Patents by Inventor Bruce Lin

Bruce Lin 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: 11851092
    Abstract: The technology involves determining a minimum lateral gap distance between a vehicle configured for autonomous driving and one or more other objects in the vehicle's environment. The minimum lateral gap is used when determining whether to have a driver take over control of certain driving operations. This provides a measure of safety during disengagements or other change of control events. Determining the minimum lateral gap includes calculating a budgeted distance based on a cross-track error for a lateral position of the vehicle, an allowed actual gap distance to an object in the vehicle's environment, and a perception error associated with a location of the object in the vehicle's environment. This determination can be done for a set of possible operating speeds and steering rate limit combinations. The vehicle's control system may notify the driver to take control, for instance with audible, visual and/or haptic notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Iglesias, Diomidis Katzourakis, Kerrie Wu, Bruce Lin
  • Publication number: 20230242158
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling an autonomous vehicle. For instance, data identifying an object may be received. A first portion of a trajectory may be generated using a first uncertainty distribution for the object. The first portion of the trajectory may enable the autonomous vehicle to make progress towards a destination of the autonomous vehicle. A fallback portion of the trajectory may be generated using a second uncertainty distribution for the object. The fallback portion may enable the autonomous vehicle to stop. The second uncertainty distribution may be different from the first uncertainty distribution, and the second uncertainty distribution may be based on a predetermined uncertainty distribution if the autonomous vehicle loses a localization improvement process. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled according to the trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Diomidis Katzourakis, Bruce Lin, Victor Puchkarev, Carson Schultz, Karankumar Dhankani
  • Patent number: 11605479
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plug receiver, a conductor interface, a metal shell encasing the conductor interface and a portion of a cable of the cable assembly, a metal foil that wraps conformably around an exterior of the metal shell, wherein the metal foil covers substantially all of the exterior of the metal shell and extends beyond the metal shell onto a cable shielding layer. The cable assembly further includes a solder layer disposed about the metal foil, wherein the solder layer bonds and electrically couples the first foil portion to itself, the second foil portion to cable shielding at the location on the plurality of conductors that is proximate to the conductor interface, and the third foil portion to the plug receiver. The cable assembly further includes an electrically insulating layer that encases the metal shell, the metal foil, and the solder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jay Lee, H J Fong, Bruce Lin
  • Patent number: 11427226
    Abstract: The technology involves determining a minimum lateral gap distance between a vehicle configured for autonomous driving and one or more other objects in the vehicle's environment. The minimum lateral gap is used when determining whether to have a driver take over control of certain driving operations. This provides a measure of safety during disengagements or other change of control events. Determining the minimum lateral gap includes calculating a budgeted distance based on a cross-track error for a lateral position of the vehicle, an allowed actual gap distance to an object in the vehicle's environment, and a perception error associated with a location of the object in the vehicle's environment. This determination can be done for a set of possible operating speeds and steering rate limit combinations. The vehicle's control system may notify the driver to take control, for instance with audible, visual and/or haptic notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Iglesias, Diomidis Katzourakis, Kerrie Wu, Bruce Lin
  • Publication number: 20220157489
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plug receiver, a conductor interface, a metal shell encasing the conductor interface and a portion of a cable of the cable assembly, a metal foil that wraps conformably around an exterior of the metal shell, wherein the metal foil covers substantially all of the exterior of the metal shell and extends beyond the metal shell onto a cable shielding layer. The cable assembly further includes a solder layer disposed about the metal foil, wherein the solder layer bonds and electrically couples the first foil portion to itself, the second foil portion to cable shielding at the location on the plurality of conductors that is proximate to the conductor interface, and the third foil portion to the plug receiver. The cable assembly further includes an electrically insulating layer that encases the metal shell, the metal foil, and the solder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jay Lee, HJ Fong, Bruce Lin
  • Publication number: 20220059254
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plug receiver, a conductor interface, a metal shell encasing the conductor interface and a portion of a cable of the cable assembly, a metal foil that wraps conformably around an exterior of the metal shell, wherein the metal foil covers substantially all of the exterior of the metal shell and extends beyond the metal shell onto a cable shielding layer. The cable assembly further includes a solder layer disposed about the metal foil, wherein the solder layer bonds and electrically couples the first foil portion to itself, the second foil portion to cable shielding at the location on the plurality of conductors that is proximate to the conductor interface, and the third foil portion to the plug receiver. The cable assembly further includes an electrically insulating layer that encases the metal shell, the metal foil, and the solder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jay Lee, HJ Fong, Bruce Lin
  • Patent number: 11244773
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plug receiver, a conductor interface, a metal shell encasing the conductor interface and a portion of a cable of the cable assembly, a metal foil that wraps conformably around an exterior of the metal shell, wherein the metal foil covers substantially all of the exterior of the metal shell and extends beyond the metal shell onto a cable shielding layer. The cable assembly further includes a solder layer disposed about the metal foil, wherein the solder layer bonds and electrically couples the first foil portion to itself, the second foil portion to cable shielding at the location on the plurality of conductors that is proximate to the conductor interface, and the third foil portion to the plug receiver. The cable assembly further includes an electrically insulating layer that encases the metal shell, the metal foil, and the solder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jay Lee, H J Fong, Bruce Lin
  • Patent number: 9398314
    Abstract: Architecture for enhancing the compression (e.g., luma, chroma) of a video signal and improving the perceptual quality of the video compression schemes. The architecture operates to reshape the normal multimodal energy distribution of the input video signal to a new energy distribution. In the context of luma, the algorithm maps the black and white (or contrast) information of a picture to a new energy distribution. For example, the contrast can be enhanced in the middle range of the luma spectrum, thereby improving the contrast between a light foreground object and a dark background. At the same time, the algorithm reduces the bit-rate requirements at a particular quantization step size. The algorithm can be utilized also in post-processing to improve the quality of decoded video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Walid Ali, Shankar Regunathan, Guo-Wei Shieh, Bruce Lin, Bharath Siravara, Ce Wang
  • Publication number: 20150125768
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electrochemical flow cell stack are disclosed. A plurality of frame layers may each have a peripheral gasket channel configured to receive a gasket material. The gasket channel may surround a recessed area having a size and a structure configured to receive an insert layer. Each of the plurality of frame layers may include at least one void area defining a first half-cell chamber of a flow cell. A plurality of insert layers may each be nested within a corresponding frame layers. Each insert layer may include at least one void area defining a second half-cell chamber of the flow cell. A flow cell may be formed by one of the plurality of frame layers and one of the plurality of insert layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald J. MOSSO, Jay E. SHA, Kurt RISIC, Bruce LIN, Jeremy P. MEYERS
  • Publication number: 20140272512
    Abstract: Various embodiments of redox flow battery stack assemblies may include a plurality of multiple-block strings, where each string may include a plurality of reaction blocks connected in electrical series and in fluidic parallel. Various embodiments provide configurations and systems for mitigating or substantially reducing shunt currents in common electrolyte conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: EnerVault Corporation
    Inventors: Jay E. SHA, Bruce LIN
  • Publication number: 20140272485
    Abstract: A modular arrangement of cells that enables adjustments in cell currents in response to changes in concentration of the redox reactants. The adjustments improve battery efficiency by more closely matching the current in a given cell to the rate at which reactants are supplied to that cell. The cell modules provide the flexibility to operate flow batteries efficiently over a wide range of electrolyte states of charge and allow managed scale-up while easing manufacturability concerns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: EnerVault Corporation
    Inventors: Jay E SHA, Bruce LIN
  • Publication number: 20140169473
    Abstract: Architecture that employs texture sensitive temporal filtering to reuse motion estimation information in a realtime encoder. The temporal filter is applied for classified static areas. The architecture reuses the motion estimation results on motion vectors, cost estimates (e.g., sum of absolute difference (SAD)), and edge awareness texture information to apply the temporal filter on the current picture. Filtering can be applied at the pixel level, block level or macroblock level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Peter X. Zuo, Bruce Lin, Bharath Siravara, Walid Ali
  • Patent number: 8619861
    Abstract: Architecture that employs texture sensitive temporal filtering to reuse motion estimation information in a realtime encoder. The temporal filter is applied for classified static areas. The architecture reuses the motion estimation results on motion vectors, cost estimates (e.g., sum of absolute difference (SAD)), and edge awareness texture information to apply the temporal filter on the current picture. Filtering can be applied at the pixel level, block level or macroblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter X. Zuo, Bruce Lin, Bharath Siravara, Walid Ali
  • Publication number: 20130011702
    Abstract: A redox flow battery system is provided with one or more tanks for containing electrolytes. Embodiments of electrolyte tanks include active and/or passive dividers within a single tank structure. Dividers may be configured to prevent mixing of a charged electrolyte and a discharged electrolyte stored within a single tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: EnerVault Corporation
    Inventors: Craig R. Horne, Darren Bawden Hickey, Kimio Kinoshita, Ronald James Mosso, Bruce Lin
  • Publication number: 20110070511
    Abstract: Improvements in startup time for an electrochemical fuel cell system from freezing and sub-freezing temperatures may be observed by minimizing the coolant volume in the coolant subsystem. In particular, this may be accomplished by having a two pump—dual loop cooling subsystem. During startup, one pump directs coolant through a startup coolant loop and after either the fuel cell stack or the coolant temperature reaches a predetermined threshold value, coolant from a main or standard coolant loop is then directed to the fuel cell stack. In an embodiment, coolant from the standard loop mixes with coolant in the startup loop after the predetermined threshold temperature is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicants: DAIMLER AG, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Amy E. Nelson, Bruce Lin, Joy A. Roberts, Uwe M. Limbeck, Craig R. Louie, Peter J. Bach
  • Patent number: 7733962
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing input media in a computing device are described. In one aspect, a reconstructed frame is cached according to a set of criteria. A request to scrub to a predictive frame of input media is received. Responsive to receiving the request, the predictive frame is decoded starting with the reconstructed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca C. Weiss, Geoffrey T. Dunbar, Niranjan S. Nayak, Sohail Baig Mohammed, Thomas W. Holcomb, Chih-lung Bruce Lin, Olivier Colle, Gareth Alan Howell
  • Patent number: 7716551
    Abstract: Feedback and frame synchronization between media encoders and decoders is described. More particularly, the encoder can encode frames that are based on source content to be sent to the decoder. The encoder can determine whether the frame should be cached by the encoder and the decoder. If the frame is to be cached, the encoder can so indicate by encoding the frame with one or more cache control bits. The decoder can receive the frame from the decoder, and can examine the cache control bits to determine whether to cache the frame. The decoder can also decode the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Warren V Barkley, Regis J. Crinon, Chih-Lung (Bruce) Lin, Tim M Moore, Wei Zhong, Minghui (Jason) Xia
  • Publication number: 20090213933
    Abstract: Architecture that employs texture sensitive temporal filtering to reuse motion estimation information in a realtime encoder. The temporal filter is applied for classified static areas. The architecture reuses the motion estimation results on motion vectors, cost estimates (e.g., sum of absolute difference (SAD)), and edge awareness texture information to apply the temporal filter on the current picture. Filtering can be applied at the pixel level, block level or macroblock level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter X. Zuo, Bruce Lin, Bharath Siravara, Walid Ali
  • Publication number: 20090196338
    Abstract: Architecture for enhancing the compression (e.g., luma, chroma) of a video signal and improving the perceptual quality of the video compression schemes. The architecture operates to reshape the normal multimodal energy distribution of the input video signal to a new energy distribution. In the context of luma, the algorithm maps the black and white (or contrast) information of a picture to a new energy distribution. For example, the contrast can be enhanced in the middle range of the luma spectrum, thereby improving the contrast between a light foreground object and a dark background. At the same time, the algorithm reduces the bit-rate requirements at a particular quantization step size. The algorithm can be utilized also in post-processing to improve the quality of decoded video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Walid Ali, Shankar Regunathan, Guo-Wei Shieh, Bruce Lin, Bharath Siravara, Ce Wang
  • Patent number: H2240
    Abstract: Performance in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells can be improved by varying the characteristics of the ionomer used in the electrode of a membrane electrode assembly. For instance, increasing the ionomer to catalyst ratio can allow for improved performance under drier operating conditions (e.g., when less humidified reactants or higher operating temperatures are used) or when starting up in below freezing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventors: Michael T Davis, Francine Berretta, Siyu Ye, Bien H Chiem, Goran R Vlajnic, Bruce Lin