Patents by Inventor Ting-Hsuan Kuo

Ting-Hsuan Kuo 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: 20240110700
    Abstract: A heating piping device for heating a fluid provided from the gas reservoir unit and introducing the heated fluid into a piping system includes at least one heating unit and a control module. The heating unit includes a mounting cylinder defining a heating space therein, a spiral channel in fluid communication with the gas reservoir unit, a heater member for heating the fluid in the spiral channel into the heated fluid, a flow control valve and a check valve. The control module controls the amount of the fluid flowing into the spiral channel, and the temperature of the heater member. The temperature of the heater member and the amount of the fluid can be adjusted to meet different manufacturing requirements. Unnecessary energy and flow consumption is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: JANICE LIN, RAYRON TING-RAY KUO, TING-HSUAN KUO, TING-YU KUO
  • Patent number: 10075202
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for detection path design for reflection coefficient estimation. In one novel aspect, a hardware-based phase estimator estimates a phase shift between the forward path signal and the reverse path signal. In one embodiment, a data selector is used to pass only signals above a magnitude threshold. In another embodiment, a modified phase unwrap algorithm stores an unwrapping correction for subsequent samples and updates the stored unwrapping correction upon processing of each sample processed. In another novel aspect, mixed hardware and software solutions are used. In one embodiment, the reference signal and the detection signals are matched such that the modulation signal interference is removed. In some embodiments, one or two power detectors and a cross-correlator are used. In yet another embodiment, two detection measurement paths are used to obtain the reflection coefficient. In one embodiment, fractional timing offset is estimated to obtain the reflection coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Wu, Dimitris Nalbantis, Qiang Zhou, Bernard Mark Tenbroek, Ting-Hsuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20170331503
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for detection path design for reflection coefficient estimation. In one novel aspect, a hardware-based phase estimator estimates a phase shift between the forward path signal and the reverse path signal. In one embodiment, a data selector is used to pass only signals above a magnitude threshold. In another embodiment, a modified phase unwrap algorithm stores an unwrapping correction for subsequent samples and updates the stored unwrapping correction upon processing of each sample processed. In another novel aspect, mixed hardware and software solutions are used. In one embodiment, the reference signal and the detection signals are matched such that the modulation signal interference is removed. In some embodiments, one or two power detectors and a cross-correlator are used. In yet another embodiment, two detection measurement paths are used to obtain the reflection coefficient. In one embodiment, fractional timing offset is estimated to obtain the reflection coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Wu, Dimitris Nalbantis, Qiang Zhou, Bernard Mark Tenbroek, Ting-Hsuan Kuo
  • Patent number: 9762267
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for detection path design for reflection coefficient estimation. In one novel aspect, a hardware-based phase estimator estimates a phase shift between the forward path signal and the reverse path signal. In one embodiment, a data selector is used to pass only signals above a magnitude threshold. In another embodiment, a modified phase unwrap algorithm stores an unwrapping correction for subsequent samples and updates the stored unwrapping correction upon processing of each sample processed. In another novel aspect, mixed hardware and software solutions are used. In one embodiment, the reference signal and the detection signals are matched such that the modulation signal interference is removed. In some embodiments, one or two power detectors and a cross-correlator are used. In yet another embodiment, two detection measurement paths are used to obtain the reflection coefficient. In one embodiment, fractional timing offset is estimated to obtain the reflection coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Wu, Dimitris Nalbantis, Qiang Zhou, Bernard Mark Tenbroek, Ting-Hsuan Kuo
  • Patent number: 9654059
    Abstract: An impedance tuning control apparatus has a processing circuit and an output circuit. The processing circuit determines a first control setting according to a first performance metric, and performs a search operation with a search start point set by the first control setting to find a second control setting according to a second performance metric. The second performance metric is different from the first performance metric. The output circuit outputs a final control setting to a tuner, wherein the final control setting is derived from the second control setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsuan Kuo, Qiang Zhou, Ming-Chou Wu, Paul Cheng Po Liang, Bernard Mark Tenbroek
  • Publication number: 20160294490
    Abstract: A calibration method is applied to a wireless communication device having a programmable tuner and a signal processing path. The calibration method includes at least the following steps: configuring the programmable tuner to have a plurality of different tuner states, wherein the signal processing path has a first end and a second end, and the programmable tuner is coupled to the second end; when the programmable tuner is configured to have one of the different tuner states, obtaining a measured reflection coefficient at the first end of the signal processing path; and calibrating mapping relationship between a reflection coefficient at the first end of the signal processing path and a reflection coefficient at the second end of the signal processing path according to the different tuner states and measured reflection coefficients associated with the different tuner states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Qiang Zhou, Ming-Chou Wu, Ting-Hsuan Kuo, Chia-Sheng Peng, Bernard Mark Tenbroek
  • Publication number: 20160211870
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for detection path design for reflection coefficient estimation. In one novel aspect, a hardware-based phase estimator estimates a phase shift between the forward path signal and the reverse path signal. In one embodiment, a data selector is used to pass only signals above a magnitude threshold. In another embodiment, a modified phase unwrap algorithm stores an unwrapping correction for subsequent samples and updates the stored unwrapping correction upon processing of each sample processed. In another novel aspect, mixed hardware and software solutions are used. In one embodiment, the reference signal and the detection signals are matched such that the modulation signal interference is removed. In some embodiments, one or two power detectors and a cross-correlator are used. In yet another embodiment, two detection measurement paths are used to obtain the reflection coefficient. In one embodiment, fractional timing offset is estimated to obtain the reflection coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ming-Chou Wu, Dimitris Nalbantis, Qiang Zhou, Bernard Mark Tenbroek, Ting-Hsuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20160126904
    Abstract: An impedance tuning control apparatus has a processing circuit and an output circuit. The processing circuit determines a first control setting according to a first performance metric, and performs a search operation with a search start point set by the first control setting to find a second control setting according to a second performance metric. The second performance metric is different from the first performance metric. The output circuit outputs a final control setting to a tuner, wherein the final control setting is derived from the second control setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ting-Hsuan Kuo, Qiang Zhou, Ming-Chou Wu, Paul Cheng Po Liang, Bernard Mark Tenbroek