Patents by Inventor Yung-Fa Ho
Yung-Fa Ho 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).
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Patent number: 9898550Abstract: A method for controlling antennas, performed by a virtual tunneling processor of a wireless access point, is provided and contains at least the following steps. Obtaining a plurality of first signal quality indices associated with a connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of first signal quality indices by a plurality of antenna patterns, selecting a plurality of best antenna patterns as a plurality of antenna-pattern candidates according to the first signal quality indices, obtaining a plurality of second signal quality indices associated with the connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of second signal quality indices by the antenna-pattern candidates, and storing the second signal quality indices in a database.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventor: Yung-Fa Ho
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Patent number: 9438514Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless electronic device including an adaptive antenna device, a wireless communication module and a processing unit. The adaptive antenna includes a horizontal antenna module arranged to transmit data in a plurality of certain horizontal directions and a vertical antenna module arranged to transmit data in a plurality of certain vertical directions. The processing unit enables the wireless communication module to enable the horizontal antenna module to scan signals along the certain horizontal directions to obtain a horizontal scan result when the wireless electronic device is powered up. The processing unit further determines whether at least one electronic device is available in at least one of the certain horizontal directions according to the horizontal scan result, and enables the horizontal antenna module and the vertical antenna module to directionally transmit data to the electronic device in the certain horizontal directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Yung-Fa Ho, Ching-Po Chiu, Chia-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 9413440Abstract: The present disclosure provides a performance enhancement method for a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. The performance enhancement method includes determining whether a connection node of a data stream matches when a transmission packet is waiting for transmission in the data stream, wherein the data stream is dedicated to serving a wireless subscriber, collecting a plurality of radio-frequency parameters and MIMO information when the connection node matches, using a time-division multiple access (TDMA) mechanism to divide the transmission packet into a plurality of sub-packets, applying Space-time block code (STBC) to the sub-packets, and transmitting the encoded sub-packets in one data stream in different time instants.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Wistron NeWeb CorporationInventor: Yung-Fa Ho
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Publication number: 20160095130Abstract: A method for controlling antennas, performed by a virtual tunneling processor of a wireless access point, is provided and contains at least the following steps. Obtaining a plurality of first signal quality indices associated with a connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of first signal quality indices by a plurality of antenna patterns, selecting a plurality of best antenna patterns as a plurality of antenna-pattern candidates according to the first signal quality indices, obtaining a plurality of second signal quality indices associated with the connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of second signal quality indices by the antenna-pattern candidates, and storing the second signal quality indices in a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventor: YUNG-FA HO
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Publication number: 20150381245Abstract: The present disclosure provides a performance enhancement method for a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. The performance enhancement method includes determining whether a connection node of a data stream matches when a transmission packet is waiting for transmission in the data stream, wherein the data stream is dedicated to serving a wireless subscriber, collecting a plurality of radio-frequency parameters and MIMO information when the connection node matches, using a time-division multiple access (TDMA) mechanism to divide the transmission packet into a plurality of sub-packets, applying Space-time block code (STBC) to the sub-packets, and transmitting the encoded sub-packets in one data stream in different time instants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventor: Yung-Fa Ho
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Patent number: 9153868Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless electronic device including an adaptive antenna unit and a processing unit. The adaptive antenna unit directionally receives data from a first electronic device. The processing unit estimates a feedback time for when the wireless electronic device may receive data from the first electronic device when a predetermined condition is met, and enables the adaptive antenna unit to form a specific radiation field in a specific direction to receive data through the specific radiation field after the feedback time.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corp.Inventor: Yung-Fa Ho
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Patent number: 9124427Abstract: A control method of an antenna system includes the steps of configuring the antenna system to communicate with a plurality of stations, and configuring the antenna system to modify, at intervals of a predetermined time, a plurality of data acknowledgement (ACK) timeouts which correspond respectively to the stations, so that each of the data ACK timeouts substantially equals the round trip time of a packet for communication between the antenna system and the corresponding one of the stations.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Yung-Fa Ho, Ching-Po Chiu, Chia-Wei Lin
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Publication number: 20150155626Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless electronic device including an adaptive antenna unit and a processing unit. The adaptive antenna unit directionally receives data from a first electronic device. The processing unit estimates a feedback time for when the wireless electronic device may receive data from the first electronic device when a predetermined condition is met, and enables the adaptive antenna unit to form a specific radiation field in a specific direction to receive data through the specific radiation field after the feedback time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Wistron NeWeb Corp.Inventor: Yung-Fa HO
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Publication number: 20150048975Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless electronic device including an adaptive antenna device, a wireless communication module and a processing unit. The adaptive antenna includes a horizontal antenna module arranged to transmit data in a plurality of certain horizontal directions and a vertical antenna module arranged to transmit data in a plurality of certain vertical directions. The processing unit enables the wireless communication module to enable the horizontal antenna module to scan signals along the certain horizontal directions to obtain a horizontal scan result when the wireless electronic device is powered up. The processing unit further determines whether at least one electronic device is available in at least one of the certain horizontal directions according to the horizontal scan result, and enables the horizontal antenna module and the vertical antenna module to directionally transmit data to the electronic device in the certain horizontal directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Wistron NeWeb Corp.Inventors: Yung-Fa HO, Ching-Po CHIU, Chia-Wei LIN
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Publication number: 20140119294Abstract: A control method of an antenna system includes the steps of configuring the antenna system to communicate with a plurality of stations, and configuring the antenna system to modify, at intervals of a predetermined time, a plurality of data acknowledgement (ACK) timeouts which correspond respectively to the stations, so that each of the data ACK timeouts substantially equals the round trip time of a packet for communication between the antenna system and the corresponding one of the stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Yung-Fa Ho, Ching-Po Chiu, Chia-Wei Lin
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Publication number: 20130283288Abstract: A system resource conserving method for managing an application process executing on an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has a combination of system resources, the method comprising: (A) executing a central management process for managing utilization of the system resource by the application processes; (B) receiving by the central management process a task completion message from one of the application processes; and (C) selectively transmitting by the central management process a terminate message or a suspend message to the application process according to the task completion message in order to terminate or suspend the execution of the application process such that the application process stops using the system resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Wistron NeWeb Corp.Inventors: Ching-Jung CHEN, Yung-Fa HO
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Publication number: 20120294200Abstract: A wireless communication method includes attempting to establish a first wireless connection. Next, an attempt is made to establish a second wireless connection using a different channel from the first wireless connection. Subsequently, a determination is made as to whether the first wireless connection and the second wireless connection are established. When the first wireless connection and the second wireless connection are established, a manner of signal transmission between the first wireless connection and the second wireless connection is coordinated to transmit uplink data and downlink data, respectively, such that a duplex mode of operation is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Yi-Ping WANG, Yung-Fa Ho