Patents by Inventor Henry Chow
Henry Chow 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: 12613014Abstract: Systems, devices, and corresponding non-transitory computer readable media are described in relation to layout detection in respect of individual configurable modular units of an assembly of configurable modular units, that can be arranged in a continuous shape through a set of one or more physical connections.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Nanogrid LimitedInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20250237002Abstract: A denim laundry equalizer includes a user interface for receiving a editing command from users; a data input port for receiving an input data of the fabric; a data output port for outputting an output data of the fabric; a synchronization model for generating the output data of the fabric, based on the editing commands; wherein the output data is configured to form fabric visual effects matching the editing commands. The synchronization model allows for predictive modeling of denim fabric washing processes. This enables synchronization of the washing process formulations with a visualized digital model of the fabric, contributing to improved consistency, efficiency, and quality of the final product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 24, 2025Inventors: HENRY CHOW, RICHARD EDWARD ATKINS
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Patent number: 12072524Abstract: A series of interconnected (directly or indirectly), coupled lighting panels is provided, the coupled lighting panels linked to one another such that various shapes and designs can be created using various arrangements of the coupled lighting panels, the lighting panels of some embodiments adapted to avoid dark spots proximate to lighting circuitry disposed therein. The lighting panels can be luminaires, and may be provided in various geometric shapes, having various dimensionalities (e.g., a flat 2 dimensional shape, or a 3 dimensional shape). Various control systems, connectors, housings, frames, and lighting systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Henry Chow, Jennelle Wong, Nathan Dyck, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20240077183Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 11815234Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Nanogrid LimitedInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20230161097Abstract: A series of interconnected (directly or indirectly), coupled lighting panels is provided, the coupled lighting panels linked to one another such that various shapes and designs can be created using various arrangements of the coupled lighting panels, the lighting panels of some embodiments adapted to avoid dark spots proximate to lighting circuitry disposed therein. The lighting panels can be luminaires, and may be provided in various geometric shapes, having various dimensionalities (e.g., a flat 2 dimensional shape, or a 3 dimensional shape). Various control systems, connectors, housings, frames, and lighting systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Tomas RODINGER, Henry CHOW, Jennelle WONG, Nathan DYCK, Gimmy CHU
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Patent number: 11543586Abstract: A series of interconnected (directly or indirectly), coupled lighting panels is provided, the coupled lighting panels linked to one another such that various shapes and designs can be created using various arrangements of the coupled lighting panels, the lighting panels of some embodiments adapted to avoid dark spots proximate to lighting circuitry disposed therein. The lighting panels can be luminaires, and may be provided in various geometric shapes, having various dimensionalities (e.g., a flat 2 dimensional shape, or a 3 dimensional shape). Various control systems, connectors, housings, frames, and lighting systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Henry Chow, Jennelle Wong, Nathan Dyck, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20220243877Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 11306880Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: NANOGRID LIMITEDInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20210165154Abstract: A series of interconnected (directly or indirectly), coupled lighting panels is provided, the coupled lighting panels linked to one another such that various shapes and designs can be created using various arrangements of the coupled lighting panels, the lighting panels of some embodiments adapted to avoid dark spots proximate to lighting circuitry disposed therein. The lighting panels can be luminaires, and may be provided in various geometric shapes, having various dimensionalities (e.g., a flat 2 dimensional shape, or a 3 dimensional shape). Various control systems, connectors, housings, frames, and lighting systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Tomas RODINGER, Henry CHOW, Jennelle WONG, Nathan DYCK, Gimmy CHU
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Publication number: 20200404765Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 10806009Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Nanogrid LimitedInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 10772179Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Nanogrid LimitedInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20200146129Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 10531542Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NANOGRID LIMITEDInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Publication number: 20190132928Abstract: In some embodiments, a configurable lighting device, connectors, controllers, and methods for layout detection are provided. The configurable lighting devices, suitably connected, form an assembly of configurable lighting devices that can be removably connected with one another and re-arranged. Connectors are provided that form mechanical and electrical connections between configurable lighting devices such that a flow of electricity and control signals may be propagated without the need for direct connection between every configurable lighting device and a controller. The controller or devices connected to the controller are configured to perform layout detection such that pleasing visualizations may be rendered across the assembly that are rendered using at least the detected layout. When the configuration of the configurable lighting devices changes, the layout detection is automatically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Nanogrid LimitedInventors: Tomas Rodinger, Aliakbar Juzer Eski, Henry Chow, Arash Sadr, John Anders Ohrn, Gimmy Chu
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Patent number: 7551549Abstract: A method and apparatus for line card redundancy in a communication switch is presented. The switch includes an arbiter coupled to the input of a switch core and a line card pair. The first line card of the line card pair is considered an active line card, whereas the second line card of the line card pair is considered the redundant, or inactive, line card. The active and inactive line cards are determined based on selection information received by the arbiter. Based on the selection information, the arbiter preferentially provides ingress data from the active line card to the corresponding input of the switch core. A router is coupled to the line card pair and to an output of the switch core. The router passes egress data from the switch core to at least one of the first and second line cards based on routing information included in the egress data.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.Inventors: Mark William Janoska, Henry Chow
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Patent number: 6647477Abstract: A data traffic management system that has the capability of writing data to the buffer memory at twice its normal rate. The data traffic management system uses a pointer structure that can reference either a single or a dual segment memory bank. A dual segment memory bank enhances the write capability of the data traffic management system by allowing two segments to be simultaneously written to both segment memory banks, with one segment being written to each bank. A pointer data structure with a single/dual indicator (S/D indicator) is used for referencing the memory banks. If the S/D indicator has a D entry, then a dual segment memory bank is addressed. The S/D indicator will have an S entry if a single segment memory bank is addressed. Based on the contents of the S/D indicator, either a single fixed size data segment is written to a single memory bank or two fixed size data segments are written to a dual segment memory bank.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: PMC-Sierra Ltd.Inventors: Mark W. Janoska, Henry Chow, Hossain Pezeshki-Esfahani
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Patent number: 6603705Abstract: Methods and devices for arranging memory access operations to minimize memory bank conflicts between such operations. A fixed pattern of memory access operations is implemented to minimize the effects of a transition between a read memory access operation and a write memory access operation. A write-read-gap (WRG) set pattern of a write memory access operation followed by a read memory access operation and then followed by a set gap when no memory access operation may be undertaken, meets the particular requirements of RDRAM. Within the WRG pattern, read addresses and write addresses are selected to minimize memory bank access conflicts. Such selections are assisted in increasing the efficiency of the memory access operations by defining a set frame size of a specific number of repetitions of the WRG pattern. All memory access operations are then rearranged to conform to the WRG pattern and, the repetitions of the WRG pattern are divided into frames having a size equal to that of the defined frame size.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: PMC-Sierra Ltd.Inventors: Jason Chen, Henry Chow, Mark William Janoska
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Publication number: 20030072329Abstract: Methods and devices for dividing differently sized data transmission units into fixed sized segments for use with a switch core. Differently sized data transmission units are divided into a number of fixed size segments. Each of the fixed size segments has a segment header section and segment payload section. The segment header section has routing information for the segments and a field for indicating whether the segment payload section is fully occupied or not. The segment payload section carries the actual data from the data transmission unit that has been divided. If the segment payload section is not fully occupied, a field in the payload section indicates how much of the space in the segment payload section is occupied. To track segments from the same data transmission unit the segment header section also has a EOP or end of package field that indicates whether a segment the end of the sequence of segments derived from a single divided data transmission unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Mark William Janoska, Henry Chow