Patents by Inventor ELAINE IH LIAO

ELAINE IH LIAO 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).

  • Patent number: 10963651
    Abstract: A method for dynamically detecting and converting a context-sensitive information in a first language and a first format to a second language and a second format that is understandable to an end user based on a user-specified setting is provided. The method may use a built-in camera of a computing device to dynamically detect and capture an image frame of context-sensitive information. The method may use Optical character recognition (OCR), as well as contextual information such as GPS data available from a mobile computing device, to automatically translate and reformat the context-sensitive information in real-time so a user may understand it unambiguously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ning Hsu, Elaine Ih Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Cheng-Yu Yu
  • Publication number: 20200050589
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, method and program product for performing code conversions. In one embodiment the method includes determining size of encoding space for a source file and a target file upon receipt of a code conversion request and generating a main conversion file upon determination that a target encoding space associated with said target file is smaller than a source encoding space associated with the source file. Subsequently an extension converted file is generated from the source file according to a pre-established mapping table of code conversion stored in a memory. The code conversion request is completed by using the main conversion file and said extension file together so that the source file does not need to be truncated in order to fit into the target conversion space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Albert Hsieh, Elaine IH. Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Pei-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20170242850
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, method and program product for performing code conversions. In one embodiment the method includes determining size of encoding space for a source file and a target file upon receipt of a code conversion request and generating a main conversion file upon determination that a target encoding space associated with said target file is smaller than a source encoding space associated with the source file. Subsequently an extension converted file is generated from the source file according to a pre-established mapping table of code conversion stored in a memory. The code conversion request is completed by using the main conversion file and said extension file together so that the source file does not need to be truncated in order to fit into the target conversion space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Albert Hsieh, Elaine IH. Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Pei-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20160357709
    Abstract: A method for dynamically detecting and converting a context-sensitive information in a first language and a first format to a second language and a second format that is understandable to an end user based on a user-specified setting is provided. The method may use a built-in camera of a computing device to dynamically detect and capture an image frame of context-sensitive information. The method may use Optical character recognition (OCR), as well as contextual information such as GPS data available from a mobile computing device, to automatically translate and reformat the context-sensitive information in real-time so a user may understand it unambiguously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: YU-NING HSU, ELAINE IH LIAO, CHIH-YUAN LIN, CHENG-YU YU
  • Publication number: 20160357732
    Abstract: A method for dynamically detecting and converting a context-sensitive information in a first language and a first format to a second language and a second format that is understandable to an end user based on a user-specified setting is provided. The method may use a built-in camera of a computing device to dynamically detect and capture an image frame of context-sensitive information. The method may use Optical character recognition (OCR), as well as contextual information such as GPS data available from a mobile computing device, to automatically translate and reformat the context-sensitive information in real-time so a user may understand it unambiguously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: YU-NING HSU, ELAINE IH LIAO, CHIH-YUAN LIN, CHENG-YU YU