Patents Assigned to Nationz Technologies Inc.
  • Patent number: 11263007
    Abstract: A convolutional neural network hardware acceleration device, a convolutional calculation method, and a storage medium are provided. The device includes an instruction processing element (1), a hardware acceleration component (2), and an external data memory element (3). The instruction processing element (1) decodes instructions, and controls the hardware acceleration component (2) to perform operations corresponding to decoded instructions. The hardware acceleration component (2) includes: an input buffer element (21), a data calculation element (22) and an output buffer element (23). The external data memory element (3) stores the calculation result output by the output buffer element (23) and transmits the data to the input buffer element (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Wentao Wan, Jie Liang, Hua Xie, Cong Luo
  • Patent number: 10019611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication method, device, and system. The communication method include using low-frequency alternating magnetic field signals to control a communication distance between a first radio frequency (RF) device and second RF device. The communication device receives and uses a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal transmitted from a second RF device to control the communication distance to the second RF device. The communication system includes a first RF device and a second RF device. The first RF device generates and transmits a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives a second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal, and the second RF device generates and transmits the second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives the first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Haixiang Wang, Rui Dong
  • Publication number: 20170178120
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a smart card. The smart card includes an audio module to receive a money deduction request in a form of an external audio signal from an external device, wherein the monetary-amount deduction request includes a monetary amount to be deducted and the external device's identification information. The smart card further includes a data processing module to authenticate the external device's identification information, deduct the monetary amount from the smart card after the authentication of the external device's identification information is passed, and generate monetary-amount-deduction result information. The audio module transmits to the external device the monetary-amount-deduction result information in a form of an audio signal, wherein the monetary-amount-deduction result information includes a deducted monetary amount to be added to the external device and the smart card's identification information to be authenticated by the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shiying LIU, Rui DONG, Simin GUAN, Hao ZOU, Genping WANG
  • Patent number: 9665866
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a smart card. The smart card includes an audio module to receive a money deduction request in a form of an external audio signal from an external device, wherein the monetary-amount deduction request includes a monetary amount to be deducted and the external device's identification information. The smart card further includes a data processing module to authenticate the external device's identification information, deduct the monetary amount from the smart card after the authentication of the external device's identification information is passed, and generate monetary-amount-deduction result information. The audio module transmits to the external device the monetary-amount-deduction result information in a form of an audio signal, wherein the monetary-amount-deduction result information includes a deducted monetary amount to be added to the external device and the smart card's identification information to be authenticated by the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shiying Liu, Rui Dong, Simin Guan, Hao Zou, Genping Wang
  • Patent number: 9606192
    Abstract: An alternating magnetic field sensing device comprises at least one magnet and at least one force-electricity converting module. The magnet is mechanically connected to the force-electricity converting module and converts a magnetic signal received in an alternating magnetic field to mechanical force and transmits the mechanical force to the force-electricity converting module. The force-electricity converting module converts the mechanical force provided by the magnet to an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Zhen Huang
  • Patent number: 9521546
    Abstract: A method, terminal and secure RF communication system are provided. The method for radio frequency secure communication of the invention comprises: generating magnetic channel data, and transmitting the magnetic channel data via a magnetic channel; establishing a radio frequency link with a peer device which feeds back a response information of the magnetic channel data; generating first radio frequency data, encrypting the first radio frequency data using the magnetic channel data, and transmitting the encrypted first radio frequency data to the peer device via the radio frequency link; and/or receiving encrypted second radio frequency data transmitted by the peer device via the radio frequency link, and decrypting the encrypted second radio frequency data using the magnetic channel data. By the above technical solution, the invention avoids the risk that a preset key is intercepted or decrypted, and enhances the security of the radio frequency link data exchanging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Meixiang Li
  • Patent number: 9400903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication method, device, and system. The communication method include using low-frequency alternating magnetic field signals to control a communication distance between a first radio frequency (RF) device and second RF device. The communication device receives and uses a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal transmitted from a second RF device to control the communication distance to the second RF device. The communication system includes a first RF device and a second RF device. The first RF device generates and transmits a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives a second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal, and the second RF device generates and transmits the second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives the first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Haixiang Wang, Rui Dong
  • Patent number: 9351240
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods allow real-time communication between an access device and at least one communication device. The access device is configured to: determine whether a distance between a communication device and the access device reaches a predetermined access distance for accessing a network; if so, allow the communication device to gain access to the network via the access device to achieve real-time communication between the communication device and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jianguo Zhang, Shan Zhu
  • Patent number: 9076051
    Abstract: A collision detection method for a radio-frequency SIM card with low-frequency magnetic communication comprises: transmitting by a card reader low-frequency card seeking characteristic information; determining by a radio-frequency SIM card A whether an intensity of a low-frequency magnetic induction signal reaches a preset threshold value; if yes, receiving low-frequency card seeking characteristic information and transmitting card seeking response information through a radio-frequency channel; receiving by the card reader the card seeking response information, establishing a radio-frequency connection with the radio-frequency SIM card A, and opening a preset time window; when the preset time window closes, interrupting by the card reader a transaction process with the radio-frequency SIM card A and re-transmitting the low-frequency card seeking characteristic information; if receiving by the card reader card seeking response information transmitted by another radio-frequency SIM card B, ascertaining that a r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Meixiang Li, Xianwei Yang
  • Publication number: 20150178718
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a smart card. The smart card includes an audio module to receive a money deduction request in a form of an external audio signal from an external device, wherein the monetary-amount deduction request includes a monetary amount to be deducted and the external device's identification information. The smart card further includes a data processing module to authenticate the external device's identification information, deduct the monetary amount from the smart card after the authentication of the external device's identification information is passed, and generate monetary-amount-deduction result information. The audio module transmits to the external device the monetary-amount-deduction result information in a form of an audio signal, wherein the monetary-amount-deduction result information includes a deducted monetary amount to be added to the external device and the smart card's identification information to be authenticated by the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shiying LIU, Rui DONG, Simin GUAN, Hao ZOU, Genping WANG
  • Patent number: 9043538
    Abstract: A memory system comprises a master control module, a memory control module, a nonvolatile memory and a cache, wherein the memory control module is connected with the master control module, the nonvolatile memory and the cache are respectively connected with the memory control module; and the memory control module is configured to, when the master control module sends a write command for the nonvolatile memory, store data to be written in the nonvolatile memory in the cache according to the write command, and release the cache used for storing the data to be written in the nonvolatile memory after finish of the write operation to the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Liu, Fengqin Zhou, Mingxiang Zi
  • Patent number: 9002269
    Abstract: A method for a radio-frequency SIM card with low-frequency magnetic communication to trigger a transaction according to determined distance thresholds comprises: setting a Threshold 1 as a low-frequency magnetic field intensity value corresponding to a distance to trigger the transaction; setting a Threshold 2 as a low-frequency magnetic field intensity value corresponding to an effective communication distance of the low-frequency magnetic field; setting a Threshold 3 as a low-frequency magnetic field intensity value corresponding to a farthest transaction distance; examining an intensity of the low-frequency magnetic field transmitted by a card reader and determining whether the intensity is >=the Threshold 2; if yes, receiving and storing information of the low-frequency magnetic field; further determining whether a low-frequency magnetic field intensity is >=the Threshold 1; if yes, initiating a transaction process; during the transaction process, determining whether a low-frequency magnetic field i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Yu Jiang
  • Patent number: 8983544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method. The communication system includes a micro IC card, a radio frequency (RF) card sleeve and a multi-frequency card reader. The micro IC card is used to communicate with the RF card sleeve through a contact interface. The multi-frequency card reader is used to perform an RF communication with the RF card sleeve. The communication method includes exchanging data with a micro IC card through an RF channel; and the micro IC card sleeve exchanges data with the micro IC card by a contact communication. The communication system and method provide operators a working environment to adapt cards with different frequencies. Thus, telecommunication operators and financial service providers are able to independently issue their own cards, which lowers difficulties of promoting mobile payment services, and aids to boost the popularization and applications of the mobile payment services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Shan Zhu
  • Patent number: 8954005
    Abstract: An apparatus for low-frequency signal detection and transmission in a short-distance communication field comprises: a PCB, a magnetic induction module for inducing low-frequency magnetic signal, and a low-frequency signal processing module for detecting low-frequency signal, the magnetic induction module and the low-frequency signal processing module being integrated onto the PCB. The magnetic induction module is connected with the low-frequency signal processing module. The PCB can be a SIM card PCB, a Micro-SIM card PCB, a TF card PCB, a SD card PCB, or a UIM card PCB, etc. This invention realizes low-frequency signal detection and transmission function of a SIM card, a TF card, a SD card, a UIM card, or any of other various memory cards mounted in a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Zhao, Zhiyu Zheng
  • Patent number: 8929805
    Abstract: A radio frequency communication system, method, and device operate in the VHF, UHF, or SHF range, where a controller controls the radio-frequency communication range provided by the VHF, UHF, or SHF radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yunbo Yu, Shan Zhu, Xikui Li, Zhiqin Hao, Yan Lu, Jianhua Liang
  • Publication number: 20140349608
    Abstract: A method, terminal and secure RF communication system are provided. The method for radio frequency secure communication of the invention comprises: generating magnetic channel data, and transmitting the magnetic channel data via a magnetic channel; establishing a radio frequency link with a peer device which feeds back a response information of the magnetic channel data; generating first radio frequency data, encrypting the first radio frequency data using the magnetic channel data, and transmitting the encrypted first radio frequency data to the peer device via the radio frequency link; and/or receiving encrypted second radio frequency data transmitted by the peer device via the radio frequency link, and decrypting the encrypted second radio frequency data using the magnetic channel data. By the above technical solution, the invention avoids the risk that a preset key is intercepted or decrypted, and enhances the security of the radio frequency link data exchanging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONZ TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Meixiang Li
  • Patent number: 8745412
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a controller module as well as a universal interface module and a semiconductor memory medium module, which are connected electrically with the controller module respectively. The device also includes a one-time programmable memory, which stores a unique serial number. This one-time programmable memory is provided within the controller module or the semiconductor memory medium module. The number sequence of the unique serial number contained in each of the semiconductor memory device is different from that of another semiconductor memory device. While providing a mobile data storage function, this invention adopts a security technology to prevent from illegal data reading/writing. This increases significantly the difficulty in decrypting the data of a legal user, subsequently improving the security of the stored data of the user greatly. This invention also provides a method for realizing secure data storage with this semiconductor memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingtong Sun, Hao Zou
  • Patent number: 8732519
    Abstract: A method is provided for using bad blocks in flash memory. The method includes placing in a replacement area of the flash memory a special bad block that meets a “still usable” condition from the bad blocks of the flash memory. The method also includes receiving a use request for using the special bad block in the replacement area to store user data, writing the user data into the special bad block, and determining whether the user data is successfully written into the special bad block. Further, the method includes placing the special bad block back into the replacement area for a next use request when it is determined that the user data is not successfully written into the special bad block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yingtong Sun, Junhong Weng
  • Patent number: 8704641
    Abstract: A method and RF SIM card communication system using a tag recognition to control the RF communication range, a tag for providing data information is installed on a mobile communication terminal equipped with an RF SIM card, a tag reader module for reading out and transmitting the data information is installed on an RF card reader device, setting a card reading condition for the card reader device as: under the condition that the tag reader module reads out the tag data information, the RF card reader module, based on the data information of the tag, establishes wireless communication link with and transfers data to the RF SIM card in the mobile terminal. The present invention is not affected by the shielding effect of the mobile communication terminal, thereby avoids the cumbersome calibration process for the RF SIM card transceiver power and receiver sensitivity in existing technologies, this both brings convenience to the users, and further facilitates of widespread use of RF SIM cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Shan Zhu
  • Patent number: 8698601
    Abstract: A method for card-reading anti-collision with automatic frequency hopping is provided, which is used for a system in which a card reader simultaneously reads a plurality of cards in radio frequency identification technologies. The method comprises: both the card reader and the cards to be read are configured to have an automatic frequency-sweep function and a function of hopping from a current channel to another channel, and to store access addresses and transaction addresses; when the card reader is in a frequency-hopping card-seeking state, it is in an n-channel frequency-hopping working state, in which, the access address of each channel is the same, and the card reader reads the cards by means of hopping frequencies in a sequence iteratively through n channels. When the card reader detects that two or more cards collide, the card reader sends a command of random frequency hopping, making all the conflicting cards to hop to other channels randomly and to wait to access those channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nationz Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingtong Sun, Jianhui Liu