Patents by Inventor Ho-Chi Kwong

Ho-Chi Kwong 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: 5970031
    Abstract: A CD player system with vibration-immune uninterrupted playback capability is provided, which can keep the playback of the audio or video from an optical disc to be uninterrupted even if in the event of external vibrations causing an interrupt to the data reading operation on the optical disc due to defocusing and mistracking of the laser pickup head of the CD player system. The CD player system has a laser pickup head for reading data from an optical disc; servo circuit for controlling said laser pickup head; data processor for decoding the data from said laser pickup head; memory circuit for temporary storage of the output data from said data processor; microcontroller for controlling operations of said servo circuit and said data processor; audio reproduction components for reproducing the output data from said data processing means. Further, the data processor includes a RAM & time controller coupled to said memory unit and said microcontroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: United Microelectronics, Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Hung Huang, Ho-Chi Kwong