Patents by Inventor Bing-Jhen Wu

Bing-Jhen Wu 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).

  • Patent number: 8250002
    Abstract: A positioning method includes: first, receiving wireless signals respectively at the positions of a number of training positions so as to extract a number of signal characteristics; next, establishing a positioning database according to the relationship between the training positions and the corresponding positioning module; then, classifying the training positions and the corresponding signal characteristics into a plurality of clusters, wherein when conducting positioning on a positioning node, a characteristic matching is conducted to find out a major cluster most similar to the positioning node; after that, conducting the characteristic matching between the positioning node and the training positions in the major cluster to decide a most-likely position of the positioning node. In addition, the present invention also provides a positioning system using the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Kuo, Bing-Jhen Wu, Yueh-Feng Lee, Yu-Chee Tseng, Chung-Chou Shen
  • Publication number: 20090319448
    Abstract: A positioning method includes: first, receiving wireless signals respectively at the positions of a number of training positions so as to extract a number of signal characteristics; next, establishing a positioning database according to the relationship between the training positions and the corresponding positioning module; then, classifying the training positions and the corresponding signal characteristics into a plurality of clusters, wherein when conducting positioning on a positioning node, a characteristic matching is conducted to find out a major cluster most similar to the positioning node; after that, conducting the characteristic matching between the positioning node and the training positions in the major cluster to decide a most-likely position of the positioning node. In addition, the present invention also provides a positioning system using the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Kuo, Bing-Jhen Wu, Yueh-Feng Lee, Yu-Chee Tseng, Chung-Chou Shen