Patents by Inventor Yuan Chiu

Yuan Chiu 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: 20240155664
    Abstract: A method of logical channel prioritization and a device thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tzu-Jane Tsai, Chun-Yuan Chiu
  • Publication number: 20240155421
    Abstract: A method and a user equipment for reporting a remaining delay budget information are provided. The method includes: receiving a radio resource control configuration, wherein the radio resource control configuration indicates the user equipment to report the remaining delay budget information of a logical channel or a logical channel group through a status report message; determining whether a triggering condition is met, wherein the triggering condition is associated with a threshold of remaining delay budget; and in response to the triggering condition being met, transmitting the status report message including the remaining delay budget information, wherein the remaining delay budget information indicates at least one remaining delay budget and at least one associated buffer size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chiu, Tzu-Jane Tsai, Fang-Ching Ren
  • Publication number: 20240153052
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamic tone mapping of video content. An example embodiment operates by identifying, by a dynamic tone mapping system executing on a media device, characteristics of a first video signal having a first dynamic range based on a frame-by-frame analysis of the first video signal. The example embodiment further operates by modifying, by the dynamic tone mapping system, a tone mapping curve based on the characteristics of the first video signal to generate a modified tone mapping curve. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by converting, by the dynamic tone mapping system, the first video signal based on the modified tone mapping curve to generate a second video signal having a second dynamic range that is less than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Yuan Chiu, Kunlung Wu
  • Patent number: 11908112
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamic tone mapping of video content. An example embodiment operates by identifying, by a dynamic tone mapping system executing on a media device, characteristics of a first video signal having a first dynamic range based on a frame-by-frame analysis of the first video signal. The example embodiment further operates by modifying, by the dynamic tone mapping system, a tone mapping curve based on the characteristics of the first video signal to generate a modified tone mapping curve. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by converting, by the dynamic tone mapping system, the first video signal based on the modified tone mapping curve to generate a second video signal having a second dynamic range that is less than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Yuan Chiu, Kunlung Wu
  • Publication number: 20240022857
    Abstract: A device for audio signal processing includes a main processor and two audio processors electrically connected with the main processor. Each audio processor corresponds to a channel of a stereo audio output. The main processor provides an indication signal for the two audio processors. Each audio processor generates a synchronization signal according to the indication signal and performs audio signal processing according to the synchronization signal. The synchronization signals begin simultaneously and have the same frequencies that equal a sampling frequency. Each synchronization signal includes at least one pulse, and a start of each pulse of each synchronization signal is aligned in time with a start of a pulse of the indication signal. The audio signal processing performed by each audio processor begins at an end of one of the at least one pulse in the synchronization signal corresponding to the audio processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuan CHIU, Chia-Ling Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230289932
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamic tone mapping of video content. An example embodiment operates by identifying, by a dynamic tone mapping system executing on a media device, characteristics of a first video signal having a first dynamic range based on a frame-by-frame analysis of the first video signal. The example embodiment further operates by modifying, by the dynamic tone mapping system, a tone mapping curve based on the characteristics of the first video signal to generate a modified tone mapping curve. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by converting, by the dynamic tone mapping system, the first video signal based on the modified tone mapping curve to generate a second video signal having a second dynamic range that is less than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sheng Yuan Chiu, Kunlung Wu
  • Patent number: 11754771
    Abstract: An optical virtual push button touch panel includes a substrate (10), a light emitting member (11), a light guide plate (12), a light permeable plate (13), and a touch control sensing member (14). The substrate is provided with a mounting slot (100). The light emitting member is mounted in the substrate. The light guide plate defines multiple light guide structures (120). The light permeable plate is mounted on the substrate. The touch control sensing member is located between the light permeable plate and the light guide plate and defines multiple contact zones (140) aligning with the light guide structures respectively. One of the contact zones produces a coupling capacitance through the light permeable plate and drives the light emitting member to generate the light source, and one of the light guide structures converges the light source toward one of the contact zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AXIOMTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Hon Hu, Po-Yuan Chiu, Yi-Kai Kao
  • Patent number: 11740504
    Abstract: A curved panel includes a first curved substrate, a second curved substrate, a curved coverlens, and an adhesive structure. The first curved substrate and the second curved substrate are overlapped with each other. First to fourth sidewalls of the first curved substrate correspond to fifth to eighth sidewalls of the second curved substrate, respectively. The first to third sidewalls of the first curved substrate extend beyond the fifth to seventh sidewalls of the second curved substrate, respectively. The second curved substrate is located between the curved coverlens and the first curved substrate. The second curved substrate is bonded to the curved coverlens through an adhesive layer. The adhesive structure is located between the first curved substrate and the curved coverlens and is laterally located between the first sidewall and the fifth sidewall, between the second sidewall and the sixth sidewall, and between the third sidewall and the seventh sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lee, Sheng-Yuan Chiu, Yen-Chang Chen, Po-Shu Huang, Ho-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11734806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamic tone mapping of video content. An example embodiment operates by identifying, by a dynamic tone mapping system executing on a media device, characteristics of a first video signal having a first dynamic range based on a frame-by-frame analysis of the first video signal. The example embodiment further operates by modifying, by the dynamic tone mapping system, a tone mapping curve based on the characteristics of the first video signal to generate a modified tone mapping curve. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by converting, by the dynamic tone mapping system, the first video signal based on the modified tone mapping curve to generate a second video signal having a second dynamic range that is less than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Yuan Chiu, Kunlung Wu
  • Publication number: 20230237985
    Abstract: An apparatus for noise reduction in audio signal processing includes a power amplifier, a zero-crossing detector, and a threshold detector. The power amplifier has an input signal terminal for receiving an audio input signal and an output signal terminal. The audio input signal is a digital-to-analog converted version according to a version of a digital audio signal. The power amplifier has an analog gain which is controllable in response to an analog gain control signal. The zero-crossing detector determines a zero-crossing detection signal according to an internal signal provided between the input signal terminal and the output signal terminal. The threshold detector determines a gain setting according to the digital audio signal and the zero-crossing detection signal to generate the analog gain control signal indicating the gain setting, wherein the threshold detector controls the analog gain of the power amplifier according to the analog gain control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: HSIN-YUAN CHIU, HSIANG-YU YANG, YA-MIEN HSU
  • Patent number: 11699423
    Abstract: An apparatus for noise reduction in audio signal processing includes a power amplifier, a zero-crossing detector, and a threshold detector. The power amplifier has an input signal terminal for receiving an audio input signal and an output signal terminal. The audio input signal is a digital-to-analog converted version according to a version of a digital audio signal. The power amplifier has an analog gain which is controllable in response to an analog gain control signal. The zero-crossing detector determines a zero-crossing detection signal according to an internal signal provided between the input signal terminal and the output signal terminal. The threshold detector determines a gain setting according to the digital audio signal and the zero-crossing detection signal to generate the analog gain control signal indicating the gain setting, wherein the threshold detector controls the analog gain of the power amplifier according to the analog gain control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuan Chiu, Hsiang-Yu Yang, Ya-Mien Hsu
  • Patent number: 11601753
    Abstract: A parametric equalizer includes an equalizer circuit, a first protection circuit, a second protection circuit, and a first addition circuit. The equalizer circuit is arranged to receive an input signal, and process the input signal to generate an output signal. The first protection circuit is arranged to generate a first protection signal according to the output signal, the input signal, and a first processed signal. The second protection circuit is arranged to generate a second protection signal according to the input signal and a second processed signal. The first addition circuit is coupled to the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit, and is arranged to combine the first protection signal and the second protection signal to generate an equalizer output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuan Chiu, Tsung-Fu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230043510
    Abstract: A user equipment and a method related to reporting management are provided. In the method, event-triggered information is received for a quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration. A pause indication is received. To send or pause one or more QoE reports is determined based on the event-triggered information. The QoE report is associated with the QoE measurement configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tzu-Jane Tsai, Chun-Yuan Chiu, Jung-Mao Lin
  • Publication number: 20230038867
    Abstract: A network equipment, user equipment, and method related to reporting management are provided. In the method, a pause indication with report selection information is received. The report selection information is related to avoidance of report pause for at least one quality of experience (QoE) measurement configuration. The QoE report is sent based on the report selection information, wherein the at least one QoE report is associated with the at least one QoE measurement configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tzu-Jane Tsai, Chun-Yuan Chiu, Jung-Mao Lin
  • Publication number: 20230032570
    Abstract: A bonding tool and a bonding method are provided. The method includes attaching a semiconductor die to a bonding tool having a first surface, wherein the bonding tool comprises a bending member movably arranged in a trench of the bonding tool, and the bending member protrudes from the first surface and bends the semiconductor die; moving the semiconductor die toward a semiconductor wafer to cause a retraction of the bending member and a partial bonding at a portion of the semiconductor die and the semiconductor wafer; and causing a full bonding between the semiconductor die and the semiconductor wafer subsequent to the partial bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: CHIH-YUAN CHIU, SHIH-YEN CHEN, CHI-CHUN PENG, HONG-KUN CHEN, HUI-TING LIN
  • Publication number: 20230023353
    Abstract: A die dipping structure includes a plate including a first recessed portion having a first depth and filled with a first flux material. The plate further includes a second recessed portion, isolated from the first recessed portion, with a second depth and filled with a second flux material. The second depth is different from the first depth. The die dipping structure further includes a motor configured to move the plate so as to simultaneously dip a first die and a second die into the flux of the first recessed portion and the flux of the second recessed portion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Chun Peng, Chih-Yuan Chiu, Min-Yu Wu, Yi-Kai Tu, Cheng-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20220400341
    Abstract: A parametric equalizer includes an equalizer circuit, a first protection circuit, a second protection circuit, and a first addition circuit. The equalizer circuit is arranged to receive an input signal, and process the input signal to generate an output signal. The first protection circuit is arranged to generate a first protection signal according to the output signal, the input signal, and a first processed signal. The second protection circuit is arranged to generate a second protection signal according to the input signal and a second processed signal. The first addition circuit is coupled to the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit, and is arranged to combine the first protection signal and the second protection signal to generate an equalizer output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuan Chiu, Tsung-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11489499
    Abstract: A switch circuit provides a first output signal and a second output signal for switching between ternary modulation and quaternary modulation for a target device. A first output signal is provided from one of a first signal, a second signal and a ground signal according to an input signal and a duty signal, wherein the first signal is generated through performing a one-bit left-shift operation for the input signal, and the second signal is generated through adding the input signal and the duty signal. A second output signal is provided from one of a third signal, a fourth signal and the ground signal according to the input signal and the duty signal, wherein the third signal is generated through subtracting the input signal from the duty signal, and the fourth signal is generated through performing a two's-complement transformation and the one-bit left-shift operation for the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Fu Lin, Hsin-Yuan Chiu
  • Patent number: 11391598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a traffic situation detecting method. The method includes steps of acquiring a current location, a speed of movement and a direction of movement for a ground vehicle; using the current location as a starting point and drawing a detecting scope on a digital map toward the direction of movement; varying a size of the detecting scope in adaptive to an interval of the speed to which the speed of movement belongs; accessing a traffic server to retrieve a traffic event and determining whether the traffic event is situated within the detecting scope; and marking the traffic event located within the detecting scope on a digital map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: National Central University
    Inventors: Chih-Lin Hu, Yu-Kai Huang, Hsiang-Yuan Chiu, Kun-Yu Lin, Sheng-Zhi Huang
  • Patent number: 11368130
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) offset protection circuit includes: a DC offset detection circuit and a control circuit. The DC offset detection circuit is arranged to detect whether a DC component exists in pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signals and accordingly generate a DC offset detection result. The control circuit is arranged to control an audio system according to the DC offset detection result. The DC offset detection circuit comprises a PWM polarity judgment circuit, a cascaded integrator-comb (CIC) filter and a DC offset judgment circuit. The PWM polarity judgment circuit is arranged to judge a polarity of complementary PWM signals and accordingly generate a polarity indication value. The CIC filter is arranged to generate a filter output signal by averaging a plurality of polarity indication values. The DC offset judgment circuit is arranged to generate the DC offset detection result by comparing the filter output signal with a predetermined DC threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuan Chiu, Hsiang-Yu Yang