Patents by Inventor Ching-Kae Tzou
Ching-Kae Tzou 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).
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Patent number: 11558138Abstract: Disclosed are a robust method and device for estimating frequency offset in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication. The method includes: performing frequency-domain cyclic shift cross-correlation on preprocessed signal sequences with a short training field sequence in multiple symbol periods respectively in an initial signal receiving stage to obtain a cross-correlation result set; detecting a short training field signal according to the cross-correlation result set; when the short training field signal is detected, performing rough frequency offset estimation to obtain a rough frequency offset estimation value; performing rough frequency offset compensation according to the rough frequency offset estimation value; fixing the rough frequency offset estimation value, performing fine frequency offset estimation, and compensating residual frequency estimation; detecting a long training field signal to obtain a frame boundary; and performing channel estimation to obtain a final signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Patent number: 11431534Abstract: Disclosed are a circuit and method for compensating frequency offset in wireless frequency shift keying communication, and belongs to the field of wireless communication technologies. The circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter, a first decimating module, a digital down-converter, a second decimating module, a frequency offset estimator, a frequency shift keying demodulator, a timing recovery module, a synchronization header detector, a frequency recovery module, a numerical-control oscillator, and a differential decoding and symbol decision module. A rough frequency offset estimation value is combined with a slicer error to generate a control signal related to frequency offset in a received signal, and the control signal is transmitted to the numerical-control oscillator to adaptively adjust a center frequency of an oscillated signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ching-Kae Tzou, Cheng-Shing Wu
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Patent number: 11337274Abstract: Provided are method, apparatus and device for controlling dual-mode communication, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method applied to a first communication node includes: establishing a communication connection with at least one target communication node in a target communication network through a wired communication protocol, to obtain a wired communication data packet; extracting wireless communication configuration information pre-stored in the wired communication data packet; and configuring a wireless communication port based on the wireless communication configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ching-Kae Tzou, Yuanfu Chen
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Publication number: 20220123851Abstract: Disclosed are a robust method and device for estimating frequency offset in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication. The method includes: performing frequency-domain cyclic shift cross-correlation on preprocessed signal sequences with a short training field sequence in multiple symbol periods respectively in an initial signal receiving stage to obtain a cross-correlation result set; detecting a short training field signal according to the cross-correlation result set; when the short training field signal is detected, performing rough frequency offset estimation to obtain a rough frequency offset estimation value; performing rough frequency offset compensation according to the rough frequency offset estimation value; fixing the rough frequency offset estimation value, performing fine frequency offset estimation, and compensating residual frequency estimation; detecting a long training field signal to obtain a frame boundary; and performing channel estimation to obtain a final signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20220078056Abstract: Disclosed are a circuit and method for compensating frequency offset in wireless frequency shift keying communication, and belongs to the field of wireless communication technologies. The circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter, a first decimating module, a digital down-converter, a second decimating module, a frequency offset estimator, a frequency shift keying demodulator, a timing recovery module, a synchronization header detector, a frequency recovery module, a numerical-control oscillator, and a differential decoding and symbol decision module. A rough frequency offset estimation value is combined with a slicer error to generate a control signal related to frequency offset in a received signal, and the control signal is transmitted to the numerical-control oscillator to adaptively adjust a center frequency of an oscillated signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ching-Kae Tzou, Cheng-Shing Wu
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Patent number: 11262429Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a device for detecting abnormity of an energy metering chip. The method includes: inputting a target self-test signal to a to-be-tested component of a target energy metering chip in response to the target energy metering chip beginning to run under driving of a power signal; acquiring a first output signal from an output terminal of the to-be-tested component, and inputting the first output signal to a notch filter; inputting a second output signal from an output terminal of the notch filter to a signal correlator, and acquiring a third output signal from an output terminal of the signal correlator; and detecting a running state of the to-be-tested component based on the third output signal, to determine whether the target energy metering chip is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Zhengxun Wu, Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20210400766Abstract: Provided are method, apparatus and device for controlling dual-mode communication, and computer readable storage medium. The method applied to a first communication node includes: establishing a communication connection with at least one target communication node in a target communication network through a wired communication protocol, to obtain a wired communication data packet; extracting wireless communication configuration information pre-stored in the wired communication data packet; and configuring a wireless communication port based on the wireless communication configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ching-Kae TZOU, Yuanfu CHEN
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Publication number: 20210389405Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a device for detecting abnormity of an energy metering chip. The method includes: inputting a target self-test signal to a to-be-tested component of a target energy metering chip in response to the target energy metering chip beginning to run under driving of a power signal; acquiring a first output signal from an output terminal of the to-be-tested component, and inputting the first output signal to a notch filter; inputting a second output signal from an output terminal of the notch filter to a signal correlator, and acquiring a third output signal from an output terminal of the signal correlator; and detecting a running state of the to-be-tested component based on the third output signal, to determine whether the target energy metering chip is abnormal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: Hangzhou Vango Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zhengxun WU, Ching-Kae TZOU
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Patent number: 11018506Abstract: A smart grid timing synchronization method, a smart grid timing synchronization system, a smart grid timing synchronization device and a computer readable storage medium are provided, which is applied to any synchronization device in a smart grid. The method includes: determining whether a clock frequency of a synchronization device is consistent with a preset fixed frequency, and if not, regulating the clock frequency of the synchronization device to be consistent with the preset fixed frequency. The synchronization device includes a communication device and a central coordinator.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20200036186Abstract: A smart grid timing synchronization method, a smart grid timing synchronization system, a smart grid timing synchronization device and a computer readable storage medium are provided, which is applied to any synchronization device in a smart grid. The method includes: determining whether a clock frequency of a synchronization device is consistent with a preset fixed frequency, and if not, regulating the clock frequency of the synchronization device to be consistent with the preset fixed frequency. The synchronization device includes a communication device and a central coordinator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae TZOU
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Publication number: 20180323822Abstract: A frequency modulated spread spectrum modulation method and modulator and a frequency modulated spread spectrum demodulation method and demodulator are provided. The modulation method includes: determining bit information to be transmitted, where the bit information includes one of N bit sequences and N is a positive integer; generating modulation waveforms corresponding to the bit sequences, where different bit sequences in the N bit sequences have a one-to-one correspondence with different modulation waveforms, and the different modulation waveforms have different feature information; and modulating a carrier signal by using the modulation waveform corresponding to the determined bit information to acquire a modulated signal. With the above solution, an amount of information included in the modulation waveform can be increased effectively, thereby being beneficial to increase a data rate in a signal transmission process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: HANGZHOU VANGO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae TZOU
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Patent number: 9693387Abstract: A compatible communication device includes an analog front end, a baseband communication unit, a wireless radio frequency module, a power line communication front end and a control unit. The analog front end is connected to each of the baseband communication unit, the wireless radio frequency module and the power line communication front end. The baseband communication unit transmits baseband signals. The analog front end performs signal conversion between digital domain and analog domain. The control unit selects, based on the channel quality for signal transmission, one or two of the power line communication front end and the wireless radio frequency module for communication. The signal receiving or transmission is performed through a power line if the power line communication front end is selected for communication. Or, the signal receiving or transmission is performed through a wireless channel if the wireless radio frequency module is selected for communication.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20160344449Abstract: A communication hub system is provided, which includes a wireless communication unit, a power line communication unit and a host unit. The wireless communication unit supports multiple preset wireless standards, and selects, based on a wireless network time-division multiplexing rule, the wireless standard corresponding to a target communication device for performing signal transmission and receiving. The power line communication unit supports at least one preset power line standard, and receives or transmits a signal via a power line. The host unit controls to select the power line communication unit and/or the wireless communication unit to perform the signal transmission and receiving under a target standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Vango Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Ching-Kae TZOU
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Publication number: 20160345382Abstract: A compatible communication device includes an analog front end, a baseband communication unit, a wireless radio frequency module, a power line communication front end and a control unit. The analog front end is connected to each of the baseband communication unit, the wireless radio frequency module and the power line communication front end. The baseband communication unit transmits baseband signals. The analog front end performs signal conversion between digital domain and analog domain. The control unit selects, based on the channel quality for signal transmission, one or two of the power line communication front end and the wireless radio frequency module for communication. The signal receiving or transmission is performed through a power line if the power line communication front end is selected for communication. Or, the signal receiving or transmission is performed through a wireless channel if the wireless radio frequency module is selected for communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Ching-Kae TZOU
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Patent number: 9077819Abstract: The present invention discloses a transmission power control method for a communication system comprising a transmitter and a plurality of receivers. The transmitter is coupled to the plurality of receivers via a plurality of corresponding outgoing links. The transmission power control method comprising steps of each of the plurality of receivers performing channel estimation for each of the plurality of corresponding outgoing links, and replying a first suggested transmission power back-off level to the transmitter; and the transmitter determining a new transmission power back-off level after collecting a plurality of first suggested transmission power back-off levels from the plurality of receivers.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Yuan-Hwa Li, Ching-Kae Tzou, Dong-Ming Chuang
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Patent number: 8385399Abstract: A method of noise mitigation in a multi-carrier communication system includes receiving a signal from a decision device, determining whether synchronization symbol update is enabled, updating at least one of frequency-domain equalizer (FEQ) coefficients or digital echo canceller (DEC) coefficients in synchronization symbol periods if the synchronization symbol update is enabled, determining whether data symbol update is performed if the synchronization symbol update is not enabled, determining whether a flag associated with the signal is set if the data symbol update is not performed, and updating at least one of FEQ or DEC coefficients associated with the signal in synchronization symbol periods if the flag is set.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Shu-Fa Yang, Min-Chieh Chen, Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20120258760Abstract: The present invention discloses a transmission power control method for a communication system comprising a transmitter and a plurality of receivers. The transmitter is coupled to the plurality of receivers via a plurality of corresponding outgoing links. The transmission power control method comprising steps of each of the plurality of receivers performing channel estimation for each of the plurality of corresponding outgoing links, and replying a first suggested transmission power back-off level to the transmitter; and the transmitter determining a new transmission power back-off level after collecting a plurality of first suggested transmission power back-off levels from the plurality of receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Yuan-Hwa Li, Ching-Kae Tzou, Dong-Ming Chuang
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Patent number: 8189702Abstract: The present invention discloses a scattering-parameter estimation method for a transceiver of a half-duplex multicarrier communication system. The scattering-parameter estimation method includes steps of converting a first frequency-domain transmit signal to generate at least one symbol period of the first time-domain transmit signal; transmitting the first time-domain signal in a first specific time period; receiving and storing at least one symbol period of the first echoed signal of the first time-domain transmit signal in the first specific time period; converting at least one symbol period of the first echoed signal into a first frequency-domain echoed signal after a first transmission period; and estimating the S11 parameters corresponding to carriers respectively according to the first transmit signal and the first echoed signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20120128042Abstract: The present invention discloses a scattering-parameter estimation method for a transceiver of a half-duplex multicarrier communication system. The scattering-parameter estimation method includes steps of converting a first frequency-domain transmit signal to generate at least one symbol period of the first time-domain transmit signal; transmitting the first time-domain signal in a first specific time period; receiving and storing at least one symbol period of the first echoed signal of the first time-domain transmit signal in the first specific time period; converting at least one symbol period of the first echoed signal into a first frequency-domain echoed signal after a first transmission period; and estimating the S11 parameters corresponding to carriers respectively according to the first transmit signal and the first echoed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventor: Ching-Kae Tzou
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Publication number: 20110228838Abstract: An apparatus for noise mitigation in a multi-carrier communication system includes a filter to receive a signal from an analog front end, a time-domain equalizer (TEQ) coupled with the filter, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module, a frequency-domain equalizer (FEQ) coupled with the FFT module, a slicer to serve as a decision device, and a controller to calculate a power of signal at at least one of an input of the filter, an input of the TEQ, an output of the TEQ, an output of the FFT module, an output of the FEQ or an output of the slicer and compare at least one of the power of the at least one signal with a respective threshold so as to determine whether impulse noise occurs, wherein the controller is configured to disable adaptation of system parameters in at least one of the FEQ, a phase-lock loop (PLL) or a digital echo canceller (DEC) when impulse noise is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Shu-Fa Yang, Min-Chieh Chen, Ching-Kae Tzou