Apparatus For Measuring Unknown Time Intervals By Electric Means (timing Devices For Clocks Or Watches For Comparing The Rate Of The Oscillating Member With A Standard Subclass 769; Radar Systems, Analogous Systems G01s 9/00; Measuring Frequency G01r 23/00; Measuring Phase Angle G01r 25/00) [g04f 10/00] Patents (Class 968/844)
  • Patent number: 12130368
    Abstract: A test device determines a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal propagation delay in a GNSS signal distribution system (GSDS) for a radio access network. The test device includes a GNSS receiver and a clock. The GNSS receiver is connected at different times to a reference GSDS with a known signal propagation delay and to a device under test (DUT), including a second GSDS having an unknown signal propagation delay. One pulse per second (1PPS) signals are generated by the GNSS receiver and are compared to determine the unknown signal propagation delay of the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Gomez, David Royle
  • Patent number: 11625681
    Abstract: A conference support system is for supporting a conference. The conference support system includes one or more information processing apparatuses for implementing various functions of the conference support system. The conference support system includes an inputter configured to input a statement content that is a content of a statement stated by a participant of the conference; a determiner configured to determine a statement type of the statement content, based on the statement content input by the inputter; and an outputter configured to output at least one of the statement content, an evaluation of the conference, and an evaluation of the participant, based on a determination result obtained by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Shima
  • Patent number: 11621956
    Abstract: A method for securely connecting a watch to a remote server of a service provider including the following steps: authenticating the wearer of the watch authorizing access to use the functions of this watch, and selecting one of the functions from an input interface of the watch aiming at establishing a connection between the watch and the remote server; identifying the wearer of the watch from at least one biometric information element included in a portion of this wearer's skin; transmitting to the remote server an authentication element relating to the selected function once the wearer is identified, and carrying out an authentication of the wearer by the remote server from the authentication element in order to authorize an exchange of data between the watch and this remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Tissot SA
    Inventor: Edoardo Franzi
  • Patent number: 11313941
    Abstract: A communication device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first position information indicating a first position of the communication device and first position error information indicating an error of the first position; a reception unit that receives second position information indicating a second position of a communication device and second position error information indicating an error of the second position acquired by the communication device; a first calculation unit that calculates a first arrival direction and a first arrival direction error based on one or more pieces of information out of the first position information and so on; a second calculation unit that calculates a second arrival direction; and a judgment unit that makes the second calculation unit revise the second arrival direction based on the first arrival direction when the first arrival direction error is smaller than a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naosuke Ito
  • Patent number: 6246737
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a time interval between a start signal edge and a stop signal edge provides a stable clock signal as input to a delay line formed by a series of similar logic gates. The output signal of the last gate of the series is phase locked to the clock signal by adjusting a bias signal controlling the switching speed of all gates. The clock signal and the output signal of each gate form a set of phase distributed periodic timing signals applied to a start time measurement unit (TMU) and a similar stop TMU. The start TMU counts edges of one of the timing signals occurring between an edge of an arming signal and the start signal edge and generates output data representing a time delay between the arming signal and the start signal edge. The data represents the start delay as a whole and fractional number of clock signal periods by conveying the counter output and by indicating which of the timing signals had an edge most closely following the start signal edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Credence Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Theodore Kuglin
  • Patent number: 5861818
    Abstract: A radio paging selective receiver determines that a received message is unread based on the time difference between the message reception time and the current time being larger that some predetermined value of time, and the paging selective receiver provides an indication of the unread message by displaying the reception time of the unread message in a second fashion which is visibly different from a first fashion normally used to display the current time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihito Ohtsuki