Patents by Inventor Michael L. Liu

Michael L. Liu 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: 20240053962
    Abstract: An integrated circuit can include absolute difference circuitry configured to compute an absolute difference value. The absolute difference circuitry may include a comparison logic, a single adder, and a multiplexer. The comparison logic may receive a first input value and a second input value and may generate a comparison value based on whether the first input value exceeds the second input value. The adder may compute a sum of the first input value, an inverted version of the second input value, and the comparison value. The multiplexer may receive the sum and an inverted version of the sum and may output either the sum or the inverted version of the sum based on the comparison value to produce the absolute difference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michael L. Liu, Yash H. Malviya
  • Patent number: 9607586
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to asymmetric circuits. In some embodiments, a storage element is configured to maintain a first input value as an input to an asymmetric circuit during a time interval. For example, in one embodiment, the time interval may correspond to a frame of video data and the storage element may be configured to store a filter coefficient for the frame of video data. In some embodiments, the storage element may be configured to store the value as a constant for multiple operations by the asymmetric circuit. In some embodiments, the asymmetric circuit is configured to generate a plurality of output values based on the first input value and respective ones of a set of second input values. In some embodiments, the asymmetric circuit is leakage power asymmetric and/or critical path asymmetric. This may increase performance and/or reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Liu, Liang Deng
  • Publication number: 20150235634
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to asymmetric circuits. In some embodiments, a storage element is configured to maintain a first input value as an input to an asymmetric circuit during a time interval. For example, in one embodiment, the time interval may correspond to a frame of video data and the storage element may be configured to store a filter coefficient for the frame of video data. In some embodiments, the storage element may be configured to store the value as a constant for multiple operations by the asymmetric circuit. In some embodiments, the asymmetric circuit is configured to generate a plurality of output values based on the first input value and respective ones of a set of second input values. In some embodiments, the asymmetric circuit is leakage power asymmetric and/or critical path asymmetric. This may increase performance and/or reduce power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Liu, Liang Deng