Patents by Inventor I-Pu Niu

I-Pu Niu 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: 20180224919
    Abstract: A method for performing system power control within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and triggering a power limiter protection operation for the electronic device according to the power consumption index. For example, the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem may represent a power consumption value of the specific subsystem, and the method may further include: comparing the power consumption value of the specific subsystem with a peak power threshold to determine whether the power consumed by the specific subsystem reaches the peak power threshold to generate a determining result, for triggering the power limiter protection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang, Jia-Horng Shieh
  • Patent number: 9971396
    Abstract: A method for performing system power control within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and triggering a power limiter protection operation for the electronic device according to the power consumption index. For example, the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem may represent a power consumption value of the specific subsystem, and the method may further include: comparing the power consumption value of the specific subsystem with a peak power threshold to determine whether the power consumed by the specific subsystem reaches the peak power threshold to generate a determining result, for triggering the power limiter protection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang, Jia-Horng Shieh
  • Publication number: 20170357307
    Abstract: A method for performing system power budgeting within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and performing configuration adjustment on at least one portion of the electronic device according to the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 9778731
    Abstract: A method for performing system power budgeting within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and performing configuration adjustment on at least one portion of the electronic device according to the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20160062439
    Abstract: A method for performing system power budgeting within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and performing configuration adjustment on at least one portion of the electronic device according to the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20160054776
    Abstract: A method for performing system power control within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and triggering a power limiter protection operation for the electronic device according to the power consumption index. For example, the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem may represent a power consumption value of the specific subsystem, and the method may further include: comparing the power consumption value of the specific subsystem with a peak power threshold to determine whether the power consumed by the specific subsystem reaches the peak power threshold to generate a determining result, for triggering the power limiter protection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Lu, Hui-Hsuan Wang, I-Pu Niu, Yu-Chung Chang, Jia-Horng Shieh
  • Publication number: 20090190029
    Abstract: A video processing method includes: executing a first video detection for a first video processing operation; and performing a second video processing operation by referencing detection result of the first video detection. One of the first and second video processing operations is line-based processing, and the other is block-based processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Te-Hao Chang, Siou-Shen Lin, Chin-Chuan Liang, I-Pu Niu, Po-Wei Chao