Patents by Inventor Tiange Shao

Tiange Shao 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: 9882818
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to adjusting a jitter buffer at a wireless device based on inter-arrival-jitter (IAJ). In one embodiment, an IAJ value may be calculated for each of multiple received packets. An IAJ distribution may be generated for the received packets. A target packet loss rate may be determined. A quality of service value for IAJ distributions corresponding to the target packet loss rate may be determined. A de-jitter delay value may be calculated based on the IAJ distribution and the quality of service value for IAJ distributions. The de-jitter delay value may be used to adjust the jitter buffer at the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiange Shao, Onur E. Tackin, Oren M. Elrad
  • Patent number: 9554346
    Abstract: A jitter buffer in a Voice over LTE receiver may be influenced by radio level feedback (RLF) from both local and remote endpoints to preemptively adjust the jitter buffer delay in anticipation of predicted future losses that have a high probability of occurring. The radio events of the RLF and the scenarios that trigger the preemptive adjustments may be identified, and their use may be expressed in terms of mathematical formulas. Previously, the instantaneous jitter was derived from a weighted history of the media stream, and consequently only packets that had already been received were used to compute the instantaneous jitter to adjust the length of the buffer. By providing and using RLF from both local and remote endpoints, the anticipated delay—for packets that have not yet arrived—may be used to preemptively adjust the buffer, thereby minimizing packet loss without introducing unnecessary delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Luciano M. Verger, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Onur E. Tackin, Oren M. Elrad, Srinivasan Vasudevan, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Tiange Shao
  • Publication number: 20150351060
    Abstract: A jitter buffer in a Voice over LTE receiver may be influenced by radio level feedback (RLF) from both local and remote endpoints to preemptively adjust the jitter buffer delay in anticipation of predicted future losses that have a high probability of occurring. The radio events of the RLF and the scenarios that trigger the preemptive adjustments may be identified, and their use may be expressed in terms of mathematical formulas. Previously, the instantaneous jitter was derived from a weighted history of the media stream, and consequently only packets that had already been received were used to compute the instantaneous jitter to adjust the length of the buffer. By providing and using RLF from both local and remote endpoints, the anticipated delay—for packets that have not yet arrived—may be used to preemptively adjust the buffer, thereby minimizing packet loss without introducing unnecessary delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Luciano M. Verger, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Onur E. Tackin, Oren M. Elrad, Srinivasan Vasudevan, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Tiange Shao
  • Patent number: 9107159
    Abstract: A jitter buffer in a Voice over LTE receiver may be influenced by radio level feedback (RLF) from both local and remote endpoints to preemptively adjust the jitter buffer delay in anticipation of predicted future losses that have a high probability of occurring. The radio events of the RLF and the scenarios that trigger the preemptive adjustments may be identified, and their use may be expressed in terms of mathematical formulas. In prior art designs, the instantaneous jitter is derived from a weighted history of the media stream, and consequently only packets that have already arrived are used to compute the instantaneous jitter to adjust the length of the buffer. By providing and using RLF from both local and remote endpoints, the anticipated delay—for packets that have not yet arrived—may be used to preemptively adjust the buffer, thereby minimizing packet loss without introducing unnecessary delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Luciano M Verger, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Onur E Tackin, Oren M Elrad, Srinivasan Vasudevan, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Tiange Shao
  • Publication number: 20150092585
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to adjusting a jitter buffer at a wireless device based on inter-arrival-jitter (IAJ). In one embodiment, an IAJ value may be calculated for each of multiple received packets. An IAJ distribution may be generated for the received packets. A target packet loss rate may be determined. A quality of service value for IAJ distributions corresponding to the target packet loss rate may be determined. A de-jitter delay value may be calculated based on the IAJ distribution and the quality of service value for IAJ distributions. The de-jitter delay value may be used to adjust the jitter buffer at the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tiange Shao, Onur E. Tackin, Oren M. Elrad
  • Publication number: 20140362830
    Abstract: A jitter buffer in a Voice over LTE receiver may be influenced by radio level feedback (RLF) from both local and remote endpoints to preemptively adjust the jitter buffer delay in anticipation of predicted future losses that have a high probability of occurring. The radio events of the RLF and the scenarios that trigger the preemptive adjustments may be identified, and their use may be expressed in terms of mathematical formulas. In prior art designs, the instantaneous jitter is derived from a weighted history of the media stream, and consequently only packets that have already arrived are used to compute the instantaneous jitter to adjust the length of the buffer. By providing and using RLF from both local and remote endpoints, the anticipated delay—for packets that have not yet arrived—may be used to preemptively adjust the buffer, thereby minimizing packet loss without introducing unnecessary delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Luciano M. Verger, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Onur E. Tackin, Oren M. Elrad, Srinivasan Vasudevan, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Tiange Shao
  • Publication number: 20130332156
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method for a mobile device combines information derived from onboard sensors with conventional signal processing information derived from a speech or audio signal to assist in noise and echo cancellation. In some implementations, an Angle and Distance Processing (ADP) module is employed on a mobile device and configured to provide runtime angle and distance information to an adaptive beamformer for canceling noise signals, provides a means for building a table of filter coefficients for adaptive filters used in echo cancellation, provides faster and more accurate Automatic Gain Control (AGC), provides delay information for a classifier in a Voice Activity Detector (VAD), provides a means for automatic switching between a speakerphone and handset mode of the mobile device, or primary microphone and reference microphones and assists in separating echo path changes from double talk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Onur Ergin Tackin, Sinan Karahan, Lalin S. Theverapperuma, Tiange Shao, Haining Zhang, Arun G. Mathias