39th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170280446 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of reducing the overhead of communication while suppressing influence on the frame reception process. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280447 | USER APPARATUS AND BUFFER CONTROL METHOD - A user apparatus communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system which includes cells including a first cell and a second cell which uses a TTI different from that of the first cell, includes a reception unit with a buffer for, in the case where decoding of downlink data received from the base station has failed, storing the downlink data in the buffer, and combining the downlink data stored in the buffer and retransmitted data transmitted from the base station based on acknowledgment information for the downlink data, and decoding the combined result; and a transmission unit for transmitting the acknowledgment information for the downlink data to the base station. The reception unit includes a buffer control unit for dividing the buffer with a dividing number based on the TTIs of the first and second cells, and storing the downlink data in divided areas of the buffer. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280448 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to prevent deterioration in communication quality even when LBT applies to UL transmission, the present invention provides a user terminal that has: a transmission section that transmits a transmission acknowledgement signal for a DL (downlink) data signal transmitted from a radio base station; and a control section that controls transmission of the transmission acknowledgement signal based on an LBT (Listen Before Talk) result in uplink. When transmitting the transmission acknowledgement signal in a given UL (uplink) subframe, the control section determines a feedback timing of the transmission acknowledgement signal in accordance with the LBT result in a UL subframe prior to the given UL subframe. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280449 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The downlink control channels in a control region of each downlink subframe in a telecommunication system are divided into at least one common subset of the downlink control channels and a plurality of group subsets of the downlink control channels, such that the common subset or each common subset will be decoded by every user equipment, and each group subset will be decoded only by a limited group of user equipments. Resource assignment messages for a user equipment can then be transmitted on a downlink control channel of the relevant group subset, to avoid the need for messages to be decoded by a large number of UEs that will not act on them, while broadcast messages can be transmitted on a downlink control channel of the relevant common subset, to avoid the need for messages to be transmitted many times. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280450 | METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING HIDDEN NODE PROBLEM IN WLAN SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for alleviating a hidden node problem in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. A method for detecting a hidden node comprises the steps of: configuring a first restricted access interval used for a plurality of terminals transmitting a hidden node detection frame; configuring a second restricted access interval used for a plurality of terminals transmitting a hidden node report frame generated on the basis of an HND frame; generating a beacon including configuration information of the first restricted access interval and configuration information of the second restricted access interval; and transmitting the generated beacon. Accordingly, a terminal in a hidden node relation can be detected. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280451 | WIRELESS ROUTER OR RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING POWER-SENSITIVE WIRELESS SENSORS AND PROVIDING SEPARATE TREATMENT THERETO - Techniques are disclosed for a wireless router or residential gateway to distinguish power-sensitive wireless sensors and provide separate treatments thereto for low power consumption connections. In some embodiments, a network device includes a wireless network circuit, and control circuitry coupled to the network circuit and configured to, upon receipt of a request of connection from a client, identify whether the client is power-sensitive. The network device can further cause, if the client is identified as power-sensitive, the power-sensitive client to connect using a low-power connection while maintaining a regular connection to other regular clients. The low-power connection can be operated on a first channel different from but in a same frequency band as a second channel on which the regular connection is operated. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280452 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING FRAME INCLUDING SIGNAL FIELD INCLUDING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR DATA FIELD IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - It is proposed an example for mapping between a signal field and a data field used in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting a plurality of resource units (RUs). If a second channel (e.g., a 20 MHz band) is nullified and thus a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) is not transmitted, a signal field transmitted through a first channel may include allocation information regarding all data channels, and a signal field transmitted through the first channel is preferably duplicated on a third channel. In this case, a signal field transmitted through a fourth channel may include only allocation information for a data field corresponding to the fourth channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280453 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING WIRELESS RESOURCE IN ORDER TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS LAN - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for allocating a wireless resource in order to prevent interference in a wireless LAN. A method for allocating a wireless resource in a wireless LAN may comprise the steps of: allocating, by an AP, a plurality of wireless resources for a plurality of STAs included in a BSS, in the entire bandwidth, respectively; and transmitting, by the AP, a PPDU to the plurality of STAs through the plurality of wireless resources, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of wireless resources is a combination of a plurality of wireless units defined in different sizes on a frequency axis, and each of the plurality of wireless resources can be determined in consideration of the size of the bandwidth of at least one STA supporting a bandwidth smaller than the size of the entire bandwidth from among the plurality of STAs. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280454 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal communicating with a base station by using an FDD cell and a TDD cell includes a reception unit that performs reception over a PDCCH transmitted using a DCI format. In a case where the TDD cell is configured as a primary cell for the terminal, a first uplink reference UL-DL configuration used for determining an interval between reception of the PDCCH indicating transmission of a PUSCH and the transmission of the PUSCH is configured for the TDD cell, and a second uplink reference UL-DL configuration used for determining whether or not to use DAI included in the DCI format of the PDCCH indicating the transmission of the PUSCH is configured for the FDD cell. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280455 | USER TERMINAL, SERVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION - A user terminal according to a first aspect is used in a mobile communication system which supports a D2D proximity service for enabling direct device-to-device communication. The user terminal comprises a controller configured to obtain mapping information indicating a correspondence relationship between a D2D application and a frequency to be used for the D2D application, the D2D application being an application of the D2D proximity service. The controller determines the frequency to be used for the D2D application based on the mapping information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280456 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING FREQUENCY DOMAIN-BASED WIRELESS LINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a technique for radio link monitoring in a wireless communication system, and to operation procedures of the base station and user equipment and a method for radio link quality evaluation on the basis of the technique. In the method, the user equipment divides the downlink channel bandwidth into multiple frequency ranges, measures channel states for each frequency range, and evaluates the radio link quality based on channel state measurement results. Thereafter, the user equipment sends frequency range quality information to the base station, which may then utilize the same for downlink resource allocation. Hence, it is possible to solve the problem of the existing scheme wherein the user equipment enters the physical layer problem detection state or the radio link failure state although a frequency range usable for service provisioning is present within the downlink channel bandwidth. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280457 | Method and Network Node for Managing Uplink Resources to be Used by a Wireless Device - A method and network node ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280458 | ADAPTIVE CHANNEL MAPPING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine readable media that reduce the burden of a master device of a second wireless connection by utilizing the channel map of a first wireless connection. Since both the first and second wireless connections are located at nearly the same location, the “good channels” are very similar for both connections. Therefore a second wireless connection may take advantage of the channel assessment conducted by a first wireless connection in identifying channels by using one or more channels of the first wireless connection for communications in the second wireless connection. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280459 | INTELLIGENT RESOURCE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM BASED ON PHYSICAL PROXIMITY TO RELATED RESOURCES - Disclosed is an intelligent resource procurement system. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a resource management module stored in the memory. The system is typically configured for: identifying a resource deficiency associated with an entity; establishing a secure communication channel with a portable electronic device associated with the entity; monitoring a location of the portable electronic device over the secure communication channel; receiving a usage profile for each of a plurality of smart devices related to the resource deficiency; parsing the usage profiles to extract aggregate usage information; identifying a custodian of each of the plurality of smart devices; determining that the portable electronic device is located proximate to a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices and the custodian of the first smart device; and transmitting instructions causing the portable electronic device to display resource procurement information related to the resource deficiency. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280460 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCE - Methods, apparatuses, and embodiments related to wireless communication in an environment with electromagnetic interference. In some embodiments, a wireless communication parameter of a wireless device, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, is set to a first value, and a first frame or packet is wirelessly transmitted or received by the wireless device. An electromagnetic signal that interferes with wireless transmission is detected. Based on the detection of the wireless transmission interference, the wireless communication parameter is set to a second value to increase communication throughput, and a second frame or packet is wirelessly transmitted or received. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280461 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREIN FOR ENABLING INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT OF DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A second communication device transmits information relating to a request for a first set of radio resources of a radio channel for a first data transmission to a third communication device. This information is received by a first communication device. In response thereto, the first communication device transmits an interference notification to the second communication device when the received information relating to a request for radio resources of the radio channel is determined to conflict with requested radio resources of the radio channel for a second data transmission to or from the first communication device. The second communication device receives an interference notification from the first communication device indicating that its transmitted information relating to a request for radio resources of the radio channel has been determined to conflict with requested radio resources of the radio channel for the second data transmission to or from the first communication device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280462 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting data performed by a station (STA) device in a Wireless LAN (WLAN) system may include generating a Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a physical preamble and a data field; and transmitting the PPDU, where the physical preamble may include a High Efficiency (HE)-Signal (SIG) A field including common control information and an HE-SIG B field including user-specific information, and where the common control information of the HE-SIG A field may include MCS information of a Modulation and Coding Scheme level applied to the HE-SIG B field. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280463 | Cognitive Radio Method And Apparatus For Achieving Ad Hoc Interference Multiple Access Wireless Communication - An SUOC radio employs: (1) Spectrum sensing and parameter estimation methods to characterize potential FUOCs; (2) A rate pair prediction tool to guide it's choice of FUOC to target along with the appropriate rate pair (SUOC and FUOC achievable rates); (3) Machine learning methods to automatically and on the fly advantage experience/history; (4) A decision maker with multiple possible procedures that govern steps of interaction; (5) Multiuser detection receiver to deal with the interference once information-bearing transmission has commenced by the SUOC radios. (6) a radio capable of full transmit-processing chain to accomplish modulation and full receive-processing chain to accomplish demodulation, as well as other radio functions necessary for successful wireless communications such as medium access control, networking and other functions. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280464 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing a signal to identify a present interference and extracting the interference from the signal. The extracting can include comparing a presence time for the interference with a reference time; if the presence time exceeds the reference time and at least one of a plurality of filters is available for filtering the present interference, an available filter of the plurality of filters is activated, thereby causing filtering of the interference from the signal. If no filter is available due to activation of the filters for filtering a plurality of previously identified interferences, a priority order is determined for the present interference and the previously identified interferences, based on their interference signal levels. The filters are assigned to the interferences in accordance with the priority order. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC WHITESPACE SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for dynamic white space management are described. First, local handling of channel queries, in which a channel query by a white space device (WSD) is handled by a local dynamic spectrum management (DSM) server, if the DSM server has all the information necessary for providing a response to the channel query. Second, a search extension, in which a WSDB passes part of a search for available channels to a local DSM server. Third, assisting of an available channel calculation, in which a DSM server provides spectrum sensing information to WSDBs to improve the available channel calculation within the WSDBs. And fourth, dynamic bandwidth management to meet the coexistence requirements. In addition, the content of the messages and procedures that enable the above value-adding functions and interactions with the WSDB systems are described. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280466 | UPLINK SCHEDULING WHEN USING INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - A radio base station and a method therein for scheduling an uplink radio resource to a first user equipment in a wireless communication system which employs CDMA are provided. The method includes measuring an Interference Suppression (IS) gain for each user equipment in a set of user equipments currently being served by the radio base station. The method further includes determining a user constellation pertaining to information regarding the different user equipments in the set of user equipments and their respective bitrates, and updating a table of IS gains with the measured IS gain in bins corresponding to the determined user constellation. The method further includes predicting a load based on at least the updated table, and scheduling the uplink radio resource to the first user equipment at least partly based on the predicted load. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280467 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2017-09-28 |
20170280468 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to minimize reduction of the usage efficiency of radio resources even when a radio base station performs LBT in an LTE/LTE-A operating system, the present invention provides a user terminal capable of communicating with a radio base station of a given operator using an unlicensed band. The user terminal has: an obtaining section that obtains a PLMN-ID (Public Land Mobile Network Identifier) of a cell that is detected in a cell search; a detecting section that detects the cell of an other operator cell that is different from the given operator based on the PLMN-ID; and a transmission section that transmits an identifier to specify the cell of the other operator and the PLMN-ID of the other operator to the radio base station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280469 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for assisting device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication and a device therefor. Specifically, the method for a D2D assisting device to assist D2D communication in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication may comprise the steps of: receiving resource pool information for D2D communication from a base station; performing D2D activity monitoring on a D2D user equipment by listening to one or more D2D communication links in the resource pool; and reporting the results of the D2D activity monitoring to the base station, or allocating a resource to the D2D user equipment on the basis of the results of the D2D activity monitoring. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280470 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD WITH PRIORITIZED CONTROL INFORMATION - A communication terminal adjusts the transmission timing of data transmitted to a base station so that the base station can receive the data within a predetermined delay time. The communication terminal includes a reception section | 2017-09-28 |
20170280471 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR D2D COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information for device-to-device (D2D) communication of a D2D transmission terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration for D2D communication; and mapping control information for a D2D reception terminal onto a resource pool related to a scheduling assignment, wherein the control information includes information for a D2D signal transmission of the D2D reception terminal to the D2D transmission terminal, and is unicast to the D2D reception terminal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280472 | MECHANISMS FOR CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN COMMUNICATION MODES IN A MESH WIDE AREA NETWORK - Wireless devices in a wireless network may use multiple communication modes to perform device-to-device (D2D) communication in a mesh wide area network (WAN). For instance, one communication mode may be contention-based, while the other communication mode may be scheduled (e.g., by a relay). To facilitate co-existence between these communication modes, a wireless device may identify a set of resources set aside for D2D communications and may select and reserve a transmission time interval (e.g., a slot) of the D2D resources. Other wireless devices may determine the transmission time interval is reserved and refrain from transmitting during that transmission time interval. In another example, a base station may assign a D2D communication mode to certain sets of D2D resources. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280473 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RESOURCE CONTENTION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for reducing resource contention between two or more RATs supported by a User Equipment (UE). The UE may determine a first level of contention between Radio Frequency (RF) resources to be used by two or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs) supported by the UE over a given period of time for performing at least one type of receive activity, based at least on assigned Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles for the RATs. The UE may decide to initiate an update of a DRX cycle for at least one of the RATs to reduce the contention, at least if the determined first level is greater than a given threshold level of the contention over the given period of time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280474 | TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON FLOW INPUT FROM BASE STATION - According to an example embodiment, A method may include scheduling, by a base station, uplink wireless resources for a user device, receiving, from the user device via the scheduled wireless resources, data associated with at least a first application and a second application, monitoring whether the user device is meeting a first quality of service policy associated with the first application based on the received data associated with the first application, monitoring whether the user device is meeting a second quality of service policy associated with the second application based on the received data associated with the second application, and instructing the user device to adjust an uplink data rate of an application flow associated with the first application based on the monitoring whether the user device is meeting the quality of service policy for the first application. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280475 | TECHNIQUES FOR ASSISTING PERFORMANCE OF LISTEN BEFORE TALK PROCEDURES AND UPLINK TRAFFIC MULTIPLEXING AT USER EQUIPMENT - Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for an uplink transmission; identifying, from the received information, the at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission; and performing, for a shared spectrum, the at least one type of LBT procedure for the uplink transmission. One method for wireless communication at a network access device includes scheduling an uplink transmission of a UE in a shared spectrum, and transmitting, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280476 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes identifying a first set of resources for a first uplink transmission. The first set of resources is based on a first set of frequency resource interlaces and a first set of frequency resource interlace segments. Each frequency resource interlace segment of the first set of frequency resource interlace segments includes a portion of resources of the frequency resource interlaces of the first set of frequency resource interlaces. The method also includes communicating on an uplink using the first set of resources. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280477 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS - A terminal device in a wireless telecommunication system which transmits a master information block and a first and a second system information block the first and second system information block comprising first and second scheduling information relating to the timing of at least one additional block of system information. The terminal device configured to receive the master information block of system information that comprises a marker instructing the terminal device to ignore the first scheduling information and process only the second scheduling information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280478 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK, PERFORMED BY A MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and transmission apparatus transmit broadcast system information in a mobile communication system. Further, a method and mobile terminal receive the broadcast system information. An improved method for broadcasting broadcast system information maps different partitions of broadcast system information to a shared transport channel or a broadcast transport channel for transmission. The mapping may take into account parameters inherent to the mobile terminals to which the broadcast system information is to be transmitted and/or parameters inherent to the different partitions of broadcast system information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280479 | RADIO ACCESS NODE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREIN - A radio access node serves the communication terminal in at least one of a first cell on a carrier of a licensed or unlicensed spectrum, and/or a second cell on a carrier of an unlicensed spectrum. The radio access node determines whether a Listen Before Talk, LBT, process is to be performed or not in the second cell. The radio access node schedules, based on whether the LBT process is to be performed in a subframe on the second cell or not, a control channel and/or a data channel with a start position in the subframe out of at least two start positions. The radio access node transmits control information on the control channel and/or data on the data channel as scheduled to the communication terminal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING HIDDEN NODE INTERFERENCE - The method includes receiving, at a first user equipment, a RTS signal from a base station in an unlicensed channel, the RTS signal including individual IDs or group IDs of multiple user equipments, the multiple user equipments including the first user equipment; identifying whether the RTS signal includes an individual ID or group ID of the first user equipment; sending a CTS signal to the base station in a licensed channel or the unlicensed channel in response to the RTS signaling including the individual ID or group ID of the first user equipment; and ignoring the RTS signal in response to the RTS signal not including the individual ID or group ID of the first user equipment. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280481 | Supporting Random Access and Paging Procedures for Reduced Capability WTRUS in an LTE System - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a preamble using a physical random access channel (PRACH) and determine a location of a random access response (RAR) based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is transmitted. The RAR may be received at the location. A device may receive a preamble using a PRACH associated with a coverage enhancement (CE) level and/or a CE mode of a WTRU. The device may determine a location of an RAR based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is to be transmitted. The device may determine a number of repetitions of the RAR to transmit based on the CE level or CE mode. The RAR may be transmitted at the location with the determined number of repetitions. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280482 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROBABILISTIC TRANSMISSION OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) DISCOVERY MESSAGES - Embodiments described herein relate generally to techniques for device discovery for device-to-device (D2D) communications. A user equipment (UE) may receive a transmission probability (e.g., from an evolved Node B (eNB)) for transmission of a discovery medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for D2D communications. The UE may determine a pseudo-random number based on an identifier of the UE, information in the discovery MAC PDU, or information associated with a discovery period. The UE may compare the pseudo-random number with the transmission probability to determine whether to transmit the discovery MAC PDU in the discovery period. Another UE may also determine the pseudo-random number to determine whether the UE is to transmit the discovery MAC PDU in the discovery period. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280483 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure provides a method for configuring a Random Access Response (RAR), a base station and a User Equipment (UE). The base station comprises a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) generation unit and a transmission unit. The MAC PDU generation unit is configured to generate a MAC PDU consisting of a MAC header and zero or more MAC Random Access Responses (RARs) corresponding to one or more Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource sets. The PRACH resource sets corresponding to the MAC RARs are distinguishable based on PRACH Resource Set Indices (PRIs) in the MAC PDU. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the generated MAC PDU on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The base station can further comprise a configuration unit configured to configure, via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, MAC signaling or Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), or by means of pre-configuration, resource allocation and other control information for the PDSCH carrying the MAC PDU and/or resource information for RAR M-PDCCH. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280484 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is disclosed in which a communications node allocates resources for potential use by any of a plurality of user communication devices, including first type (e.g. legacy) user communication devices and second type (e.g. machine-type) communication devices. Control data is sent, to the user communication devices, defining communication resources for potential use by any of the user communication devices. The control data includes information identifying a first PRACH resource configuration for a first type user communication device and a second PRACH resource configuration for a second type of device such that the user devices can be distinguished by the PRACH configuration used. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280485 | BROADCAST BASED NETWORK ACCESS - There is provided a method, comprising: detecting, by a local area access node, a broadcast transmission of uplink data from a user device, wherein the user device and the local area access node have not established a mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission, thereby providing a broadcast based network access for the user device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELING TRIGGERED PROSE BSR IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for canceling a proximity-based services (ProSe) buffer status report (BSR) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) triggers at least one ProSe BSR, and cancels all triggered ProSe BSRs when one of events occur. The one of events may include that a physical layer problem or a radio link failure is detected. Further, during canceling all triggered ProSe BSRs, all pending scheduling requests (SRs) may not be canceled. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280487 | AUTOMATIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TOGGLING - In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for toggling communication connections based on signal strengths. A first computing device receives an indication of a user input to send data packets to a second computing device. Responsive to receiving the indication, the first computing device determines a signal strength of a first wireless communication connection, comprising one of a cellular network connection or a wireless local area network connection, to the second computing device, and determines whether the signal strength satisfies a threshold signal strength level. Responsive to determining that the signal strength does not satisfy the threshold signal strength level, the first computing device automatically establishes a second wireless communication connection, including a mesh network using a different wireless communication protocol than the first wireless communication connection, to the second computing device, and sends the data packets to the second computing device via the second wireless communication connection. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280488 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus reads a two-dimensional code displayed by an external apparatus, and then stores in a clipboard a security key, which is included in the read two-dimensional code, for connecting to an access point. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280489 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES, AND A BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a method for a base station informing a user equipment (UE) of a resource configuration for D2D PSCCH, and corresponding base station and user equipment. The method comprising: generating D2D grant information, the D2D grant information including D2D PSCCH resource configuration instruction information which is used to indicate the time-frequency position of a first physical resource block pair for transmitting PSCCH; and transmitting the D2D grant information to the UE, wherein the time-frequency position of a second physical resource block pair for transmitting PSCCH can be derived from the time-frequency position of the first physical resource block pair. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280490 | MTC Service Management Using NFV - A method and system for machine type communication (MTC) service management using network function virtualization (NFV) is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for a machine type communication (MTC) service management using a virtual network function (VNF) includes receiving, by a virtual serving gateway (v-s-SGW), a request for an MTC service from a MTC device through a radio node associated with the MTC device; sending, by the v-s-SGW, an authentication request to an MTC server to authenticate the MTC device; receiving, by the v-s-SGW, an authentication response from the MTC server; and establishing, by the v-s-SGW, an MTC bearer between the v-s-SGW and the radio node if the authentication is successful; wherein the v-s-SGW comprises a virtual connection management (v-CM) and a serving gateway (s-SGW). | 2017-09-28 |
20170280491 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING A PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network element of a core network receives a connectivity request for a first peer device. The connectivity request includes an indication for establishing a peer-to-peer connection for the first peer device to communicate data packets with a second peer device. The network element sends, to a first base station of an access network, an access network bearer setup request, which includes an address for the first peer device and serves as a request for the first base station to establish, for the peer-to-peer connection, an access network bearer in the access network for use in communicating the data packets with the second peer device without the use of a core network bearer. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280492 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A technique for a communication apparatus to automatically connect to a device that has a function for wireless communication by an infrastructure connection and by a direct connection, in conformity with a connection setting of the device is provided. A mobile terminal (communication apparatus) searches for surrounding MFPs (devices) and accepts a selection by a user of an MFP by displaying, on the operation panel, a screen of a list of MFPs discovered by the search. The mobile terminal first performs an infrastructure connection to an MFP selected by the user in the list screen displayed on the operation panel. When the infrastructure connection to the selected MFP fails, the mobile terminal performs a direct connection to that MFP. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280493 | CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A control apparatus ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280494 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CALL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An electronic device is provided which includes a communication interface configured to support a plurality of communication schemes, and a processor configured to receive, through the communication interface, a request message for a video call between the electronic device and a first external electronic device from a second external electronic device, select a first wireless communication scheme to be used for a communication connection for the video call from among the plurality of communication schemes, identify connection information allocated to the electronic device by a third external electronic device connected to the electronic device, using the first wireless communication scheme, and control the communication interface to transmit, to the second external electronic device, a response message in response to the request message such that at least part of the connection information is used for establishing the communication connection. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280495 | Communications Method of Wearable Device, Communications System, and Related Device - A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the communications method of a wearable device, if a second Bluetooth connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first Bluetooth connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first Bluetooth connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280496 | CONTROLLING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ACCESS - Apparatus configured to operate as a WAC of a WAN. The apparatus comprises a database unit, a transceiver, and a resource request processor. The database unit maintains a database of a plurality of user equipment (UEs) connected to the WAN, resource usage by each of the UEs, and available resources of the WAN. The transceiver communicates with a gateway between the WAN and a telecommunications network. The resource request processor receives a resource request from the gateway, the resource request identifying a UE and indicating a required change in resource usage; and determines whether the required change in resource usage is possible based on the available resources of the WAN. If the required change in resource usage is possible, the resource request processor updates database records for resource usage by the UE and available resources of the WAN and sends a resource response to the gateway. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280497 | METHOD FOR FAST CIRCUIT SWITCHED SERVICE ENABLING HANDOVER FROM PACKET-SWITCHED ONLY NETWORKS - Quick and efficient handover of a user equipment (UE) from a Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) packet switched only network to a Circuit Switched enabled (CSe) network is provided. Parallelization of the Radio Access Network (RAN) processes and the User Equipment (UE) processes can help to reduce delay in such handovers. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280498 | OPPORTUNISTIC WAKE-UP TRANSMISSIONS VIA TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING IN OFDMA-BASED 802.11AX - Mobile platform power management is an important problem especially for battery-powered small form factor platforms such as smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, Internet of Things (TOT) devices, and the like. A wake-up packet scheduler, a packet manager and a padding manager interact and cooperate to insert at least one wake-up packet on a sub-channel in a padding area after a data frame, the wake-up packet usable by a low-power wake-up radio in, for example, an IEEE 802.11 wireless communication environment. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280499 | Method and System for Control of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) by a Mobile Device in a Wireless Communications Network Supporting Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) - A method and system for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX) in a mobile device in a wireless communications network uses autonomous DRX control after initial VoIP traffic setup. If the mobile device transmits a negative-acknowledgement signal (NACK) indicating unsuccessful receipt of a VoIP packet, then it autonomously turns on a predetermined delay time later to receive the retransmission of the VoIP packet. The predetermined delay time is related to the time for the base station to process the NACK and prepare the VoIP packet for retransmission. When the mobile device transmits or retransmits a VoIP packet, reception is deactivated, but is autonomously activated the predetermined delay time later to receive an acknowledgement signal (ACK) or NACK. VoIP packets may be transmitted from the mobile device the predetermined delay time before VoIP packets are transmitted from the base station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OF CONNECTED TERMINAL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling an active time period in a mobile communication system. The method includes transitioning to an active state from a sleep state; extending an active time of the active state, if control data indicating a transmission of new user data is received on a control channel; receiving a control signal indicating a termination of the active time; and transitioning to the sleep state from the active state, based on the control signal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING E-RAB SWITCH PROBLEM FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for handling evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) radio access bearer (E-RAB) switch failure for dual connectivity in a wireless communication system is provided. A master evolved NodeB (MeNB) in dual connectivity receives an E-RAB modification confirm message including a list of E-RABs failed to be modified from a mobility management entity (MME). The MeNB may keep old general packet ratio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnels for the failed E-RABs, and trigger a secondary eNB (SeNB) release procedure or a SeNB modification procedure for releasing the failed E-RABs. Alternatively, the MeNB may trigger an E-RAB release procedure for releasing the failed E-RABs. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280502 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a case where wireless connection to a device fails because the number of terminals in wireless connection with the device has reached a maximum number, a communication apparatus instructs the device to stop operating in a direct wireless communication mode. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING VOLTE CALL - A method and apparatus for establishing a Voice over LTE (Long Term Evolution) (VoLTE) call in a communication network are provided. After a request for establishing a VoLTE call is received, a user equipment (UE) involved in the VoLTE call that is in LTE coverage can be identified. One or more dummy messages are send to the identified UE after the VoLTE call enters into ringing phase. An interval between successive dummy messages is shorter than a first time period set for determining whether to release radio resource for supporting the VoLTE call in LTE coverage. Sending the dummy message can be stopped if the VoLTE call is answered or is cancelled. As a consequence, time spending on establishing a VoLTE call is shortened and good performance characteristics is achieved, and signallings on networks are reduced. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280504 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - By first determining whether network conditions make it possible and necessary to assist the network in supporting communication devices in comparatively poor radio coverage, and then periodically determining what type of assistance would best improve the overall network performance, a cellular telecommunications network is dynamically adapted to improve overall network performance without requiring the introduction of new network equipment. In one example, the dynamic activation of the radio coverage assistance serves to reduce problems associated with users at the cell edge, resulting in improvements in overall cell capacity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280505 | METHOD OF FORMING ACCESS NETWORK, AND ACCESS NETWORK SYSTEM - A method for implementing networking of an access network includes: implementing networking of small cells within a range covered by a macro coverage cell to form a distributed cell when number of the small cells within the range covered by the macro coverage cell reaches a threshold; and communicating the small cells in the distributed cell with neighboring cells or core network CN through the macro coverage cell in the distributed cell, where the neighboring cells include another distributed cell, a conventional cell. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280506 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module configured to communicate with an external device through a first communication scheme, a second communication module configured to communicate with the external device through a second communication scheme, and a processor configured to identify a state of the second communication module, generate availability information indicating whether the second communication module is available to perform a same function with the first communication module, based on the state of the second communication module, and control the first communication module or the second communication module to transmit the availability information of the second communication module to the external device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280507 | MULTIPLE SIM MULTIPLE STANDBY STRATEGY ON A UE WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method of minimizing service degradation caused by other-SIM-occupancy of a DSDS or MSMS UE under carrier aggregation is proposed. A UE performs CC selection from the multiple CCs associated with a first SIM to suffer from other-SIM-occupancy to minimize potential service degradation. In a first option, the UE selects one or more CCs that are relatively harmless from other-SIM-occupancy to share HW resource with CCs associated with other SIMs. In a second option, the UE schedules other-SIM-occupancy on more than one CCs of the first SIM to reduce the frequency and duration of the other-SIM-occupancy affected to each chosen CC of the first SIM. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280508 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A temperature controller is provided, which includes a first temperature sensor, a heater, a logic circuit, a watchdog circuit and a second temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor may detect the environmental temperature. The heater may be turned on after the temperature controller is turned on. The logic circuit may turn on the watchdog circuit after the environmental temperature is higher than the first temperature for the watchdog circuit to keep detecting whether the main circuit of an electronic device is turned on until the main circuit is turned on. The second temperature sensor may be turned on after the main circuit is turned on and then detect the environmental temperature. The logic circuit may turn off the heater after the second temperature sensor detects the environmental temperature is higher than a second temperature, or turn on the heater when the environmental temperature is lower than a third temperature. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280509 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK HEATER - An electrostatic chuck heater | 2017-09-28 |
20170280510 | HANGER-TYPE COOKING INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - A hanger-type cooking information providing device is disclosed. The hanger-type cooking information providing device includes a clip portion including a water level sensor and configured to be hung on a cooking container, a contact portion including a temperature sensor configured to contact one lateral surface of the cooking container and to measure temperature, and a main body portion including a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly transmit, to an external device, at least one of water level information sensed by the water level sensor, temperature information sensed by the temperature sensor, water boiling notification information, information on elapsed cooking time, and information on remaining cooking time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280511 | Faraday Effect Circulating Heat System and Method - A Faraday heating system that can be used to heat and circulate a working fluid through a space for heating. Several permanent magnets are mounted on a non-magnetic disk. The magnets are mounted with the north and south poles alternating. A highly conductive metal tube is mounted in proximity to the magnets so that when the disk is rotated, the magnetic field lines cut the tube inducing eddy currents in the tube. This causes the tube to heat. Liquid is pumped through the tube and is heated. The heat transfer can be controlled by changing the speed of rotation of the disk. A ferrous metal member can be placed in proximity to the conductive metal tube to concentrate magnetic flux in the tube enhancing the heating effect. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280512 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - An induction heating device is disclosed. The induction heating device includes a working coil for creating a magnetic field for induction of eddy currents in cooking equipment so as to heat the cooking equipment, a power supply unit for providing induction voltage to operate the working coil, and a case for accommodating the power supply unit and the working coil. The case includes a first case and a second case, and the first case and the second case define therebetween an insertion space into which a plate is fitted. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280513 | Table top - Provided is a table top including: an upper plate, which is constituted by a plate-shaped non-magnetic member so as to support an electronic or cooking device placed thereon; an energy supply module, which is disposed under the upper plate so as to supply energy to the electronic or cooking device; at least one light source configured to generate light; and at least one light-transmissive portion, which is provided in the upper plate and through which the light generated by the light source is transmitted; and at least one light guide configured to guide the light, generated by the light source, to the light-transmissive portion, wherein the at least one light guide allows at least a portion of the light, generated by the light source, to be emitted upward from the upper plate through the light-transmissive portion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280514 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An induction heating device and a method of controlling the induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a working coil, a power supply to provide an induction voltage to operate the working coil, a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of a cooking utensil, a first lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, a second lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, and a controller for controlling the first lighting unit based on the sensed temperature of the cooking utensil transmitted from the temperature sensor. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280515 | DEVICE FOR COOKING BY HEATING AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A device for cooking by heating comprises: a heating unit for heating food that is accommodated in a cooking cavity, a setting unit for setting a heating control content of the heating unit, a display unit for displaying the heating control content set by setting unit, and a display controller for controlling display on the display unit. Moreover, the device for cooking by heating comprises: an image capturing unit for capturing the inside of the cooking cavity, and a storage unit for storing an image captured by image capturing unit and the heating control content set by setting unit in a correspondence table in association with each other. The display controller controls display so as to display images stored in the storage unit in a list on the display unit, and the setting unit sets, based on selection of an image from the list, the associated heating control content in the correspondence table in the storage unit | 2017-09-28 |
20170280516 | COOKING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cooking apparatus includes a casing, a cooking chamber formed inside the casing, a duct member formed outside the cooking chamber to extend from a first plate of the cooking chamber to a second plate forming an upper surface of the cooking chamber, a heater installed inside the duct member, and a fan installed inside the duct member and configured to blow air in the duct member, wherein the cooking chamber is formed to cook food using high-temperature air discharged into the cooking chamber through a first outlet part formed at the second plate. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE HEATING OF FOOD INGREDIENTS - The invention relates to a method ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280518 | MICROWAVE OVEN AND THAWING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a microwave oven, and a thawing control method and device for the same. The method includes: S | 2017-09-28 |
20170280519 | INERT GAS BLANKETING OF ELECTRODES IN AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE - A method for providing a region of inert gas around the electrodes in an electric arc furnace is provided. This electric arc furnace includes consumable graphite electrodes, a melting zone, and at least one lance including an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is connected to a liquid inert fluid source. The method includes introducing the consumable graphite electrodes into the melting zone, wherein the distal ends of the electrodes form arcs with a solid charge of scrap metal. The method also includes introducing the liquid inert fluid into the inlet end of the at least one lance, wherein the inert fluid exits the outlet end and is introduced into the melting zone proximate to the distal ends of the electrodes, thereby providing an inert gaseous blanket, once the liquid vaporizes, around the distal ends of the electrodes | 2017-09-28 |
20170280520 | Optoelectronic circuit comprising light-emitting diodes - The invention relates to an optoelectronic circuit intended to receive, between a first node and a second node, a variable voltage, the optoelectronic circuit including: a plurality of light-emitting diodes series-assembled between the first node and a third node; a first current limitation/regulation circuit assembled between the third node and the second node; a switching circuit coupling the third node to at least certain light-emitting diodes of the plurality of light-emitting diodes; a capacitor including first and second plates; a first diode having its cathode connected to the second plate and having its anode coupled to the second node; and a second diode having its anode connected to the second plate and having its cathode coupled to the third node or to a second current limitation/regulation circuit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280521 | LED Lighting System - An LED control system is provided for connection to an LED lighting system via a power line to control the LED lighting system using commands formed by manipulation of frequency and amplitude of a signal transmitted over the power line. The signal may be for example a wave or a sequence of pulses. The signal may be provided in superposition with line power or the line power may be formed as the signal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280522 | Method And Apparatus For Modulating Load By Means Of A Control Command Obtained By Varying The Conduction Angle Of AC Voltage - A method and apparatus for modulating a load by means of control command obtained by varying conduction angle of AC voltage is provided. Under normal operation, conduction angle of AC is approximate to 180 degrees. When a state change command of the load is to be executed, the angle of conduction angle is changed by a conduction angle modulation circuit of control end. After a conduction angle detection circuit of the load end detects the conduction angle, a control unit decodes the information of the conduction angle, and controls the load to perform a corresponding operation. The method and apparatus do not need to add an extra control wiring for the load, and may use the conduction angle of an AC power supply to effectively perform multifunctional modulations on the load with existing power lines, and the defect of a low power commonly found in a traditional dimmer is overcome. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280523 | SINGLE-STAGE MULTI-STRING LED DRIVER WITH DIMMING - A driver circuit for light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a driving method for LEDs. The driver circuit comprises a single stage DC-DC converter with multiple output channels, the converter comprising one set of switches on a primary side of the converter, a rectifier and voltage multiplier component at the secondary side; and a dimming control component configured to control the respective switches on the primary side of the converter for controlling an output current in the multiple output channels. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280524 | Portable Lighting Device - A method for controlling a portable lighting device. The device has a switched-mode power supply, a light source, a high frequency switch, a controller controlling the operation of the light source and a user interface for inputting commands to the controller. A DC power source has a negative pole that is connected by only one single electric contact with the lighting device tail. The method for controlling a portable lighting device includes connecting a DC power source, an inductor, a light source, a high frequency switch and a resistor in series, measuring a voltage across the resistor, and controlling the high frequency switch dependent on the voltage measured across the resistor. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280525 | LED DRIVER CIRCUITS - In some implementations, a circuit includes a first diode and a second diode that are coupled in series. The device is configured to couple an alternating current (AC) power source to a first node between the first diode and the second diode. The circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series, and the device is configured to couple the AC power source to a second node between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The circuit includes one or more light emitting diode elements coupled in parallel with the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and a battery coupled in parallel with the one or more diodes. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280526 | OPTOELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - The invention relates to an optoelectronic circuit ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280527 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LED LIGHTING DEVICE - A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit including a dimmer modulating an AC voltage input depending on a selected dimming level, a rectifying unit performing a full-wave rectification for an AC voltage to generate and output a driving voltage, first and second dimming level detecting units receiving the driving voltage of the rectifying unit to detect the selected dimming level, and outputting first and second dimming level signals depending on the detected dimming level, a first driving module controlling a first LED light emitting unit using the first dimming level signal of the first dimming level detecting unit, and a second driving module controlling a second LED light emitting unit using the second dimming level signal of the second dimming level detecting unit, in which the first and second driving modules control the first and second LED light emitting units, respectively. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280528 | MULTI-SECTION PORTABLE ELECTRONIC TORCH - An electronic torch is disclosed which includes at least one light emitting diode disposed in each one of a plurality of sections of the electronic torch. In one embodiment, each one of the plurality of sections of the electronic torch is independently selectable to activate the at least one light emitting diode disposed in each one of the plurality of sections of the electronic torch. In another embodiment, a mobile device may be connected to the electronic torch and provide instructions to the torch via a wired or wireless connection. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280529 | DIM-TO-WARM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method of controlling a correlated color temperature for light output by a lighting device including a dim-to-warm circuit having a first light channel and a second light channel. The method including determining a light control value based on the measured current value. The method further including using the light control value, determining a first current value for applying a first current to the first light channel and determining a second current value for applying a second current to the second light channel; and providing the first current to the first light channel and providing the second current to the second light channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280530 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a base material in which a recess is provided at an upper surface of the base material; a reflective layer that is provided at least along a surface of the recess; a filling layer that is filled into an inside of the recess via the reflective layer, the filling layer having light transmissivity; a first electrode that is provided at least on a layer above the filling layer, the first electrode having light transmissivity and light reflectivity; an organic layer that is provided on a layer above the first electrode, the organic layer including at least a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode that is provided on a layer above the organic layer, the second electrode having light transmissivity and light reflectivity. A part of the reflective layer contacts a part of the first electrode. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280531 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An organic EL display unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, and a sealing section. The display layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display layer includes an organic layer. The sealing section is provided continuously from an end surface of the display layer to at least a portion of respective end surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280532 | LED DRIVE CIRCUIT - Provided is an LED drive circuit whereby the light emission color is easily changed when dimming by adjusting the current that drives the LED. The LED drive circuit has: a variable constant current source; a first LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a first light emission color; a second LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a second light emission color; and a current limiting circuit including a current detection element and a switch element. The LED drive circuit is characterized by: the threshold voltage for the first LED row being larger than the threshold voltage for the second LED row; the first LED row and the second LED row being connected in parallel to the variable constant current source; and the current limiting circuit limiting the current flowing to the second LED row, on the basis of the current flowing to the current detection element via the first LED row. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280533 | GESTURE-BASED CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL LOAD - A control device may be configured to control one or more electrical loads in a load control system. The control device may be a wall-mounted device such as dimmer switch, a remote control device, or a retrofit remote control device. The control device may include a gesture-based user interface for applying advanced control over the one or more electrical loads. The types of control may include absolute and relative control, intensity and color control, preset, zone, or operational mode selection, etc. Feedback may be provided on the control device regarding a status of the one or more electrical loads or the control device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280534 | GESTURE-BASED CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL LOAD - A control device may be configured to control one or more electrical loads in a load control system. The control device may be a wall-mounted device such as dimmer switch, a remote control device, or a retrofit remote control device. The control device may include a gesture-based user interface for applying advanced control over the one or more electrical loads. The types of control may include absolute and relative control, intensity and color control, preset, zone, or operational mode selection, etc. Feedback may be provided on the control device regarding a status of the one or more electrical loads or the control device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280535 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE ELECTRONIC MEMORIAL CANDLE ILLUMINATION - A system for the selective illumination of electronic memorial candles in a memorial display of a publicly viewable array of physical electronic candles at a religious or memorial site. The array of candles is electronically connected to a single computer configured to interelationally control illumination of all the candles in the array with selective candle illumination of one or more candles in the array and duration of the illumination of the selected candles. A payment validator instructs the computer to accept validated payment in the form of physically deposited paper currency, credit card or debit card charge or an electronic fund transfer from an existing account. When payment is validated the computer actuates the selected candle for illumination by a user or directly illuminates the selected candle or candles for the selected candle or candles for the paid for duration of time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280536 | STATE CHANGE DEVICES FOR SWITCHED ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES - A state change device may be electrically connected to a switched receptacle, or to both the switched and unswitched receptacles, of an outlet. The state change device may generate a change of state signal when power is applied to, or removed from, the switched receptacle. The state change device may wirelessly communicate the signal. The state change device may include a load control circuit that may be configured to control the amount of power delivered to an electrical load that is electrically connected to the state change device. The state change device may receive commands directed to the load control circuit. The state change device may be deployed in a load control system and may operate as a control entity, such that the state change device may issue commands to one or more load control devices, responsive to the application or removal of power at the switched receptacle. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280537 | SECURE DEVICE REJOINING FOR MESH NETWORK DEVICES - Securing device rejoining for a mesh network of a wireless lighting control system is disclosed. A potential security weakness of a mesh network protocol is that a proprietary link key may be discovered by close, expert examination of a device, potentially facilitating the joining of a “rogue” device to the network. Requiring subsequent rejoins of any device that had previously joined the network to use a current randomly generated link key, rather than the proprietary link key, prevents rogue devices only having the proprietary link key from joining. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280538 | AUTOMATED COMMISSIONING FOR LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS - Wireless lighting control systems and methods for controlling the illumination of one or more light fixtures are disclosed, including self-commissioning of hardware. Embodiments include a server connected to a wide area network and having software for configuring, monitoring, and controlling lighting fixtures at a site. The control system also includes a wireless gateway at the site initiating communication with the server via a cellular network. Wireless devices initiate communication with the wireless gateway via a mesh network and each wireless device can be wired to control at least one lighting fixture. Once hardware of the site system (e.g., a gateway and/or any device) is mounted or positioned in the appropriate location and powered on, the hardware will self-commission by automatically initiating communications. The gateway will initiate communication and identify itself to server system. When the devices are powered on, they identify themselves to the gateway and the gateway can inform the server system of the devices. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280539 | UTILITY LIGHT MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION - A method and system for automatically determining a utility light malfunction is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first hardware device, luminance data specifying current luminance levels associated with utility light apparatuses. Location data specifying a geographical location for each utility light apparatus is retrieved and the luminance data and location data are analyzed with respect to historical luminance data and historical location data associated with the utility light apparatuses. The analysis results in determining that a group of utility light apparatuses include first current luminance levels differing from previous luminance levels of the group. A list and associated map specifying a group of geographical locations associated with the group is generated. A control signal enabling control of a vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle and associated video data is retrieved via the vehicle during travel in accordance with the map. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280540 | Discharge Device And Method For Discharging Electrostatic Charges - A discharge device for a rolling bearing as well as a method for discharging electrostatic loads to a rolling bearing including a flexurally elastic conductor. The conductor includes a first conductor section and a second conductor section for forming a contact arrangement at a rolling bearing. The first conductor section electrically engages a first bearing ring and the second conductor section electrically engages a second bearing ring of the rolling bearing to form an electrically conductive connection between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280541 | GUIDE DEVICE AND X-RAY DEVICE - A guide device for at least one line, such as an electric line of a C-arm, has a rotatable first cylinder with a first cylindrical surface and a static second cylinder, adjoining the first cylinder in the axial direction and having a second cylindrical surface. A first guide element for guiding the line on the first and/or the second cylindrical surface, is disposed coaxially with respect to the first and the second cylinder and it is movable relative to the first and the second cylinder. The line can be wound up on the first and/or the second cylindrical surface or can be unwound therefrom depending on the movement of the first cylinder. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280542 | DOSE RATE MONITORING DEVICE - A dose rate monitoring device includes: a first energy compensation coefficient operation part obtaining a first energy compensation coefficient to incident radiation using the first compensation coefficient table, a first dose rate operation part obtaining a first compensation dose rate of incident radiation using the first energy compensation coefficient and G (E) function, a second energy compensation coefficient operation part obtaining a second energy compensation coefficient to incident radiation using a second compensation coefficient table, a second dose rate operation part obtaining a second compensation dose rate of incident radiation using a second energy compensation coefficient, a dose rate switching section which select an output according to the magnitude of a ratio of the first compensation dose rate to the second compensation dose rate, and a display operating section which displays the first compensation dose rate or the second compensation dose rate which the dose rate switching section outputs. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280543 | TARGET SUPPLY DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD THEFEFOR - A target supply device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to supply a metal target in a plasma generation region and may include a tank configured to house the metal target, a filter having been subjected to a dehydration process, the filter being configured to suppress passage of particles in the metal target housed in the tank, and a nozzle provided with a nozzle hole configured to eject the metal target that has passed through the filter. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280544 | BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A beam delivery system may include: beam adjusters configured to adjust a divergence angle of a pulse laser beam; a beam sampler configured to separate a part of the pulse laser beam outputted from a first beam adjuster provided at the most downstream among the beam adjusters to acquire a sample beam; a beam monitor configured to receive the sample beam and output a monitored diameter; and a beam delivery controller configured to control the beam adjusters based on the monitored diameter. The beam delivery controller may adjust each of beam adjusters other than the first beam adjuster selected one after another from the most upstream so that the monitored diameter at the beam monitor becomes a predetermined value specific to the beam adjuster, and adjust the first beam adjuster so that the pulse laser beam becomes focused at a position downstream of a target position. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280545 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATING SYSTEM, EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATING METHOD, AND THOMSON SCATTERING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An extreme ultraviolet light generating system may include: a chamber; a target feeding unit configured to feed a target into the chamber; a drive laser unit configured to irradiate the target with a drive pulsed laser light beam to generate a plasma to thereby generate extreme ultraviolet light; a probe laser unit configured to irradiate the plasma with a probe pulsed laser light beam to thereby generate Thomson scattered light; a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum waveform of an ionic term in the Thomson scattered light; and a wavelength filter disposed upstream of the spectrometer, and configured to suppress light with a predetermined wavelength from entering the spectrometer. The light with the predetermined wavelength may be part of light containing the Thomson scattered light, and the predetermined wavelength may be substantially same as a wavelength of the probe pulsed laser light beam. | 2017-09-28 |