Patents by Inventor Sheng-Nan Chiou

Sheng-Nan Chiou 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).

  • Apparatus and method for generating bitstream of S/PDIF data in HDMI
    Patent number: 7549000
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for regenerating S/PDIF data is disclosed. The apparatus includes a buffer for buffering sample words of the data units; a decision unit for receiving control words of the data units and outputting a selected control word according to a current control word of a current data unit and a previous control word of a previous data unit; and a transmitter for generating the bitstream of the first digital interconnect format according to the sample words of the data units and the selected control words outputted from the decision unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Tzuo-bo Lin, Hsu-Jung Tung, Sheng-Nan Chiou, Chia-Sheng Tsai
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BITSTREAM OF S/PDIF DATA IN HDMI
    Publication number: 20070174523
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for regenerating S/PDIF data is disclosed. The apparatus includes a buffer for buffering sample words of the data units; a decision unit for receiving control words of the data units and outputting a selected control word according to a current control word of a current data unit and a previous control word of a previous data unit; and a transmitter for generating the bitstream of the first digital interconnect format according to the sample words of the data units and the selected control words outputted from the decision unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Tzuo-bo Lin, Hsu-Jung Tung, Sheng-Nan Chiou, Chia-Sheng Tsai