Patents by Inventor Derek Tang

Derek Tang 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).

  • Methods for providing a recommendation
    Patent number: 12211084
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a vehicle recommendation to a user may include: obtaining one or more vehicle images via a device associated with the user; identifying one or more user-selected images of the one or more vehicle images based on user interaction with the one or more vehicle images performed by the user via a user interface; identifying one or more first-level attributes from the one or more user-selected images; obtaining one or more vehicle identifications from the one or more user-selected images; determining one or more second-level attributes based on the one or more vehicle identifications; determining a value of each of the one or more first-level attributes and the one or more second-level attributes; determining the vehicle recommendation based on the value; and transmitting, to the device associated with the user, a notification indicating the vehicle recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Qiaochu Tang, Michelle Emamdie, Jiaxin Guo, Jeremy Huang, Derek Bumpas
  • Remote collaborative control and direction
    Patent number: 7937285
    Abstract: A collaborative online tele-operation system allows an audience of many participants to simultaneously share control of a single remote actor, such that the actions of the actor are based on the ongoing collective preferences of the audience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kenneth Y Goldberg, Judith Donath, Eric J. Paulos, David Pescovitz, Kelly Dobson, Matthew Lee, Anthony Levandowski, Dezhen Song, Dana Spiegel, Derek Tang
  • Remote collaborative control and direction
    Publication number: 20030079218
    Abstract: A collaborative online tele-operation system allows an audience of many participants to simultaneously share control of a single remote actor, such that the actions of the actor are based on the ongoing collective preferences of the audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Judith Donath, Eric J. Paulos, David Pescovitz, Kelly Dobson, Matthew Lee, Anthony Levandowski, Dezhen Song, Dana Spiegel, Derek Tang
  • Method and apparatus for sensing the presence of a line of data from a document on a transparent surface
    Patent number: 5760412
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for sensing the presence of a document on the transparent surface of an optical scanner involve moving a scanner optics carriage to a predetermined position beneath the transparent surface, reading a line of data, and if any of the data is on the "white" side of the gray-scale relative to a threshold, determining that a document is present in the scanner. Optionally, before determining whether a document is present, the apparatus and method may perform an initial threshold comparison to check for the presence of a dark background to ensure that an old document has been removed before the new document is read. The results of the document presence determination are used to generate a signal which is sent through a scanner interface to the host computer for use in automatically initiating a complete scan of a new document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Microtek International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Sheng Yang, Wenhung Hsieh, Derek Tang