Patents by Inventor Jia Sheng

Jia Sheng 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: 20200373928
    Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit comprises an oscillator having a plurality of operating curves and being suitable for generating an output signal. In a calibration state the oscillator is trimmed to an operating curve for use in a normal operation state. The phase-locked loop circuit further comprises a phase/frequency detector being suitable for generating at least one error signal based on an input signal and a feedback signal generated on the basis of the output signal. The phase-locked loop circuit further comprises a loop filter being suitable for generating a loop-filter signal based on the at least one error signal, the loop-filter signal being applied to the oscillator in the normal operation state. The phase-locked loop circuit further comprises a calibration circuit being suitable for trimming the oscillator to the operating curve for use in the normal operation state on the basis of the at least one error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jia Sheng Chen, Gregor Schatzberger
  • Patent number: 10833686
    Abstract: The PLL circuit comprises a phase/frequency detector (302), a loop filter (304, 306), a VCO (308) and a feedback loop (320). The VCO can be electrically disconnected from the PLL and comprises a programmable trimming circuit (316) and a current-controlled oscillator (318). For calibration the VCO is electrically disconnected from the loop filter and from the feedback loop, a constant reference voltage is applied to the voltage input (IN), a center frequency programming code (L) is applied to the trimming circuit, the center frequency programming code is iteratively adjusted until a desired center frequency is obtained, a gain programming code (K) is applied to the trimming circuit while the adjusted code is still applied, and the gain programming code is iteratively adjusted until a desired gain is obtained. Then the VCO is connected to the PLL, which is then ready for normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: Jia Sheng Chen, Gregor Schatzberger
  • Publication number: 20200343897
    Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuitry (200) having low variation transconductance design comprises a voltage controlled oscillator structure (308) to provide an output signal (Fosc) having an oscillation frequency. The voltage controlled oscillator structure (308) comprises a voltage-to-current converter circuit (312) and a current controlled oscillator circuit (314). The voltage-to-current converter circuit is designed with a low variation transconductance. The voltage-controlled oscillator circuit (200) has a characteristic curve being independent of different PVT (processes, supply voltages and temperature) conditions to ensure that the phase-locked loop circuitry (200) is stable under different PVT condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jia Sheng Chen, Gregor Schatzberger
  • Patent number: 10805863
    Abstract: A node of a radio access network comprises processor circuitry (30) and transmitter circuitry (34). The processor circuitry (30) generates a synchronization signal block comprising a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) and a demodulation reference signal for the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) from which demodulation reference signal a parameter of the radio access network can be determined. The transmitter circuitry transmits the synchronization signal block and the demodulation reference signal over a radio interface (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Jia Sheng, Tatsushi Aiba, Toshizo Nogami
  • Patent number: 10716092
    Abstract: A pedestrian user equipment (P-UE) which participates in P-UE related V2X communications comprises processor circuitry and a transmitter. The processor circuitry is configured to select a resource pool for a P-UE related V2X communication and to make a determination. The determination, based on a first indicator and/or a second indicator, is whether to transmit the sidelink signal based on sensing using the selected resource pool; or whether to transmit the sidelink signal based on random selection using the selected resource pool. The transmitter is configured to transmit the sidelink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventor: Jia Sheng
  • Patent number: 10678317
    Abstract: A power supply control device, applied for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a case, wherein a user holds the case to operate the electronic device. The power supply control device includes a sensing module, including a first sensing component for sensing whether the user is touching a first sensing area of the case to generate a first determination signal; and a second sensing component for sensing whether the user is touching a second sensing area of the case to generate a second determination signal; and a power supply module, including a first relay, for connecting or disconnecting a system power end of the electronic device from a power supply terminal according to the first determination signal; and a second relay, for connecting or disconnecting a system ground end of the electronic device from a ground terminal according to the second determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Mei-Ling Shang, Wei Liang Liao, Kai-Cheng Lee, Ke Yang, Jia Sheng Huang, Hua Yue Li
  • Patent number: 10652845
    Abstract: A wireless terminal comprises sidelink controlling circuitry and transmitting circuitry. The sidelink controlling circuitry is configured to select a reference source. The transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) based on the reference source. In a case that a timing reference is Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and the GNSS is reliable according to a comparison with a threshold value, the sidelink controlling circuitry is configured to select GNSS as the reference source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jia Sheng, John Michael Kowalski, Toshizo Nogami
  • Patent number: 10642334
    Abstract: A computer device includes a microprocessor, a voltage converter circuit converting a first voltage of a system power into a second voltage, a control circuit controlling supply of the second voltage and a detection circuit detecting whether power abnormality at the peripheral device has occurred. When confirming that the system power is being supplied normally, the microprocessor generates a first enable signal to enable the voltage converter circuit. When confirming that the voltage converter circuit functions normally, the microprocessor generates a second enable signal to enable the detection circuit. The detection circuit generates a first detection signal according to detection result for the microprocessor to determine whether to supply the second voltage to the peripheral device. When the first detection signal indicates that power abnormality has not occurred, the microprocessor generates a third enable signal to enable the control circuit to supply the second voltage to the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Ke Yang, Kai Cheng Lee, Jia Sheng Huang, Mei Ling Shang, Wei Liang Liao
  • Patent number: 10616892
    Abstract: A UE includes receiving circuitry that receives a radio resource control (RRC) message including information indicating a subcarrier spacing of a block comprising, at least, a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The receiving circuitry also receives, based on the information, the block comprising, at least, the PSS and the SSS and the PBCH. The information is used only for a case where the UE is in a RRC connected. In a case that the information is not configured, the receiving circuitry receives, based on a default value of the subcarrier spacing, the block comprising, at least, the PSS and the SSS and the PBCH. The default value of the subcarrier spacing is given based on a frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Jia Sheng, Toshizo Nogami
  • Patent number: 10616864
    Abstract: Various techniques, apparatus, and methods for allocating resources for sidelink direct communication, including collision avoidance and resource pre-emption techniques, apparatus, and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jia Sheng
  • Patent number: 10601621
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station apparatus (gNB), a radio resource control message including information used for configuring whether a first reference signal is used for uplink transmissions or a second reference signal is used for uplink transmissions. The first reference signal is a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink shared channel. The second reference signal is a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink shared channel. The UE also transmits, based on the information, to the gNB, the first reference signal on an antenna port. The UE transmits, based on the information, to the gNB, the second reference signal on the same antenna port as the antenna port on which the first reference signal is transmitted. The second reference signal is mapped to resource elements in a resource block, which are different from resource elements in a resource block to which the first reference signal is mapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Jia Sheng, Toshizo Nogami
  • Patent number: 10536949
    Abstract: A pedestrian related vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) user equipment (UE) which comprises: receiving circuitry configured to receive system information which contains a parameter set for pedestrian related V2X communications; and controlling circuitry configured to determine, based on the parameter set, whether the pedestrian related V2X UE performs random selection or the pedestrian related V2X UE performs sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jia Sheng
  • Patent number: 10506604
    Abstract: A wireless terminal (261) which is in wireless communications with a radio access node (22) over a radio interface (24) makes a determination regarding a type of radio resources that the wireless terminal may use for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal. Upon occurrence of a predetermined physical layer condition, the wireless terminal may use at least some wireless terminal autonomous selected device-to-device (D2D) radio resources for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal (262) when the wireless terminal is in coverage of the radio access network. The wireless terminal providing the node with an indication of capability of the wireless terminal to support multi-channel communications comprising plural frequency bands; and the wireless terminal may use at least one of the plural frequency bands for device-to-device (D2D) communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Jia Sheng, John Michael Kowalski
  • Publication number: 20190372578
    Abstract: The PLL circuit comprises a phase/frequency detector (302), a loop filter (304, 306), a VCO (308) and a feedback loop (320). The VCO can be electrically disconnected from the PLL and comprises a programmable trimming circuit (316) and a current-controlled oscillator (318). For calibration the VCO is electrically disconnected from the loop filter and from the feedback loop, a constant reference voltage is applied to the voltage input (IN), a center frequency programming code (L) is applied to the trimming circuit, the center frequency programming code is iteratively adjusted until a desired center frequency is obtained, a gain programming code (K) is applied to the trimming circuit while the adjusted code is still applied, and the gain programming code is iteratively adjusted until a desired gain is obtained. Then the VCO is connected to the PLL, which is then ready for normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: ams AG
    Inventors: Jia Sheng CHEN, Gregor SCHATZBERGER
  • Publication number: 20190369690
    Abstract: A power supply control device, applied for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a case, wherein a user holds the case to operate the electronic device. The power supply control device includes a sensing module, including a first sensing component for sensing whether the user is touching a first sensing area of the case to generate a first determination signal; and a second sensing component for sensing whether the user is touching a second sensing area of the case to generate a second determination signal; and a power supply module, including a first relay, for connecting or disconnecting a system power end of the electronic device from a power supply terminal according to the first determination signal; and a second relay, for connecting or disconnecting a system ground end of the electronic device from a ground terminal according to the second determination signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: MEI-LING SHANG, WEI LIANG LIAO, Kai-Cheng Lee, KE YANG, JIA SHENG HUANG, Hua Yue LI
  • Patent number: 10484976
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described that includes receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, a radio resource control message including first information used for configuring a periodicity for an uplink data transmission, the receiving circuitry configured to receive on a physical downlink control channel, from the base station apparatus, second information used for indicating an activation for the uplink data transmission. Transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus, confirmation information Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) for the second information, the transmitting circuitry configured to perform on a physical uplink shared channel, to the base station apparatus, the uplink data transmission based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Kai Ying, Toshizo Nogami, Tatsushi Aiba, John Michael Kowalski, Zhanping Yin, Jia Sheng
  • Patent number: 10455607
    Abstract: A wireless terminal and a node employed in a wireless communications system comprise an outer coding unit configured to use a code with properties akin to Raptor codes as outer erasure codes; and an inner coding unit configured to use an LDPC code as pre-code. The wireless terminal and the node use a code with properties akin to Raptor codes as outer erasure codes, and use the LDPC code as a pre-code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Kowalski, Toshizo Nogami, Jia Sheng, Zhanping Yin
  • Patent number: 10440520
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprises processor circuitry, sensing circuitry, and transmitting circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to acquire broadcast signaling from a base station, the broadcast signaling including a threshold value list. The sensing circuitry is configured to measure a reception power and to compare the measured reception power with a threshold. The transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit a sidelink transmission if a resource is available according to resource sensing. The threshold is obtained from the threshold value list in dependence upon at least a priority of the sidelink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Jia Sheng, John Michael Kowalski
  • Patent number: 10425915
    Abstract: A wireless terminal comprising a processor configured to determine a set of plural pools of resources, to select a pool of resources from a set of plural pools of resources, and to transmit a sidelink direct transmission data using resources of the pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jia Sheng, Shohei Yamada, John Michael Kowalski
  • Patent number: RE47727
    Abstract: A system for splitting a display zone of a screen is installed in an electronic device having a screen, and includes a detecting module for detecting screen pixels. A splitting processor receives a splitting instruction containing a splitting number n, and splits the display zone into a main display region and a number (n?1) of extension display regions. A total number of width pixels of adjacent ones of the main and extension display regions from left to right of the display zone equals the number of width pixels of the screen. A total number of height pixels of adjacent ones of the main and extension display regions from top to bottom of the display zone equals the number of height pixels of the screen. A display module displays two or more operating interfaces, files, and/or pages of at least one application in the main and extension display regions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Hsuan Chen, Hung-Yang Hsu, Jia-Sheng Wong, Yi-Lang Chi, Yu-Fang Chen, Chang-Chih Han