Patents by Inventor Chen Sun

Chen Sun 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).

  • Publication number: 20260181406
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to management and distribution of an artificial intelligence models. There is provided a method performed by a network device, comprising: determining an artificial intelligence model for a user equipment, i.e. UE, from a plurality of artificial intelligence models for beam prediction based on a beam measurement result reported by the UE; and sending, to the UE, indication information associated with the determined artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Chen SUN, Tao CUI
  • Publication number: 20260181597
    Abstract: Processing circuitry is configured to: determine at least one first positional relationship between the transmitting electronic device and at least one other transmitting electronic device located within a predetermined range of the transmitting electronic device, and a second positional relationship between the transmitting electronic device and the receiving electronic device; receive information regarding a candidate resource set corresponding to the receiving electronic device as assistance information, wherein the candidate resource set is a set consisting of time-frequency resource blocks that can be used by the receiving electronic device to receive data; and on the basis of the at least one first positional relationship, the second positional relationship, and the assistance information, select at least one time-frequency resource block for transmitting data from a resource pool so as to form a final available resource set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoxue WANG, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 12663912
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method. The method includes: receiving an install command for installing a target third party application in the display apparatus from a user; in response to the install command for installing the target third party application, storing application data of the target third application in a first storage space in a memory in the display apparatus; receiving a display command for displaying an icon of the target third party application on a second application display page; in response to the display command, moving the application data of the target party application from the first storage space to a second storage space in the memory and display the icon of the target third party application on the second application display page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: VIDAA (NETHERLANDS) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.
    Inventors: Wenzhu Chen, Chen Sun, Futeng Niu, Qiuhao Hou
  • Publication number: 20260173125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method and a storage medium for model inference. Embodiments for AI/ML model inference are described. In an embodiment, the electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to: form split information for at least a first part of the AI/ML model based on respective state information of the first terminal device and one or more other terminal devices, the split information specifying that split model inference is to be performed by a plurality of participant devices on a plurality of subparts of at least the first part of the AI/ML model; and based on the split information, cause a wireless network to allocate to at least one of the plurality of participant devices resources for transmitting model inference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Wei CHEN, Yuanrui LIU, Ce ZHENG, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20260172801
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, which is configured to determine, at least on the basis of the processing capabilities of wireless communication terminals within the coverage range of a wireless transceiving node and a wireless communication environment, wireless communication terminals which are about to participate in federated reinforcement learning; and acquire respective local learning models from wireless communication terminals which participate in federated reinforcement learning, and obtain an updated global model on the basis of the local learning models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tao CUI, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 12641399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic device and method in a wireless communication system. There is provided a terminal-side electronic device in a wireless communication system includes a processing circuit, which is configured to acquire information about an internal state of a terminal-side device associated with the terminal-side electronic device, and transmit the information about the internal state of the terminal-side device to another device in the wireless communication system periodically or in a trigger mode, wherein, once information about an abnormal internal state of the terminal-side device is acquired, the information about the abnormal internal state of the terminal-side device is actively broadcasted to a surrounding communicable terminal-side electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao Cui, Chen Sun
  • Publication number: 20260143389
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to control, on the basis of the capability of a node and/or an electronic device among a plurality of nodes involved in a predetermined task, at least one of the access of the node in the predetermined task, the exit of the node in the predetermined task and the switching of the electronic device in the predetermined task. (FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ce ZHENG, Chen SUN
  • Patent number: 12634242
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device can comprise a processing circuit, which is configured to: generate association information for first data transmission of a first user equipment, wherein the association information indicates an association relationship between the first data transmission and second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment; and sending, to a base-station-side device, the association information together with a QoS parameter of a QoS flow that bears the first data transmission, so that the base-station-side device allocates a transmission resource for the first and/or second data transmission according to the association information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lantao Li, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 12634972
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to user devices, base station devices, communication methods, and computer-readable storage media. Specifically, a first user device is provided, the first user device being associated with a device cluster, the first user device including a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: perform a first transmission between the first user device and a second user device through a master user device of the device cluster via a first link; and perform a direct second transmission between the first user device and the second user device via a second link, wherein the first transmission is performed with non-competitive resources, and the second transmission is performed with competitive resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Shuhan Zhu, Zhikun Wu, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 12627336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, configured to estimate a first channel between a network node and an intelligent reflecting surface; pre-code, at least based on the estimated first channel, a plane wave signal sent by the network node, so that a channel model between the network node and a network terminal is equivalent to an orbital angular momentum channel model between the intelligent reflecting surface and the network terminal; and send the pre-coded plane wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bin Sheng, Li Zhang, Tingting Fan, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 12621222
    Abstract: A method for determining a network optimization policy, an apparatus, and a system are provided. A network optimization device can process a performance parameter of a network and a service requirement of a target service flow by using a network optimization algorithm, to obtain a target network optimization policy, and can apply the target network optimization policy to the target service flow, to enable transmission performance of the target service flow to satisfy the service requirement. Because the network optimization device can automatically determine the network optimization policy based on the network optimization algorithm, efficiency of determining the network optimization policy is effectively improved. In addition, when determining the network optimization policy, the network optimization device further considers the performance parameter of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanhuan Zhang, Qi Yu, Yi Kai, Mingjie Cai, Boyuan Yu, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 12615540
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, methods and storage medium for a wireless communication system. Various embodiments regarding interference suppression and access control are described. In an embodiment, an electronic device for an integrated access and backhaul (TAB) communication system includes a processing circuit configured to obtain basic information of a first IAB node and a second IAB node, the basic information includes a location and radio receive (RX)/transmit (TX) status of a corresponding IAB node, and the radio RX/TX status includes one or more of antenna array configuration, beam configuration, transmit power, and current reception performance of the corresponding IAB node. The processing circuit is further configured to send control information to the second IAB node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youping Zhao, Jiaqi Guo, Zhong Tian, Chen Sun
  • Publication number: 20260107155
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured for: determining, on the basis of channel characteristics, a monitoring mode of a beam prediction model for acquiring predicted beam information at a future moment on the basis of measured beam information, wherein the monitoring mode indicates the future moment corresponding to the predicted beam information as a monitoring object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yingshuang BAI, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20260101262
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The user equipment according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit configured to: generate link quality indication information and send same to a peer user equipment, the link quality indication information indicating the quality of a link between the user equipment and each of a plurality of communication devices; and receive, from the peer user equipment, link priority indication information determined according to the link quality indication information, the link priority indication information comprising priority information of a plurality of links between the peer user equipment and the user equipment. The use of the user equipment, the wireless communication method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present disclosure can achieve quick switching of communication links between user equipments, thereby ensuring communication quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoxue WANG, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20260082184
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a radio communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device of the present disclosure for use in a vehicle is configured to: receive a message, the message comprising a validity time of the message and a validity range of the message; and determine, on the basis of the validity time of the message and of the validity range of the message, whether to forward the message. The use of the electronic device, the radio communication method, and the computer-readable storage medium of the present disclosure optimizes an exchange process for vehicle-related information, thus reducing overhead and delays to the greatest extent, and thereby increasing communication efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Jian LI, Chen SUN, Tao CUI
  • Publication number: 20260075433
    Abstract: In a dynamic spectrum management apparatus, system, method, and computer program product first and second priority level secondary users dynamically use spectrum resources of a primary user. For second priority level secondary users, processing circuitry is configured to, based on blockchain, obtain a spectrum coordination request, acknowledged by a spectrum management apparatus, of another second priority level secondary user serving as a requester for the spectrum resources, wherein the blockchain at least comprises each second priority level secondary user, who is using or requests the use of the spectrum resources, serving as a node, and the spectrum coordination request indicates that the requester makes a request for the second priority level secondary user, who is using the spectrum resources, to perform coordination to provide an interference margin for the requester; and execute a first smart contract on the blockchain, so as to determine content of coordination to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Cong DONG, Jingwei YE, Yingchang LIANG, Shuo WANG, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20260066978
    Abstract: The electronic device of present invention comprises a processing circuit configured to: determine, on the basis of the movement speed of a terminal device, a coherence time of a channel where the terminal device is located; and determine, on the basis of the coherence time, a restriction condition for selecting, for the terminal device, a prediction model for downlink beam prediction. The prediction model determines successive F pieces of prediction information for a downlink beam based on K pieces of measurement information obtained by successive K times of beam measurement for the downlink beam on a terminal device side, wherein K and F are each a natural number. The restriction condition comprises: a time from first beam measurement in the K times of beam measurements to the last piece of prediction information in the F pieces of prediction information is less than or equal to the coherence time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yingshuang BAI, Chen SUN, Tingting FAN
  • Patent number: 12567910
    Abstract: A computer memory system includes an electro-optical chip, an electrical fanout chip electrically connected to an electrical interface of the electro-optical chip, and at least one dual in-line memory module (DIMM) slot electrically connected to the electrical fanout chip. A photonic interface of the electro-optical chip is optically connected to an optical link. The electro-optical chip includes at least one optical macro that converts outgoing electrical data signals into outgoing optical data signals for transmission through the optical link. The optical macro also converts incoming optical data signals from the optical link into incoming electrical data signals and transmits the incoming electrical data signals to the electrical fanout chip. The electrical fanout chip directs bi-directional electrical data communication between the electro-optical chip and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) DIMM corresponding to the at least one DIMM slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Ayar Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Edward Meade, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, Mark Wade, Hugo Saleh, Charles Wuischpard
  • Patent number: 12543219
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processing circuit, configured as: to determine multiple partial sensing windows separated on a time domain, in the multiple partial sensing windows, a user equipment executing sidelink communication performing sensing with respect to at least some time-frequency resources in a resource pool for use in sidelink communication; and to determine a partial sensing-resource selection window and one or more resource selection windows, where the partial sensing-resource selection window is a time-frequency window defined by multiple earlier partial sensing windows when resource selection is triggered, an occupancy state of time-frequency resources in the partial sensing-resource selection window is known to the user equipment; moreover, the user equipment selects the time-frequency resources in the one or more resource selection windows to execute sidelink transmission, where the partial sensing-resource selection window covers the one or more resource selection windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhikun Wu, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: D1131341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Inventor: Chen Sun