Patents by Inventor Annie Liu
Annie 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: 11727102Abstract: There are described computer-implemented methods of obtaining a user input. A first such method comprises: (a) providing access to video content, the video content representing a user interface including a plurality of elements for selection by a user; (b) playing a first portion of the video content to the user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the played first portion of the video content; and (d) determining a first element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Irdeto B.V.Inventors: Annie Liu, Wim Mooij, Sunitha Ramakrishna, Catherine Chambers
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Publication number: 20210286869Abstract: There are described computer-implemented methods of obtaining a user input. A first such method comprises: (a) providing access to video content, the video content representing a user interface including a plurality of elements for selection by a user; (b) playing a first portion of the video content to the user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the played first portion of the video content; and (d) determining a first element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: IRDETO B.V.Inventors: Annie LIU, Wim MOOIJ, Sunitha RAMAKRISHNA, Catherine CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 11113380Abstract: There are described computer-implemented methods of obtaining a user input. A first such method comprises: (a) providing access to video content, the video content representing a user interface including a plurality of elements for selection by a user; (b) playing a first portion of the video content to the user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the played first portion of the video content; and (d) determining a first element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: IRDETO B.V.Inventors: Annie Liu, Wim Mooij, Sunitha Ramakrishna, Catherine Chambers
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Publication number: 20210046879Abstract: Disclosed is a foldable and retractable covering curtain, which includes: two outer tubes; inner ends of the two outer tubes in a length direction are connected by a rotating structure, the two outer tubes are folded or unfolded into a straight line structure by the rotating structure; a corresponding spacing groove is provided at one side of each outer tube in the length direction; a curtain fabric that is capable of being rolled up is provided inside each outer tube, and each curtain fabric extends outside of the corresponding outer tube by the corresponding spacing groove; and when the curtain fabric is in an expanded state, facing sides of the two curtain fabrics are in closed connection by a zipper mechanism, and when the curtain fabric is in a retracted state, the zipper mechanism is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Kunshan Yuqiu Molding Plastics Co., LtdInventors: Annie LIU, Qicai FANG
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Patent number: 10709589Abstract: A method of accelerated aging of bioresorbable polymer scaffolds including exposing the scaffold to water is disclosed. The scaffold is exposed to water at a controlled temperature for a selected aging time. The functional outputs, such as radial strength, expandability, and % recoil obtained from aged scaffolds predict those of real-time aging of the scaffold. The accelerated aging factor, which is the required shelf life divided by the aging time, is significantly higher for poly(L-lactide) scaffolds tested than thermal aging.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Jana Buccola, Joel Harrington, Syed Hossainy, Mary Beth Kossuth, Annie Liu, James Oberhauser, Fuh-Wei Tang
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Patent number: 10525694Abstract: A printing system treats the surface of three-dimensional objects to be printed to improve the printing of the articles of manufacture. The system includes a surface treatment module that is positioned to part of the printing process and to treat the object surfaces prior to the surfaces being printed. The treatment of the surfaces within the module include operating an abrasive device to remove material from an object surface and to apply solvent to the object surface to clean the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kelly J. Burton, Elizabeth M. Crossen, Sean P. Lillis, Jr., Annie Liu
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Publication number: 20190332760Abstract: There are described computer-implemented methods of obtaining a user input. A first such method comprises: (a) providing access to video content, the video content representing a user interface including a plurality of elements for selection by a user; (b) playing a first portion of the video content to the user; (c) detecting a first user interaction occurring in response to the played first portion of the video content; and (d) determining a first element selected by the user based on one or more properties of the detected first user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Annie LIU, Wim MOOIJ, Sunitha RAMAKRISHNA, Catherine CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 10245844Abstract: What is disclosed is an object holder for securely retaining a 3-dimensional object while it is being printed in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the object holder of the present invention. In one embodiment, the object holder comprises a frame configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject marking material on to a surface of an object. A flexible belt is positioned around an inside of the frame to form a circle. One end of the belt is fixed to the frame. An opposite end of the belt passes through an opening in a side of the frame. Pulling the belt through the opening tightens the belt encircled around the object in the frame. A lock prevents the belt from loosening after it has been pulled tight.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Annie Liu, Christopher Douglas Atwood, Kelly Burton, Elizabeth M. Crossen
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Patent number: 10212387Abstract: There are described methods and apparatus for scrambling digital content, such as video or audio content, by dividing the digital content into blocks set out in an original arrangement, and reordering the blocks from the original arrangement to a scrambled arrangement. Additional manipulation transforms such as rotations and reflections may be applied to individual blocks. A subsequent compression step may then be carried out. Methods and apparatus for carrying out corresponding descrambling of digital content are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: IRDETO B.V.Inventors: Annie Liu, Catherine Chambers, Luc Martel, Martin Soukup
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Patent number: 10154158Abstract: What is disclosed is system which facilitates the application of a mark to a surface of an object in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the present marking system. The present marking system comprises a camera for capturing an image of an object retained by an object holder configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned to be parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject in onto a surface of the object. A processor receives an image of an object held and communicates the image to a display. A mark to be printed on the object is retrieved and overlaid on the object in the image. A location of the overlaid mark is determined and communicated to a controller which causes the printhead to print the mark on the object at the location.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Paul J. McConville, Jason M. Lefevre, Chu-Heng Liu, Douglas K. Herrmann, Kelly Burton, Christopher Douglas Atwood, Elizabeth M. Crossen, Annie Liu
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Publication number: 20180325707Abstract: A method of accelerated aging of bioresorbable polymer scaffolds including exposing the scaffold to water is disclosed. The scaffold is exposed to water at a controlled temperature for a selected aging time. The functional outputs, such as radial strength, expandability, and % recoil obtained from aged scaffolds predict those of real-time aging of the scaffold. The accelerated aging factor, which is the required shelf life divided by the aging time, is significantly higher for poly(L-lactide) scaffolds tested than thermal aging.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Jana Buccola, Joel Harrington, Syed Hossainy, Mary Beth Kossuth, Annie Liu, James Oberhauser, Fuh-Wei Tang
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Publication number: 20180281457Abstract: What is disclosed is an object holder for securely retaining a 3-dimensional object while it is being printed in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the object holder of the present invention. In one embodiment, the object holder comprises a frame configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject marking material on to a surface of an object. A flexible belt is positioned around an inside of the frame to form a circle. One end of the belt is fixed to the frame. An opposite end of the belt passes through an opening in a side of the frame. Pulling the belt through the opening tightens the belt encircled around the object in the frame. A lock prevents the belt from loosening after it has been pulled tight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Annie LIU, Christopher Douglas ATWOOD, Kelly BURTON, Elizabeth M. CROSSEN
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Publication number: 20180281379Abstract: What is disclosed is an object holder for securely retaining an object while it is being printed in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the object holder of the present invention. In one embodiment, the object holder comprises a shuttle mount configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject marking material on to a surface of an object. A memory foam is attached to the shuttle mount. A vacuum pump is used to withdraw a volume of air through a hole in the memory foam such that, a difference in air pressure causes an object to be pressed against the face of the memory foam causing the foam to partially deform to the object's shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Kelly BURTON, Christopher Douglas ATWOOD, Elizabeth M. CROSSEN, Annie LIU
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Publication number: 20180281456Abstract: What is disclosed is system which facilitates the application of a mark to a surface of an object in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the present marking system. The present marking system comprises a camera for capturing an image of an object retained by an object holder configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned to be parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject in onto a surface of the object. A processor receives an image of an object held and communicates the image to a display. A mark to be printed on the object is retrieved and overlaid on the object in the image. A location of the overlaid mark is determined and communicated to a controller which causes the printhead to print the mark on the object at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Paul J. MCCONVILLE, Jason M. LEFEVRE, Chu-Heng LIU, Douglas K. HERRMANN, Kelly BURTON, Christopher Douglas ATWOOD, Elizabeth M. CROSSEN, Annie LIU
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Publication number: 20180280165Abstract: A scaffold includes a radiopaque marker connected to a strut. The marker is retained within the strut by one or more of a mechanical interference fit, a polymer coating or melt, and/or by friction. The marker can take the form of a bead, rivet or snap-in marker, or a tube deformed when attached to the strut. The strut is made from a tube. The strut has a thickness of about 100 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Stephen Pacetti, Joan Bei, Karen Wang, Annie Liu
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Patent number: 10076901Abstract: What is disclosed is an object holder for securely retaining an object while it is being printed in a direct-to-object print system and a direct-to-object print system configured to use various embodiments of the object holder of the present invention. In one embodiment, the object holder comprises a shuttle mount configured to slideably traverse a support member positioned parallel to a plane formed by at least one printhead configured to eject marking material on to a surface of an object. A memory foam is attached to the shuttle mount. A vacuum pump is used to withdraw a volume of air through a hole in the memory foam such that, a difference in air pressure causes an object to be pressed against the face of the memory foam causing the foam to partially deform to the object's shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kelly Burton, Christopher Douglas Atwood, Elizabeth M. Crossen, Annie Liu
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Patent number: 10052898Abstract: A locating pin that is configured to be connected to a dockable member in a printer includes a shaft, first and second ends, and a conical member. The first end has a surface forming a partial ellipsoid and the conical member has a base aligned with the surface of the first end and a tip extending from the surface of the first end. The shaft is configured to engage the dockable member along a portion of the shaft between the second end and the first end.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stephen B. Williams, Joseph M. Ferrara, Jr., Annie Liu
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Patent number: 9999527Abstract: A scaffold includes a radiopaque marker connected to a strut. The marker is retained within the strut by one or more of a mechanical interference fit, a polymer coating or melt, and/or by friction. The marker can take the form of a bead, rivet or snap-in marker, or a tube deformed when attached to the strut. The strut is made from a tube. The strut has a thickness of about 100 microns.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Stephen Pacetti, Joan Bei, Karen Wang, Annie Liu
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Publication number: 20180162064Abstract: A printing system treats the surface of three-dimensional objects to be printed to improve the printing of the articles of manufacture. The system includes a surface treatment module that is positioned to part of the printing process and to treat the object surfaces prior to the surfaces being printed. The treatment of the surfaces within the module include operating an abrasive device to remove material from an object surface and to apply solvent to the object surface to clean the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Kelly J. Burton, Elizabeth M. Crossen, Sean P. Lillis, JR., Annie Liu
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Patent number: 9989181Abstract: A disconnect fitting adapted for use with a phase changing composition including a fitting base having a first fitting base end, a second fitting base end and a fitting base opening therebetween, a pin capture disposed within the fitting base opening, a displaceable pin secured within the pin capture, a fitting socket having a first fitting socket end, a second fitting socket end, a fitting socket opening therebetween, the second fitting socket end secured to the second fitting base end, and a valve at least partially disposed within the fitting socket opening. When the displaceable pin is in an unloaded condition, the displaceable pin extends in a direction of the second fitting base end, and when the displaceable pin is in a loaded condition, the displaceable pin is compressed in a direction of the first fitting base end. The pin capture permits passage of the phase changing composition through the fitting base opening when the displaceable pin is in the unloaded condition or the loaded condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Annie Liu