Patents by Inventor Hann-Shi TONG

Hann-Shi TONG 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: 20160140977
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a noise cancellation method for an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving an audio signal; applying a Fast Fourier Transform operation on the audio signal to generate a sound spectrum; acquiring a first spectrum corresponding to a noise and a second spectrum corresponding to a human voice signal from the sound spectrum; estimating a center frequency according to the first spectrum and the second spectrum; and applying a high pass filtering operation to the sound spectrum according to the center frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Yu-Chieh Lai, Chun-Ren Hu, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Patent number: 9280984
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a noise cancellation method for an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving an audio signal; applying a Fast Fourier Transform operation on the audio signal to generate a sound spectrum; acquiring a first spectrum corresponding to a noise and a second spectrum corresponding to a human voice signal from the sound spectrum; estimating a center frequency according to the first spectrum and the second spectrum; and applying a high pass filtering operation to the sound spectrum according to the center frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Yu-Chieh Lai, Chun-Ren Hu, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20150381783
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a speaker module is provided. The speaker module includes: a speaker unit; a back chamber; an accoustic region coupled between the speaker unit and the back chamber; and a porous material at least partially filling a portion of the front chamber, the back chamber, or the channel, for improving and extending bass performance and relieving a accoustic effect caused by the accoustic region coupling the speaker unit and back chamber. Moreover, the portable electronic device is advantageously able to compensate a resonance degradation caused by the porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chun-Min Lee, Lei Chen, Yu-Sheng Lee, Chih-Chiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 9173020
    Abstract: A control method of sound producing, sound producing apparatus, and portable apparatus are provided. The control method of sound producing is for a portable device, including the following steps. (a) A first detected parameter indicating a detected excursion of a speaker of the portable device is generated. (b) A second audio signal is generated based on a first audio signal, wherein the second audio signal is generated selectively by compensation according to at least the first detected parameter. (c) A gain value is determined according to at least the first detected parameter and a third audio signal is generated based on the second audio signal according to the gain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Cheng, Ting-Wei Sun, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Patent number: 9148719
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a speaker module is provided. The speaker module includes: a speaker unit; a back chamber; a channel coupled between the speaker unit and the back chamber; and a porous material filled inside at least a portion of the front chamber, the back chamber, and/or the channel, for improving and extending bass performance and relieving a channel effect caused by the channel. Moreover, the portable electronic device is advantageously able to compensate a resonance degradation caused by the porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chun-Min Lee, Lei Chen, Yu-Sheng Lee, Chih-Chiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 9064497
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for audio intelligibility enhancement and computing apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps. Environment noise is detected by performing voice activity detection according to a detected audio signal from at least a microphone of a computing device. Noise information is obtained according to the detected environment noise and a first audio signal. A second audio signal is outputted by boosting the first audio signal under an adjustable headroom by the computing device according to the noise information and the first audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jen-Po Hsiao, Ting-Wei Sun, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20150010168
    Abstract: The invention provides one sound producing system including a speaker, a driving circuit and an audio controller. The speaker is used for producing an audible sound. The driving circuit is connected to the speaker. The audio controller is configured to receive an input audio signal and pre-amplify the input audio signal with an amplify gain to obtain a pre-amplified audio signal; operate a multiband dynamic range control on the pre-amplified audio signal to obtain an output audio signal; convert the output audio signal to a driving voltage; provide the driving voltage to the speaker through the driving circuit; detect over the driving circuit to obtain at least one excursion parameter to determine an estimated excursion of the speaker in response to the driving voltage; and adjust the amplify gain according to the estimated excursion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Cheng, Chun-Min Lee, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Patent number: 8924206
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus a voice signal receiving method thereof are disclosed. The electrical apparatus includes a plurality of voice receivers, a voice activity detector, a voice channel switch and a noise eliminator. The voice receivers are used to receive the voice signals. The voice activity detector receives and detects the voice signals, and obtains a main voice signal from the voice signals. The voice channel switch transports the main voice signal to a voice transporting channel and transports a plurality of other voice signals of the voice signals other than the main voice signal to a noise transporting channel according to a detecting result of the voice activity detector. The noise eliminator reduces the noise in the main voice according to the voice signals from the noise transporting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Sun, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Patent number: 8913752
    Abstract: An audio signal measurement method for a speaker and an electronic apparatus having the speaker are provided. The electronic apparatus further has a processing circuit and a power amplifier. The processing circuit is coupled to the speaker and configured to execute a time domain to frequency domain transform according to a voltage value of an audio signal and a current value of current feedback from the speaker so as to obtain a frequency response curve. The power amplifier is coupled to the speaker and configured to drive the speaker according the voltage value of the audio signal. The processing circuit is capable of determining whether the frequency response curve is located within a predetermined area such that the processing circuit generates a signal when the frequency response curve is located out of the predetermined area. Thereby, the electronic apparatus may measure its transducer distortion and acoustic box leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Yu-Sheng Lee, Yu-Chieh Lai, Lei Chen, Chun-Ren Hu, Wei-Syuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20140348336
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for activating a specified function are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a speaker, an audio signal processor and an application processor. The audio signal processor senses a variation of an acoustic condition of the speaker. The application processor is used for: generating a logic high or low signal in response to the sensed variation of the acoustic condition; interpreting the logic high or low signal as a control signal; and performing an instruction corresponding to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chih-Chiang Cheng, Yu-Sheng Lee, Lei Chen, Chun-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20140254836
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a speaker module is provided. The speaker module includes: a speaker unit; a back chamber; a channel coupled between the speaker unit and the back chamber; and a porous material filled inside at least a portion of the front chamber, the back chamber, and/or the channel, for improving and extending bass performance and relieving a channel effect caused by the channel. Moreover, the portable electronic device is advantageously able to compensate a resonance degradation caused by the porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hann-Shi TONG, Chun-Min LEE, Lei CHEN, Yu-Sheng LEE, Chih-Chiang CHENG
  • Publication number: 20140233761
    Abstract: An electronic device and a corresponding gain controlling method are provided. The gain controlling method includes the steps of receiving a sound signal, calculating a sound level according to each value of the sound signal in a past period, determining a gain value according to the sound level, using the gain value to amplify the sound signal, and then storing the sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Ren Hu, Hann-Shi Tong, Chun-Min Lee, Lei Chen, Yu-Chieh Lai, Chao-Hung Tai
  • Publication number: 20140236590
    Abstract: A voice processing method for use in a communication apparatus, in an embodiment, includes the following steps. A near-end audio signal is received by at least one microphone of the communication apparatus. Voice and noise energy data are generated by performing voice activity detection on the near-end audio signal. A noise amount is obtained by performing noise energy calculation with the noise energy data. Whether the noise amount exceeds a first noise amount threshold is determined. If the noise amount exceeds the first noise amount threshold, a sidetone mode of the communication apparatus is enabled to produce a sidetone signal according to the voice energy data and play the sidetone signal through a speaker thereof. A noise suppression mode is enabled to produce a far-end audio signal according to the voice energy data and transmitting the far-end audio signal by a communication module of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Ren HU, Hann-Shi TONG, Ting-Wei SUN
  • Patent number: 8807409
    Abstract: A car holder adopted to be assembled with a mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus has a loudspeaker located at a back portion thereof, and the loudspeaker has a sound-output surface. The car holder includes a fixing module and a supporting base. The fixing module is adopted to be assembled within a car, and the supporting base is connected to the fixing module. The supporting base has a leaning surface and a full opening indented therein. When the mobile apparatus is assembled to the supporting base, the back portion leans against the leaning surface, and a portion of the full opening is covered by the mobile apparatus. The sound-output surface of the loudspeaker communicates with the full opening, and sound wave outputted by the sound-output surface, after being reflected by the full opening, is transmitted from the full opening in a direction far away from the leaning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chih-Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20140219475
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sound recording are provided. The apparatus stores an equalizer and includes a housing, a microphone, and a processor. The microphone includes a plurality of sensors and receives a sound signal through an acoustical resonator in the housing. The microphone generates a plurality of electronic signals in response to the sound signal. The equalizer generates a plurality of equalized signals according to the electronic signals. The processor generates an output signal according to the equalized signals. The equalizer compensates the gain margin and the phase margin caused by the sound signal passing through the acoustical resonator in order to prevent the output signal from being affected by resonance of the sound signal in the acoustical resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Yu-Chieh Lai, Chun-Ren Hu, Chun-Min Lee, Chao-Hung Tai, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20140158732
    Abstract: A car holder adopted to be assembled with a mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus has a loudspeaker located at a back portion thereof, and the loudspeaker has a sound-output surface. The car holder includes a fixing module and a supporting base. The fixing module is adopted to be assembled within a car, and the supporting base is connected to the fixing module. The supporting base has a leaning surface and a full opening indented therein. When the mobile apparatus is assembled to the supporting base, the back portion leans against the leaning surface, and a portion of the full opening is covered by the mobile apparatus. The sound-output surface of the loudspeaker communicates with the full opening, and sound wave outputted by the sound-output surface, after being reflected by the full opening, is transmitted from the full opening in a direction far away from the leaning surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Chih-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 8687796
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device for communication quality improvement based on ambient noise sensing are provided for improving communication quality. The method includes: during a call, dynamically setting a noise reduction mode in response to the varying of an ambient noise amount of at least one audio signal received by the electronic device. The setting step includes: during the call, dynamically determining whether the ambient noise amount indicates the needs of the application of noise reduction. If the ambient noise amount indicates the needs of the application of noise reduction, then one of a plurality of noise reduction levels is selected according to the ambient noise amount, and the noise reduction mode is set according to the selected noise reduction level, wherein the noise reduction levels include at least two levels corresponding to two different amounts of noise reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Sun, Hann-Shi Tong, Wen-Liang Tseng
  • Publication number: 20130304463
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a noise cancellation method for an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving an audio signal; applying a Fast Fourier Transform operation on the audio signal to generate a sound spectrum; acquiring a first spectrum corresponding to a noise and a second spectrum corresponding to a human voice signal from the sound spectrum; estimating a center frequency according to the first spectrum and the second spectrum; and applying a high pass filtering operation to the sound spectrum according to the center frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Yu-Chieh Lai, Chun-Ren Hu, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20130259245
    Abstract: A control method of sound producing, sound producing apparatus, and portable apparatus are provided. The control method of sound producing is for a portable device, including the following steps. (a) A first detected parameter indicating a detected excursion of a speaker of the portable device is generated. (b) A second audio signal is generated based on a first audio signal, wherein the second audio signal is generated selectively by compensation according to at least the first detected parameter. (c) A gain value is determined according to at least the first detected parameter and a third audio signal is generated based on the second audio signal according to the gain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Cheng, Ting-Wei Sun, Hann-Shi Tong
  • Publication number: 20130251158
    Abstract: An audio signal measurement method for a speaker and an electronic apparatus having the speaker are provided. The electronic apparatus further has a processing circuit and a power amplifier. The processing circuit is coupled to the speaker and configured to execute a time domain to frequency domain transform according to a voltage value of an audio signal and a current value of current feedback from the speaker so as to obtain a frequency response curve. The power amplifier is coupled to the speaker and configured to drive the speaker according the voltage value of the audio signal. The processing circuit is capable of determining whether the frequency response curve is located within a predetermined area such that the processing circuit generates a signal when the frequency response curve is located out of the predetermined area. Thereby, the electronic apparatus may measure its transducer distortion and acoustic box leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hann-Shi Tong, Yu-Sheng Lee, Yu-Chieh Lai, Lei Chen, Chun-Ren Hu, Wei-Syuan Lin