Patents by Inventor Wenxun Qiu

Wenxun Qiu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151703
    Abstract: A surface water quality monitoring method based on a high spatial resolution satellite includes: step 1. building standard surface water quality pools by mixing natural water bodies with clean water in different proportions to obtain surface water quality data; step 2. obtaining high spatial resolution remote sensing images for processing; step 3. identifying remote sensing bands with higher correlation through correlation analysis by presetting ratio values of remote sensor data bands and the standard surface water quality pools; step 4. building a water quality parameter retrieval model, and comparing and retrieving the remote sensing bands with higher correlation and the surface water quality data to obtain water quality data; and step 5. identifying abnormal points of the water quality based on the water quality data and water quality data threshold of the surface water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: WUHAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanjun ZHANG, Anni QIU, Wenxun DONG, Lan LUO, Yuanxin SONG, Zhengfeng BAO, Hui CAO, Xinbo LIU, Xuetao ZENG
  • Patent number: 11910225
    Abstract: A wireless communication device comprising a processor configured to obtain first information on network conditions and second information on packets delivered to another communication device during a current target wake time (TWT) session, and to update a TWT service period (SP) duration for a future TWT session based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Abhishek Sehgal, Guanbo Chen, Wenxun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11860298
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for updating a leakage response for leakage cancelation. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether an object is within proximity of and within a field of view of the radar transceiver, obtain a leakage measurement for the radar transceiver in response to determining that no object is proximate to and within the field of view of the radar transceiver, and update the leakage response for leakage cancelation based on the leakage measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vutha Va, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11864107
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for updating a target wake time (TWT) service period and interval. The apparatuses include a communication device comprising a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive higher layer data packets in a TWT operation during a time period. The processor is configured to determine, based on PHY data rates during the time period, effective higher layer data rates, estimate an initial data transceiving time based on the effective higher layer data rates and total lengths of the data packets, adjust the initial data transceiving time to obtain a higher layer data transceiving time based on an estimated network congestion level, an estimated re-transmission rate, and a total amount of TWT overhead during the time period, and determine a new TWT service period and interval based on the higher layer data transceiving time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guanbo Chen, Abhishek Sehgal, Wenxun Qiu, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11821977
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for target detection and tracking operations are provided. A method of operating an electronic device includes identifying, based on signals received through a radar transceiver of the electronic device, a peak of the received signals in a current time slot, determining whether the peak in the current time slot corresponds to a tracked target based on comparing a location of the peak in the current time slot with a location of a peak corresponding to the tracked target in a previous time slot as a function of a movement speed threshold, and in response to a determination that the peak in the current time slot corresponds to the tracked target, updating tracking information for the tracked target associated with the peak in the current time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vutha Va, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11736269
    Abstract: A technique of separating a sequence of modulation shift keying (MSK) symbols into a first portion and a second portion and separately comparing the first portion of the sequence of MSK symbols and the second portion of the sequence of MSK symbols against a first portion of a reference sequence of MSK symbols and a second portion of the reference sequence of MSK symbols allows a low complexity detection of a start field delimiter in a wireless communication packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Tomas Motos, Marius Moe
  • Patent number: 11567580
    Abstract: An electronic device for gesture recognition, includes a processor operably connected to a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals for measuring range and speed. The processor is configured to transmit the signals, via the transceiver. in response to a determination that a triggering event occurred, the processor is configured to track movement of an object relative to the electronic device within a region of interest based on reflections of the signals received by the transceiver to identify range measurements and speed measurements associated with the object. The processor is also configured to identify features from the reflected signals, based on at least one of the range measurements and the speed measurements. The processor is further configured to identify a gesture based in part on the features from the reflected signals. Additionally, the processor is configured to perform an action indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Khuong N. Nguyen, Wenxun Qiu, Vutha Va, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11550031
    Abstract: An electronic device, a method, and computer readable medium are disclosed. The method includes transmitting radar signals via a radar transceiver. The method also includes identifying signals of interest that represent biometric information of a user based on reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The method further includes generating an input based on the signals of interest that include the biometric information. The method additionally includes extracting a feature vector based on the input. The method also includes authenticating the user based on comparison of the feature vector to a threshold of similarity with preregistered user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Khuong N. Nguyen, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng, Vutha Va, Abhishek Sehgal
  • Publication number: 20220404914
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for gesture recognition are disclosed. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and a processor operably connected to the radar transceiver. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. In response to detecting the triggering event, the processor is configured to transmit, via the radar transceiver, radar signals. The processor is also configured to identify a gesture from reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The processor is further configured to determine whether the gesture is associated with the triggering event. Based on determining that the gesture is associated with the triggering event, the processor is configured to perform an action indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng, Han Wang, Khuong N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11520032
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for object detection. The electronic device includes at least a first antenna pair comprising a first transmitter antenna configured to transmit signals and a first receiver antenna configured to receive signals, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the first transmitter antenna to transmit a first signal, generate a channel impulse response (CIR) based on receiving, by the first receiver antenna, a reflection of the first signal, determine a location of at least one leakage peak in the CIR, compare a first segment of taps in the CIR prior to the at least one leakage peak with a second segment of taps in the CIR after the leakage peak, and determine an object is present based on symmetry between the first and second segments of taps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengda Huang, Vutha Va, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Publication number: 20220377664
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining network traffic information based on network traffic received during a time window. The method also includes determining a network service type using a machine learning classification system operating on the network traffic information. The method also includes determining a latency requirement based on the network service type. The method also includes adjusting one or more Target Wakeup Time (TWT) intervals and a wake duration based on the latency requirement to optimize power consumption of a Wi-Fi station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Khuong N. Nguyen, Wenxun Qiu, Guanbo Chen, Peshal Nayak
  • Patent number: 11506754
    Abstract: A method for close-range detection, includes transmitting, via a radar transceiver, radar signals to detect an object. The method also includes determining whether the object includes a pattern code based on reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. In response to determining that the object includes the pattern code, the method includes identifying range information about a range between the electronic device and the pattern code. The method further includes selecting, based on the range information, one or more signals from the reflections of the radar signals that are reflected off of the pattern code. Additionally, the method includes identifying, based on the one or more signals, information about the pattern code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Vutha Va, Kuldeep Gill, Boon Loong Ng, Junsu Choi, Sungchul Park
  • Patent number: 11506753
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for radar-based face authentication anti-spoofing for determining access to the electronic device. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver, a first set of signals, generate a channel impulse response (CIR) based on receipt of reflections of the first set of signals, detect a first CIR tap in the CIR, determine a selection of CIR data based on the detected first CIR tap, determine a profile matching metric based on comparison of the selection of CIR data to a set of predetermined reference signals, and determine whether to allow access to the electronic device based on comparison of the profile matching metric to a profile matching threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Abhishek Sehgal, Kuldeep Gill, Vutha Va, Boon Loong Ng
  • Publication number: 20220369232
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining statistical information of incoming network traffic. The method also includes using a state machine to classify the incoming network traffic as a traffic pattern based on the statistical information. The method further includes using the traffic pattern to adapt one or more Target Wakeup Time (TWT) parameters to optimize power consumption of a Wi-Fi station. The traffic pattern includes at least one of bursty traffic, random traffic, and stable traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guanbo Chen, Abhishek Sehgal, Wenxun Qiu
  • Publication number: 20220365170
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for updating a leakage response for leakage cancelation. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether an object is within proximity of and within a field of view of the radar transceiver, obtain a leakage measurement for the radar transceiver in response to determining that no object is proximate to and within the field of view of the radar transceiver, and update the leakage response for leakage cancelation based on the leakage measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Vutha Va, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Publication number: 20220353812
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining wireless traffic statistics indicating current conditions and future trends for at least one of throughput, latency, and device power consumption. The method also includes generating penalty functions that reflect the wireless traffic statistics. The method further includes determining a target wakeup time (TWT) interval based on the penalty functions. The method also includes adapting the TWT interval based on a change in the wireless traffic statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Guanbo Chen, Jianhua Mo, Wenxun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11467254
    Abstract: A method includes receiving from a transceiver, at a processor of an electronic device, a radar signal, the radar signal including a set of signal strength values across a range of Doppler frequency shift values and a range of time values. The method further includes extracting a time series of frequency features from the radar signal, wherein frequency features of the time series of frequency features include a determined Doppler frequency shift value for each time value of the range of time values, identifying segments within the time series of frequency features, analyzing the segments to determine a start time for a classification engine, at the start time, analyzing, by the classification engine, at least one of a subset of the time series of frequency features or a subset of the radar signal to identify a control gesture, and triggering a control input associated with the control gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guanbo Chen, Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng
  • Publication number: 20220295219
    Abstract: A system and method for residential position localization of a target device is provided. One or more wireless stations (STA) in a wireless network augment a location detection capability of an access point (AP). The method includes transmitting a request for localization information of a target device in a wireless communication network. The method also includes obtaining the localization information from a transmission device in the wireless communication network, the location information including multiple data points. The method also includes determining a score for each of the multiple data points, where the score is based on at least one of: line-of-sight detection or a measurement of a signal quality. The method also includes selecting one or more data points from the localization information based on the determined scores. The method further includes determining a location of the target device based on the selected data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Boon Loong Ng, Wenxun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11442550
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for gesture recognition are disclosed. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and a processor operably connected to the radar transceiver. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. In response to detecting the triggering event, the processor is configured to transmit, via the radar transceiver, radar signals. The processor is also configured to identify a gesture from reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The processor is further configured to determine whether the gesture is associated with the triggering event. Based on determining that the gesture is associated with the triggering event, the processor is configured to perform an action indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng, Han Wang, Khuong N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220272566
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for requesting traffic characteristics in a wireless network. The apparatuses include a wireless station (STA) device comprising a transceiver and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals. The processor is configured to generate a traffic profile request element that comprises an indication of a request for an access point (AP) to provide, to the STA, traffic characteristics, as observed at the AP, of downlink (DL) traffic between the AP and the STA. The transceiver is further configured to transmit to the AP the traffic profile request element. The requested traffic characteristics are used to determine target wake time (TWT) parameters for a TWT operation between the AP and the STA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Peshal Nayak, Rubayet Shafin, Boon Loong Ng, Wenxun Qiu