Patents by Inventor Andrew Liu

Andrew 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).

  • Patent number: 12292670
    Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Margaret Birmingham Mittan, Daniel Lee Sobel
  • Publication number: 20250060252
    Abstract: Various examples are provided related to hyperspectral imaging of moving microscopic sample elements. In one example, a method for hyperspectral imaging includes acquiring a series of optical images and corresponding hyperspectral data of a sample; compiling a movie comprising a series of frames each including one of the series of optical images and a slit line indicating a location of a slit for acquisition of the hyperspectral data; identifying a frame comprising an element of the sample located on the slit line; and analyzing the hyperspectral data corresponding to the optical image in the identified frame. Each optical image and its corresponding hyperspectral data are acquired simultaneously and identified by a time stamp or sequence number. The analysis can generate hyperspectral information about the element. In another example, a system for hyperspectral imaging includes a hyperspectral imaging device; an optical imaging device; and a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: James Melvin Beach, James Lawrence Uertz, Andrew Liu, Byron J. Cheatham, Samuel M. Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20240378844
    Abstract: A media application derives a bystander mask from an image by analyzing the image with a bystander segmentation model, wherein the image depicts a bystander and the bystander mask identifies a plurality of first pixels in the image that are associated with the bystander. The media derives a shadow mask for the bystander by analyzing the image with a shadow segmentation model, wherein the image and the bystander mask are provided as input to the shadow segmentation model, and wherein the shadow mask identifies a plurality of second pixels in the image that are associated with a shadow of the bystander. The media application modifies the image to update pixel values of the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels such that the bystander and the shadow are erased from the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Lucy YU, Andrew LIU, Orly LIBA
  • Patent number: 12056134
    Abstract: The described implementations are operable to determine potential objects of interest to a user based on a blend of the user's long-term behavior and short-term interests. Long term user behavior may be determined for the user over a period of time and represented as continuous data. Short-term interest may be determined based on objects with which the user has recently interacted, and attributes of those objects may be represented together as continuous data corresponding to the short-term user interest. The continuous data of the short-term user interest and long-term user behavior may be blended to produce a user embedding. The user embedding may then be compared with objects to determine objects that are of potential interest to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonja Sabina Knoll, Vitaliy Kulikov, Cole Timothy Rottweiler, Raymond Hsu, Jiacheng Hong, Zheng Liu, Siyang Xie, Andrew Liu Chen, Chao Wang, Mukund Narasimhan, Lance Alan Riedel
  • Publication number: 20240069411
    Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Margaret Birmingham Mittan, Daniel Lee Sobel
  • Patent number: 11911482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are self-assembling protein nanoparticles comprising passenger molecules of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Todd Yeates, Yen-Ting Lai, Justin Miller, Phillip Nguyen, Yashes Srinivasan, Nithin Dharmaraj, Scott Taylor, Andrew Liu
  • Patent number: 11846870
    Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Margaret Birmingham Mittan, Daniel Lee Sobel
  • Patent number: 11804042
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing a labeling task. The technique includes determining one or more region proposals, wherein each region proposal included in the one or more region proposals includes estimates of one or more bounding boxes surrounding one or more objects in a plurality of video frames. The technique also includes performing one or more operations that execute a refinement stage of a machine learning model to produce one or more refined estimates of the one or more bounding boxes included in the one or more region proposals. The technique further includes outputting the one or more refined estimates as initial representations of the one more bounding boxes for subsequent annotation of the one or more bounding boxes by one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SCALE AI, INC.
    Inventors: Anastasiia Alokhina, Chiao-Lun Cheng, Andrew Liu
  • Patent number: 11773621
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic key storage case, comprising a housing, a cavity defined in the housing and configured for storage, a front panel configured for password input and disposed on the front of the housing, a locking mechanism and a control circuit disposed on an inner side of the front panel, characterized in that, the locking mechanism is an electronic lock, and comprises a driving circuit, a lock tongue, and a mounting assembly connected with the lock tongue, the driving circuit is configured to receive unlocking information from the control circuit and control an action on the lock tongue, the mounting assembly comprises a lock bracket, a rotating shaft located on the lock bracket, and a locking hook spring disposed on the rotating shaft, a locking hook groove is provided on the lock tongue, and the lock tongue is matched with the locking hook spring through the driving circuit, to obtain a degree of freedom of rotating forward or reverse rotation with the rotating shaft as a cent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUZHOU JINLIN METAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Liu, Smith Chen
  • Publication number: 20230240808
    Abstract: Optimized indirect bonding tray systems are described where an hybrid IDB tray apparatus may generally comprise an orthodontic shell configured to conform to a dentition of a patient and one or more modules incorporated along the orthodontic shell and where each of the one or more modules defines a recess configured to removably retain a bracket. Each recess may open along the orthodontic shell to position the bracket against a surface of a crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: uLab Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis SCHUELLER, Henry CAO, Andrew LIU, Rooz KHOSRAVI
  • Publication number: 20230234025
    Abstract: Sorptive gas separators can employ contactors having various sorbents blended together. The various sorbents used to make a blended sorbent contactor can be selected for their various physical and chemical properties, which will allow operators to customize formulations and structural configurations to obtain optimum performance of sorptive gas separators using blended sorbents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Joel CIZERON, Jinzhong Andrew LIU, Omid GHAFFARI-NIK, Pierre HOVINGTON, Nima MASSOUMIFARD, Sabereh REZAEI
  • Publication number: 20230119639
    Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Margaret Birmingham Mittan, Daniel Lee Sobel
  • Publication number: 20230053766
    Abstract: Systems for treatment planning environments are disclosed where a method of collaborating on a treatment plan for correcting one or more teeth of a subject may include digitally receiving intra-oral scan data of one or more teeth of the subject where the one or more teeth are in an initial position, synchronizing a virtual treatment planning environment between a first device of at least one practitioner and a second device of at least one technician, and displaying a pre-setup design of the intra-oral scan data within the treatment planning environment. The pre-setup design is revised based upon input received from the practitioner for correcting one or more malocclusions and one or more intermediate steps of the treatment plan is created from the initial position to a final position of the teeth within the treatment planning environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: uLab Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry CAO, Huafeng WEN, Surya SARVA, Andrew LIU
  • Patent number: 11543733
    Abstract: A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Margaret Birmingham Mittan, Daniel Lee Sobel
  • Publication number: 20220291192
    Abstract: A consumable device used in a nanopore based sequencing system can include a nanopore chip, a flow cell with one or more flow channels, and a flow cell cover. A fluidic interface can be used to deliver fluid to the flow cell. The fluid interface can include a flow cell boss and the flow cell cover can include a receptacle for receiving the flow cell boss. A dispense tip can be used to introduce fluid into the flow cell through the flow cell boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew DiPietro, Damion Engelbart, Andrew Liu, William Nielsen, Janusz B. Wojtowicz, Robert A. Yuan
  • Publication number: 20220203824
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle component comprising: at least two movable blades; and an actuator receiving an activation signal and driving at least one of the blades to move between a first position and a second position to exhibit a particular action. The present disclosure also provides a control method of the vehicle component, wherein the component comprises at least two movable blades. The control method comprises: driving the blade of the vehicle component to move between a first position and a second position based on an activation signal to exhibit a particular action. According to the present disclosure, the component and the control method thereof can meet people's demand for producing attractive visual effects with customized actions or patterns, and bring better vehicle use experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Liu, Eric Pan, Xiuwei Yang, Silver Zhou, Roy Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220138213
    Abstract: The described implementations are operable to determine potential objects of interest to a user based on a blend of the user's long-term behavior and short-term interests. Long term user behavior may be determined for the user over a period of time and represented as continuous data. Short-term interest may be determined based on objects with which the user has recently interacted, and attributes of those objects may be represented together as continuous data corresponding to the short-term user interest. The continuous data of the short-term user interest and long-term user behavior may be blended to produce a user embedding. The user embedding may then be compared with objects to determine objects that are of potential interest to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Sonja Sabina Knoll, Vitaliy Kulikov, Cole Timothy Rottweiler, Raymond Hsu, Jiacheng Hong, Zheng Liu, Siyang Xie, Andrew Liu Chen, Chao Wang, Mukund Narasimhan, Lance Alan Riedel
  • Publication number: 20220062430
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are self-assembling protein nanoparticles comprising passenger molecules of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Todd Yeates, Yen-Ting Lai, Justin Miller, Phillip Nguyen, Yashes Srinivasan, Nithin Dharmaraj, Scott Taylor, Andrew Liu
  • Patent number: 11232109
    Abstract: The described implementations are operable to determine potential objects of interest to a user based on a blend of the user's long-term behavior and short-term interests. Long term user behavior may be determined for the user over a period of time and represented as continuous data. Short-term interest may be determined based on objects with which the user has recently interacted and attributes of those objects may be represented together as continuous data corresponding to the short-term user interest. The continuous data of the short-term interest and long-term user behavior may be blended to produce a user embedding. The user embedding may then be compared with objects to determine objects that are of potential interest to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonja Sabina Knoll, Vitaliy Kulikov, Cole Timothy Rottweiler, Raymond Hsu, Jiacheng Hong, Zheng Liu, Siyang Xie, Andrew Liu Chen, Chao Wang, Mukund Narasimhan, Lance Alan Riedel
  • Patent number: D969900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Way Chet Lim, Andrew Liu, Huy Phuong Nguyen