Patents by Inventor Jeff Zhong

Jeff Zhong 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: 20150038192
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for utilizing any of a plurality of disparate types of lens actuators on a mobile device. The method may include launching a configurable actuator driver and identifying a particular type of lens actuator that resides on the mobile device. Based upon the particular type of lens actuator that resides on the mobile device, lens-actuator-specific parameter values are obtained that facilitate control interfacing with the particular type of lens actuator. In addition, tuning parameter values are obtained that characterize a displacement-response of the particular type of actuator to control signal values, and the tuning parameter values for the particular type of lens actuator are provided to a configurable lens-actuator driver. The particular type of lens actuator that resides on the mobile computing device is then operated using the tuning parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Zhong, Hau Ling Hung, Jeyaprakash Soundrapandian, Rajakumar Govindaram, Sreesudhan Ramakrish Ramkumar
  • Publication number: 20130286491
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium to autofocus a lens of an imaging device. Parameters are received indicating a lens position. Lens actuator characteristics are determined. Lens damping parameters may be determined based, at least in part, on the input parameters and the lens actuator characteristics. In some aspects, lens damping parameters include a lens movement step size and a time delay between each step. In some aspects, the lens damping parameters include damping parameters for a plurality of regions of lens movement. Lens movement parameters are determined based, at least in part, on the input parameters and the lens damping parameters. The lens is then autofocused by moving it according to the lens movement parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hau Ling Hung, Jeff Zhong, Jeyaprakash Soundrapandian, Rajakumar Govindaram, Sreesudhan Ramakrish Ramkumar, Ruben Manuel Velarde