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Dongxun Jia, Ottawa CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120015679Embryo frequency leakage for personalized wireless communication system - An embryo frequency leakage system for personalized wireless communication includes a base station with transceiver transmits and receives at a carrier frequency fl, an apparatus that transmits and receives at frequency fl while purposely leaks at another frequency fe; a handheld that transmits and receives at its embryo frequency fe which preferably at higher frequencies so that the handheld form factor and power consumption can be minimized. In this way, handheld only needs one low power radio therefore is green energy and less danger when pointing to human brain. The handheld will always associate with an apparatus which is deployed within personalized area and has a longer reach by using lower carrier frequencies meanwhile leaks at higher frequencies to create the second communication channel with the handheld.01-19-2012

Guofeng Jia, Edmonton CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110136763TRISUBSTITUTED BORON-CONTAINING MOLECULES - This invention largely relates to 3,4,6-trisubstituted benzoxaborole compounds, and their use for treating bacterial infections.06-09-2011

Qi Jia, Burnaby CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090264444Organic compounds - The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.10-22-2009
20100137299SPIRO-OXINDOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.06-03-2010
20100160362SPIRO (FURO [3, 2-C] PYRIDINE-3-3' -INDOL) -2' (1'H)-ONE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SODIUM-CHANNEL MEDIATED DISEASES, SUCH AS PAIN - This invention is directed to methods of using spiro-oxindole compounds of formula (I): wherein j, k, m, Q, X, R06-24-2010
20110087027SYNTHETIC METHODS FOR SPIRO-OXINDOLE COMPOUNDS - This invention is directed to methods of preparing certain spiro-oxindole derivatives, which are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.04-14-2011
20110294842SPIRO (FURO [3, 2-C] PYRIDINE-3-3' -INDOL) -2' (1'H)-ONE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SODIUM-CHANNEL MEDIATED DISEASES, SUCH AS PAIN - This invention is directed to methods of using spiro-oxindole compounds of formula (I): wherein j, k, m, Q, X, R12-01-2011
20120014906ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Qi Jia, Burnaby CA

Yongkang Jia, Kanata CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090129312System and Method for Timing Synchronization - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for timing synchronization. Uplink synchronization is a necessary component of a UE operating in a mobile, wireless network. Reliable uplink synchronization generally requires regular uplink transmission containing reference signals. A method is provided that defines a burst period for sending the reference signals, determines an interval between the reference signals, and sends a timing instruction message that includes the burst period and the determined interval. A second method is provided that receives the timing instruction message and sends the reference signals in accordance with the timing instruction.05-21-2009
20090161620System and Method for Uplink Resource Utilization - A system and method are disclosed for providing efficient uplink resource utilization wireless communication system. The system and method for use with a network access equipment in scheduling uplink transmissions to ensure that a user equipment is not transmitting unnecessary information at inconvenient times.06-25-2009
20090161654System and Method for Uplink Timing Synchronization - A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization in a wireless communication system. The uplink timing synchronization may be provided via a specific message sent from the user equipment to a network access device, or may be calculated based upon data received at the network access device from the user equipment.06-25-2009
20100271988Hybrid-QRD-SIC and Imbalanced MCS System and Method for MIMO - A method and system for multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) detection and channel decoding comprising: decomposing a channel complex gain matrix into a unitary matrix and an upper right hand triangular matrix; providing a received signal to a complex conjugate transpose of the unitary matrix, thereby creating a plurality of signals; normalizing a last of the plurality of signals; channel decoding the normalized last of the plurality of signals, thereby recovering a last codeword signal; encoding the last codeword signal; utilizing the encoded last codeword signal to recover a second last codeword signal; and repeating the utilizing until all codeword signals are recovered. Also, a method and system for providing an imbalanced modulation and coding scheme for successive interference cancellation.10-28-2010
20110200081System And Method For Channel Status Information Feedback In A Wireless Communications System That Utilizes Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Transmission - A method for user equipment operation in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system having an base station, the method comprising measuring a channel between the UE and the base station, determining a quantized estimate using a codebook to approximate the measured channel, computing an error measure for the quantized estimate and transmitting the error measure and the quantized estimate to the base station for use by the base station in reconstructing an actual channel vector.08-18-2011
20110200131Low Overhead PMI and CQI Feedback and Pairing Schemes for MU-MIMO - A method is provided for searching for a pairing PMI including estimating a MIMO wireless propagation channel from an access point transmitter to a receiver at a UE; quantizing the estimated channel with a codebook consisting of a plurality of codewords, the result being an actual SU-MIMO PMI currently applicable to the UE; estimating the channel quality corresponding to the actual SU-MIMO PMI, resulting in at least one CQI for the UE; constructing a plurality of subsets from a codebook of codewords, wherein each subset comprises potential MU-MIMO PMIs that represent channels that have reduced interference with a channel represented by one of the potential SU-MIMO PMIs; associating each potential SU-MIMO PMI with the subset that comprises the potential MU-MIMO PMIs that represent channels that have reduced interference with the channel represented by that potential SU-MIMO PMI; searching for an appropriate pairing PMI and the associated CQI for the UE.08-18-2011

Patent applications by Yongkang Jia, Kanata CA

Yongkang Jia, Ottawa CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100067632LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) RADIO LINK TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION - A method for performing a radio link timing estimation for synchronization to a wireless communications channel such as an uplink channel in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in a mobile wireless device or wireless network base station is provided. A channel frequency response estimate from a received reference signal comprising multiple non-coherent Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols is obtained. A frequency response covariance matrix from the channel frequency response estimate is then generated. Timing offsets of the received reference signal using covariance matrix and timing offset estimation algorithms are then estimated.03-18-2010
20100322179Reference Signal Design For Wireless Communication System - A method and system for identifying a reference signal pattern in contiguous resource blocks received by a user agent (UA) in a wireless communication system where any of one through N contiguous resource blocks may be assigned to a UA, the method performed by a UA and comprising the steps of storing resource block reference signal patterns in a UA memory where the patterns include a separate reference signal pattern for each possible number of contiguous resource blocks that may be assigned to a UA, receiving a resource grant indicating a number contiguous resource block is assigned to the UA, based on the number of contiguous resource blocks assigned to the UA, identifying one of the reference signal patterns in the memory and using the identified one of the reference signal patterns to identify reference signals in contiguously received resource blocks.12-23-2010
20100322341CODE BOOKS FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and device for transmitting and receiving data. A device comprises a code book and a transmitter. The code book comprises a plurality of codewords, wherein the plurality of codewords correspond to a plurality of vectors having a largest minimum chordal distance with respect to the plurality of vectors. The transmitter is configured to send a number of wireless signals using the code book. A receiver receives and decodes the number of wireless signals.12-23-2010
20110176629DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION IN A MULTIPLE-USER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ("MU-MIMO") WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Information transmission in a multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting information in a MIMO wireless communication system, comprising updating channel quality information (“CQI”) values of a plurality of wireless devices, wherein updating said CQI values consider the effects of interference from transmissions to those wireless devices associated with a pre-assigned companion codeword set; pairing said plurality of wireless devices using at least said CQI values, a precoding matrix index (“PMI”) value and said pre-assigned companion codeword set, wherein said pre-assigned companion codeword set, pre-assigned companion codewords associated with said pre-assigned companion codeword set and said PMI value are updated for each of said plurality of wireless devices; precoding the information for each of said plurality of wireless devices using said PMI value; and transmitting said precoded information to each of said plurality of wireless devices.07-21-2011
20110200018SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method for providing transmit diversity in wireless network communications is presented. An indication of a slot structure is received. The slot structure identifies at least a first location of a reference signal within a slot. A first reference signal is transmitted within a first slot using a first antenna. A location of the first reference signal within the first slot is determined by the slot structure. A second reference signal is transmitted within the first slot using a second antenna. A location of the second reference signal within the first slot is determined by the slot structure. In some cases, the slot structure identifies a second location of a reference signal within the slot structure. The second location being offset from the first location, and a third reference signal is transmitted within the first slot at the second location on the first antenna.08-18-2011
20110280220System and Method for Timing Synchronization - A method in a network access equipment is provided. The method includes defining a burst duration for sending a plurality of reference signals. The method further includes determining an interval between ones of the plurality of reference signals in the burst duration. The method further includes defining a burst period for sending a plurality of reference signal bursts. The method further includes sending a reference signal instruction message containing an activation message and at least one of the burst duration, the interval, and the burst period.11-17-2011
20110310861System and Method for Timing Synchronization - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for timing synchronization. Uplink synchronization is a necessary component of a UE operating in a mobile, wireless network. Reliable uplink synchronization generally requires regular uplink transmission containing reference signals. A method is provided that defines a burst period for sending the reference signals, determines an interval between the reference signals, and sends a timing instruction message that includes the burst period and the determined interval. A second method is provided that receives the timing instruction message and sends the reference signals in accordance with the timing instruction.12-22-2011

Yunhua Jia, Saskatoon CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090113788FUEL ADDITIVE COMPOSITION TO IMPROVE FUEL LUBRICITY - The present disclosure relates to fuel additive compositions comprising one or more hydrogen bonding compounds derived from a long chain fatty acid, and one or more esters of a second long chain fatty acid. Such fuel additives improve the lubricity of the fuel.05-07-2009
20110111073RECOVERY OF HYDROPHOBIC PEPTIDES FROM OILS - Methods for separation and recovery of individual cyclic peptides from plant materials, said method comprising the steps of: (a) extracting an oil from a plant material; (b) separating the extracted oil into a non-polar fraction and a polar fraction; (c) separation and recovery of cyclic peptides from the non-polar fraction, and (d) separation and recovery of cyclic peptides from the polar fraction. The methods are suitable for separation and recovery of individual cyclolinopeptides from flax seed oil. Individual cyclolinopeptides are useful for modulation physiological disorders associated with apoptosis. Modified flaxseed oils may be produced by comingling flaxseed oils absent cyclolinopeptides, with at least one cyclolinopeptide separated and recovered with the methods disclosed herein.05-12-2011
20110130586RECOVERY OF MULTIPLE COMPOUNDS AND RECYCLABLE WATER FROM THIN STILLAGE - Methods for recovery of recyclable water and/or fermentation co-products from thin stillage process streams. Microbial metabolites and/or plant derivatives and/or plant extractives are removed from thin stillage after which, recyclable water is recovered from the processed thin stillage. Thin stillage is commingled with one or more polar organic solvents to react microbial metabolites and/or plant derivatives and/or plant extractives with the organic solvents. The reacted organic solvents are then separated from the processed thin stillage. Thin stillage may be commingled with an oil to re act with certain organic compounds, after which, the reacted oil is separated from the processed thin stillage is further extracted with one or more polar organic solvents. Alternatively, thin stillage may be first processed with one or more polar organic solvents, and then processed with an oil. Useful organic compounds may recovered from the reacted oil and from the reacted organic solvents.06-02-2011

Yunwei Jia, Thornhill CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232213Method and apparatus for super-resolution of images - A method to generate super-resolution images using a sequence of low resolution images is disclosed. The method includes generating an estimated high resolution image, motion estimating between the estimated high resolution image and comparison images from the sequence of low resolution images, motion-compensated back projecting, and motion-free back projecting that results in a super resolved image. A corresponding system for generating super-resolution images includes a high resolution image estimation module, a motion estimating module, a motion-compensated back projection module, a motion-free back projection module, an input interface, and an output interface.09-17-2009
20110109794CACHING STRUCTURE AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN BLOCK BASED VIDEO - Presented herein are caching structures and apparatus for use in block based video. In one embodiment, there is described a system for providing receiving lower resolution frames and generating higher resolution frames. The system comprises an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a first circuit, a direct memory access, and a cache. The first circuit maps frames that are proximate to a particular frame to the particular frame. The direct memory access fetches blocks from said proximate frames. The cache stores at least some of the blocks from said proximate frames.05-12-2011
20110141348PARALLEL PROCESSOR FOR PROVIDING HIGH RESOLUTION FRAMES FROM LOW RESOLUTION FRAMES - Presented herein are caching structures and apparatus for use in block based video. In one embodiment, there is described a system receiving lower resolution frames and generating higher resolution frames. The system comprises an upsampling circuit, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The upsampling circuit upsamples a particular lower resolution frame, thereby resulting in an upsampled frame. The first circuit maps frames that are proximate to the particular frame, to the particular frame. The second circuit simultaneously updates the upsampled frame with two or more blocks from at least one of the frames that are proximate to the particular frame.06-16-2011
20110149150SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO FROM UPSAMPLED STANDARD DEFINITION VIDEO - Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for providing high resolution frames. In one embodiment, there is a method comprising receiving upscaled frames; motion estimating the upscaled frames; and motion compensating the upscaled frames.06-23-2011

Yunwei Jia, Milton CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204592Motion compensated frame rate conversion system and method - Systems and methods of motion compensated frame rate conversion are described herein. These systems and methods convert an input video sequence at a first frame rate to an output video sequence at a second frame rate through a novel motion estimation and motion vector processing stage that produces a motion field having a plurality of motion vectors that describe the movement of objects between input video frames from the perspective of an interpolated video frame. A subsequent motion compensated interpolation stage then constructs the interpolated video frame using an adaptively blended combination of a motion compensated prediction and a temporal average prediction of the pixel values from the input video frames. Motion estimation in these systems and methods is enhanced by utilizing spatial and temporal biasing on the predictions of moving objects between and within the input frames, and also by removing aberrational motion vectors from the motion field through a hierarchy of motion vector processing blocks.08-28-2008
20100220235METHOD FOR COMPOSITE VIDEO ARTIFACTS REDUCTION - A method for composite noise filtering is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a selection value in response to a stationary check identifying one of a plurality of blendings for a current item of a current field, (B) generating a filtered item in response to one of (i) a first of the blendings between the current item and a first previous item co-located in a first previous field having an opposite phase of composite artifacts from the current field and (ii) a second of the blendings between the current item and a first motion compensated item from the first previous field and (C) switching between the first blending and the second blending in response to the selection value.09-02-2010
20110096231METHOD FOR VIDEO DEINTERLACING AND FORMAT CONVERSION - A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of primary scores by searching along a plurality of primary angles for an edge in the picture proximate a location interlaced with a field of the picture, (B) generating a plurality of neighbor scores by searching for the edge along a plurality of neighbor angles proximate a particular angle of the primary angles corresponding to a particular score of the primary scores having a best value and (C) identifying a best score from a group of scores consisting of the particular score and the neighbor scores to generate an interpolated sample at the location.04-28-2011

Patent applications by Yunwei Jia, Milton CA

Zongchao Jia, Kingston CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080221028Compositions and Methods for Treating Atherosclerosis - Peptides and mimetics of selected domains of mammalian serum amyloid A isoform 2.1 (SAA2.1) and compounds and compositions thereof are provided that enhance the effect on macrophage cholesterol ester hydrolase activity and/or inhibit acyl CoA:cholesterol acyl transferase activity. Methods of using these compositions in the treatment and/or prevention of atherosclerosis as well as coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease are also provided.09-11-2008
20100279926Compositions and Methods for Treating Atherosclerosis - Peptides and mimetics of selected domains of mammalian serum amyloid A isoform 2.1 (SAA2.1) and compounds and compositions thereof are provided that enhance the effect on macrophage cholesterol ester hydrolase activity and/or inhibit acyl CoA:cholesterol acyl transferase activity. Methods of using these compositions in the treatment and/or prevention of atherosclerosis as well as coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease are also provided.11-04-2010
20110268768Compositions and Methods for Treating Atherosclerosis - Peptides and mimetics of selected domains of mammalian serum amyloid A isoform 2.1 (SAA2.1) and compounds and compositions thereof are provided that enhance the effect on macrophage cholesterol ester hydrolase activity and/or inhibit acyl CoA:cholesterol acyl transferase activity. Methods of using these compositions in the treatment and/or prevention of atherosclerosis as well as coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease are also provided.11-03-2011

Patent applications by Zongchao Jia, Kingston CA