Patents by Inventor Yong Liu

Yong Liu 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: 8855067
    Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes generating one or more assignment records for a wireless communication device, generating an assignment message that includes the one or more generated assignment records, and transmitting the assignment message to cause the wireless communication device to initialize or update a multi-user group table based on the assignment message and filter one or more received multi-user transmissions based on the multi-user group table. The assignment message can indicate one or more group identifiers and one or more group member identifiers that are assigned to the wireless communication device and one or more group identifiers that are not assigned to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Harish Ramamurthy, Raja Banerjea, Hongyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8856055
    Abstract: A reconfigurable neural network circuit is provided. The reconfigurable neural network circuit comprises an electronic synapse array including multiple synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. Each neuron comprises an integrator that integrates input spikes and generates a signal when the integrated inputs exceed a threshold. The circuit further comprises a control module for reconfiguring the synapse array. The control module comprises a global final state machine that controls timing for operation of the circuit, and a priority encoder that allows spiking neurons to sequentially access the synapse array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard V. Brezzo, Leland Chang, Steven K. Esser, Daniel J. Friedman, Yong Liu, Dharmendra S. Modha, Robert K. Montoye, Bipin Rajendran, Jae-sun Seo, Jose A. Tierno
  • Publication number: 20140286203
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes communication interface configured to receive and transmit signals and a processor configured to generate and process such signals. The communication interface of the wireless communication device is configured to receive a first signal from a first other wireless communication device, and the processor of the wireless communication device is configured to process the first signal to determine one or more concurrent transmission parameters. The processor of the wireless communication device is configured to generate the second signal based on the one or more concurrent transmission parameters and direct the communication interface to transmit the second signal to a second other wireless communication device during receipt of the first signal from the first other wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may be configured to make such concurrent transmissions based on one or more considerations such as the power level of the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nihar Jindal, Yong Liu, Matthew James Fischer, Ron Porat, Chiu Ngok Eric Wong, Vinko Erceg
  • Publication number: 20140284384
    Abstract: An optical indicia reading terminal can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, an image sensor integrated circuit including a two-dimensional image sensor, and a hand held housing encapsulating the two-dimensional image sensor. The image sensor integrated circuit can be configured to output a plurality of digital signals, each digital signal being representative of light incident on at least one pixel of the two-dimensional image sensor. The optical indicia reading terminal can be configured to store in the memory a frame of monochrome image data by selectively acquiring a plurality of luminance signals from the plurality of digital signals. Each luminance signal of the plurality of luminance signals can be representative of luminance of light incident on at least one pixel of the two-dimensional image sensor. The optical indicia reading terminal can be configured to process the frame of image data for decoding decodable indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL SCANNING AND MOBILITY
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Yong Liu, Yujiun Paul Wang
  • Publication number: 20140286238
    Abstract: A wireless communication device is configured to generate frames based on any of a number of different frame formats for transmission to one or more other recipient wireless communication devices. The frame may be implemented to include data intended for two or more recipient devices. The device encodes first data intended for a first recipient device using first one or more coding parameters and encodes second data intended for a second recipient device using second one or more coding parameters. The manner by which the first and second data have been encoded is indicated within one or more other fields within the frames based on the selected frame format. In one example, a single preamble specifies the first and second one or more coding parameters. In another example, an initial preamble and one or more respective sub-preambles specify the first and second one or more coding parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vinko Erceg, Ron Porat, Nihar Jindal, Matthew James Fischer, Yong Liu, Chiu Ngok Eric Wong
  • Patent number: 8842614
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to wireless local area network devices. Systems and techniques include determining wireless resource allocations in a time domain, a spatial wireless channel domain, and a frequency domain to coordinate communications with wireless communication devices, generating a control frame that directs wireless communications based on at least a portion of the wireless resource allocations, and transmitting the control frame to the wireless communication devices. Determining wireless resource allocations can include determining frequency allocations in the time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Raja Banerjea, Hongyuan Zhang, Harish Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 8842946
    Abstract: The light sensor is included on an optical device having a waveguide on a base. The waveguide is configured to guide a light signal through a crystalline light-transmitting medium. The light sensor is also positioned on the base and is configured to receive the light signal from the waveguide. The light sensor includes a planar interface between two different materials. The interface is at a 45° angle relative to a <110> direction of the light-transmitting medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kotura, Inc.
    Inventors: Shirong Liao, Cheng-Chih Kung, Dazeng Feng, Ning-Ning Feng, Yong Liu, Roshanak Shafiiha
  • Publication number: 20140263645
    Abstract: Optical indicia reading apparatus can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, and a plurality of wafer level camera (WLC) modules. Each WLC module can comprise an image sensor and a focusing lens, and optionally, an optical band-pass filter (BPF) configured to pass light waves within a pre-defined wavelength range. Each WLC module can be configured to output a signal representative of the light incident on the image sensor. The optical axis of a first WLC module can be spatially disposed relatively to an optical axis of a second WLC module so that the fields of view (FOVs) of the WLC modules at least partially overlap. The depth of field (DOF) of a first WLC module can at least partially overlap with the DOF of a second WLC module. The optical indicia reading apparatus can be configured to generate an image frame by processing two or more signals of the plurality of signals outputted by the WLC modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Taylor Smith, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20140280116
    Abstract: Method, device, and non-transitory storage medium to obtain program historical data and social network data associated with users that receive one or more programs via one or more channels; calculate a social similarity value; calculate a channel-interest similarity value; calculate a similarity index value based on the social similarity value and the channel-interest similarity value; calculate a program weight value for each program; calculate a stay-time, for each channel, that indicates a time period each of the users remained on each channel; calculate based on each program weight value, each stay-time, and each similarity index value, a channel weight for each channel; and select based on each channel weight, one or more channels to recommend to at least one of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Ming Chen, Yong Liu, Guibin Tian, Dahai Ren
  • Publication number: 20140267607
    Abstract: A digital image processing system takes color plus Z channel data as input, preprocesses, decimates, and codes the Z channel in-band as digital watermark data embedded within the color data prior to encoding and transmission. A second digital image processing system receives, decodes, and extracts the decimated Z channel data before applying statistical regularization to restore a full-resolution Z channel prior to depth-image-based rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SPINELLA IP HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: William L. Gaddy, Vidhya Seran, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20140269405
    Abstract: In a method implemented in a communication device an available bandwidth for transmitting one or more data frames is determined, wherein the available bandwidth corresponds to a first composite communication channel comprising a plurality of communication channels. A control frame to indicate a request to transmit via the first composite communication channel is generated, wherein the control frame includes a header, and wherein a portion of the header includes information indicating the bandwidth of the first composite channel. The control frame is transmitted via the first composite communication channel, wherein at least the portion of the header is duplicated in a plurality of bandwidth portions of the first composite communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Karish Ramamurthy, Raja Banerjea
  • Publication number: 20140269935
    Abstract: A digital image processing system takes color plus Z channel data as input, preprocesses, decimates, and codes the Z channel in-band as digital watermark data embedded within the color data prior to encoding and transmission. A second digital image processing system receives, decodes, and extracts the decimated Z channel data before applying statistical regularization to restore a full-resolution Z channel prior to depth-image-based rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SPINELLA IP HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: William L. Gaddy, Vidhya Seran, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8837826
    Abstract: A processing device receives a first set of image data comprising one or more chroma channels and a luma channel. The processing device reduces the resolution of the one or more chroma channels to produce one or more reduced-resolution chroma channels. The processing device arranges the luma channel and the one or more reduced-resolution chroma channels into a second set of image data. The spatial coordinates of the luma channel and the one or more reduced-resolution chroma channels do not overlap in spatial location of the second set of image data. The processing device transmits the second set of image data to a downstream device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Spinella IP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Gaddy, Vidhya Seran, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8839372
    Abstract: A personal basic service set (PBSS) includes a first device configured to communicate in the PBSS and a second device configured to communicate in the PBSS. The first device is configured to establish a robust security network association (RSNA) with the second device (i) without associating with a PBSS control point (PCP) and (ii) without associating with the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Paul A. Lambert
  • Patent number: 8837524
    Abstract: A system including a physical layer module and a processing module. The physical layer module is configured to communicate at a first data rate via a channel, where the channel includes (i) a first sub-channel and (ii) a second sub-channel of the channel, to receive a first packet including a first preamble transmitted at the first data rate via (i) the first sub-channel and (ii) the second sub-channel, and to receive a second packet including a second preamble transmitted at a second data rate via (i) the first sub-channel or (ii) the second sub-channel, where the second data rate is less than the first data rate. The processing module is configured to process (i) the first preamble transmitted at the first data rate and (ii) at least a portion of the second preamble transmitted at the second data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8830917
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system where communication devices utilize physical layer (PHY) data units that conform to a first format to communicate information associated with a layer of a protocol stack above a media access channel (MAC) layer, where the first format is associated with a first number of symbols in a preamble, a method for generating a PHY data unit that conforms to a second format includes generating a preamble of the PHY data unit, where the preamble includes a second number of symbols, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number; and generating another portion of the PHY data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Yong Liu, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Publication number: 20140250414
    Abstract: An assertion-based verification tool for circuit designs includes an effective measurement of assertion density for any given generated set of assertions. A register-transfer level (RTL) description of an integrated circuit (IC) is used to compute a set of predicates. Then, determination is made as to the number of predicates that are satisfiable on the given set of assertions received respective of the RTL description. Thereafter, simulation traces for the RTL are received and the number of predicates satisfiable on the simulation traces is computed. A figure of merit of assertion density is determined from the ratio of the respective numbers of predicates. The set of assertions may be modified as required to satisfy a predetermined threshold value of assertion density, to assure that a circuit is rigorously tested by the verification tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Atrenta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Lu, Yong Liu, Nitin Mhaske
  • Patent number: 8824218
    Abstract: A compact, low-power, asynchronous, resistor-based memory read circuit includes a memory cell having a plurality of consecutive memory states, each of said states corresponding to a respective output voltage. A sense amplifier reads the state of the memory cell. The sense amplifier includes a voltage divider configured to receive the output voltage of the memory cell and to output a settled voltage an amplifier having a voltage threshold between the settled voltages associated with two of said consecutive memory states, configured to discriminate between said two consecutive memory states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seongwon Kim, Yong Liu, Bipin Rajendran
  • Patent number: 8822482
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride, its new crystalline forms, its therapeutic usage for treatment of diseases mediated by EGFR kinase and its combinatory therapeutic usage together with other therapeutic agents. The invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride, its new crystalline forms, and the relevant synthetic intermediates for synthesis of 4-[(3-ethynylphenyl)amino]-6,7-benzo-12-crown-quinazoline hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Beta Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Yinxiang Wang, Guojian Xie, Lieming Ding, Fenlai Tan, Yunyan Hu, Wei He, Bin Han, Wei Long, Yong Liu, Haima Ai, Charles Davis, Don Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140241458
    Abstract: In a method for generating a preamble of a data unit for transmission via a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communication channel, a first field of the preamble is generated. The first field provides a plurality of indicators to a plurality of receivers. Each one of the plurality of indicators indicates a set of a plurality of training sequences that corresponds to transmission of the data unit to a corresponding one of the plurality of receivers. The plurality of training sequences is included in a second field of the preamble. The preamble is formatted such that the first field of the preamble will be transmitted prior to the second field of the preamble being transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyuan Zhang, Raja Banerjea, Yong Liu, Mao Yu