Patents by Inventor Chun-piu LAU

Chun-piu LAU 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).

  • Determining faulty nodes within a wireless sensor network
    Patent number: 9363626
    Abstract: Probabilities are trained herein to test a wireless network system based on normal and faulty node conditions. The probability information is then used to identify normal and faulty networks during testing, which generates an indication of faulty nodes or an indication of a normal transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Wai-shing Tommy Chow, Wai-man Eden Ma, Chun-piu Lau
  • Commodity shelving system
    Patent number: 9167915
    Abstract: A commodity shelving system includes pillars, shelves and a fixing mechanism for fixing the shelves to the pillars, wherein the fixing mechanism has a plurality of pillar clamps and locking pieces having an amount corresponding to that of the pillar clamps; and the locking pieces are arranged at corners of the shelves. Each of the pillar clamps includes a left fastener and a right fastener mutually coupleable by a snap fit structure and respectively provided with a semicircular groove matched with the pillar and a protruded portion arranged at an outside of an end edge of the semicircular groove; and each of the locking pieces is provided with a clamping portion for coupling with the protruded portion of the pillar clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Chun Piu Lau
  • DETERMINING FAULTY NODES WITHIN A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150215155
    Abstract: Probabilities are trained herein to test a wireless network system based on normal and faulty node conditions. The probability information is then used to identify normal and faulty networks during testing, which generates an indication of faulty nodes or an indication of a normal transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wai-shing Tommy CHOW, Wai-man Eden MA, Chun-piu LAU