Patents by Inventor Cuifeng Zhou

Cuifeng Zhou 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: 9326310
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for providing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi coexistence on an electronic device. Aspects of exemplary embodiments include determining Bluetooth link parameters for a Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi link parameters for a Wi-Fi connection. Also, a Bluetooth path loss for the Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi path loss for the Wi-Fi connection can be determined. According to this embodiment, one or more link conditions, based upon one or more of the Bluetooth link parameters, the Wi-Fi link parameters, the Bluetooth path loss, and the Wi-Fi path loss, may be calculated to determine if simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi connection is feasible. In response to simultaneous collaboration being feasible, the Bluetooth link parameters and the Wi-Fi link parameters are customized based on the one or more link conditions to permit simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Zhang, James Kang-Wuu Jan, Shuangqing Yuan, Cuifeng Zhou, George Lee
  • Patent number: 8880000
    Abstract: A first angle of arrival of a first signal from a second communication device to a first communication device is determined. A second angle of arrival of a second signal from a third communication device to the first communication device is determined. First coefficients to control an antenna array according to a first beam pattern is determined using (i) the first angle of arrival of the first signal and (ii) the second angle of arrival of the second signal. The first coefficients are for communicating with the second communication device. Second coefficients to control the antenna array according to a second beam pattern is determined using (i) the first angle of arrival of the first signal and (ii) the second angle of arrival of the second signal. The second coefficients are for communicating with the third communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Cuifeng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140289181
    Abstract: Disclosed is a knowledge reasoning method for solving Boolean Satisfiability problems. This method is one of the applications of the method disclosed in the US patent “Knowledge Acquisition and Retrieval Apparatus and Method” (U.S. Pat. No. 6,611,841). Disclosed method applies learning function to access iterative set relations among variables, literals, words and clauses as knowledge; And applies deduction and reduction functions to retrieve relations as reasoning. The process is a knowledge learning (KL) and knowledge reasoning algorithm (KRA). KRA abandons the “OR” operation of Boolean logic and processes only set relations of the data. The novelty of the disclosed method is the reversibility between the deduction and reduction. That is, KRA of Boolean Satisfiability applies a pair of perceptual-conceptual languages to learn member-class relations and retrieve information through deductive and reductive reasoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Sherwin Han, Cuifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 8706032
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for providing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi coexistence on an electronic device. Aspects of exemplary embodiments include determining Bluetooth link parameters for a Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi link parameters for a Wi-Fi connection. Also, a Bluetooth path loss for the Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi path loss for the Wi-Fi connection can be determined. According to this embodiment, one or more link conditions, based upon one or more of the Bluetooth link parameters, the Wi-Fi link parameters, the Bluetooth path loss, and the Wi-Fi path loss, may be calculated to determine if simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi connection is feasible. In response to simultaneous collaboration being feasible, the Bluetooth link parameters and the Wi-Fi link parameters are customized based on the one or more link conditions to permit simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Zhang, James Jan, Shuangqing Yuan, Cuifeng Zhou, George Lee
  • Publication number: 20130179378
    Abstract: Disclosed is a knowledge reasoning method for solving Boolean Satisfiability problems. This method is one of the applications of the method disclosed in the US patent “Knowledge Acquisition and Retrieval Apparatus and Method” (U.S. Pat. No. 6,611,841). Disclosed method applies learning function to access iterative set relations among variables, literals, words and clauses as knowledge; And applies deduction and reduction functions to retrieve relations as reasoning. The process is a knowledge learning (KL) and knowledge reasoning algorithm (KRA). KRA abandons the “OR” operation of Boolean logic and processes only set relations of the data. The novelty of the disclosed method is the reversibility between the deduction and reduction. That is, KRA of Boolean Satisfiability applies a pair of perceptual-conceptual languages to learn member-class relations and retrieve information through deductive and reductive reasoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Sherwin Han, Cuifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 8238832
    Abstract: In a method for forming beam patterns for a wireless device, the device determines angles of arrival for data signals corresponding to different wireless network protocols, such as Bluetooth signals and wireless local area network signals. The wireless device has multiple antenna array and a beamform controller to selectively transmit and receive data signals along a communication path corresponding to the angle of arrival of the particular protocol data. Data signal transmissions along angles of arrival corresponding to other protocol channels are suppressed to avoid interference between data signals and to allow the wireless device to receive data signals for different protocols simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Cuifeng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20080254745
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for providing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi coexistence on an electronic device. Aspects of exemplary embodiments include determining Bluetooth link parameters for a Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi link parameters for a Wi-Fi connection. Also, a Bluetooth path loss for the Bluetooth connection and a Wi-Fi path loss for the Wi-Fi connection can be determined. According to this embodiment, one or more link conditions, based upon one or more of the Bluetooth link parameters, the Wi-Fi link parameters, the Bluetooth path loss, and the Wi-Fi path loss, may be calculated to determine if simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi connection is feasible. In response to simultaneous collaboration being feasible, the Bluetooth link parameters and the Wi-Fi link parameters are customized based on the one or more link conditions to permit simultaneous collaboration between the Bluetooth connection and the Wi-Fi connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Zhenyu Zhang, James Jan, Shuangqing Yuan, Cuifeng Zhou, George Lee