Patents by Inventor Eric H. Liu
Eric H. Liu 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: 11995089Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Eric H. Liu
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Publication number: 20230002897Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on substrates and methods for depositing the protective coatings. In one or more embodiments, a method of forming a protective coating on a substrate includes depositing a chromium oxide layer containing amorphous chromium oxide on a surface of the substrate during a first vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the chromium oxide layer comprising the amorphous chromium oxide to convert at least a portion of the amorphous chromium oxide to crystalline chromium oxide during a first annealing process. The method also includes depositing an aluminum oxide layer containing amorphous aluminum oxide on the chromium oxide layer during a second vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the aluminum oxide layer disposed on the chromium oxide layer to convert at least a portion of the amorphous aluminum oxide to crystalline aluminum oxide during a second annealing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Kenichi OHNO, Eric H. LIU, Sukti CHATTERJEE, Yuriy MELNIK, Thomas KNISLEY, David Alexander BRITZ, Lance A. SCUDDER, Pravin K. NARWANKAR
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Patent number: 11466364Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on substrates and methods for depositing the protective coatings. In one or more embodiments, a method of forming a protective coating on a substrate includes depositing a chromium oxide layer containing amorphous chromium oxide on a surface of the substrate during a first vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the chromium oxide layer comprising the amorphous chromium oxide to convert at least a portion of the amorphous chromium oxide to crystalline chromium oxide during a first annealing process. The method also includes depositing an aluminum oxide layer containing amorphous aluminum oxide on the chromium oxide layer during a second vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the aluminum oxide layer disposed on the chromium oxide layer to convert at least a portion of the amorphous aluminum oxide to crystalline aluminum oxide during a second annealing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Kenichi Ohno, Eric H. Liu, Sukti Chatterjee, Yuriy Melnik, Thomas Knisley, David Alexander Britz, Lance A. Scudder, Pravin K. Narwankar
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Publication number: 20220188320Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: Eric H. Liu
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Publication number: 20220055772Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for cleaning aerospace components having oxidation, corrosion, contaminants, and/or other degradations. In one or more embodiments, a cleaning method includes positioning the aerospace component into a processing region of a processing chamber, introducing hydrogen gas into the processing region, maintaining the processing region at a pressure of about 100 mTorr to about 5,000 mTorr, and heating the aerospace component at a temperature of about 500° C. to about 1,200° C. for about 0.5 hours to about 24 hours to produce a cleaned surface on the aerospace component. In other embodiments, a cleaning method includes exposing the aerospace component to ozone while maintaining the aerospace component at a temperature of about 15° C. to about 500° C. for 0.25 hours to about 24 hours to produce a cleaned surface on the aerospace component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Sukti CHATTERJEE, Lance A. SCUDDER, Yuriy MELNIK, Kenichi OHNO, Eric H. LIU, David Alexander BRITZ
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Patent number: 11210302Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Eric H. Liu
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Patent number: 11104457Abstract: A power distribution device includes an input, an output, a power switch controller, and a voltage isolation device. The power distribution device includes, and is designed to provide power to, for example, non-radiation-tolerant or non-radiation hardened components for use in low Earth orbit (LEO) missions. The input is configured to receive power from a power source. The output is configured to provide the power to an electrical load. The power switch controller is configured to selectively operate the power distribution device in a first mode responsive to a first event, and to selectively operate the power distribution device in a second mode responsive to a second event. The voltage isolation device includes a plurality of switches configured, in the first mode, to pass the power between the input and the output, and, in the second mode, to interrupt the passage of the power between the input and the output.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Richard M. Brosh, Jonathan W. Edwards, Eric H. Liu, Todd W. Montgomery, Christopher T. Scioscia, Daniel L. Stanley
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Patent number: 11069888Abstract: A simple solution processing method is developed to achieve uniform and scalable stabilized lithium metal powder coating on Li-ion negative electrode. A solvent and binder system for stabilized lithium metal powder coating is developed, including the selection of solvent, polymer binder and enhancement of polymer concentration. The enhanced binder solution is 1% concentration of polymer binder in xylene, and the polymer binder is chosen as the mixture of poly(styrene-co-butadiene) rubber (SBR) and polystyrene (PS). Long-sustained, uniformly dispersed stabilized lithium metal powder suspension can be achieved with the enhanced binder solution. A uniform stabilized lithium metal powder coating can be achieved with simple doctor blade coating method and the resulting stabilized lithium metal powder coating can firmly glued on the anode surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Gao Liu, Sergey D. Lopatin, Eric H. Liu, Ajey M. Joshi, Guo Ai, Zhihui Wang, Hui Zhao, Donghai Wang
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Publication number: 20210071299Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on substrates and methods for depositing the protective coatings. In one or more embodiments, a method of forming a protective coating on a substrate includes depositing a chromium oxide layer containing amorphous chromium oxide on a surface of the substrate during a first vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the chromium oxide layer comprising the amorphous chromium oxide to convert at least a portion of the amorphous chromium oxide to crystalline chromium oxide during a first annealing process. The method also includes depositing an aluminum oxide layer containing amorphous aluminum oxide on the chromium oxide layer during a second vapor deposition process and heating the substrate containing the aluminum oxide layer disposed on the chromium oxide layer to convert at least a portion of the amorphous aluminum oxide to crystalline aluminum oxide during a second annealing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Kenichi OHNO, Eric H. LIU, Sukti CHATTERJEE, Yuriy MELNIK, Thomas KNISLEY, David Alexander BRITZ, Lance A. SCUDDER, Pravin K. NARWANKAR
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Publication number: 20190251090Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventor: Eric H. Liu
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Patent number: 10210219Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Eric H. Liu
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Publication number: 20190013513Abstract: A simple solution processing method is developed to achieve uniform and scalable stabilized lithium metal powder coating on Li-ion negative electrode. A solvent and binder system for stabilized lithium metal powder coating is developed, including the selection of solvent, polymer binder and enhancement of polymer concentration. The enhanced binder solution is 1% concentration of polymer binder in xylene, and the polymer binder is chosen as the mixture of poly(styrene-co-butadiene) rubber (SBR) and polystyrene (PS). Long-sustained, uniformly dispersed stabilized lithium metal powder suspension can be achieved with the enhanced binder solution. A uniform stabilized lithium metal powder coating can be achieved with simple doctor blade coating method and the resulting stabilized lithium metal powder coating can firmly glued on the anode surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Gao LIU, Sergey D. LOPATIN, Eric H. LIU, Ajey M. JOSHI, Guo AI, Zhihui WANG, Hui ZHAO, Donghai WANG
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Publication number: 20180285312Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing content based on shared interests during a social event are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: determining, using a hardware processor, that a social event is in progress; receiving identifying information of one or more users attending the social event; identifying the one or more users attending the social event based on the identifying information; causing publicly available information about one or more interests of the identified one or more users to be retrieved; extracting interests common to at least two of the identified one or more users from the retrieved publicly available information; and causing content to be presented based on the extracted interests.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Eric H. Liu, Alok Chandel, Justin Koh, Pierre-Yves Laligand
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Publication number: 20180148832Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate disposed within a processing volume of a hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) process chamber, includes: (a) providing a carbon containing precursor gas into the processing volume, the carbon containing precursor gas being provided into the processing volume from an inlet located a first distance above a surface of the substrate; (b) breaking hydrogen-carbon bonds within molecules of the carbon containing precursor via introduction of hydrogen radicals to the processing volume to deposit a flowable carbon layer atop the substrate, wherein the hydrogen radicals are formed by flowing a hydrogen containing gas over a plurality of filaments disposed within the processing volume above the substrate and the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Sukti CHATTERJEE, LANCE SCUDDER, ERIC H. LIU, PRAVIN K. NARWANKAR, PRAMIT MANNA, ABHIJIT MALLICK
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Publication number: 20180148833Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate disposed within a processing volume of a hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) process chamber, includes: (a) providing a silicon containing precursor gas into the processing volume, the silicon containing precursor gas is provided into the processing volume from an inlet located a first distance above a surface of the substrate; (b) breaking hydrogen-silicon bonds within molecules of the silicon containing precursor via introduction of hydrogen radicals to the processing volume to deposit a flowable silicon containing layer atop the substrate, wherein the hydrogen radicals are formed by flowing a hydrogen containing gas over a plurality of wires disposed within the processing volume above the substrate and the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Sukti CHATTERJEE, LANCE SCUDDER, ERIC H. LIU, PRAVIN K. NARWANKAR, PRAMIT MANNA, ABHIJIT MALLICK
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Publication number: 20180113868Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Eric H. Liu
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Patent number: 9881058Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting information to a user is provided, the method comprising: detecting a presence of a user; retrieving content and associated content metadata; causing the content to be presented to the user in response to detecting the presence of the user; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the content presented to the user; and in response to detecting the user action, causing information to be presented to the user, wherein the information presented to the user corresponds to the content metadata associated with the portion of the content.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Eric H. Liu
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Patent number: 9761882Abstract: High capacity energy storage devices and energy storage device components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such high capacity energy storage devices and storage device components using processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. In one embodiment, an anode structure for use in a high capacity energy storage device, comprising a conductive collector substrate, a three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix formed on one or more surfaces of the conductive collector substrate, comprising a plurality of meso-porous structures formed over the conductive current collector, and an anodically active material deposited over the three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Sergey D. Lopatin, Dmitri A. Brevnov, Eric H. Liu, Robert Z. Bachrach, Connie P. Wang
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Publication number: 20170237074Abstract: High capacity energy storage devices and energy storage device components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such high capacity energy storage devices and storage device components using processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. In one embodiment, an anode structure for use in a high capacity energy storage device, comprising a conductive collector substrate, a three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix formed on one or more surfaces of the conductive collector substrate, comprising a plurality of meso-porous structures formed over the conductive current collector, and an anodically active material deposited over the three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Sergey D. LOPATIN, Dmitri A. BREVNOV, Eric H. LIU, Robert Z. BACHRACH, Connie P. WANG
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Patent number: 9583770Abstract: High capacity energy storage devices and energy storage device components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such high capacity energy storage devices and storage device components using processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. In one embodiment, an anode structure for use in a high capacity energy storage device, comprising a conductive collector substrate, a three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix formed on one or more surfaces of the conductive collector substrate, comprising a plurality of meso-porous structures formed over the conductive current collector, and an anodically active material deposited over the three-dimensional copper-tin-iron porous conductive matrix is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Sergey D. Lopatin, Dimitri A. Brevnov, Eric H. Liu, Robert Z. Bachrach, Connie P. Wang