Patents by Inventor KUO-WEI KAO
KUO-WEI KAO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11843929Abstract: A true wireless multichannel-speakers device and a multiple sound-source voicing method thereof are disclosed. The true wireless multichannel-speakers device includes a first and a second sounder. The first and the second sounders respectively include a first and a second sound effect generators, a first and a second sound effect value providers, and a first and a second speakers. The first sound effect value provider provides a first sound effect control value set to the first sound effect generator to generate a first sound effect output signal so that the first speaker outputs the first sound effect output signal. The second sound effect value provider provides a second sound effect control value set to the second sound effect generator to generate a second sound effect output signal so that the second speaker outputs the second sound effect output signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORPInventors: Kuan-Li Chao, Ho-Hsin Liao, I-Ting Lee, Kuo-Wei Kao, Kai-Yuan Hsiao, Wei-Ming Chen, Jian-Ying Li, Wei-Lin Chang, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Patent number: 11616873Abstract: A communication device and an output sidetone adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving a far-end sound; receiving a near-end sound to form a sidetone and obtaining an average input volume of the near-end sound; detecting ambient noise of the near-end sound; analyzing an average noise volume and a noise frequency band of the ambient noise to determine whether the average noise volume of the ambient noise is higher than the average input volume; if yes, adjusting the volume of the sidetone in a specific frequency band by increasing it by a first gain value to form an adjusted sidetone, wherein the specific frequency band and the noise frequency band of the ambient noise belong to the same frequency band or different frequency bands; and outputting the adjusted sidetone and the far-end sound.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Cheng-Te Wang, Kuo-Wei Kao, Jian-Ying Li, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Patent number: 11601768Abstract: A method of generating sounds for reducing an effect of tinnitus is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: acquiring a sound frequency of a tinnitus sound of a user, and playing a plurality of pure tones within a frequency range during a playback time, wherein the plurality of pure tones include a plurality of first pure tones and a plurality of second pure tones; the plurality of first pure tones and the sound frequency are located at a first frequency area, and the plurality of second pure tones are located at a second frequency area; the first frequency area covers X Hz, where 100?X?12000, the second frequency area covers the remaining portion of the frequency range excluding the first frequency area, and the plurality of first pure tones accounts for M % of the plurality of pure tones, where 50<M?90.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Kuo-Wei Kao, Neo Bob Chih-Yung Young, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Patent number: 11580944Abstract: A method for adjusting accompaniment music is disclosed. The method transposes the musical key of at least one section of the accompaniment music such that a song will have different musical key transpositions for different sections of the accompaniment music, so that singers whose vocal ranges are narrow can sing songs after the adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventors: Hsuan-Yu Chen, Chun-Lung Chen, I-Ting Lee, Kuan-Li Chao, Kuo-Wei Kao, Neo Bob Chih-Yung Young, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Patent number: 11451916Abstract: A sound adjustment method is disclosed. The sound adjustment method includes the following the steps: receiving a sound adjustment command; receiving a right channel sound signal and a left channel sound signal; selecting a corresponding adjustment mode according to the sound adjustment command and processing the right channel sound signal and the left channel sound signal based on the adjustment mode to generate a right channel first sound signal and a left channel first sound signal, wherein different adjustment modes have different intensity adjustment levels; shifting the frequency of the right channel first sound signal by X Hz to generate a right channel second sound signal and shifting the frequency of the left channel first sound signal by Y Hz to generate a left channel second sound signal, wherein 0.5?|X?Y|?100; outputting the right channel second sound signal and the left channel second sound signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Kuo-Wei Kao, Po-Jui Wu, Yu-Chieh Huang, Wei-Lin Chang, Kai-Yuan Hsiao, Cheng-Te Wang, I-Ting Lee, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Publication number: 20220141583Abstract: A hearing assisting device and method for adjusting output sound of the hearing assisting device are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a voice data; analyzing the voice data to obtain a voiceprint data and comparing the voiceprint data with a built-in voiceprint data; and if the voiceprint data matches the built-in voiceprint data, adjusting a volume of the voice data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Kuo-Wei KAO, Ho-Hsin LIAO, Jian-Ying LI, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20220141325Abstract: A communication device and an output sidetone adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving a far-end sound; receiving a near-end sound to form a sidetone and obtaining an average input volume of the near-end sound; detecting ambient noise of the near-end sound; analyzing an average noise volume and a noise frequency band of the ambient noise to determine whether the average noise volume of the ambient noise is higher than the average input volume; if yes, adjusting the volume of the sidetone in a specific frequency band by increasing it by a first gain value to form an adjusted sidetone, wherein the specific frequency band and the noise frequency band of the ambient noise belong to the same frequency band or different frequency bands; and outputting the adjusted sidetone and the far-end sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Cheng-Te WANG, Kuo-Wei KAO, Jian-Ying LI, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Patent number: 11309858Abstract: A method for inducing brain waves by sound has the following steps: receiving a first channel input signal and a second channel input signal; adjusting a volume gain of the first channel input signal to form a first channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the first channel output signal is a first wave format; adjusting a volume gain of the second channel input signal to form a second channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the second channel output signal is a second wave format, wherein there is a phase difference between the first wave format and the second wave format, wherein the formats of the first wave format and the second wave format are the same; outputting the first channel output signal to a first speaker; and outputting the second channel output signal to a second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Li Chao, Kuo-Wei Kao, I-Ting Lee, Wei-Lin Chang, Wei-Ren Lan, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Publication number: 20220088343Abstract: A method for inducing sleep with sounds includes the steps of: calculating and obtaining N sleep cycles based on an estimated sleep time of a user, where 3?N?15, and playing inducing sounds within at least three sleep cycles, wherein the inducing sounds include a first stage, a second stage, a third stage and a fourth stage. The method can be used for improving the sleep quality of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Kuo-Wei KAO, Jing-Wei LI, Yu-Chieh HUANG, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Patent number: 11205440Abstract: A sound playback system and an output sound adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: receiving an input sound signal from a user, wherein the input sound signal includes a voice signal indicating the age of the user; transmitting the input sound signal to a remote voice system; performing a voice recognition process according to the voice signal of the input sound signal to obtain a voice recognition result; adjusting a gain value of each frequency band of an output sound signal according to the voice recognition result; and transmitting the output sound signal to a near-end electronic device to output the output sound signal to be heard by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Kuo-Ping Yang, Kuo-Wei Kao, Kai-Yuan Hsiao, Jian-Ying Li
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Publication number: 20210241738Abstract: A method for adjusting accompaniment music is disclosed. The method transposes the musical key of at least one section of the accompaniment music such that a song will have different musical key transpositions for different sections of the accompaniment music, so that singers whose vocal ranges are narrow can sing songs after the adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Hsuan-Yu CHEN, Chun-Lung CHEN, I-Ting LEE, Kuan-Li CHAO, Kuo-Wei KAO, Neo Bob Chih-Yung YOUNG, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20210219057Abstract: A true wireless multichannel-speakers device and a multiple sound-source voicing method thereof are disclosed. The true wireless multichannel-speakers device includes a first and a second sounder. The first and the second sounders respectively include a first and a second sound effect generators, a first and a second sound effect value providers, and a first and a second speakers. The first sound effect value provider provides a first sound effect control value set to the first sound effect generator to generate a first sound effect output signal so that the first speaker outputs the first sound effect output signal. The second sound effect value provider provides a second sound effect control value set to the second sound effect generator to generate a second sound effect output signal so that the second speaker outputs the second sound effect output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Kuan-Li CHAO, Ho-Hsin LIAO, I-Ting LEE, Kuo-Wei KAO, Kai-Yuan HSIAO, Wei-Ming CHEN, Jian-Ying LI, Wei-Lin CHANG, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20210218380Abstract: A method for inducing brain waves by sound has the following steps: receiving a first channel input signal and a second channel input signal; adjusting a volume gain of the first channel input signal to form a first channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the first channel output signal is a first wave format; adjusting a volume gain of the second channel input signal to form a second channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the second channel output signal is a second wave format, wherein there is a phase difference between the first wave format and the second wave format, wherein the formats of the first wave format and the second wave format are the same; outputting the first channel output signal to a first speaker; and outputting the second channel output signal to a second speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Kuan-Li CHAO, Kuo-Wei KAO, I-Ting LEE, Wei-Lin CHANG, Wei-Ren LAN, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20210021947Abstract: A sound adjustment method is disclosed. The sound adjustment method includes the following the steps: receiving a sound adjustment command; receiving a right channel sound signal and a left channel sound signal; selecting a corresponding adjustment mode according to the sound adjustment command and processing the right channel sound signal and the left channel sound signal based on the adjustment mode to generate a right channel first sound signal and a left channel first sound signal, wherein different adjustment modes have different intensity adjustment levels; shifting the frequency of the right channel first sound signal by X Hz to generate a right channel second sound signal and shifting the frequency of the left channel first sound signal by Y Hz to generate a left channel second sound signal, wherein 0.5?|X?Y|?100; outputting the right channel second sound signal and the left channel second sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Kuo-Wei KAO, Po-Jui WU, Yu-Chieh HUANG, Wei-Lin CHANG, Kai-Yuan HSIAO, Cheng-Te WANG, I-Ting LEE, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Patent number: 10897665Abstract: A method of decreasing the effect of an interference sound is disclosed and includes the following the steps: receiving an input sound by a first microphone and a second microphone to respectively acquire a first sound signal and a second sound signal; determining and acquiring a plurality of sound source position data according to a phase difference between a plurality of sound frames of at least one position low-frequency sound signal of the first sound signal and a plurality of sound frames of at least one position low-frequency sound signal of the second sound signal; determining a probability that a main direction of the input sound is in accordance with a target orientation according to each of the sound source position data; and adjusting, according to the probability, the sound volume of low-frequency sound signals of the first sound signal and the second sound signal being outputted.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Kuo-Wei Kao, Yu-Chieh Huang, Po-Jui Wu, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Publication number: 20200395032Abstract: A method for eliminating sound is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device capable of connecting with a sound playback device and includes a microphone. The method includes the following steps of: receiving a previous input sound via the microphone to generate a previous input sound signal; transmitting the previous input sound signal to the sound playback device; receiving a current input sound via the microphone to generate a current input sound signal; filtering the current input sound signal by removing the previous input sound from the current input sound signal; playing the filtered current input sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Kuo-Wei KAO, Cheng-Te WANG, Po-Jui WU, Jian-Ying LI, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20200359143Abstract: A method of generating sounds for reducing an effect of tinnitus is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: acquiring a sound frequency of a tinnitus sound of a user, and playing a plurality of pure tones within a frequency range during a playback time, wherein the plurality of pure tones include a plurality of first pure tones and a plurality of second pure tones; the plurality of first pure tones and the sound frequency are located at a first frequency area, and the plurality of second pure tones are located at a second frequency area; the first frequency area covers X Hz, where 100?X?12000, the second frequency area covers the remaining portion of the frequency range excluding the first frequency area, and the plurality of first pure tones accounts for M % of the plurality of pure tones, where 50<M?90.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Kuo-Wei KAO, Neo Bob Chih-Yung YOUNG, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Patent number: 10796708Abstract: A method for eliminating sound is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device capable of connecting with a sound playback device and includes a microphone. The method includes the following steps of: receiving a first input sound via the microphone to acquire a first input sound signal; recording the first input sound signal and transmitting the first input sound signal to the sound playback device; receiving a second input sound from the sound playback device to acquire a second input sound signal, wherein the second input sound is generated by the sound playback device according to the first input sound signal; determining a difference in generation times between the first input sound signal and the second input sound signal; and filtering the second input sound signal according to the difference in generation times and the first input sound signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: UNLIMITER MFA CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuo-Wei Kao, Cheng-Te Wang, Po-Jui Wu, Jian-Ying Li, Kuo-Ping Yang
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Publication number: 20200296534Abstract: A sound playback system and an output sound adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the follow steps: obtaining an input sound signal and knowing an average input volume of the input sound signal; detecting an ambient noise, and analyzing an average noise volume and a noise frequency hand of the ambient noise; determining whether the average noise volume of the ambient noise is louder than the average input volume; if yes, adjusting a specific frequency band of the input sound signal to increase a first gain value to form an output sound signal, wherein the specific frequency band and the noise frequency band of the ambient noise belongs to the same frequency band or different frequency bands; and playing the output sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Cheng-Te WANG, Kuo-Wei KAO, Kuan-Li CHAO, Kuo-Ping YANG
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Publication number: 20200211579Abstract: A sound playback system and an output sound adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: receiving an input sound signal from a user, wherein the input sound signal includes a voice signal indicating the age of the user; transmitting the input sound signal to a remote voice system; performing a voice recognition process according to the voice signal of the input sound signal to obtain a voice recognition result; adjusting a gain value of each frequency band of an output sound signal according to the voice in recognition result; and transmitting the output sound signal to a near-end electronic device to output the output sound signal to be heard by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Kuo-Ping YANG, Kuo-Wei KAO, Kai-Yuan HSIAO, Jian-Ying LI