Position Indicating (e.g., Triangulation) Patents (Class 342/450)
  • Patent number: 11989030
    Abstract: An autonomous work system controls an autonomous work machine that detects a magnetic field of an area signal generated by energization to an area wire disposed on an outer periphery of a work area, specifies a boundary of the work area based on the magnetic field, and works autonomously in the work area. The autonomous work system comprises: a storage unit configured to store position information of a plurality of the work areas; a setting unit configured to set, based on the position information, different energization modes; and an energization unit configured to energize, based on the energization modes, the area wires disposed on the respective outer peripheries of the plurality of adjacent work areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11971471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting the approach of an object on a lateral side of a moving motor vehicle with door handles on lateral sides, each including an ultra-high-frequency antenna detecting a portable user apparatus near the vehicle and identifying it to validate hands-free access to the vehicle for the user, the method including: each antenna emitting an electromagnetic field, a first radiated power per steradian of which, in a first zone directed outside of the vehicle and defined by a first aperture angle, is greater than a second radiated power per steradian in a second, lateral zone directed toward the other antenna and defined by a second aperture angle; and, when the vehicle is moving, validating approach detection by antenna reception of an electromagnetic field emitted by the other antenna and reflected by the object, whose received power is higher than a predetermined minimum received power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Gabriel Spick, Olivier Elie, Olivier Gerardiere
  • Patent number: 11963203
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a terrestrial to air communications network that can be configured to include a spectrum management system that deterministically allocates spectrum to aircraft for use during flight. In one or more examples, a user transmits a flight plan to a spectrum management system that is configured to manage the RF spectrum in a given air space. In one or more examples, and based on the received flight plan, the spectrum management system can allocate an RF spectrum frequency “slot” (i.e., timeslot, subchannel, or resource block) for the aircraft to use during its intended flight. The spectrum management system can take into account available spectrum as well as the predicted network traffic and their spectrum allocations to determine an RF spectrum slot that can provide a stable and continuous communications channel to the aircraft during its flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AURA Network Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamara Lynne Casey, Michael Robert Gagne
  • Patent number: 11962855
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located. An example apparatus is to, based on a difference between a first sampling time of a first entry of a first log and a second sampling time of a corresponding entry of a second log satisfying a first threshold, determine at least one matching instance of at least one first device identifier of the first entry and at least one second device identifier of the corresponding entry. Additionally, the example apparatus is to populate a variable with the at least one matching instance. The example apparatus is also to, based on a metric satisfying a second threshold, cause transmission of an alert indicating that a first meter and a second meter were co-located during generation of the first log and the second log, the metric based on the at least one matching instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Topchy, Ronny Lerch, John Stavropoulos, David Gish
  • Patent number: 11933906
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for data fusion between portable electronic devices and wearable accessories that is used to improve location information, particularly with respect to vertical location. A barometer sensor in a wearable accessory is used to obtain relative accurate height information, and an ultra wide band (UWB) radio is used to determine the distance between the wearable accessory and the portable electronic device. At a second timestamp, a barometer in a wearable device is used to calculate a difference in elevation between the first timestamp and the second timestamp. This measurement, along with a measured distance between the devices, can be used to accurately determine elevation. The wireless accessory and the portable electronic device communicate the obtained height and distance information. Accordingly, accurate navigation signals may be provided, even where multiple levels of roadways overlap, such as in parking garages or complex highway interchanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ming Sun, Fei He
  • Patent number: 11914062
    Abstract: Calibrating a positioning system comprising a plurality of anchor nodes used to determine tag positions within a localization area using radio technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: András Rácz, Tamas Borsos, Péter Hága, Peter Vaderna, András Veres
  • Patent number: 11917494
    Abstract: This application provides a positioning method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a positioning apparatus, information about a transmission environment of each channel in a plurality of channels for a terminal device; determining, by the positioning apparatus, a target channel from the plurality of channels based on the information about the transmission environment of each channel; and locating, by the positioning apparatus, the terminal device based on positioning measurement information of the target channel. The positioning method and apparatus provided in this application helps improve positioning accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Bin Hu, Xiaodong Xu
  • Patent number: 11910264
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a first geographical location in which UE is currently located; according to a correspondence between a geographical location and network information of a communications network, determining at least one second geographical location that, relative to the first geographical location, meets a preset proximity condition, and determining network information of at least one second communications network corresponding to each second geographical location; and performing network reselection processing based on at least the network information of the at least one second communications network corresponding to each second geographical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Shen, Zhenrong Wei, Guanzhong Tan, Jianhua Cai
  • Patent number: 11906640
    Abstract: A method can include receiving a set of satellite signals, refining the set of satellite signals to generate a refined set of satellite signals, determining a satellite solution for each satellite associated with a satellite signal in the refined set of satellite signals, applying an a-priori correction to the satellite signals, determining a set of time differenced satellite signals between the satellite signals from a current epoch and a previous epoch; and determining the positioning solution of the rover using a fusion engine that processes the differenced satellite signals and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Reimer, Joseph Angelo, Sebastien Carcanague
  • Patent number: 11908333
    Abstract: A procedure for a positioning of an aircraft is provided. An airspace user initiates using of a service provided by an air traffic manager and sends identifying data to the air traffic manager, the air traffic manager registers an aircraft identifier, carries out a standalone positioning. As the aircraft identifier, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number of a code card connected to a switched on on-board device and placed on board the aircraft is used, the airspace user logs in to a cellular network contracted by the air traffic manager, time stamps emitted by at least three cellular base stations are recorded, then observed time difference of arrival data proportionate to a distance from the at least three cellular base stations are calculated, the observed time difference of the arrival data are sent through the cellular network to a location based server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUNGAROCONTROL ZRT
    Inventor: Gyorgy Blazsovszky
  • Patent number: 11882156
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for managing the communication of messages between devices using a service system operating as a trusted intermediary. Information indicative of device location and/or orientation may be communicated to the service system, which may use the information to determine whether a transmitting device is oriented and/or otherwise pointed in the direction of an intended receiving device. The trusted service may enforce policy articulated by the receiving device in connection with the communication of a message from the transmitting device to the intended receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Intertrust Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Nagao
  • Patent number: 11863968
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment geolocation. Network measurement data associated with user equipment can be separated into static periods in which the user equipment was not moving, and moving periods in which the user equipment was moving. Static location processing can be applied to determine static locations from the static period network measurements, and moving location processing can be applied to determine moving locations from the moving period network measurements. Resulting static location information and moving location information can then be merged in order to improve the accuracy of both the static and the moving location information. The enhanced accuracy location information can be stored and used for any desired application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Wenjie Zhao, Abraham George
  • Patent number: 11849304
    Abstract: Security policies are made dependent on location of a device and the location of a device is determined and the appropriate security policy applied without providing the device's location to a server. A device determine its location and identifies a security policy identifier mapped to a zone including the location. The device requests the security policy corresponding to the identifier from a server and implements it. The device may also store a database of the security policies and implement them according to its location. Devices registered for a user evaluate whether locations detected for the devices correspond to impossible travel by the user. Objects encoding geolocation data of a device may be encrypted with a private key of the device and the public key of another to prevent access by an intermediary server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LOOKOUT INC.
    Inventors: Brian James Buck, Jeroen Martijn Wijdogen, Kevin Lam, Varun Shimoga Prakash, Michael Joseph Mole, Pradeep Deepak Phatak, Praveen Kumar Mamnani
  • Patent number: 11841404
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer, and a method for using same is disclosed. The method for measuring an ambient magnetic field uses an atomic magnetometer that has a probe light beam with a probe axis that probes a polarization vector of an atomic population confined within a vapor cell. The method employs one or more measurement cycles. In each measurement cycle, the polarization vector is prepared in an initial state via an optical pumping pulse. The vapor cell is then subjected to the ambient magnetic field, which results in rotation of the polarization vector by Larmor precession. Within the measurement cycle, at a point in time after the polarization vector has been prepared in the initial state, the ambient magnetic field rotates the direction of the polarization vector, and at least one measurement is made of a projection of the Larmor-rotated polarization vector onto the probe axis during or after application of a magnetic waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Schwindt, Joonas Aleksanteri Iivanainen, Tony Ray Carter, Amir Borna
  • Patent number: 11830249
    Abstract: Augmented reality, computer vision, and digital ticketing system techniques are described that employ a location determination system. In one example, the location determination system is configured to receiving at least one digital image as part of a live camera feed, identify an object included in the at least one digital image using object recognition, determine a location of the object in relation to a digital map of a physical environment, generate augmented reality digital content indicating the determined location in relation to the digital map, and render the augmented reality digital content as part of the live camera feed for display by a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Robert Neumann, Marcus Walter Shelksohn, Khashayar Dehdashtinejad, Jonathan Xiaohang Zhang, Edward Tang, Garrett Canan Reeb, Ninglin Li
  • Patent number: 11822000
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating a signal's angle of arrival (AOA) in a communications system. Starting values for each of a horizontal AOA and a vertical AOA are estimated. The estimated vertical AOA starting value is used to select a horizontal PDOA trace of horizontal PDOA calibration data. The selected horizontal PDOA trace is interpolated to determine a best horizontal AOA estimate for a current iteration. The estimated horizontal AOA starting value is used to select a vertical PDOA trace of vertical PDOA calibration data. The selected vertical PDOA trace is interpolated to determine a best vertical AOA estimate for the current iteration. After each iteration, determining if a maximum number of iterations has been reached or if the best horizontal or vertical AOA estimate has not changed by a predetermined amount. When one of these is true, the best horizontal and vertical AOA estimates are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Schober, Pablo Corbalán Pelegrín, Shengyang Xu
  • Patent number: 11815611
    Abstract: A system for detecting angle-of-arrival (AoA) includes a first device and at least one second device. The first device transmits a Bluetooth (BT) packet, and the second device receives the BT packet and determines an AoA of the BT packet. The second device includes a first radio-frequency (RF) antenna to receive a first RF signal and a second RF antenna to receive a second RF signal. The second device also includes a first BT core and a second BT-core and a processing circuit. The first BT core is coupled to the first RF antenna and is used to generate a first signal based on the first RF signal. The second BT core is coupled to the second RF antenna and generates a second signal based on the second RF signal. The processing circuit measures a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal and determines the AoA based on the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Francis Baker
  • Patent number: 11810563
    Abstract: There is provided a voice orchestrated infrastructure system which includes a hub in communication with at least one endpoint device located in a room or area, and the at least one endpoint device is in communication with the hub and at least one endpoint device in a second room or area through the hub. The hub includes a set of non-transitory commands which when executed with a central processor the at least one endpoint device is activated and controlled by voice commands which are independent of service provider type. The hub includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for determining the voice command which is communicated to and from the at least one end point device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Melih Abdulhayoglu
  • Patent number: 11796685
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a GPS unit, a GPS information acquisition unit, a sensor information acquisition unit, and a reception condition determination unit. The GPS unit receives a radio wave from at least one of a plurality of positioning satellites. The GPS information acquisition unit acquires ephemeris information by the GPS unit and acquires satellite arrangement information of each of the plurality of positioning satellites acquiring the ephemeris information. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires geographical condition information of a current location at which the electronic device is present. The reception condition determination unit identifies the number of positioning satellites that the receiving unit can capture at the current location among the plurality of positioning satellites acquiring the ephemeris information based on the geographical condition information of the current location and the satellite arrangement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Toda
  • Patent number: 11794671
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically adjusting the interior cabin of an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, an autonomous vehicle can include a main body including a floor and a ceiling that at least partially define an interior cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can include a partition wall that is movable within the interior cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The partition wall can extend between the floor to the ceiling of the main body. The autonomous vehicle can include a computing system configured to receive data indicative of one or more service assignments associated with the autonomous vehicle and to adjust a position of the partition wall within the interior cabin based at least in part on the one or more service assignments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Min Kyu Park, Christopher Matthew D'Eramo, Neil Stegall
  • Patent number: 11799872
    Abstract: Provided is a verification level control method, the method comprises checking a history of verification or a history of re-authentication of a verification target, setting an abnormal suspicious area according to a change in frequency of access to a partial area within an access permission area of the verification target, based on the checked verification history or re-authentication history and verifying the verification target by reflecting whether the verification target is located in the set abnormal suspicious area, wherein the re-authentication is performed in an explicit authentication method in which the verification target needs to perform a separate action for the re-authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OPENIT INC.
    Inventor: Min Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11792656
    Abstract: There is provided a method for determining a suitability of a cell of a network for deployment as a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) cell. The method includes acquiring data associated with a cell of a network and processing the acquired data associated with the cell of the network using a first machine learnt model to obtain one or more metrics indicative of the suitability of the cell for deployment as a MIMO cell. The method also includes generating an indication of whether the cell is suitable for deployment as a MIMO cell based on the one or more obtained metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Juan Ramiro Moreno, Paulo Antonio Moreira Mijares, Jose Outes Carnero, Miguel Angel Regueira Caumel
  • Patent number: 11785424
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for asset tracking for waste and recycling containers. A low-cost GPS location asset tracker can be provided for tracking the whereabouts of waste and recycling containers. The asset tracker can include a housing attachable to the waste container, a primary control board, an accelerometer, a battery pack, and a tracking system consisting of a GPS receiver, a GPS antenna, a cellular transceiver, and a cellular antenna traced directly onto the primary control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Vu Nguyen, Brian Hertz
  • Patent number: 11778581
    Abstract: A method in a wireless device (WD) for determining a best-fit geo-location of a target station is described. The best-fit geo-location is determined using a plurality of round-trip times (RTTs). The target station is movable. The method includes assigning values to current target station parameters. The current target station parameters include a current location for the target station and movement parameters. A plurality of square residuals is determined based at least in part on the current target station parameters. Each square residual of the plurality of square residuals corresponds to one RTT. A minimum of a sum of squared residuals (SSR) is determined based at least on the plurality of square residuals. best-fit parameters are determined based at least in part on the determined minimum of the SSR. In addition, the best-fit geo-location of the target station is determined based at least on the best-fit parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Passler, Steven Romanow
  • Patent number: 11774249
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking movement of individuals through a building receive, by one or more RF nodes disposed near an entrance to the building, RF signals from RF-transmitting mobile devices carried by persons near the entrance, capture an image of the persons while they are near the entrance, determine an identity and relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node based on information associated with the RF signals received by that RF node, detect humans in the image, determine a relative depth of each human in the image, and assign the identity of each RF-transmitting mobile device to one of the humans detected in the image based on the relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node and the relative depth of each human in the image, thereby identifying each individual who to be tracked optically as that individual moves throughout the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: POSITION IMAGING, INC.
    Inventor: Edward L. Hill
  • Patent number: 11778419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a location detecting method of an electronic device including determining whether the electronic device enters a first region including a first location that is a specific path and/or specific region, when the electronic device enters the first region, selecting a signal type capable of being supported by the electronic device among a signal type list of items defined as moving path data corresponding to the first location, distinguishing the first data, in which a parameter feature is present, and second data having a maintenance pattern for a moving path, among the signal type, comparing first data of the moving path data with first data of measurement data measured by the electronic device, and when the first data of the moving path data corresponds to the first data of the measurement data, comparing patterns after pre-processing both second data of the moving path data and second data of the measurement data to determine whether to enter the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngpo Lee, Taeyoon Kim, Dukhyun Chang, Hyeonggeon Lee, Chaiman Lim
  • Patent number: 11762054
    Abstract: Provided is a positioning method of a user equipment performed by the user equipment, the method including receiving reference signals from at least three transmitters; calculating a first phase difference between reference signals received from transmitters that belong to a first transmitter pair; calculating a second phase difference between reference signals received from transmitters that belong to a second transmitter pair; calculating a first position coordinate based on a first conversion coefficient set and the first phase difference; determining an integer ambiguity of the second phase difference based on a second conversion coefficient set, the second phase difference, and the first position coordinate; and determining a position of the user equipment based on the integer ambiguity of the second phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Jaihyung Cho
  • Patent number: 11757415
    Abstract: A high frequency amplifier circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal, transmission power amplifiers that amplify a high frequency signal in first and second frequency bands, each of which is a part of a communication band, at equal to or higher than a prescribed amplification factor, respectively, switches that exclusively switch connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier, and the output terminal, and connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier, and the output terminal, and a transmission filter that is connected between the output terminal and the switch and has a communication band as a pass band, the first frequency band including a frequency band other than the second frequency band, the second frequency band including a frequency band other than the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Ono
  • Patent number: 11729636
    Abstract: Techniques for clustering network elements of a telecommunication network are described herein. For instance, a machine learned model can cluster cells based on a combination of network data, user equipment data, location data, and map data. Clusters output from the machine learned model can be compared to each other to identify an underperforming cell, to generate recommendations that improve performance of a cell, and/or to determine performance benchmarks for cells or networks across different geographical regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Umair Ahmed, Aditi Saluja
  • Patent number: 11726165
    Abstract: A method comprising: wirelessly receiving, at a first device, at least one data packet from each second device of a plurality of second devices arranged at predetermined locations of a target; detecting an angle of arrival of each at least one data packet wirelessly received of at least a pair of second devices; calculating at least one angle difference between the angles of arrival associated with the pair of second devices, or between the angles of arrival associated with each of the pair of second devices and a predetermined direction; and determining whether the target is at a predetermined distance range from the first device by estimating the distance based on the at least one angle difference, and a predetermined distance between the predetermined locations; or checking whether each of the at least one angle difference is within a predetermined angle range for the predetermined locations of the pair of second devices. Also, a method for making such determination based on angles of departure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Henrique Oliveira Santos, José Carlos Coelho Alves, Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, João Paulo Dias Andrade, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
  • Patent number: 11726495
    Abstract: A navigation platform may receive information identifying an origin location and a destination location associated with an autonomous vehicle. The navigation platform may identify one or more candidate route segments for a navigation route from the origin location to the destination location. The navigation platform may receive, based on transmitting a query to a geolocation server, wireless communication coverage information for the one or more candidate route segments. The navigation platform may select, based on the wireless communication coverage information, one or more route segments, from the one or more candidate route segments, for the navigation route. The navigation platform may transmit, to the autonomous vehicle, an instruction to navigate the autonomous vehicle along the navigation route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Payam Maveddat, Christopher Michael Murphy
  • Patent number: 11723628
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Ryuta Ueda, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Patent number: 11716779
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for user equipment context relocation at radio access network notification area edge are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ahlem Khlass, Daniela Laselva, Subramanya Chandrashekar
  • Patent number: 11711138
    Abstract: Mitigation of satellite interference is contemplated. The mitigation may include processing satellite transmissions to remove interferences based on an amount of signal overlap, such as to facilitate mitigating interferences resulting from satellite spacing and/or ground antenna dish size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Holtzman Williams, David Daniel Smith
  • Patent number: 11706731
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a position of a user equipment (UE). A differential round-trip-time (RTT) based positioning procedure is proposed to determine the UE position. In this technique, the UE position is determined based on the differences of the RTTs between the UE and a plurality of base stations. The differential RTT based positioning procedure has much looser inter-gNodeB timing synchronization requirements than the OTDOA technique and also has much looser group delay requirements than traditional RTT procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Taesang Yoo, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Tao Luo, Alexandros Manolakos
  • Patent number: 11704916
    Abstract: A three-dimensional environment analysis method is disclosed. The method includes (i) receiving original point cloud data of a working environment, (ii) processing a map constructed on the basis of the original point cloud data in order to separate out a ground surface, a wall surface and an obstacle in the working environment, (iii) pairing the ground surface with the wall surface according to the degree of proximity between the ground surface and wall surface that are separated out to form one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets, and (iv) subjecting the one or more adjacent ground-wall pair sets to ray tracing analysis in order to obtain a line-of-sight zone and a non-line-of-sight zone in the working environment. A three-dimensional environment analysis device, a computer storage medium and a wireless sensor system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Patrick Zapf, William Wang, Hao Sun
  • Patent number: 11676639
    Abstract: An intelligent sports video and data generating system using AI detection engines in Sports Detection Devices, broadcasting commands that incorporate global time stamp information to a plurality of the Sports Detection Devices, such that the recorded sports action data can be time-aligned with video data, wherein an automatically spliced together video or data set can be generated based on the parameters of an input query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: William G. Near, Jason W. Evans
  • Patent number: 11672003
    Abstract: In one possible embodiment, a wireless network with dynamic transmission control is provided that includes a multiple of nodes. The nodes include an arbiter and multiple client nodes. The arbiter is configured to control an operation of the client nodes by defining communications operation cycles and allocating a bandwidth to each of the client nodes on a cycle by cycle basis in response to requests for bandwidth from the client nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Grabowsky, Phillip T. Tokumaru, Robert J. Kniskern, Nicholas S. Currens, Allan L. Levine
  • Patent number: 11665503
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a display section; an AIS receiving section configured to receive automatic identification system (AIS) information; a list creating section configured to create, based on the AIS information about vessels existing in the vicinity of the communication device, a proximity order list in which pieces of specific information for identifying the vessels are arranged in increasing order of proximity to the communication device; and a display control section configured to, when the submersion of the communication device has been detected, control the display section so that the display section displays the proximity order list and so that any one of the pieces of specific information at the top of the proximity order list is in a selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Icom Incorporated
    Inventor: Yoshio Sekiyama
  • Patent number: 11658756
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for handling of radio frequency (RF) front-end group delays for roundtrip time (RTT) estimation. In an aspect, a network node transmits first and second RTT measurement (RTTM) signals to a user equipment (UE) and receives first and second RTT response (RTTR) signals from the UE. The network node measures the transmission times of the RTTM signals and the reception times of the RTTR signals, and the UE measures the transmission times the RTTM signals and the transmission times of the RTTR signals. The group delays of the transmit/receive chains of the network node and the UE are determined for one set of transmit/receive chains based on the first RTTM signal and first RTTR signal. The group delays of the transmit/receive chain used for the second RTTM signal and the second RTTR signal are determined relative to the group delay of the one set of transmit/receive chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11645612
    Abstract: Technologies are described related to the delivery of items utilizing electronic locker arrangements. Systems described herein coordinate and manage the delivery of items by large numbers of couriers using a network of electronic locker arrangements. Implementations are described corresponding to delivering items to an individual via different electronic locker arrangements as the location of the individual changes. The systems can track the location of individuals and as requests to deliver items are received by the systems, the current location of the individuals can be used to determine an electronic locker arrangement to store items for the individuals until the items are picked up. The systems can generate identifiers that uniquely correspond to individuals and their various locations. In these situations, the identifiers can be used by the individuals or by others to have items delivered to the individuals via electronic locker arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Yonghui Richard Zhu
  • Patent number: 11626971
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for processing a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal, the GNSS comprising multiple satellites, wherein each satellite transmits a respective navigation signal containing a spreading code. The method comprises receiving an incoming signal at a receiver, wherein the incoming signal may contain navigation signals from one or more satellites; encrypting the incoming signal at the receiver using a homomorphic encryption scheme to form an encrypted signal; and transmitting the encrypted signal from the receiver to a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    Inventor: James T. Curran
  • Patent number: 11616583
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a music service that enables consumers listen to a broadcast radio station without commercials. The service operates by shifting the source channel of a radio from the broadcast radio to a streaming audio service for the duration of the commercial. In some embodiments, the service utilizes any of: a radio including native firmware/software, a mobile device such as a smart phone executing an application, cooperative integration of a radio and a mobile device, or master/slave relationship between a mobile device and a radio. The mobile device listens to the radio broadcast and determines when to shift between the radio broadcast and the streaming audio via any of audio fingerprint analysis, radio station behavioral analysis, radio station metadata, and/or radio station voice recognition analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Auddia Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thramann, Peter Shoebridge, Ben Good
  • Patent number: 11614544
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for determining geographic location and time. In one embodiment, a radio and a processor configured for deriving a first signal tone originating from a first remote antenna located at a first location; deriving a second signal tone originating from a second remote antenna located at a second location; deriving a third signal tone originating from a third remote antenna located at a third location; determining a first frequency and a first phase at a first time of the first signal tone; determining a second frequency and a second phase at a second time of the second signal tone; and determining a third frequency and a third phase at a third time of the third signal tone. The method further includes determining a geographic location based on the first, second, and third frequencies; the first, second, and third phases; and the first, second, and third locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Setter Research, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. A. Taylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11604268
    Abstract: This application relates to a passive coherent location (PCL) system. In one aspect, the PCL system includes a signal measurement device configured to receive a plurality of signals from a plurality of illuminators and generate an In-phase signal and a Quadrature signal corresponding to each illuminator using the received signals. The PCL system also includes a signal processing device configured to detect a first target using the In-phase and Quadrature signals and measure a bistatic range of the first target and a bistatic velocity of the first target to generate a plurality of pieces of line track information corresponding to the first target. The PCL system further includes a locating device configured to generate target track information of the first target using the line track information and predict a position vector and a velocity vector of the first target using the target track information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Inhwan Jeong, Sanhae Kim, Kyuha Song, Junil Ahn, Hyungyu Kwak, Jonghwan Lee, Sanghun Im
  • Patent number: 11606686
    Abstract: One or more sensors of an electronic device detect either authorization of an authorized user or a cessation of physical contact between an authorized user of the electronic device and the electronic device. A location detector determines a location of the electronic device when the authorization of the authorized user occurs or where the cessation of physical contact occurs. A geofence manager establishes a geofence about the location in response to detecting the authorization of the authorized user or the cessation of physical contact. One or more processors operate the electronic device in a normal mode of operation while the electronic device remains within the geofence and in an enhanced security mode of operation when the electronic device exits the geofence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, John Gorsica
  • Patent number: 11598851
    Abstract: An optical detecting assembly includes: a photosensitive element configured to receive an optical signal and convert it into an electrical signal; and a light guide member comprising a first portion for receiving a first light beam from a rotating light source at a first time point and guiding the first light beam to the photosensitive element and a second portion for receiving a second light beam from the rotating light source at a second time point and guiding the second light beam to the photosensitive element. A distance between the optical detecting assembly and the rotating light source is calculated based on a distance between the first portion and the second portion, a time difference between the first time point and the second time point, and a rotating speed of the rotating light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHWEST INSTRUMENT INC.
    Inventors: Xin Shi, David Xing
  • Patent number: 11536580
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes storing, for each of multiple road sections, section-specific road-nonlinearity values relating to road-nonlinearity characteristics of the respective road section. The method includes receiving, from a user, user-desired route-specific road-nonlinearity values relating to the road-nonlinearity characteristics. The method further includes calculating, from the stored section-specific road-nonlinearity values, for a candidate route, one or one route-specific road-nonlinearity values relating to the road-nonlinearity characteristics. The candidate route's route-specific road-nonlinearity values are compared to the user-desired route-specific road-nonlinearity values. Based on results of the comparison, the candidate route is select to be a recommended route. The recommended route is communicated to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Ian Sliney
  • Patent number: 11527147
    Abstract: The invention includes electronic monitoring-device for monitoring controlled spaces, as well as systems and methods for such monitoring. The monitoring-devices may be battery powered devices, with various sensors and capable of wireless communications. Installation of the monitoring-device may not require any wiring. These monitoring-devices may be installed at a given controlled space to monitor that given controlled space and to electronically communicate occurrences of that given controlled space to various interested stakeholders, such as, but not limited to, a tenant of the given controlled space, facility operators of the given controlled space, the provider of the electronic monitoring-device, and/or third-parties (e.g., insurance companies, first responders, and/or law enforcement). The monitoring-device may provide details, information, alerts, reminders, notices, notifications, alarms, and/or the like to various authorized stakeholders of the occurrences within that given controlled space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan W. Wright, Mark A. Cier, John Knowles
  • Patent number: 11506501
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking movement of individuals through a building receive, by one or more RF nodes disposed near an entrance to the building, RF signals from RF-transmitting mobile devices carried by persons near the entrance, capture an image of the persons while they are near the entrance, determine an identity and relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node based on information associated with the RF signals received by that RF node, detect humans in the image, determine a relative depth of each human in the image, and assign the identity of each RF-transmitting mobile device to one of the humans detected in the image based on the relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node and the relative depth of each human in the image, thereby identifying each individual who to be tracked optically as that individual moves throughout the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Position Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward L. Hill