Patents by Inventor Binnan Zhuang

Binnan Zhuang 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: 10885145
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 central processing unit (CPU) configured to transform an L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual LP optimization problem pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200356619
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 central processing unit (CPU) configured to transform an L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual LP optimization problem pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Dongwoon BAI, Jungwon LEE
  • Patent number: 10762162
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 central processing unit (CPU) configured to transform an L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual LP optimization problem pair with an extended full tableau simplex method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10740431
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of five dimensional (5D) video stabilization with camera and gyroscope fusion. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a feature matcher configured to receive an image sequence and determine feature pairs in the image sequence; a residual two-dimensional (2D) translation estimator connected to the feature matcher and configured to determine a raw 2D translation path; a residual 2D translation smoother connected to the residual 2D translation estimator and configured to determine a 2D smoothed translation path; a distortion calculator connected to the residual 2D translation estimator and the residual 2D translation smoother and configured to determine a distortion grid; and a distortion compensator connected to the distortion calculator and configured to compensate for distortion in the image sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200151237
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 central processing unit (CPU) configured to transform an L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual LP optimization problem pair with an extended full tableau simplex method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10534837
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 controller configured to receive a raw data series z to be smoothed, where L1 represents a formulation based on L1 norm cost, receives weights w0, w1, w2, and w3 to control smoothness of an output path, and formulate an L1 trend filtering problem; an L1 central processing unit (CPU) connected to the L1 controller and configured to transform the L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual problem pair with an extended full tableau simplex method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10394985
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for modelling a random process using reduced length least-squares autoregressive parameter estimation is herein disclosed. The apparatus includes an autocorrelation processor, configured to generate or estimate autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and a least-squares (LS) estimation processor connected to the autocorrelation processor and configured to model the stochastic process by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters using LS regression, where p is an integer much less than m. The method includes generating, by an autocorrelation processor, autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and modelling the stochastic process, by a least-squares estimation processor, by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters by least-squares (LS) regression, where p is an integer much less than m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10313172
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for channel estimation in a high-speed single-frequency network (HS-SFN) is provided. The UE includes at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and at least one processor, which, when executing instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, causes the UE to perform a method including calculating an estimated frequency offset (FO) correction for a received signal using at least an FO estimation generated by an automatic frequency control (AFC) module using at least a previously-calculated channel estimate output from a channel estimator (CE) as input in a first feedback loop; and calculating, by the CE, a current channel estimate using at least the received signal adjusted by the estimated FO correction from the first feedback loop and one or more channel parameter estimates generated by the AFC using at least the previously-calculated channel estimate output from the CE as input in a second feedback loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Jung Hyun Bae, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20190147606
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of five dimensional (5D) video stabilization with camera and gyroscope fusion are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a feature matcher configured to receive an image sequence and determine feature pairs in the image sequence; a residual two-dimensional (2D) translation estimator connected to the feature matcher and configured to determine a raw 2D translation path; a residual 2D translation smoother connected to the residual 2D translation estimator and configured to determine a 2D smoothed translation path; a distortion calculator connected to the residual 2D translation estimator and the residual 2D translation smoother and configured to determine a distortion grid; and a distortion compensator connected to the distortion calculator and configured to compensate for distortion in the image sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20190147013
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of low complexity optimization solver for path smoothing with constraint variation are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an L1 controller configured to receive a raw data series z to be smoothed, where L1 represents a formulation based on L1 norm cost, receives weights w0, w1, w2, and w3 to control smoothness of an output path, and formulate an L1 trend filtering problem; an L1 central processing unit (CPU) connected to the L1 controller and configured to transform the L1 trend filtering problem to a primal-dual linear programming (LP) optimization problem pair; and an L1 arithmetic logic unit (ALU) connected to the L1 CPU and configured to solve a primal problem of the primal-dual problem pair with an extended full tableau simplex method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10256929
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by at least one antenna of a receiver, at least one signal from a transceiver, detecting at least one data symbol within the at least one signal, determining a probability associated with the at least one detected data symbol, determining channel state information (CSI) of at least one channel between the transceiver and the at least one antenna of the receiver, and estimating a common phase error (CPE) of the at least one signal based on the probabilities associated with the at least one detected data symbol and the CSI of the at least one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Hongbing Cheng, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20180196906
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for modelling a random process using reduced length least-squares autoregressive parameter estimation is herein disclosed. The apparatus includes an autocorrelation processor, configured to generate or estimate autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and a least-squares (LS) estimation processor connected to the autocorrelation processor and configured to model the stochastic process by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters using LS regression, where p is an integer much less than m. The method includes generating, by an autocorrelation processor, autocorrelations of length m for a stochastic process, where m is an integer; and modelling the stochastic process, by a least-squares estimation processor, by estimating pth order autoregressive (AR) parameters by least-squares (LS) regression, where p is an integer much less than m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Dongwoon BAI, Jungwon LEE
  • Publication number: 20180192310
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by at least one antenna of a receiver, at least one signal from a transceiver, detecting at least one data symbol within the at least one signal, determining a probability associated with the at least one detected data symbol, determining channel state information (CSI) of at least one channel between the transceiver and the at least one antenna of the receiver, and estimating a common phase error (CPE) of the at least one signal based on the probabilities associated with the at least one detected data symbol and the CSI of the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Hongbing CHENG, Jungwon LEE
  • Publication number: 20180176064
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for channel estimation in a high-speed single-frequency network (HS-SFN) is provided. The UE includes at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and at least one processor, which, when executing instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, causes the UE to perform a method including calculating an estimated frequency offset (FO) correction for a received signal using at least an FO estimation generated by an automatic frequency control (AFC) module using at least a previously-calculated channel estimate output from a channel estimator (CE) as input in a first feedback loop; and calculating, by the CE, a current channel estimate using at least the received signal adjusted by the estimated FO correction from the first feedback loop and one or more channel parameter estimates generated by the AFC using at least the previously-calculated channel estimate output from the CE as input in a second feedback loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Jung Hyun Bae, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20180123709
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a signal sequence and a noise sequence, determining a first absolute value sum approximation of a receive power of the signal sequence, determining a second absolute value sum approximation of a noise power of the noise sequence, and determining a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) based on the first absolute value sum approximation and the second absolute value sum approximation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Hongbing CHENG, Jungwon LEE
  • Patent number: 9960866
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a signal sequence and a noise sequence, determining a first absolute value sum approximation of a receive power of the signal sequence, determining a second absolute value sum approximation of a noise power of the noise sequence, and determining a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) based on the first absolute value sum approximation and the second absolute value sum approximation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Hongbing Cheng, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 9882761
    Abstract: Apparatuses (and methods of manufacturing same), systems, and methods for channel interpolation/estimation and/or frequency tracking suitable for a receiver in a high speed single frequency network (HS-SFN) scenario are described. In one aspect, an estimated frequency offset (FO) correction is calculated for a received signal using at least an FO estimation provided by an automatic frequency control (AFC) in a first feedback loop and a channel estimate is calculated using at least the estimated FO and one or more channel parameter estimates from the AFC in a second feedback loop. In another aspect, a phase locked loop (PLL) receives an lth orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and produces a per-tap phase value for each tap i of the lth OFDM symbol. The per-tap phase values of the lth OFDM symbol are used to generate the PLL output, which is also used as input to a feedback loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Jung Hyun Bae, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20170257246
    Abstract: Apparatuses (and methods of manufacturing same), systems, and methods for channel interpolation/estimation and/or frequency tracking suitable for a receiver in a high speed single frequency network (HS-SFN) scenario are described. In one aspect, an estimated frequency offset (FO) correction is calculated for a received signal using at least an FO estimation provided by an automatic frequency control (AFC) in a first feedback loop and a channel estimate is calculated using at least the estimated FO and one or more channel parameter estimates from the AFC in a second feedback loop. In another aspect, a phase locked loop (PLL) receives an lth orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and produces a per-tap phase value for each tap i of the lth OFDM symbol. The per-tap phase values of the lth OFDM symbol are used to generate the PLL output, which is also used as input to a feedback loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Binnan ZHUANG, Jung Hyun Bae, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 9426675
    Abstract: A method for adapting communications system topology includes receiving, by an adaptation device, first signal plus interference to noise ratio (SINR) values from user equipments in a communications system, the first SINR values associated with a transmission configuration as configured by the communications system, and adapting, by the adaptation device, a topology of the communications system in accordance with the first SINR values received from the user equipments already attached to the communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jialing Liu, Binnan Zhuang, Weimin Xiao, Ning Guo
  • Patent number: 8892140
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for bi-direction training in D2D/cellular networks. An embodiment method includes sending training symbols to sense interference from the cellular UEs, calculating an interference subspace from the cellular UE to each of the D2D UEs, calculating an orthogonal projection matrix based on the interference subspace calculated, and iteratively updating receive filters through forward training and transmit beamformers through backward training after the orthogonal projection matrix is calculated to align the D2D UEs. In an embodiment, training symbols are sent to sense interference from the cellular UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Binnan Zhuang, Weimin Xiao, Philippe Sartori, George Calcev, Fei Teng