Patents by Inventor Ka Fai CHAN

Ka Fai CHAN 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: 11909115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel lens antenna with a 3D near-field focus-steering capability that operates at gigahertz and terahertz frequencies. The novel antenna includes a pair of discrete dielectric lenses fed by a stationary horn source. In-plane synchronous counter-rotation and co-rotation of the lens pair steers its near-field focus radially and azimuthally, respectively, while linear translation of the upper lens moves the focal point longitudinally. The steering focus beam enables fast imaging. In imaging applications, the radiated beam from the novel lens antenna focused in the target area can reduce undesired interference from neighboring structures and increase the system dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Ka Fai Chan, Gengbo Wu
  • Patent number: 11875769
    Abstract: A baby monitor system with white noise filtering comprises a camera unit and a monitor unit, wherein the camera unit is predefined soothing sounds and play at least one of the predefined soothing sounds for baby; the camera unit records the mixture sound of baby, ambient noises and white noises and transforms the mixture sound to sound features, wherein the white noises at least include the soothing sounds and stationary noise; the recorded sound features are compared to local audio features of the predefined soothing sounds; if there are matching features between the recorded sound features and the local audio features, removing the matching features from the recorded sound features; the stationary noise features are extracted and removed from the recorded sound features; the camera unit outputs the recorded mixture sound without the white noise to the monitor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan
  • Patent number: 11804120
    Abstract: A monitor system with dual audio or multiple audio feature for simultaneously monitoring one or more target subjects is disclosed. The monitor system includes a plurality of camera devices and a base station. The plurality of camera devices is arranged to capture video data and sound data of the one or more target subjects independently and simultaneously. The base station is configured to receive the video data and the sound data from the plurality of camera devices, and present the video data and the sound data uninterruptedly. The base station comprises a display panel partitioned into a plurality of regions for displaying multiple views simultaneously using a split-screen technique. The base station outputs an audio signal by combining the sound data from the plurality of camera devices into a single audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Merit Zone Limited
    Inventors: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan, Hon Hung Leung, Hon Kuen Chan, Zhi Qiang Gan, Tse Yim Lau
  • Patent number: 11611149
    Abstract: A leaky-wave antenna includes a substrate extending along an axis, and a dielectric waveguide extending along the axis and arranged in the substrate. The dielectric waveguide includes at least a top side, a bottom side, and opposite sides arranged between the top and bottom sides. A distance defined between the opposite sides varies along the axis for at least part of a length of the dielectric waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Gengbo Wu, Ka Fai Chan
  • Publication number: 20220416432
    Abstract: A leaky-wave antenna includes a substrate extending along an axis, and a dielectric waveguide extending along the axis and arranged in the substrate. The dielectric waveguide includes at least a top side, a bottom side, and opposite sides arranged between the top and bottom sides. A distance defined between the opposite sides varies along the axis for at least part of a length of the dielectric waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Gengbo Wu, Ka Fai Chan
  • Publication number: 20220238000
    Abstract: A monitor system with dual audio or multiple audio feature for simultaneously monitoring one or more target subjects is disclosed. The monitor system includes a plurality of camera devices and a base station. The plurality of camera devices is arranged to capture video data and sound data of the one or more target subjects independently and simultaneously. The base station is configured to receive the video data and the sound data from the plurality of camera devices, and present the video data and the sound data uninterruptedly. The base station comprises a display panel partitioned into a plurality of regions for displaying multiple views simultaneously using a split-screen technique. The base station outputs an audio signal by combining the sound data from the plurality of camera devices into a single audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kelvin Ka Fai CHAN, Hon Hung LEUNG, Hon Kuen CHAN, Zhi Qiang GAN, Tse Yim LAU
  • Patent number: 11240590
    Abstract: A baby monitor system with noise filtering comprises a capture device and a display device, the capture device comprises a detection module, the display device comprises a DSP processor with ENC module and filters; the detection module detects target signals from baby and environmental noise signals to form audio streaming data, and transmits the audio streaming data to the display device in encrypted format; the display device converts the audio streaming data to analog signals and passes the analog signals to input of ENC module of the DSP processor; the ENC module identifies the noise signals and target signals from the analog signals, and activates the filters to filter the noise signals according to frequency bands of noise for attenuating noise sound and to pass the target signals with signal amplification for improving target sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MERIT ZONE LIMITED
    Inventor: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan
  • Publication number: 20220020352
    Abstract: A baby monitor system with white noise filtering comprises a camera unit and a monitor unit, wherein the camera unit is predefined soothing sounds and play at least one of the predefined soothing sounds for baby; the camera unit records the mixture sound of baby, ambient noises and white noises and transforms the mixture sound to sound features, wherein the white noises at least include the soothing sounds and stationary noise; the recorded sound features are compared to local audio features of the predefined soothing sounds; if there are matching features between the recorded sound features and the local audio features, removing the matching features from the recorded sound features; the stationary noise features are extracted and removed from the recorded sound features; the camera unit outputs the recorded mixture sound without the white noise to the monitor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Kelvin Ka Fai CHAN
  • Publication number: 20210384638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel lens antenna with a 3D near-field focus-steering capability that operates at gigahertz and terahertz frequencies. The novel antenna includes a pair of discrete dielectric lenses fed by a stationary horn source. In-plane synchronous counter-rotation and co-rotation of the lens pair steers its near-field focus radially and azimuthally, respectively, while linear translation of the upper lens moves the focal point longitudinally. The steering focus beam enables fast imaging. In imaging applications, the radiated beam from the novel lens antenna focused in the target area can reduce undesired interference from neighboring structures and increase the system dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Hou CHAN, Ka Fai CHAN, Gengbo WU
  • Publication number: 20210037311
    Abstract: A baby monitor system with noise filtering comprises a capture device and a display device, the capture device comprises a detection module, the display device comprises a DSP processor with ENC module and filters; the detection module detects target signals from baby and environmental noise signals to form audio streaming data, and transmits the audio streaming data to the display device in encrypted format; the display device converts the audio streaming data to analog signals and passes the analog signals to input of ENC module of the DSP processor; the ENC module identifies the noise signals and target signals from the analog signals, and activates the filters to filter the noise signals according to frequency bands of noise for attenuating noise sound and to pass the target signals with signal amplification for improving target sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan
  • Patent number: D809152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin Ka Fai Chan