Patents by Inventor Feng-Seng Chu

Feng-Seng Chu 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: 20150372530
    Abstract: An operating method includes receiving a wireless power signal from a power providing equipment; receiving a request from the power providing equipment; and under a condition that a battery level of a battery of the mobile device is less than a threshold value, transmitting an unavailable message to the power providing equipment, so that the power providing equipment charges the battery of the mobile device by utilizing the wireless power signal according to the unavailable message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng CHU
  • Publication number: 20150340879
    Abstract: An operating method includes receiving a wireless power signal from a power providing equipment; and transmitting an encoded ID to the power providing equipment, so that the power providing equipment forwards the encoded ID to a server, and the power providing equipment charges a battery of the mobile device by utilizing the wireless power signal according to a charge command provided by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng CHU
  • Publication number: 20150326058
    Abstract: An electronic device of a wireless charging system for handling sharing of communication hardware includes a processing means and a storage unit. The processing means is utilized for executing a program. The storage unit is utilized for storing the program, which instructs the processing means to perform the following steps: receiving wireless power from a wireless charger by communicating with the wireless charger via a communication module of the electronic device; detecting a request of utilizing the communication module from an application; delivering a message to a user to indicate that the request is detected; receiving a response to the message from the user; and stopping receiving wireless power from the wireless charger and switching the communication module to be utilized for the application, or keeping on receiving wireless power from the wireless charger and rejecting the request from the application according to the response from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150311743
    Abstract: An operating method includes receiving a power signal from a power providing equipment, transmit a first end power transfer message to the power providing equipment under a condition that the power of the battery is full, so that the power providing equipment stops providing the wireless power signal according to the first end power transfer message; charging the battery by utilizing the wireless power signal under a condition that the power of the battery is not full; and transmitting a second end power transfer message to the power providing equipment under a condition that the battery is fully charged by the charging module, so that the power providing equipment stops providing the wireless power signal according to the second end power transfer message. The first end power transfer message and the second end power transfer message are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng CHU
  • Publication number: 20150288423
    Abstract: A method for a mobile device in a wireless power system includes transmitting a request to a server of the wireless power system for acquiring operation state information of a first wireless power spot in the wireless power system, wherein the request at least comprises a required power threshold; and receiving a response comprising the operation state information of the first wireless power spot, wherein the operation state information at least comprises a capacity and an availability of the first wireless power spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Patent number: 9148211
    Abstract: A method of jointly encoding channel state information (CSI) reports and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedbacks for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes generating a first data stream based on a plurality of input streams of CSI reports or a combination of a plurality of input streams of CSI reports and HARQ feedbacks; and transmitting the first data stream to a network of the wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150244201
    Abstract: A method of handling wireless charging authentication for an electronic device of a wireless charging system includes sending a first message to a controller of the wireless charging system to notify the controller that an authentication is required by a wireless charger of the wireless charging system; receiving a second message including authentication information from the controller; and sending a third message including the authentication information to the wireless charger, in order to satisfy the authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150199665
    Abstract: A method of payment for wireless charging service for a mobile device includes detecting wireless power supplied by a power base station, sending a first message to the power base station to initiate an electronic payment (e-payment) procedure if the wireless power supplied by the power base station is detected, receiving a second message from the power base station to indicate that the power base station is ready for the e-payment procedure, performing the e-payment procedure with the power base station; and receiving the wireless power from the power base station if the e-payment procedure is succeeded, or not receiving the wireless power from the power base station if the e-payment procedure is failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150118962
    Abstract: A method of identifying a wireless power receiver for a mobile device in a wireless power system includes transmitting a first identity of the mobile device to a wireless power base station of the wireless power system via a first wireless communication interface, receiving a first message including the first identity from the wireless power base station via a second wireless communication interface, and identifying the first message is destined to the mobile device according to the first identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150029866
    Abstract: A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, including: receiving a first relay discovery request, from a remote UE which announces relay discovery requests; transmitting a relay discovery response including an identification of the UE, to the remote UE; receiving a second relay discovery request including the identification of the UE, from the remote UE; and activating a relay function to start relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (Prose) communication for the remote UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Ching-Yu LIAO, Feng-Seng CHU
  • Publication number: 20150030015
    Abstract: A method of configuring timing resource in device to device (D2D) communication for a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first signal from a second UE; and reporting to a network node at least one of information about an arriving time related to the first signal and information about prospective resource allocation of the first UE, whereby the network node configures timing resource for D2D communication between the first UE and the second UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20150006395
    Abstract: A method of wireless charging authentication for a wireless charging device includes receiving an authentication information from an electronic device for authentication of charging; determining whether the authentication succeeds or not according to the authentication information; and supplying wireless power to the electronic device for charging if the authentication succeeds or stopping to supply wireless power to the electronic device if the authentication fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140341092
    Abstract: A method of handling communication between time division duplex (TDD) devices for a network in a wireless communication system includes selecting at least two subframes to be used for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in the wireless communication system; indicating to the first UE to use a first subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication and use a second subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication; and indicating to the second UE to use the first subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication and use the second subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140341176
    Abstract: A method of device discovery in device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE includes the first UE broadcasting a first signal including a first Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence; and the second UE receiving the first signal directly from the first UE and determining whether to respond to the first UE with a second signal, where the second signal is generated by the second UE based on the first ZC sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140298447
    Abstract: A method for a portable electronic device for enhancing the security of the portable electronic device while charged wirelessly by a power transmission device includes sending a first packet including a security code of the portable electronic device to the power transmission device for starting wireless charging; being charged wirelessly by the power transmission device; and reporting a second packet including the security code to the power transmission device according to a triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Patent number: 8831622
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving power information transmitted by a plurality of mobile devices in a wireless communication system; processing the received power information to be a result of unknown power information multiplied by a measurement matrix relating to positions of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein a number of columns of the measurement matrix is larger than a number of rows of the measurement matrix; generating an amendment matrix satisfying restricted isometry property (RIP), for processing the measurement matrix, and obtaining a modified measurement matrix satisfying the RIP according to the amendment matrix and the measurement matrix; obtaining estimated power information according to the received power information by using L1 norm and the modified measurement matrix; and constructing at least one spectrum map of at least one frequency band according to the estimated power information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Yin Shih, Kwang-Cheng Chen, Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140245464
    Abstract: A method for a power receiver for protecting a power receiver from being taken without permission while charged wirelessly includes receiving wireless power from a power transmitter and performing wireless charging in a security mode by the power receiver; detecting whether the wireless charging is interrupted without receiving a security code for authorization; and starting a protection function if the power receiver detects that the wireless charging is interrupted without receiving the security code for authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140233477
    Abstract: A method of indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system includes receiving a resource index denoting PUCCH format 2 resources and PUCCH format 3 resources, instead of merely denoting PUCCH format 2 resources, from a network of the wireless communication system; and determining resources for a transmission of control information over PUCCH format 2 or PUCCH format 3 based on an operation of the received resource index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140022991
    Abstract: A method of jointly encoding channel state information (CSI) reports and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedbacks for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes generating a first data stream based on a plurality of input streams of CSI reports or a combination of a plurality of input streams of CSI reports and HARQ feedbacks; and transmitting the first data stream to a network of the wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu
  • Publication number: 20140003345
    Abstract: A method of handling collisions among channel state information (CSI) reports for a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting a technology of coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission/reception includes separating a plurality of CSI reports into report sets according to channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources; determining priorities of the report sets; and transmitting a CSI report having a superior priority among the plurality of CSI reports to a network of the wireless communication system according to the priorities when the plurality of CSI reports have to be reported at a reporting instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Feng-Seng Chu