Patents Assigned to AsusTek Computer Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230319421
    Abstract: An electronic device with a flash function and a driving method of a flash are provided. The electronic device includes a flash, an image sensor, and a processor. The flash has a red light source, a green light source, and a blue light source. The image sensor is configured to obtain a preview image of a current scene and outputting the raw data of the preview image. The processor obtains a red ratio value and a blue ratio value according to the current scene, and the processor determines the green brightness value, red brightness value and blue brightness value according to the red ratio value, the blue ratio value and an exposure sensitivity for obtaining the preview image. The processor drives the flash according to the calculated red brightness value, the calculated green brightness value, and the calculated blue brightness value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jo-Fan Wu, Hui-Chi Chuang
  • Patent number: 11778518
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device for performing sidelink transmission in a sidelink resource pool. In one embodiment, the first device has a configuration of the sidelink resource pool, wherein the sidelink resource pool is enabled with resource reservation for different Transport Blocks (TBs). The first device also has a configuration of a list of reserved periods. Furthermore, the first device selects or determines a first reserved period from the list of reserved periods, wherein the first selected or determined reserved period is within a first set of reserved periods. In addition, the first device randomly selects a first integer in a first interval, wherein the first interval is based on a scaling factor and a second interval, and the scaling factor is derived based on a largest reserved period in the first set of reserved periods, and wherein the first integer indicates a number of transmission opportunities of different TBs with the first reserved period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Huang, Ming-Che Li
  • Patent number: 11775028
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device is disclosed and includes a first body, a second body, a hinge mechanism, and a cover. The hinge mechanism includes a first rack plate disposed to the first body, a second rack plate disposed to the second body, a first gear shaft meshed with the first rack plate, and a second gear shaft meshed with the second rack plate and the first gear shaft. The cover is movably disposed on the hinge mechanism and covers the hinge mechanism. When the second body rotates relative to the first body, the second rack plate, the second gear shaft, the first gear shaft and the first rack plate rotate in sequence, the first rack plate and the second rack plate abut against the cover, so the cover is away from the hinge mechanism and separated from the first body and the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Po-Nien Chen, Yi-Ting Chen, Tsung-Ju Chiang
  • Patent number: 11778685
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a first User Equipment (UE) to support Sidelink (SL) Discontinuous Reception (DRX). In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE establishing a unicast link with a second UE. The method further includes the first UE receiving a SL DRX configuration associated with the second UE from the second UE. The method also includes the first UE transmitting the SL DRX configuration to a network node. In addition, the method includes the first UE receiving a sidelink grant from the network node, wherein the sidelink grant indicates sidelink resources. Furthermore, the method includes the first UE performing a sidelink transmission to the second UE based on the sidelink resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Li-Chih Tseng, Ming-Che Li
  • Patent number: 11778599
    Abstract: A method and apparatus such as a device to perform sidelink communication including receiving a sidelink grant from a network node, wherein the sidelink grant schedules or assigns multiple sidelink resources, generating a data packet comprising or multiplexing sidelink data from Sidelink (SL) logical channel(s) with SL Hybrid Automatic Request (HARQ) feedback enabled, performing two sidelink transmissions for the data packet on two adjacent, neighbor, or consecutive sidelink resources among the multiple sidelink resources if a time gap of the two adjacent, neighbor, or consecutive sidelink resources is larger than or equal to a minimum time gap, and the device being allowed to drop, skip, or cancel a sidelink transmission on one sidelink resource of the two adjacent, neighbor, or consecutive sidelink resources among the multiple sidelink resources if the time gap of the two adjacent, neighbor, or consecutive sidelink resources is less than a minimum time gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Chun-Wei Huang, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: 11775087
    Abstract: In the touch operation method, a touch signal is generated in response to a touch operation performed on the touchpad, whether the touch operation is located in at least one predetermined region of the touchpad is determined according to the touch signal, and when the touch operation is located in the predetermined region, whether there is a displacement of the touch operation in a preset time interval is determined according to the touch signal. When it is determined that there is a displacement of the touch operation in the preset time interval, an operation signal corresponding to a predetermined function of the electronic device is generated according to the displacement of the touch operation, to perform the predetermined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wei Tong Lin, Chun-Tsai Yeh, Wen-Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 11763773
    Abstract: A computer device and a multi-computer system are provided. The computer device includes a central processing unit (CPU), a wireless connection circuit, and a switch circuit. The CPU is coupled to a display to provide an enabling display signal to the display according to a hot plug detection signal provided from the display. The wireless connection circuit receives one of a wireless connection signal and a wireless disconnection signal from a wireless input device. The switch circuit is coupled between the display and the CPU and coupled to the wireless connection circuit. The switch circuit provides the hot plug detection signal to the CPU when the wireless connection circuit receives the wireless connection signal, and masks the hot plug detection signal from the CPU when the wireless connection circuit receives the wireless disconnection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Peng Chung, Chin-Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 11762495
    Abstract: This application provides an electronic device, including: a processor, configured to select one of an absolute coordinate mode and a relative coordinate mode according to a switching instruction. When the processor uses the absolute coordinate mode, absolute coordinate information received by the processor is run in the absolute coordinate mode; and when the processor uses the relative coordinate mode, the absolute coordinate information received by the processor is converted into relative coordinate information and is run in the relative coordinate mode. Therefore, this application performs adaptive conversion between the absolute coordinate mode and the relative coordinate mode, to provide users with more flexible operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Chieh Chen, Chun-Tsai Yeh, Yu-Ning Kuo
  • Patent number: 11765748
    Abstract: In an example, a User Equipment (UE) operates with shared spectrum channel access on a carrier and/or a cell. The UE receives a configuration for configuring configured grants for uplink transmission in a bandwidth part (BWP). The configured grants include a first configured grant and a second configured grant. The UE configures a first minimum Downlink Feedback Indication (DFI) time delay for the first configured grant according to the configuration. The first minimum DFI time delay is for validation of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) information in response to one or more first uplink transmissions. The UE configures a second minimum DFI time delay for the second configured grant according to the configuration. The second minimum DFI time delay is for validation of HARQ information in response to one or more second uplink transmissions. The UE does not expect the second minimum DFI time delay to have a different value than the first minimum DFI time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Huang, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: 11765690
    Abstract: In an example, a UE receives, from a network, a configuration of a sidelink resource pool. Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) resources of the sidelink resource pool are configured, periodically with a period of N slots, in slots of the sidelink resource pool. The UE receives, from the network, a configuration with a set of time offsets for determining an association set. The UE determines one or more slots. Each slot of the one or more slots is in the association set and contains a PSFCH resource of the sidelink resource pool. The UE generates a sidelink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook based upon one or more occasions associated with one or more PSFCH resources of the sidelink resource pool. The one or more occasions is determined or derived based upon the one or more slots and the period of N slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Huang, Ming-Che Li
  • Patent number: 11756569
    Abstract: A sound quality evaluation method and a sound quality evaluation system using same are provided. The sound quality evaluation system records playback of a test audio file on a plurality of playback devices to generate a plurality of pieces of audio data, and divides the audio data into a plurality of frequency bands. The sound quality evaluation system calculates the frequency bands to obtain a plurality of evaluation scores of the playback devices. The sound quality evaluation system captures sound quality ranking information corresponding to the playback devices from a reference source, and adjusts the evaluation scores according to the sound quality ranking information, to further obtain a reference model. The sound quality evaluation system adjusts correspondingly evaluation scores of a plurality of to-be-tested playback devices according to the reference model, to obtain sound quality ranking information of the to-be-tested playback devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Wang, Kuo-Yuan Huang, Wei-Chen Kuan, Tzu-Yin Su, Tsung-Yen Yu
  • Patent number: 11758596
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment-to-User Equipment (UE-to-UE) Relay to perform a PC5 unicast link establishment procedure. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE-to-UE Relay receiving a first PC5-S message from a first User Equipment (UE), wherein the first PC5-S message includes a Layer-2 Identity (ID) of a second UE. The method further includes the UE-to-UE Relay transmitting a second PC5-S message addressed to the Layer-2 ID of the second UE for establishing a PC5 unicast link with the second UE. The method also includes the UE-to-UE Relay receiving a third PC5-S message from the second UE, wherein the third PC5-S message is transmitted by the second UE in response to reception of the second PC5-S message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 11756278
    Abstract: A method for establishing a denture dentition model includes: obtaining face information and teeth alignment information of a use, to establish a three-dimensional mouth-opening face model and an original teeth model, and superimposing the original teeth model to the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model; establishing a reference line corresponding to each of the teeth of the original teeth model; generating a plurality of grids on the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model according to the reference lines, and adjusting each of the grids to correspond to the edge of each tooth, to obtain an actual size of each of the teeth; providing an upper edge curve and a lower edge curve on the three-dimensional mouth-opening face model as a smile curve; aligning each grid with the smile curve, and placing a denture model in each grid; and adjusting a denture contour of each denture model, to generate the denture dentition model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Po Lin
  • Patent number: 11758590
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE (User Equipment) to report UE sidelink capability information to a network node. In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE establishing a unicast link with a second UE. The method also includes the first UE receiving a second sidelink capability information of the second UE from the second UE. The method further includes the first UE transmitting a first sidelink capability information of the first UE and the second sidelink capability information to the network node or transmitting a common sidelink capability information to the network node, wherein the common sidelink capability information is derived from the first sidelink capability information and the second sidelink capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 11747547
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, an effective light-exiting region, a transition region located between the light-incident surface and the effective light-exiting region, and a light-blocking opening disposed in the transition region. The light-emitting elements are disposed at the light-incident surface and emit light toward the effective light-exiting region. The light-blocking opening is located between a plurality of light-emitting regions formed in the transition region by the plurality of light-emitting elements respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Lin-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 11751277
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) message from a network node, wherein the first RRC message is indicative of a first uplink (UL) Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a cell. In response to initiation of a procedure to use a configured grant (CG) resource in RRC inactive state, the UE performs BWP switching from a second UL BWP of the cell to the first UL BWP of the cell. The UE performs, on the first UL BWP, a first UL transmission using the CG resource. In response to completion of the procedure, the UE performs BWP switching from the first UL BWP of the cell to the second UL BWP of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tun-Huai Shih, Yu-Hsuan Guo, Meng-Hui Ou
  • Patent number: 11743755
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for User Equipment (UE) location reporting in a wireless communication system to facilitate efficiency in measurement reporting in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs). A method for a UE in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a first configuration to trigger measurement reporting based on a first event that distance between the UE and a first reference location of a serving cell becomes larger than a distance threshold and distance between the UE and a second reference location of a first neighbor cell becomes shorter than another distance threshold, and triggering a first measurement report based on the first event, wherein measured radio condition of the first neighbor cell is omitted or not included in the first measurement report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Huang, Meng-Hui Ou
  • Publication number: 20230268681
    Abstract: An expansion card assembly, including an expansion card body and a connector. The expansion card body includes a notch recessed into an edge thereof. The connector includes a housing. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and an engaging portion disposed on the bottom surface. The bottom surface is close to the expansion card body. The engaging portion is exposed out of the notch. The engaging portion connects the connector with an external power cord. A user operates the engaging portion at the bottom surface of the housing of the connector with fingers. Therefore, the expansion card assembly and the connector solve the problem that the too narrow space between the top surface of the housing and the other components makes it difficult for the user to stretch fingers into the space between the top surface of the housing and the other component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao Xu, Wenqiao Yin, Yuan-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230266813
    Abstract: An electronic device and a performance optimization method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a battery module, a processor, and a controller. The battery module is configured to supply power to the electronic device. The processor has a power limit. The controller is configured to monitor a charging and discharging current of the battery module. In a power connection mode, the controller analyzes a status of the battery module and adjusts the power limit of the processor according to the charging and discharging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Po-Han Cheng, Chin-Chang Chang, Po-Hsin Chang, Shih-Hao Chen, Kai-Peng Chung, Ci-Syuan Wu, Chun Tsao, Teng-Chih Wang, Sheng-Yi Chen, Guan-Heng Lai
  • Patent number: 11737113
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) configured with uplink (UL) spatial multiplexing and UL skipping, the UE receives, from a base station, two UL grants for a Transmission Time Interval (TTI). The UE generates two Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) for the TTI, wherein a first MAC PDU of the two MAC PDUs is able to accommodate all available data of the UE. The UE transmits the two MAC PDUs to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Huang, Ko-Chiang Lin