Patents by Inventor Yonghua Lin

Yonghua Lin 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: 20190331753
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Patent number: 10386445
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Patent number: 10386446
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Publication number: 20190138895
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for model selection for training a new dataset is provided. The present invention may include choosing a model from a set of models to be evaluated for training the new dataset, selecting a sample input from a subset of the new dataset, calculating a model activation score for each of the sample inputs in the chosen model, calculating an accumulated model activation score for the chosen model, depending on the model activation score of each of the sample inputs in the chosen model, calculating an accumulated model activation score for each model from the set of models to be evaluated for training the new dataset, and selecting the model for training the new dataset with the highest accumulated model activation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: KE JIN, YUBO LI, YONGHUA LIN, JUNSONG WANG, QING WANG
  • Patent number: 10061528
    Abstract: Example methods are provided to perform disk assignment for multiple distributed computing clusters in a virtualized computing environment. The method may include determining whether disk assignment is required for a host to support a first virtualized computing instance from a first distributed computing cluster and a second virtualized computing instance from a second distributed computing cluster. The method may also include migrating first data placed on one or more second disks to one or more first disks, reassigning the one or more second disks from the first virtualized computing instance to the second virtualized computing instance, and placing second data on the one or more second disks. The first data may be for access by the first virtualized computing instance to execute a first distributed computing application, and the second data may be for access by the second virtualized computing instance to execute a second distributed computing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Binbin Zhao, Yonghua Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 9999059
    Abstract: Synchronization method and apparatus for a wireless wide band system in an interference environment. The method includes: obtaining interference information of a network; selecting at least one channel based at least in part on the interference information; and transmitting resource information through the at least one channel, wherein the resource information indicates a resource allocation determined at least in part on the interference information; and wherein a position of the at least one channel is indicated by a synchronization sequence. The present invention also provides another method and apparatus for synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinhao Cheng, Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Junsong Wang, Qing Wang
  • Publication number: 20180114117
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for accelerating a deep neural network (DNN) in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. The method includes receiving a DNN net file and weights, converting the received DNN net file to one or more source files, generating an executable FPGA bit file using the one or more source files, and downloading the executable FPGA bit file from the DNN conversion platform to the FPGA. Converting of the received DNN net file and the weights to the one or more source files can further include analyzing the DNN net file to identify a plurality of neural layers, decomposing one or more neural layers of the plurality of neural layers to one or more operation blocks, instantiating the one or more source files, based on the one or more operation blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Junsong Wang
  • Patent number: 9917789
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods and apparatuses for allocating computing elements in a data receiving link. Aspects include receiving baseband data in the data receiving link and allocating a computing element from a resource pool of computing elements for converting the baseband data to transmission block data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinhao Cheng, Yonghua Lin, Chao Xue, Rong Yan, Chao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170337004
    Abstract: Example methods are provided to perform disk assignment for multiple distributed computing clusters in a virtualized computing environment. The method may include determining whether disk assignment is required for a host to support a first virtualized computing instance from a first distributed computing cluster and a second virtualized computing instance from a second distributed computing cluster. The method may also include migrating first data placed on one or more second disks to one or more first disks, reassigning the one or more second disks from the first virtualized computing instance to the second virtualized computing instance, and placing second data on the one or more second disks. The first data may be for access by the first virtualized computing instance to execute a first distributed computing application, and the second data may be for access by the second virtualized computing instance to execute a second distributed computing application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Binbin ZHAO, Yonghua LIN LIN
  • Publication number: 20170322284
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Publication number: 20170322285
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Patent number: 9794828
    Abstract: A radio unit configured to connect to a baseband processing unit includes a transformation unit configured to obtain uplink time domain signal data and transform the uplink time domain signal data into uplink frequency domain signal data; and a compression unit configured to compress the uplink frequency domain signal data by using a compression algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinhao Cheng, Mingqiang Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Chao Xue, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu
  • Patent number: 9759799
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Patent number: 9746541
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Patent number: 9736698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless network, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for partitioning a coordination area in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining antenna directions of respective cells, base station locations of respective cells, and scope of a coordination area within the wireless network; determining an initial coordination area based on the scope of the coordination area and the base station locations in respective cells; partitioning the initial coordination area into an inner area and an outer area; partitioning the outer area into an inward area and an outward area based on the antenna directions of cells within the outer area and the base station locations of cells within the outer area; and combining the inner area and the inward area within the outer area into a new coordination area. The method is simple and easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mingqiang Li, Yonghua Lin, Chao Xue, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Chao Zhu
  • Patent number: 9686040
    Abstract: An adaptive modulation coding method includes obtaining an estimated signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and a packet error rate (PER) of a communication link of a user terminal; setting a first adjustment amount of the SINR of the communication link according to the PER of the communication link; calculating an effective SINR of the communication link according to the estimated SINR of the communication link and the first adjustment amount of the SINR of the communication link; and determining a modulation coding scheme of the communication link according to the effective SINR of the communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qi Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 9641283
    Abstract: An adaptive modulation coding method includes obtaining an estimated signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and a packet error rate (PER) of a communication link of a user terminal; setting a first adjustment amount of the SINR of the communication link according to the PER of the communication link; calculating an effective SINR of the communication link according to the estimated SINR of the communication link and the first adjustment amount of the SINR of the communication link; and determining a modulation coding scheme of the communication link according to the effective SINR of the communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yonghua Lin, Jianbin Tang, Jun Song Wang, Qi Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20160381579
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Publication number: 20160381582
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a first beacon in an array of beacons and receiving a second RSSI of a second beacon in an array of beacons, calculating a RSSI of the array (r) as a function of the first RSSI and the second RSSI, retrieving a calibrated RSSI value of the array (r?) from a memory, determining whether r>r?, and outputting a signal to a user device responsive to determining that r>r?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: YuBo Li, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Chao Xue
  • Publication number: 20160345180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless network, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for partitioning a coordination area in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining antenna directions of respective cells, base station locations of respective cells, and scope of a coordination area within the wireless network; determining an initial coordination area based on the scope of the coordination area and the base station locations in respective cells; partitioning the initial coordination area into an inner area and an outer area; partitioning the outer area into an inward area and an outward area based on the antenna directions of cells within the outer area and the base station locations of cells within the outer area; and combining the inner area and the inward area within the outer area into a new coordination area. The method is simple and easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: MINGQIANG LI, YONGHUA LIN, CHAO XUE, RONG YAN, HAI ZHAN, CHAO ZHU