Patents by Inventor David Tsai
David Tsai 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: 12223563Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically generating artwork from vehicle sensor data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating an artwork includes receiving vehicle sensor data from a vehicle, inputting the vehicle sensor data into a trained model, and generating, by the trained model, the artwork based at least in part on the vehicle sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis
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Patent number: 12195205Abstract: An electrothermal plasma production device is presented. The plasma production device includes: a plasma production chamber; an RF antenna external to the plasma production chamber; a propellant tank and flow regulator external to the plasma production chamber and in communication with the plasma production chamber; and a plenum disposed between the propellant tank and the plasma production chamber. The RF antenna, in combination with an AC power source, is configured to provide an RF energy to an interior region of the plasma production chamber and to an interior region of the plenum with sufficient power to ionize at least some of the propellant in the plenum. The plasma production chamber is configured to include a propellant injector for receiving propellant at a first closed end of the plasma production chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: PHASE FOUR, INC.Inventors: David Tsai, Derek Thompson, Mohammed Umair Siddiqui
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Publication number: 20240351434Abstract: Methods for generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle and methods of controlling a physical vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a non-fungible token for controlling a physical vehicle includes generating a virtual vehicle within a virtual environment, wherein the virtual vehicle corresponds to the physical vehicle, receiving, within the virtual environment, requests corresponding to a sequence of actions for one or more virtual vehicle components, controlling the virtual vehicle such that the virtual vehicle performs the sequence of actions, generating instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle, and generating the non-fungible token, wherein the non-fungible token comprises the instructions for performing the sequence of actions by the physical vehicle such that the non-fungible token is configured to control one or more physical vehicle components of the physical vehicle to perform the sequence of actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis, Charan S. Lota
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Publication number: 20240354760Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtual vehicle includes one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to receive a vehicle identification number of a physical vehicle, and generate a non-fungible token for the physical vehicle on a blockchain. The non-fungible token provides a virtual vehicle corresponding to the physical vehicle. The virtual vehicle is renderable in a virtual environment. The instructions further cause the processors to monitor one or more vehicle registration systems for a change in a title of the physical vehicle using the vehicle identification number, and when a change in the title of the physical vehicle is determined, determine a new owner of the physical vehicle and record a new owner name of the new owner of the physical vehicle on the blockchain to transfer ownership of the virtual vehicle to the new owner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis
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Patent number: 12094274Abstract: Systems and methods for generating vehicle profiles and rendering and operating a virtual world are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a vehicle profile for operating a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment includes receiving vehicle sensor data from at least one sensor corresponding to a physical vehicle, determining at least one vehicle performance attribute from the vehicle sensor data, and storing the at least one vehicle performance attribute in the vehicle profile. The vehicle profile is operable to be used to render the virtual vehicle in the virtual environment based at least in part on the vehicle profile, and to operate the virtual vehicle in the virtual environment based at least in part on the vehicle profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis
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Publication number: 20240296599Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for modifying an appearance of a vehicle interior includes a display device including an electronic display operable to display images overlaid on the vehicle interior, a camera operable to acquire video data of the vehicle interior, one or more processors, and a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that cause the one or more processors to identify three or more reference fiducials within the vehicle interior using the video data, and display an updated interior image using the electronic display such that the updated image is overlaid on the vehicle interior, wherein the interior image comprises three or more image fiducials that are overlaid on the three or more reference fiducials and the updated interior image modifies the vehicle interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Shravanthi Denthumdas, Will Hargis
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Publication number: 20240273557Abstract: A method for providing an NFT includes receiving CAN data from a current vehicle of a user, receiving, with the computing device, a specification of a new vehicle of the user, calculating an estimated carbon footprint based on CAN data from the current vehicle, calculating an expected carbon footprint based on the specification of the new vehicle and driving behavior defined by the CAN data from the current vehicle, determining a difference between the estimated carbon footprint and the expected carbon footprint, qualifying the new vehicle for the NFT, in response to determining that the difference is greater than a threshold value and the expected carbon footprint is less than the estimated carbon footprint, in response to qualifying the new vehicle for the NFT, executing an NFT design process, and causing the NFT generated by the NFT design process to be delivered to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: Olarinre Salako, Danny Bargas, Varun Prasad, Daniel E. Holman, Shravanthi Denthumdas, Will Hargis, David Tsai, Jennifer Lerman, Brian Kursar
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Publication number: 20240193552Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting vehicle status information using a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a method for presenting vehicle status information includes receiving vehicle data of a physical vehicle from one or more sources, wherein the vehicle data corresponds with one or more components of the physical vehicle, and causing for display a virtual vehicle within a virtual environment, wherein the virtual vehicle corresponds to the physical vehicle and an appearance of the virtual vehicle corresponds with the vehicle data of the one or more components of the physical vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Imad Zahid, Shravanthi Denthumdas, Mark Anthony McClung
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Publication number: 20240190341Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sound tokens, and methods for operating a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a sound token includes recording a sound of an object, generating a sound profile of the object, and storing the sound profile as a non-fungible token on a blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis, Charan S. Lota
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Publication number: 20240104982Abstract: Systems and methods for generating vehicle profiles and rendering and operating a virtual world are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a vehicle profile for operating a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment includes receiving vehicle sensor data from at least one sensor corresponding to a physical vehicle, determining at least one vehicle performance attribute from the vehicle sensor data, and storing the at least one vehicle performance attribute in the vehicle profile. The vehicle profile is operable to be used to render the virtual vehicle in the virtual environment based at least in part on the vehicle profile, and to operate the virtual vehicle in the virtual environment based at least in part on the vehicle profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis
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Publication number: 20240104788Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically generating artwork from vehicle sensor data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating an artwork includes receiving vehicle sensor data from a vehicle, inputting the vehicle sensor data into a trained model, and generating, by the trained model, the artwork based at least in part on the vehicle sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Will Hargis
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Patent number: 11907745Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to methods and systems for adding one or more nodes to a first cluster including a first node in a computer system. A method performed by the first node comprises receiving a first request from a second node to join the first cluster. The method also comprises retrieving a first cluster configuration associated with the first cluster from a distributed database through a first database server (DBS) and creating a second cluster configuration using the first cluster configuration and information received from the second node as part of the request. The method further comprises populating a first one or more local trust stores of a first one or more processes executing on the first node with a second one or more security certificates of a second one or more processes executing on the second node. The method further comprises writing the second cluster configuration to the distributed database and returning the second cluster configuration to the second node.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Neginhal, Medhavi Dhawan, Vjekoslav Brajkovic, Cheng Zhang, Jiaqi Chen, David Tsai, Maithem Munshed, Zeeshan Lokhandwala, Ming Wen, Ragnar Edholm, Rajneesh Bajpai
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Publication number: 20240029533Abstract: The disclosure herein describes managing smart alarms based on an associated set of alarms and/or events. The alarms are detected in a computing system and the detected alarms are used to identify a smart alarm definition with which the detected alarms are associated. A condition of the identified smart alarm definition is evaluated, and it is determined that the condition is satisfied at least in part by the set of alarms. Smart alarm information is then provided using the smart alarm definition and the detected set of alarms. Providing smart alarm information associated with the detected set of alarms and/or events provides additional context to enable efficient interpretation of detected alarms in a computing system. Further, managing the smart alarms as described reduces the quantity of individual alarms that must be processed and reduces the likelihood of errors occurring as those alarms are processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Minjal AGARWAL, David TSAI, Sonam SINHA
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Patent number: 11617890Abstract: Systems and methods for providing neural stimulation and recording on a subject using flexible complementary CMOS probes are provided. Disclosed systems can include a flexible probe adapted for insertion into a portion of a brain of the subject, the flexible probe comprising a tail portion and a head portion. The tail portion can include a plurality of electrodes configured to be coupled to the brain and a plurality of front-end amplifiers. Each of the plurality of front-end amplifiers can be configured to amplify a signal received from a corresponding electrode of the plurality of electrodes. The head portion can include one or more inductors configured to enable two-way communication with a wireless reader through a near-field inductive link.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventors: Kenneth L. Shepard, David Tsai, Hongki Kang, Jordan Thimot
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Patent number: 11615383Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments providing a data sorting and rating system. An embodiment operates by detecting a user modification of a particular value of a sorted plurality of values of a column displayed in a visual interface including a sorting visual indicator indicating that the plurality of values are sorted. It is determined that the values are no longer sorted after the user modification. The sorting visual indicator is replaced with a refresh visual indicator based on the determination that the plurality of values are no longer sorted. The values including the user modification are re-sorted based on a selection of the refresh visual indicator. The re-sorted plurality of values including the user modification of the particular value are provided for display in the visual interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: David Tsai, Carly Berman, Rebecca Yukelson
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Patent number: 11607538Abstract: A fully implanted integrated, wireless, flexible CMOS chip for long-term recording and stimulation of the brain in vivo and methods of manufacturing thereof are provided. The chip is an entire biocompatible system and can include the dense surface electrode array, the underlying CMOS integrated circuit architecture, integrated wireless powering and telemetry. Furthermore, miniaturization through manufacturing, permits implantation of the chip under the skull and other regions of interest with no wires or connections. Furthermore, these devices and systems can operate under a dual modality such as to be able to record and stimulate the surface of the brain and/or tissue in which they have been implanted.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventors: Kenneth Shepard, David Tsai, Nanyu Zeng, Taesung Jung
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Publication number: 20220281620Abstract: An electrothermal plasma production device is presented. The plasma production device includes: a plasma production chamber; an RF antenna external to the plasma production chamber; a propellant tank and flow regulator external to the plasma production chamber and in communication with the plasma production chamber; and a plenum disposed between the propellant tank and the plasma production chamber. The RF antenna, in combination with an AC power source, is configured to provide an RF energy to an interior region of the plasma production chamber and to an interior region of the plenum with sufficient power to ionize at least some of the propellant in the plenum. The plasma production chamber is configured to include a propellant injector for receiving propellant at a first closed end of the plasma production chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: David TSAI, Derek THOMPSON, Mohammed Umair SIDDIQUI
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Publication number: 20220098678Abstract: Methods for diagnosing cancer based on detecting the presence of increased levels of expression of satellite repeats and/or Line-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: David Tsai Ting, Daniel A. Haber, Shyamala Maheswaran, Doron Lipson
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Patent number: 11142800Abstract: Methods for diagnosing cancer based on detecting the presence of increased levels of expression of satellite repeats and/or Line-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: David Tsai Ting, Daniel A. Haber, Shyamala Maheswaran, Doron Lipson
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Publication number: 20210308468Abstract: Systems and methods for providing neural stimulation and recording on a subject using flexible complementary CMOS probes are provided. Disclosed systems can include a flexible probe adapted for insertion into a portion of a brain of the subject, the flexible probe comprising a tail portion and a head portion. The tail portion can include a plurality of electrodes configured to be coupled to the brain and a plurality of front-end amplifiers. Each of the plurality of front-end amplifiers can be configured to amplify a signal received from a corresponding electrode of the plurality of electrodes. The head portion can include one or more inductors configured to enable two-way communication with a wireless reader through a near-field inductive link.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Kenneth L. Shepard, David Tsai, Hongki Kang, Jordan Thimot