Patents by Inventor Ju-Lan Hsu

Ju-Lan Hsu 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: 9842564
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for wireless transmission of audio/video information via different wired AV interface formats. A method and system for wireless communication of audio/video AV information between AV devices includes receiving audio/video (AV) information from a first AV module via a first wired AV interface in a first AV device, applying interface dependent processing to the AV information, and transmitting the processed AV information from a wireless transceiver over a wireless channel to a wireless receiver of a second AV device. The second AV device includes a second wired AV interface and the first AV interface is of a different type than the second interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 9392565
    Abstract: Time synchronization in a wireless communication system comprises transmitting a synchronization frame from a transmitter to a receiver over a wireless communication medium. The synchronization frame includes a timestamp indicating the transmitter local time when a symbol at a predefined position of the synchronization frame is placed on the wireless communication medium for transmission. The synchronization frame is received at the receiver which determines a receiving time comprising the receiver local time when said symbol of the synchronization frame was received at the physical layer of the receiver. Time synchronizing is performed by determining a difference between said timestamp and said receiving time, and adjusting the receiver local time based on said difference to time synchronize the receiver with the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 9369759
    Abstract: Uncompressed video information is transmitted over a wireless communication medium from a wireless sender device to a wireless receiver device. Progressive transmission data rate adaptation is performed on original uncompressed video pixel information. The progressive transmission data rate adaptation is performed on selected pixel information to obtain a rate-reduced pixel information. The rate-reduced pixel information requires a lower transmission data rate than the original frame. The rate-reduced pixel information is transmitted over the wireless communication medium to the wireless receiver device. At the receiver, a reverse operation is performed to recover the original uncompressed video pixel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 9264992
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication over a wireless communication medium is provided. A schedule is generated which indicates when a wireless communication station may enter a power saving state in an announcement time (AT) period, based on an idle timeout interval in the AT period. The AT period comprises a period after a beacon transmission in a beacon interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 9026044
    Abstract: Responder-aware relay station selection in a wireless communication network is provided. One implementation includes evaluating operational parameters of multiple candidate wireless relay stations, and selecting a wireless relay station among the multiple candidate wireless relay stations based on the evaluation. A wireless communication is transmitted to the selected wireless relay station over a wireless communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8963996
    Abstract: Communication of stereoscopic three dimensional (3D) video information. One embodiment comprises wireless communication of stereoscopic 3D video information including an uncompressed first eye view video frame and a corresponding stereoscopic uncompressed second eye view video frame, from a transmitting wireless station to a receiving wireless station. In one embodiment, a set of pixels in an uncompressed first eye view video frame is transmitted over a wireless communication medium. Pixel information in a set of pixels in an uncompressed second eye view video frame corresponding to the first eye view set of pixels is reduced to generate a reduced set of pixels. The reduced set of pixels is transmitted over the wireless communication medium. At the receiving wireless station, an uncompressed second eye view video set of pixels is reconstructed based on said first eye view set of pixels and said reduced set of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiu Ngo, Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao
  • Patent number: 8891610
    Abstract: A method and system for transmission of video information is provided. A transmitting wireless station performs chroma partitioning of pixels in a video frame into different partitions. The chroma partitioning includes separating luminance (Y) information from chrominance information (CB and CR) of each pixel in a set of spatially correlated pixels. The luminance (Y) information are placed into different partitions. The different partitions into different packets and transmitted over a wireless communication medium to a receiving wireless station. The video information is selectively adapted to a lower data transmission rate with reduced quality degradation by dropping less important partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiu Ngo, Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu
  • Patent number: 8885489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide connection maintenance for communication of audio/video (AV) information. One implementation comprises transmitting audio/video (AV) information as multiple spatial streams from a wireless transmitter to at least one wireless receiver over a wireless link, wherein each spatial stream is targeted to one of multiple AV devices connected to the wireless receiver. Receiving the AV information at the wireless receiver and providing the AV information from each spatial stream to a target AV device connected to the wireless receiver via a communication link, wherein each communication link corresponds to a spatial stream. Detecting connection status information for the wireless link and the communication links. Transmitting the connection status information from the wireless receiver to the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8755302
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless data communication for peer wireless stations in a network is provided. A pair of peer wireless stations perform discovery on a predefined wireless communication channel to discover each other. Upon peer wireless stations successfully discovering one another, a wireless communication channel is selected to setup a connection between the peer wireless stations for data communication on the selected wireless communication channel. The peer wireless stations then perform connection setup and data communication over the selected wireless channel. In one implementation, the network comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) for ad-hoc Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) peer-to-peer communication. Further, the peer wireless stations conduct millimeter wave (mmWave) directional data transmissions between the peer wireless stations on the selected wireless data communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8654767
    Abstract: A method and system for audio transmission in a wireless communication system which transmits digital video and digital audio in High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) format. Position information of audio packets within the HDMI frame is obtained. Digital audio information including the position information is transmitted from a data source device to a data sink device via a wireless communication medium. At the data sink device, an HDMI frame is reconstructed by inserting received audio packets into horizontal and vertical blanking periods of the HDMI frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8650604
    Abstract: A protocol for wireless transmission of audio/video (A/V) information is provided. The protocol includes sending a request message from a requester to a responder for changing A/V format of an A/V stream transmission between the requester and the responder over a wireless communication medium. In reply to the request message, sending a response message from the responder to the requester for synchronizing the A/V format change. The requester and the responder changing the A/V format of the A/V stream in synchrony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8599773
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication in a TV band white space spectrum is provided. A wireless master device keeps track of available wireless communication channels in a white space spectrum. The master device performs an enablement process for enabling a corresponding client device to transmit on a wireless channel. During the enablement process, the master device allows the client device to select a wireless channel for communication from among: a specific operating wireless channel, a subset of the available wireless channels, and all available wireless channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Harkirat Singh, Su Khiong Yong, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8582456
    Abstract: A method and system for data communication in a wireless network is provided. A wireless transmitter transmits a locality check message from a wireless transmitter to a wireless receiver over a wireless communication medium. Upon receiving a locality check response message from the wireless receiver, the wireless transmitter marks the locality check response message as valid even if it arrives after an original locality check time period since transmission of the locality check message, but before the end of an adjusted locality check time period. The adjusted locality check time period comprises said original locality check time period adjusted by delays in processing layers at the transmitter and wireless communication medium access delays in data communication between the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Harkirat Singh, Ju-Lan Hsu, Su Khiong Yong, Ilju Na, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8570970
    Abstract: Performing distributed contention-free communication channel reservation for wireless communication, is disclosed. One implementation involves providing access to a shared communication channel in a wireless network including multiple wireless stations, by performing distributed channel time reservation for contention-free access to a shared wireless channel by each wireless station, based on a prior successful contention by the wireless station for access to the channel in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Patent number: 8345681
    Abstract: A method and system for audio transmission in a wireless communication system which transmits digital video and digital audio in High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) format. Position information of audio packets within the HDMI frame is obtained. Digital audio information including the position information is transmitted from a data source device to a data sink device via a wireless communication medium. At the data sink device, an HDMI frame is reconstructed by inserting received audio packets into horizontal and vertical blanking periods of the HDMI frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120224496
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide connection maintenance for communication of audio/video (AV) information. One implementation comprises transmitting audio/video (AV) information as multiple spatial streams from a wireless transmitter to at least one wireless receiver over a wireless link, wherein each spatial stream is targeted to one of multiple AV devices connected to the wireless receiver. Receiving the AV information at the wireless receiver and providing the AV information from each spatial stream to a target AV device connected to the wireless receiver via a communication link, wherein each communication link corresponds to a spatial stream. Detecting connection status information for the wireless link and the communication links. Transmitting the connection status information from the wireless receiver to the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120213208
    Abstract: Performing distributed contention-free communication channel reservation for wireless communication, is disclosed. One implementation involves providing access to a shared communication channel in a wireless network including multiple wireless stations, by performing distributed channel time reservation for contention-free access to a shared wireless channel by each wireless station, based on a prior successful contention by the wireless station for access to the channel in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120133827
    Abstract: A protocol for wireless transmission of audio/video (A/V) information is provided. The protocol includes sending a request message from a requester to a responder for changing A/V format of an A/V stream transmission between the requester and the responder over a wireless communication medium. In reply to the request message, sending a response message from the responder to the requester for synchronizing the A/V format change. The requester and the responder changing the A/V format of the A/V stream in synchrony.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120133828
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for wireless transmission of audio/video information via different wired AV interface formats. A method and system for wireless communication of audio/video AV information between AV devices includes receiving audio/video (AV) information from a first AV module via a first wired AV interface in a first AV device, applying interface dependent processing to the AV information, and transmitting the processed AV information from a wireless transceiver over a wireless channel to a wireless receiver of a second AV device. The second AV device includes a second wired AV interface and the first AV interface is of a different type than the second interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Huai-Rong Shao, Ju-Lan Hsu, Chiu Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120135677
    Abstract: Relay-initiated relay teardown operations in wireless communication networks. One embodiment comprises selecting a wireless relay among multiple candidate wireless relays and setting up relay operations using the selected wireless relay for wireless communication between wireless stations via the selected wireless relay. The selected wireless relay provides relay operations for wireless communication for wireless communication between wireless stations via the selected wireless relay. Terminating the relay operations is initiated by the selected wireless relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-Lan Hsu, Huai-Rong Shao, Chiu Ngo