Patents by Inventor Allison Yu

Allison Yu 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).

  • Publication number: 20260315912
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling an electronic gaming system are featured. One of the methods includes obtaining receiving electrical energy data associated with one or more electrical energy sources for the electronic gaming system, the electrical energy data comprising electrical energy usage data or electrical energy supply data associated with the one or more electrical energy sources, determining, based on at least the electrical energy data for the one or more electrical energy sources, a time-varying attribute of the one or more electrical energy sources, selecting, based on at least the time-varying attribute of the one or more electrical energy sources, a period of time, and causing the electronic gaming system to initiate a function during the selected period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2025
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Inventors: Angela Bartolome, Peter Richardson, Cristian Almstrand, Nazia Latif, Allison Yu, Ritagya Meharishi
  • Patent number: 11151191
    Abstract: A method for video content searching is provided. The method accesses video content and segments the video content into a plurality of frames. The method identifies one or more characteristics for at least a portion of frames of the plurality of frames and determines time frames for each characteristic of the one or more characteristics within the portion of the frames. The method generates frame keywords for the plurality of frames based on the one or more characteristics. The method assigns at least one frame keyword to each time frame within the portion of the frames and generates an index store for the video content. The index store is generated based on the frame keywords and assigning the at least one frame keyword to each frame. The index store includes the frame keywords and time frames assigned to the frame keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tsai-Hsuan Hsieh, Peter Wu, Chiwen Chang, Allison Yu, Ching-Chun Liu, Kate Lin
  • Publication number: 20200327160
    Abstract: A method for video content searching is provided. The method accesses video content and segments the video content into a plurality of frames. The method identifies one or more characteristics for at least a portion of frames of the plurality of frames and determines time frames for each characteristic of the one or more characteristics within the portion of the frames. The method generates frame keywords for the plurality of frames based on the one or more characteristics. The method assigns at least one frame keyword to each time frame within the portion of the frames and generates an index store for the video content. The index store is generated based on the frame keywords and assigning the at least one frame keyword to each frame. The index store includes the frame keywords and time frames assigned to the frame keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: TSAI-HSUAN HSIEH, Peter Wu, Chiwen Chang, Allison Yu, CHING-CHUN LIU, Kate Lin