Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of July 4, 2023
Jennifer Andreoli-Fang
Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang has over 15 years of experience in the development of state-of-the-art broadband technologies.
Through her work at CableLabs, she is recognized as a DOCSIS® and mobile wireless thought leader. Spearheading many highly impactful projects including the development of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.1 and Full Duplex DOCSIS, Dr. Andreoli-Fang’s efforts have been critical to the success of the cable industry.
Patent №: 11696181 (July 4, 2023) – Systems and methods for expedited session setup of a wireless session.
Patent №: 11696183 (July 4, 2023) – Systems and methods for latency reduction
Takashi Yoshida
NSITEXE Inc – Project Manager since March 2019.
Mr. Yoshida received his B.S. in Informatics from Tokyo University of Science in 2005; M.S. in Business Administration, Management of Technology and Marketing from Yokohama National University in 2012.
Patent №: 11696007 (July 4, 2023) – Imaging apparatus.
This imaging apparatus consists of an imaging element with various sides. It includes exterior members, a control circuit board, a display panel, and a heat release fan. The control circuit board and display panel are arranged in sequence along the optical axis. A duct with a vent extends from the rear side to the front side and connects to a vent on the bottom side. The heat release fan is located inside the duct near the bottom side, below the control circuit board.
Xiaolin Hou
Mr. Hou received a B.S. degree in telecommunication engineering and a Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2000 and 2005, respectively.
He is currently the Director of the DOCOMO Beijing Laboratories, Department of Wireless Technology.
He has a strong academic and industrial background and has been actively contributing to 4G and 5G research, standardization, and trials.
Mr. Hou is currently focusing on the research and standardization toward 5G evolution and 6G, including mega MIMO, RIS, non-orthogonal physical layer design, and wireless AI.
Patent №: 11695597 (July 4, 2023) – Terminal.
The terminal receives a slot containing multiple symbols. It determines the number of symbols in a sub-frame based on the time duration of each symbol.
Patent №: 11696302 (July 4, 2023) – User terminal.
This user terminal includes a receiving section that obtains configuration information for control resource sets within a partial band. It also includes a control section that monitors specific downlink control information formats in search spaces associated with each control resource set, based on the presence or absence of a specific field indicating the state of a transmission configuration indicator.
Guobiao Zhang
Dr. Guobiao (George) Zhang, currently is a research professor at the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, and the executive director of the Engineering Research Center of Three Dimensional Integration in Guangdong Province.
He received a Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1995) under Chenming Hu.
He has worked in the semiconductor field for more than 20 years. Dr. Zhang is a pioneer in 3-D integration, including 3-D memory and 3-D computing. Under a license from Dr. Zhang, Matrix Semiconductor mass-produced the first 3-D memory in the industry. Intel`s 3D-XPoint and YMTC`s Xtacking used Dr. Zhang`s patents.
Dr. Zhang and the team won the championship in the Electronic Information Industry category during the 4th National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition – the highest-level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in China.
Patent №: 11695001 (July 4, 2023) – Discrete three-dimensional processor. This discrete 3D processor consists of two dice. The first die contains 3D memory arrays, while the second die includes logic circuits and peripheral-circuit components related to the 3D memory array(s). These components can include an address decoder, sense amplifier, programming circuit, read-voltage generator, write-voltage generator, data buffer, or a portion thereof.
Takehiro Moriya
Dr. Moriya received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical engineering and instrumentation physics from the University of Tokyo, in 1978, 1980, and 1989, respectively.
Since joining NTT laboratories in 1980, he has been engaged in research on medium to low-bitrate speech and audio coding.
In 1989, Takehiro worked with AT&T Bell Laboratories as a Visiting Researcher. Since 1990, he has contributed to the standardization of coding schemes for the Japanese Public Digital Cellular system, ITU-T, ISO/IEC MPEG, and 3GPP. He is currently the Head of the Moriya Research Laboratory with NTT Communication Science Laboratories.
Dr. Moriya is a recipient of many awards, including the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award in 2016. He is currently an NTT Fellow. He is a member of IPSJ, the Acoustic Engineering Society, and ASJ. He is also a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Speech and Language Processing.
Patent №: 11694702 (July 4, 2023) – Coding device, decoding device, and method and program thereof. The coding device includes a predictive coding unit that codes a differential vector and obtains a quantization differential vector. It also includes a non-predictive coding unit that codes a correction vector formed from differentials between the coefficient vector and the quantization differential vector. The methods ensure correct coefficient decoding when the linear prediction coefficient code is accurately input to the decoding device.
Philipp Helle
Mr. Helle received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in computer engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, in 2009.
From 2004 to 2008, he was with MikroM—Mikroelektronik für Multimedia GmbH, Berlin, where he designed software and hardware components for digital cinema video decoders.
Since 2008, he has been with Video Coding and Analytics Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications—Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin.
Helle has successfully contributed to the HEVC video coding standard of JCT-VC of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG and participates in the development of the evolving VVC video coding standard. His current research interests include video coding and machine learning.
Patent №: 11694226 (July 4, 2023) – Region merging and coding parameter reuse via merging.
Patent №: 11695969 (July 4, 2023) – Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using subdivision.
Patent №: 11695966 (July 4, 2023) – Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division.
Patent №: 11694224 (July 4, 2023) – Region merging and coding parameter reuse via merging.
Vishal Satyendra Desai
Principal Engineer at Cisco.
Experienced engineer with a demonstrated history of designing many award-winning products in the Wireless LAN industry. Pioneered several distributed and centralized radio resource algorithms for large-scale Wi-Fi networks. Robust embedded software experience to design and develop end-to-end cloud-based products and solutions.
Patent №: 11696221 (July 4, 2023) – Adaptive beacon report for client devices.
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Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of June 6, 2023
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