Patents by Inventor Lawrence Au

Lawrence Au 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: 9558639
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosed embodiments provide a sensor to detect a side from which a door or window is being opened, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor to determine the side from which the door or window is being opened, and to generate a security exception based on the determination of the side from which the door or window is being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Yash Modi, Kevin Charles Peterson, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Sourav Dey, Lawrence Au
  • Patent number: 9523567
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for guided installation of an opening sensor. A strength of a magnetic field created by a magnet of an opening sensor at a location of a magnetometer sensor of the opening sensor may be determined. Feedback may be provided to an installer of the opening sensor based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. A function of the opening sensor may be configured based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. The function may be associated with reporting the status of an entry point to which the magnetometer sensor may be affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Yash Modi, Lawrence Au, Kevin Charles Peterson, Shao-Po Ma
  • Publication number: 20160303427
    Abstract: An exercise system comprising: an exercise cycle comprising a crank, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user; and a sensing unit coupled to the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information related to at least one crank measurement and to transmit the information related to the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication. In some embodiments, the remote device is a mobile device. In some embodiments, the at least one crank measurement comprises a rotational speed of the crank or a force applied to the crank. The remote device can display information related to use of the exercise cycle based on the information received from the exercise cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William J. Kaiser, Lawrence Au, Maxim A. Batalin, Alexander A. Bui, Bruce H. Dobkin, Xiaoyu Xu, Brett Jordan, Seth Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160298950
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for guided installation feedback for an opening sensor. Detected magnetic field strengths of a magnetic field created by a magnet of an opening sensor as detected by a magnetometer sensor of the opening sensor may be received over a time period. It may be determined that there has been a change in the strength of the magnetic field created by the magnet as detected by the magnetometer sensor based on the received detected magnetic field strengths. Accelerometer data from an accelerometer disposed in the magnetometer sensor may be received. It may be determined from the accelerometer data that the magnetometer sensor was not moving and positive feedback may be provided to an installer of the opening sensor, or it may be determined from the accelerometer data that the magnetometer sensor was moving and negative feedback may be provided to the installer of the opening sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Yash Modi, Kenneth Louis Herman, Kristoffer John Donhowe, Lawrence Au, Kevin Charles Peterson
  • Patent number: 9403053
    Abstract: An exercise system comprising: an exercise cycle comprising a crank, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user; and a sensing unit coupled to the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information related to at least one crank measurement and to transmit the information related to the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication. In some embodiments, the remote device is a mobile device. In some embodiments, the at least one crank measurement comprises a rotational speed of the crank or a force applied to the crank. The remote device can display information related to use of the exercise cycle based on the information received from the exercise cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: William J. Kaiser, Lawrence Au, Maxim A. Batalin, Alexander A. Bui, Bruce H. Dobkin, Xiaoyu Xu, Brett Jordan, Seth Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160189506
    Abstract: A magnet and magnetometer may be integrated into a smart home environment and allow it to be placed into an away mode of operation despite an entry point being semi-open. The disclosed implementations can detect a magnetic field strength and determine, based on the detected field strength, an approximate distance that a moveable partition is open. In some configurations, the presence of a second magnetic source can be detected. A notice may be generated based on one or more signals received from the magnetometer. The notice may be sent to a controller, a remote system, a remote device, and/or a client device as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Charles Peterson, Sophie Le Guen, Maxime Veron, Yash Modi, Lawrence Au, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Julia DeIuliis
  • Publication number: 20160189496
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosed embodiments provide a sensor to detect a side from which a door or window is being opened, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor to determine the side from which the door or window is being opened, and to generate a security exception based on the determination of the side from which the door or window is being opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Yash Modi, Kevin Charles Peterson, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Sourav Dey, Lawrence Au
  • Publication number: 20160187118
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for guided installation of an opening sensor. A strength of a magnetic field created by a magnet of an opening sensor at a location of a magnetometer sensor of the opening sensor may be determined. Feedback may be provided to an installer of the opening sensor based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. A function of the opening sensor may be configured based on the determined strength of the magnetic field. The function may be associated with reporting the status of an entry point to which the magnetometer sensor may be affixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Yash MODI, Lawrence AU, Kevin Charles PETERSON, Shao-Po MA
  • Patent number: 9213687
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer implemented system for analyzing text, for computing aspects of sentiment via chord transitions, such as prissiness, bombast and sarcasm via underlying multiple dimensions of sentiment, computing compassionate rhetoric via successive areas of sentiment in text, for automatically computing normalization of polysemous dictionary entries to provide lookup of meanings for text analysis of words and phrases, and for automatically computing the degree of theme interweave in text via computation of conceptual crossings of paragraphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Publication number: 20140256512
    Abstract: An exercise system comprising: an exercise cycle comprising a crank, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user; and a sensing unit coupled to the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information related to at least one crank measurement and to transmit the information related to the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication. In some embodiments, the remote device is a mobile device. In some embodiments, the at least one crank measurement comprises a rotational speed of the crank or a force applied to the crank. The remote device can display information related to use of the exercise cycle based on the information received from the exercise cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: William J. Kaiser, Lawrence Au, Maxim A. Batalin, Alexander A. Bui, Bruce H. Dobkin, Xiaoyu Xu, Brett Jordan, Seth Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140214708
    Abstract: A community oriented job application and hiring hub, to leverage the trust and transparency created by community charters and memberships, to share and review the potential job to job applicant matching data with improved emphasis on quality control of hiring processes and efficiency of hiring processes, using advanced computer technology to connect communities to other communities, and to hiring and sponsoring companies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Ghazenfer Mansoor, Lawrence Au
  • Publication number: 20130185182
    Abstract: A system and method for transparently valuing a market of fungible opinions, as a basis for more efficiently motivating individuals in society to make actionable resource allocation decisions, including buying and selling and contracting thereof, by valuing individual published opinions and compensating holders of opinions for making valuable contributions to society, as well as compensating providers of physical property and labor resources for providing those resources to society, on the evidence of favorable opinions about specific contributions to society.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Lawrence Au, Stephen Candelmo
  • Patent number: 8463594
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program products for facilitating the automated reading, disambiguation, analysis, indexing, retrieval and scoring of text by utilizing emotional intelligence-based factors. Text quality is scored based upon character development, rhythm, per-page quality, gaps, and climaxes, among other factors. The scores may be standardized by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sauriel LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Patent number: 8396824
    Abstract: A method and system for automatic data categorization in response to a user query. A document set is retrieved in response to the user query. A semantic parser parses the document set and produces semantic term-groups by parsing a semantic network of nodes. A seed ranker produces a plurality of advantageously spaced semantic seeds based on the semantic term-groups. A category accumulator stores the advantageously spaced semantic seeds. The semantic network of nodes is augmented with the advantageously spaced semantic seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: QPS Tech. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Publication number: 20120166180
    Abstract: The present invention increases precision and recall of search engines, while decreasing hardware resources needed, using musical rhythmic analysis to detect sentiment and emotion, using poetic and metaphoric resonances with dictionary meanings, to annotate, distinguish and summarize n-grams of word meanings, then intersecting n-grams to locate mutually salient sentences, using metaphor salience analysis to cluster sentences and paragraphs into automatically named concepts, automatically characterizing quality and depth to which documents describe concepts, using editorial metrics of compassion, variety of perspectives and logical cohesion, to automatically set pricing for written works and their copyrights, and to monitor blogs and social media for newly important concepts, and provide advanced user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Patent number: 8204844
    Abstract: A computer implemented data processor system shifts a semantic network topology to increase efficiency in disambiguating a contextual meaning of natural language symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: QPS Tech. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Patent number: 8200608
    Abstract: A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances and hand-held devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: QPS Tech. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Patent number: 8135660
    Abstract: A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances and hand-held devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: QPS Tech. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Lawrence Au
  • Publication number: 20110275255
    Abstract: A personal marine transporter capable of offering the rider the exhilarating feeling of steering a very maneuverable water craft by the direction of his body motion. Additional features consisting of a handle bar collapsible downward into its housing, a seat with its back rotatable backward and two armrests rotatable forward, reduce the height of the water craft for easy land transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ching Yin Au, Lawrence Au, Beverly Au
  • Publication number: 20100161317
    Abstract: A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances and hand-held devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Lawrence Au