Patents by Inventor Patrick Pak-On Kwok

Patrick Pak-On Kwok 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: 6128597
    Abstract: An audio decoder is provided with a programmable and re-configurable downmixing process. In one embodiment, the audio decoder includes a control module and a data path. The data path is configured to read, scale, add, and write audio samples to and from various audio channel frame buffers. The control module implements state diagrams which specify various control signals for directing the operations of the data path. The control module implements state diagrams for directing windowing and downmixing operations. The order in which these operations are performed may be reconfigurable, i.e. downmixing may be performed before or after windowing. This reconfigurability advantageously permits the system designer to trade a slight audio quality enhancement for a decreased memory requirement for some speaker configurations. The downmixing operation requires scaling coefficients which are provided by the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Mahadev S. Kolluru, Patrick Pak-On Kwok, Satish Soman
  • Patent number: 6122619
    Abstract: An audio decoder is provided with a programmable and re-configurable downmixing process. In one embodiment, the audio decoder includes a control module and a data path. The data path is configured to read, scale, add, and write audio samples to and from various audio channel frame buffers. The control module implements state diagrams which specify various control signals for directing the operations of the data path. The control module implements state diagrams for directing windowing and downmixing operations. The order in which these operations are performed may be reconfigurable, i.e. downmixing may be performed before or after windowing. This reconfigurability advantageously permits the system designer to trade a slight audio quality enhancement for a decreased memory requirement for some speaker configurations. The downmixing operation requires scaling coefficients which are provided by the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Mahadev S. Kolluru, Patrick Pak-On Kwok, Satish Soman