Patents by Inventor Minghao Ni

Minghao Ni 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: 20240232487
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing a circuit simulator and computing surrogate models using circuit theory-guided machine learning for high performance Monte Carlo simulations. The method may include reading a netlist for performing a Monte Carlo simulation of an electronic circuit, and enabling simulator optimization such that two or more devices sharing one or more device parameters can be combined and simulated as one single optimized device. The method may also include constructing equations of netlist parametric expressions for one or more optimized devices, and computing optimized device mappings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Amelia Huimin Shen, Horace Ngai Lam, Kevin John Kerns, Minghao Ni
  • Patent number: 11112138
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Sasaki, Hiroko Sugimoto, Minghao Ni
  • Publication number: 20190178514
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji SASAKI, Hiroko SUGIMOTO, Minghao NI
  • Patent number: 9710578
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided to configure embedded hardware resources of a programmable logic device (PLD). In one example, a method includes receiving configuration information for a plurality of hardware modules of an embedded hardware block of a PLD. The configuration information is received from a user of a computer system external to the PLD. The method also includes generating a plurality of models of the hardware block. The method also includes merging the generated models into a combined model of the hardware block. The combined model includes the configuration information received for the hardware modules of the hardware block. Related systems and additional techniques are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Debaprosad Dutt, Jamie Freed, Harish Venkatappa, Pradeep Lenka, Minghao Ni
  • Publication number: 20140109031
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided to configure embedded hardware resources of a programmable logic device (PLD). In one example, a method includes receiving configuration information for a plurality of hardware modules of an embedded hardware block of a PLD. The configuration information is received from a user of a computer system external to the PLD. The method also includes generating a plurality of models of the hardware block. The method also includes merging the generated models into a combined model of the hardware block. The combined model includes the configuration information received for the hardware modules of the hardware block. Related systems and additional techniques are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Debaprosad Dutt, Jamie Freed, Harish Venkatappa, Pradeep Lenka, Minghao Ni