11750921Abstract: An image pickup apparatus whose function can be easily changed is provided. The image pickup apparatus, to which a mounting component part having a wireless IC tag can be attached, comprising at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units, a reading unit configured to read information recorded in the wireless IC tag, an attitude determination unit configured to determine an attitude of the mounting component part, which is attached, with respect to the image pickup apparatus, and a function changing unit configured to change a function of the image pickup apparatus. In a case that the reading unit can read the information recorded in the wireless IC tag, the function changing unit changes the function of the image pickup apparatus according to the attitude of the mounting component part, which is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Hanayama, Masayoshi Shibata, Yusuke Toriumi, Takuya Sakamaki
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Patent number: 11735806Abstract: A high frequency wireless device includes a three-dimensional (3D) antenna structure mounted on a PCB including a first antenna connected to a first waveguide feed and second antenna connected to a second waveguide feed. A packaged device on the PCB has a top metal surface including a transmit (Tx) radiating structure under the second waveguide feed and a receive (Rx) radiating structure under the first waveguide feed, and an RF connection from the top metal surface to its bottom surface. An IC die is flipchip attached to the bottom surface including at least one Rx channel and at least one Tx channel connected by the RF connection to the Rx and Tx radiating structures. Protruding metal features are on the dielectric layer under the first and second waveguide feeds on ?2 sides of the Tx and the Rx radiating structure to create a waveguiding wall structure for directing signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Vikas Gupta, Meysam Moallem, Sadia Naseem
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Patent number: 11736854Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction earphone. The bone conduction earphone may include an ear hook assembly and a core module. The ear hook assembly may include an ear hook housing. The core module may be disposed on one end of the ear hook assembly. The core module may include a core housing and a core. An opening may be disposed on one end of the core housing to form a chamber structure for accommodating the core. An elastic modulus of the core housing may be greater than an elastic modulus of the ear hook housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhen Wang, Zhiqing Liu, Yonggen Wang, Xinnan Mao
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Patent number: 11716583Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile terminal with at least two transducers (LSm, LSs1, LSS2) used simultaneously as loudspeakers for stereophonic effect. According to the invention, one of said transducers is a main transducer (LSm) with a main working frequency band (Bm) corresponding to at least the phone frequency band, while the other transducer is a secondary transducer (LSs1; LSs2) with a secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) band different from said main frequency band, the lowest frequencies of said secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) being greater than the lowest frequencies of said main working frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gerard Douhet, Stephane Dufosse, Alain Guillotin
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Patent number: 11710023Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanently attached UHF band RFID tire tag and a manufacturing method thereof, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a permanently attached UHF band RFID tire tag and a manufacturing method thereof, which is attached to a tire surface during the manufacturing process of a tire in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment, enabling the management of tire manufacturing history from the beginning of the production to product shipment, and thereafter, the durability is maintained even in the flexing motion of a tire that occurs while the tire is installed and operated in a vehicle such that chip damage of a tag and tag detachment from the tire do not occur, and therefore, it enables RFID communication to be performed without obstacles until the end of a tire life.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: ASIANA IDT INC.Inventors: Jong Sup Yun, Uh Chul Jeon
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Patent number: 11700445Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining faces and bodies of people in an image by adaptively scaling images and by iteratively using a deep neural network for inferencing. A camera captures an image including faces and bodies of people. A face/body determiner determines faces and bodies of people appearing in the image by resizing the image into a predetermined pixel dimension as input to the deep neural network. A region cropper determines a crop region associated with a low level of confidence in detecting faces and bodies that are too small to determine with an acceptable level of confidence. The region cropper resizes the crop region into the predetermined pixel dimension as input to the deep neural network. The face and body determiner determines other faces and bodies appearing in the resized crop region. An aggregator aggregates locations of the determined faces and bodies in the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hamidreza Vaezi Joze, Zehua Wei
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Patent number: 11693558Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method for displaying content on a display of an electronic device comprises determining, based on information about the content, a first region of the display on which a first portion of the content is to be displayed; obtaining an angle between the first region and a second region of the display, the second region being distinguished from the first region; generating, based on the angle and a location of a user, correction content corresponding to a second portion of the content; and displaying the first portion on the first region, and displaying the correction content on the second region.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Euihwa Noh, Andrew Joseph Dickerson, James Edward Vandenheuvel, Jordan Daniel Goulding, Kitae Kim, Lam Nguyen, Jiyoon Park, Yilee Seo, Jaemin Joo, Seungjun Hyun
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Patent number: 11690408Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: AYR LTD.Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
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Patent number: 11671740Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus, including an earphone core housing configured to accommodate an earphone core; and a circuit housing including an accommodating body and a cover. The accommodating body may include a cavity with an opening at one end, and the cover may be disposed on the opening for sealing the cavity. The circuit housing may accommodate a control circuit. The control circuit may drive the earphone core to vibrate to generate sound. The loudspeaker apparatus may further include an ear hook configured to connect the earphone core housing and the circuit housing, and a button disposed at a button hole on the circuit housing. The button may move relative to the button hole to generate a control signal for the control circuit. The loudspeaker apparatus may further include an elastic pad disposed between the button and the button hole. The elastic pad may hinder a movement of the button toward the button hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Chaowu Li, Zhuyang Jiang, Fen You
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Patent number: 11668958Abstract: A modular, wearable electronic system is disclosed. The modular, wearable electronic system can include an eyewear unit which can be worn on a user's head and one or more modular units which can removably couple with the eyewear unit via one or more ports and/or connectors. The eyewear unit and the modular unit can communicate with each other via the port or connector to which the eyewear unit and the modular unit are coupled. The modular units can supplement the functionality of the eyewear unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Oakley, Inc.Inventors: Christopher John Anderson, Benjamin John Meunier, Ryan Neil Saylor, Timothy James Wilde
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Patent number: 11671742Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include an ear hook including a first plug end and a second plug end, a core housing for accommodating an earphone core, and a circuit housing for accommodating a control circuit or a battery. The ear hook may be surrounded by a protective sleeve which is made of an elastic waterproof material. The core housing may be fixed to the first plug end and elastically abutted against the protective sleeve. The core housing may include a housing panel facing human body and a housing back panel opposite to the housing panel. When the vibration frequencies of the housing panel and the housing back panel is within a range of 2000 Hz to 3000 Hz, an absolute value of a difference between the first phase and the second phase may be less than 60 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Chaowu Li, Yongjian Li
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Patent number: 11667251Abstract: A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user's body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Digital Ally, Inc.Inventors: Steve Phillips, Jason R. Troxel
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Patent number: 11653441Abstract: A device includes a printed circuit board substrate, an antenna connected to the printed circuit board substrate, an amplifier connected to the printed circuit board substrate, and a matching track having a first end electrically connected to an input of the amplifier and a second end electrically connected to an output of the antenna. The matching track has an outgrowth that is symmetrical along a median axis of the outgrowth. The matching track is rectilinear and has a constant width over an initial part extending between the widening area and the first end. A median axis of the initial part and the median axis of the outgrowth form an angle comprised between 60 and 120°.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SASInventors: Julien Didion, Thierry Lapergue
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Patent number: 11647102Abstract: An information processing apparatus instructs a plurality of print plug-ins having at least a printer search function to search for a printer and displays, if the plurality of print plug-ins are instructed to perform the search, a first screen which includes (1) a printer detected by search processing performed by the plurality of print plug-ins instructed to perform the search and includes (2) an object for shifting to a second screen but does not include (3) a link to a download page of a print plug-in that is not installed, and displays, in response to an instruction given to the object in the first screen, the second screen which includes (3) the link to the download page of the print plug-in that is not installed.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hisashi Kato
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Patent number: 11630527Abstract: According certain embodiments of the disclosure, an input device comprises: a touch pad exposed through a first surface of the input device; a sensor circuit configured to sense a movement of the input device; a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external device; and a processor connected to the touch pad, the sensor circuit and the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to: when the sensor circuit detects movement of the input device satisfies a specified condition, prompt a user to enter predetermined inputs indicating a reference direction, receive actual user inputs indicating a first direction, and determine the first direction based on the actual user inputs; when a touch input on the touch pad is detected by using the touch pad, determine touch coordinate information for the touch input based on an angle between the reference direction on the touch pad and the first direction; and send the touch coordinate information to the external device through the communicaType: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minjun Kim, Duckwon Yoon, Moonkyou Kim, Taegun Kim, Byungku Park, Minchul Sung, Yeungjin Yeu, Sunghwan Cho
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Patent number: 11623538Abstract: An ejector can be used to automatically eject charging connectors of electric vehicle chargers. The ejector can be configured to be secured to any of a variety of charging connectors for electric vehicles. The ejector can include an ejector mechanism that is configured to force the charging connector out from the charging port. The ejector can also include circuitry by which the ejector mechanism can be controlled via a wired and/or wireless interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Mod.al Group, Inc.Inventors: Erick Vega, Preston Ruff, Kreg Peeler
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Patent number: 11568386Abstract: A method and computer system for detecting, utilizing at least one sensor associated with the computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system. The method and computer system further configured for determining that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module and providing a signal to the device to enable a short-range communications transceiver at the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Shopify Inc.Inventors: Michael Joseph DeFazio, John Jong-Suk Lee, Neil Leonard Padgett