Patents Assigned to HTC
  • Patent number: 9632822
    Abstract: A multi-core device and a multi-thread scheduling method thereof are disclosed. The multi-thread scheduling method includes the following steps: recording thread performance-associated parameters for a thread; and performing a thread load balancing between multiple central processing units of a multi-core processor of the multi-core device. The thread load balancing is performed according to a thread critical performance condition of the thread and the thread critical performance condition is determined based on the thread performance-associated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-Yen Chang, Chih-Tsung Wu, Ching-Tsung Lai
  • Patent number: 9634637
    Abstract: Method for performing dynamic impedance matching and communication apparatus thereof are provided. With respect to an operating band of an impedance matching circuit of a communication device, a first number of times of tuning are performed on a first element of an impedance matching circuit, and a second number of times of tuning are performed on a second element of the impedance matching circuit, wherein the first number is different from the second number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Ting Ho, Chun-Wei Hsu, Chung-Chi Lai, Chih-Chin Su, Wan-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9634622
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that includes a power amplifier and an antenna is provided. The power amplifier includes a first and a second power amplifying paths and a first and a second matching modules. The first and the second power amplifying paths receive a first and a second input signals respectively. The first matching module includes a first input variable load and a first phase-shifting circuit to respectively adjust the magnitude and the phase of the first input signal to generate a first output signal. The second matching module includes a second input variable load and a second phase-shifting circuit to respectively adjust the magnitude and the phase of the second input signal to generate a second output signal. The antenna is coupled to the power amplifier to transmit the first and the second output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Lee, Wei-Shin Tung, Yen-Chuan Lin
  • Patent number: 9632172
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting an OUD (Object Under Detection) includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a first transceiver, a second transceiver, a first circulator, and a second circulator. The first transceiver transmits a first electromagnetic signal through the second circulator and the second antenna element to the OUD, and then receives a first reflective signal through the first antenna element and the first circulator from the OUD. The second transceiver transmits a second electromagnetic signal through the first circulator and the first antenna element to the OUD, and then receives a second reflective signal through the second antenna element and the second circulator from the OUD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Pu, Chun-Yih Wu, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 9625215
    Abstract: An electronic device and a heat dissipation plate are provided. The electronic device includes a frame or a housing, a first heat generating component, a second heat generating component and a heat pipe, and the heat dissipation plate includes the frame and the heat pipe. The heat pipe is installed at the frame or housing and has branches. An orthogonal projection of the heat pipe on the frame or the housing overlaps at least part of orthogonal projections of the first heat generating component and the second heat generating component on the frame or the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ya-Lin Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9628115
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that has a circuit board, an RF signal module, a capacitive touch-sensing component and an antenna component is provided. The touch-sensing signal module is disposed on the circuit board. The capacitive touch-sensing component includes a sensing layer and a ground layer. The sensing layer is electrically connected to the touch-sensing signal module. The antenna component includes a feed point and a radiating body. The feed point is disposed on the ground layer and is electrically connected to the RF single module. The radiating body incorporates at least parts of the ground layer. Alternatively, the feed point is disposed on the sensing layer, and the radiating body incorporates at least parts of the sensing layer. Therefore, the radiating body is incorporated into the sensing layer or ground layer of the capacitive touch-sensing component and can save accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang
  • Patent number: 9629195
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a remote access method and related devices using the same. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the method would include not limited to initiating a first connection between a first wireless interface of a first mobile device and a first wireless interface of a third mobile device; activating a first wireless access point by using a second wireless interface of a second mobile device; detecting the first wireless access point by using a second wireless interface of the third mobile device; disconnecting the first connection by the third mobile device in response to the first wireless access point being detected; and initiating a second connection between a first wireless interface of the second mobile device and a first wireless interface of the third mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Kang Wang, Wen-Chuan Lee, Ko-Hsin Hsiang, Wen-Chien Liu
  • Patent number: 9629115
    Abstract: A method of handling minimization of drive tests, hereafter called MDT, measurement for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes registering to a first public land mobile network, and maintaining MDT measurement configuration when the UE registers to a second public land mobile network belonging to an operator as the first public land mobile network is, or the UE is in coverage of the first public land mobile network but registering to no public land mobile network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9621334
    Abstract: A data transmission method for a data transmission system including a first device and a second device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of transmitting a clock signal to synchronize the first device and the second device; transmitting a mode signal from the first device to the second device, wherein the mode signal indicates a transmission mode between the first device and the second device; and transmitting a serial data between the first device and the second device based on the clock signal, wherein the length of the serial data is determined based on the transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: David Huang, Wei-Chih Chang, Tsung-Pao Kuan
  • Patent number: 9621695
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a speaker module is provided. The speaker module includes: a speaker unit; a back chamber; an acoustic region coupled between the speaker unit and the back chamber; and a porous material at least partially filling a portion of the front chamber, the back chamber, or the channel, for improving and extending bass performance and relieving a acoustic effect caused by the acoustic region coupling the speaker unit and back chamber. Moreover, the portable electronic device is advantageously able to compensate a resonance degradation caused by the porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chun-Min Lee, Lei Chen, Yu-Sheng Lee, Chih-Chiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 9622074
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a mobile electronic device, a wearable electronic device and a computer readable medium for continuing an operation initiated on the wearable electronic device on the mobile electronic device based on motion coherence between movements of the mobile electronic device and a wearable electronic device without providing an input. In the disclosure, an operation would be initiated on the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device would transmit an application data associated with the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device to the mobile electronic device. Then, an application program associated with the operation would be automatically launched on the mobile electronic device to continue the operation initiated on the wearable electronic device according to the application data in response to a motion coherence of the mobile electronic device and the wearable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Cheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20170099627
    Abstract: A method for controlling a first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device has a first antenna and a second antenna. The method includes the following steps. A data is transmitted between the first electronic device and a second electronic device by the first antenna. Determining whether the second antenna is idle or not. Scanning by the second antenna is performed when the second antenna is idle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Jung TSENG
  • Patent number: 9614489
    Abstract: The invention provides one sound producing system including a speaker, a driving circuit and an audio controller. The speaker is used for producing an audible sound. The driving circuit is connected to the speaker. The audio controller is configured to receive an input audio signal and pre-amplify the input audio signal with an amplify gain to obtain a pre-amplified audio signal; operate a multiband dynamic range control on the pre-amplified audio signal to obtain an output audio signal; convert the output audio signal to a driving voltage; provide the driving voltage to the speaker through the driving circuit; detect over the driving circuit to obtain at least one excursion parameter to determine an estimated excursion of the speaker in response to the driving voltage; and adjust the amplify gain according to the estimated excursion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Cheng, Chun-Min Lee, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20170091523
    Abstract: A fingerprint enrollment method, an electronic apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes following steps. An indication icon is displayed, wherein the indication icon is divided into N regions, N is a positive integer larger than 1, a region of the N regions is initially painted with a first color, and other regions of the N regions are initially painted with a second color. Whether a sensor apparatus is being touched is determined. When determined that the sensor apparatus is being touched, whether to capture a fingerprint image is determined. Each time when the fingerprint image is captured, the region with the first color is painted to a third color, and one of the N regions with the second color is painted to the first color. When number of the captured fingerprint image is up to N, a fingerprint sample is obtained from the captured fingerprint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Hsun Chen, Shih-Ying Fu, Wei-Jhen Huang, Hsiang-Ning Wu, Sheng-Hsin Huang
  • Patent number: 9608309
    Abstract: A mobile communication device is provided and includes a plastic frame body, a metal outer frame, a metal inner frame and a first conductive spring. The plastic frame body has an opening, a first locking groove, a first inserting groove and a first protrusive portion formed between the first locking groove and the first inserting groove. The metal outer frame is locked to the first locking groove and fixed on the outside of the plastic frame body. The metal inner frame is inserted into the first inserting groove and fixed in the surroundings of the opening of the plastic frame body. Besides, the metal inner frame is electrically connected to a system ground plane. The first conductive spring clasps the first protrusive portion. The first conductive spring extends into the first locking groove and the first inserting groove so as to electrically connect the metal outer and inner frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsien Wu, Yu-Ju Yu, Bing-Hsiao Wang, Huang-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 9609270
    Abstract: A method for performing a video talk enhancement (VTE) function in an electric device is provided. A video talk application performs a video call and receiving at least one first frame generated by a camera sensor from a middleware. The input unit receives an input signal to select one of several video talk enhancement modes provided by a video talk enhancement application. Under the video call, the middleware replaces the at least one first frame with a second frame(s) or modifying the at least one first frame according to the selected video talk enhancement mode. The video talk application transmits the modified at least one first frame or the second frame(s) to another electric device, so that the modified at least one first frame or the second frame(s) which is transmitted is shown on the another electric device as a video talk frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Liang Hsieh, Bor-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 9608390
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating base, a plurality of pins and a metal enhancing plate. The insulating base has a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface, and the side surface is connected between the first surface and the second surface. The pins are disposed on the first surface and include a power pin, wherein a section of the side surface is aligned with the power pin. The metal enhancing plate is disposed on the second surface, wherein the metal enhancing plate does not extend to the section of the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Wen-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9609772
    Abstract: A molded casing suitable for a handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes a body and the molded casing, and at least one part of the body is covered with the molded casing. The molded casing is in a uniform thickness and has a continuous mosaic surface. The mosaic surface is composed of a plurality of non-coplanar polygons, wherein an intersection line is formed between any two adjacent polygons. An end of any one of the intersection lines is connected to an end of another intersection line or an edge of the mosaic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hu, Yu-Jing Liao, I-Cheng Chuang
  • Patent number: 9608473
    Abstract: A near field communication and wireless charging device includes a coil, a tuning module, a near field communication module, a wireless charging module, and a power storage device. The coil is configured to receive electromagnetic waves. The tuning module is electrically connected to the coil. The near field communication module includes an attenuator and a near field communication control circuit. The attenuator is configured to attenuate the energy of electromagnetic waves transmitted from the tuning module. The near field communication control circuit is electrically connected to the attenuator. The power storage device is electrically connected to the wireless charging module. Electromagnetic waves are magnetically coupling to the coil, and the coil transmits signals of the electromagnetic waves to the near field communication module through the tuning module, or transmits the energy of the electromagnetic waves to the power storage device through the tuning module and the wireless charging module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-TIng Ho, Chien-Chih Chen, Keng-Chih Lin, Yen-Liang Kuo, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: D783635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chieh-Tun Yang