Patents Examined by Stephen S. Hong
  • Patent number: 12045728
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a plurality of sensor data items, each specifying a set of values determined from at least one sensor; and training, based on the plurality of sensor data items, a machine learning model including a data adaptation part configured for determining a modified sensor data item based on an input sensor data item, an encoder configured for determining encoded features based on the modified sensor data item, a decoder configured for determining a decoded sensor data item based on the encoded features, representing an estimation of the input sensor data item, and a classifier configured for determining a class associated with the input sensor data item. The training the machine learning model includes updating parameters of the data adaptation part based on the input sensor data item and the corresponding decoded sensor data item, while maintaining the encoder, the decoder and the classifier frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Istvan Ketyko, Ferenc Kovacs
  • Patent number: 12032579
    Abstract: Techniques perform sample selection. Such techniques involve: in response to receiving a query time range for samples input by a user, obtaining a plurality of groups of samples from a sample set, each group of samples being collected within a corresponding time range. Such techniques further involve: determining a relationship between the query time range and time ranges corresponding to the plurality of groups of samples. Such techniques further involve: determining, based on the determined relation and from the plurality of groups of samples, a group of samples with a corresponding time range matching the query time range. Accordingly, these sets of samples may be presented accurately and efficiently to the user in a selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Maoyang Xu, Qiang Ma, Sheng Zhang, Peng Chen, Hua Wang, Rui Chen
  • Patent number: 12026364
    Abstract: A device detects, while displaying a first user interface that includes a first plurality of notifications in a list of notifications, a first user input that includes a first input. In response to detecting the first user input, the device, in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a swipe input in a first direction and a determination that an end of the list of notifications has been reached, displays a search input region. In response to detecting the first user input, the device, in accordance with a determination that the first input includes the swipe input in the first direction and that an end of the list of notifications has not been reached, displays a second plurality of notifications that are between the first plurality of notifications and the end of the list of notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Nathan de Vries
  • Patent number: 12027043
    Abstract: Systems, devices, products, apparatuses, and/or methods, for detecting a missing traffic face, including: obtaining sensor data that includes a plurality of images associated with a geographic location including a roadway and associated with a plurality of image capture locations in the geographic location, determining in a subset of images of the plurality of images, a plurality of image areas associated with at least one predicted traffic face, determining a plurality of rays that project through 3-D spaces of the geographic location associated with the plurality of image areas from a subset of image capture locations of the plurality of image capture locations associated with the subset of images, and identifying at least one location of a traffic face in the geographic location based on a sum of unit vectors of the plurality of rays that project through the 3-D spaces of the geographic location at the at least one location of the traffic face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Vig, Shivali Chandra
  • Patent number: 12026433
    Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus, and a readable medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: collecting a facial image of a user by means of a terminal, and taking the collected facial image as a first facial image, displaying the first facial image in a user display area of a terminal screen; where the terminal screen displays a target object, collecting a sound signal of the user, and taking the collected sound signal as a target sound signal; and if the sound intensity of the target sound signal is within a first intensity range, switching a display state of the target object, and switching the first facial image in the user display area to a second facial image, wherein the second facial image is obtained on the basis of the first facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Meng, Hua-Ting Chung
  • Patent number: 12026453
    Abstract: An annotation method, a method of relation extraction, a non-transient computer storage medium, and a computing device are provided. The annotation method includes: traversing each sentence in a text to be annotated to generate a first template and selecting the first template; traversing each sentence in the text to be annotated, based on the selected first template, to match at least one new seed; evaluating the at least one new seed having been matched; repeating the above steps until a selected condition is met, and outputting the matched correct seed and a classification relationship between a first entity and a second entity in the matched correct seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafei Dai
  • Patent number: 12026456
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using optical character recognition (OCR) with voice recognition commands are provided. Some embodiments include receiving a user interface that includes a text field, capturing an image of at least a portion of the user interface, and performing OCR on the image to identify the text field and a word in the user interface. Some embodiments include mapping a coordinate of the word in the text field, receiving a voice command that includes the word, and navigating, by the computing device, a cursor to the coordinate to execute the voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DOLBEY & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Patent number: 12022141
    Abstract: A play method for a streaming media file, and a display apparatus are provided. The method comprises: in response to a command for playing a streaming media file on a display of the display apparatus, obtaining the streaming media file and determining a state of the streaming media file; in response to the state of the streaming media file being encrypted state, flowing video data in the streaming media file into a trusted execution environment of the display apparatus, and determining a state of the video data in the trusted execution environment; and in response to the state of the video data being encrypted state, decrypting the video data, decoding the decrypted video data, and then playing the decoded video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: QINGDAO HISENSE MEDIA NETWORKS LTD.
    Inventor: Jingbo Qin
  • Patent number: 12014034
    Abstract: A computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium includes executing operations for providing a content processing method when executed on one or more processors in a computing device The operations can include an operation of displaying a first screen including a project-involved object for receiving a selection input for a project, and an operation of displaying a second screen for displaying a project execution step corresponding to the selected project. The second screen may include a navigation area including a step selection object for receiving a selection input for the project execution step and a project execution area for content processing corresponding to the project execution step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: OMNIS LABS COMPANY
    Inventor: Gwi Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 12014138
    Abstract: Systems and methods for graphically summarizing percentage make-up of category indicators in columns of a table are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to maintain the table with rows and columns defining cells containing the category indicators and cause a display of a table gauge, wherein the table gauge includes a plurality of graphical representations of a plurality of category indicators contained in a grouping of the cells, and wherein each of the graphical representations may be sized to correspond to a percentage of an associated category indicator. The processor may receive a table update that alters at least one category indicator in at least one of the cells of the grouping of cells, and alter a graphical representation of the table gauge in response to the table update to change a size of at least one of the plurality of graphical representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MONDAY.COM LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Lereya, Ofir Monsingo, Ariel Pollack, Oron Kaiser
  • Patent number: 12008230
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describe user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Aurelio Guzman, Eileen Y. Lee, Christopher Wilson, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12001780
    Abstract: Systems and methods to maintain amends to an annotation as discrete chronological events are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a selection of a first annotation template for a first annotation via a client computing platform; generate a root node based on the selection of the first annotation template; obtain a first command to update to the first annotation; append a first update node to the root node responsive to the first command; obtain a second command to update to the first annotation; append a second update node to the first node responsive to the second command; receive an indication to present the first annotation; generate, responsive to the indication, the first annotation by populating the first annotation template included in the root node based on the first node set and in sequential order indicated by the edges; and effectuate presentation of the first annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Suki AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Badarinarayan Parthasarathi Burli, Harish Chandra Thuwal, Sai Chaitanya Ramineni
  • Patent number: 11995294
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by an information terminal includes: executing a first obtainment process of obtaining identification information of each of a plurality of lighting fixtures installed in a space, in response to a first request transmitted to a first range in the space by radio wave communication; and executing a second obtainment process of obtaining identification information of part of the plurality of lighting fixtures, in response to a second request transmitted to a second range in the space by radio wave communication, the second range being narrower than the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Nakamura, Hajime Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11986325
    Abstract: Disclosed are treatment information display device and method for displaying treatment history on an image of teeth in an accumulated manner. The treatment information display method enables a user to recognize at once a past treatment history, a current treatment status, and a future treatment plan by displaying, on the image of teeth, treatment information for the past, present, and future. In addition, the treatment information display method can provide the user with pieces of treatment information displayed on different images of teeth, by displaying, in an accumulated manner, the pieces of treatment information displayed on a plurality of teeth images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Osstemimplant Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoo Ok Choi, Soo Gil Kim
  • Patent number: 11983960
    Abstract: A device occupation method includes a first device that obtains information related to the first device or information related to a second device, where the second device occupies a first to-be-occupied device, and the first device prepares to occupy the first to-be-occupied device, and occupying, by the first device, the first to-be-occupied device when the information matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guowen Gao, Hao Liu, Guoqi Li, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11973608
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein describe generating virtual backgrounds for video communications. A virtual background generator may monitor a user's calendar and/or inbox for meetings. The virtual background generator may analyze the context of calendar invites and/or scheduled meetings to generate one or more virtual backgrounds for a video conference. A first background may be displayed for the video conference. Additionally, the virtual background generator may update the virtual background based on an analysis of one or more topics being discussed during the video conference. Based on the analysis of the one or more topics being discussed, the virtual background generator may generate a second virtual background to replace the first virtual background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Sarvani Kare, Daniel Tran, Lee Adcock, Geeta Shyamala, Benjamin Polk
  • Patent number: 11972356
    Abstract: Briefly, embodiments, such as methods and/or systems for creating and/or updating elements of a knowledge graph (KG), for example, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: App Orchid Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnakumar Ramakrishnan, Shilpashree Balakrishnan, Venkata Jagadeesh Kumar Macherla
  • Patent number: 11966697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated, degradation-resistant, tuning of machine-learning (“ML”) models are provided. The systems and methods may identify an inoperative input utterance, retrieve a feature set associated with the inoperative input utterance, and generate an updated utterance-feature-intent (“UFI”) mapping based on the retrieved feature set. The systems and methods may retrain the ML model using the updated UFI mapping, and compare the accuracy of the system after the retraining and before the retraining. In a scenario where the accuracy of the system does not improve, the systems and methods may amplify the updated UFI mapping. In a scenario where the accuracy of the system does improve, the systems and methods may deploy the updated UFI mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Viju Kothuvatiparambil, Donatus Asumu
  • Patent number: 11960792
    Abstract: A communication assistance program is a communication assistance program assisting communication of a user, the communication assistance program causing a computer to perform a step of integrally displaying identification information that can be used for identifying a communication target and a state animation representing a state of the communication target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Guiming Dai, Toshiaki Kakii, Toshifumi Hosoya, Yasushi Nomura, Yuna Okina, Tingting Fang
  • Patent number: 11960828
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for mapping processing. The method comprises acquiring a first table and a second table, and determining a first header of the first table and a second header of the second table based on received attribute setting information. The method further comprises acquiring a group of column names from the first header and the second header, wherein the group of column names includes a first column name in the first table and a second column name in the second table. The method also comprises mapping the group of column names to a mapped column name; merging the first table and the second table based on the mapped column name and outputting a merged table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Chenyi Zhao, Kunlun Yao