Patents by Inventor Hong Tam
Hong Tam 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: 8523073Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for automatically providing information to a newly-manufactured computing device. During the manufacture of a new computing device at an assembly line, a camera integrated with the computing device is automatically activated as a barcode scanner. On the camera viewing a barcode that includes device-specific configuration information, the barcode is read by the computing device to read the device-specific configuration information for storage in a non-volatile memory of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wai Hong Tam, Tammo Spalink
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Publication number: 20130082098Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for automatically providing information to a newly-manufactured computing device. During the manufacture of a new computing device at an assembly line, a camera integrated with the computing device is automatically activated as a barcode scanner. On the camera viewing a barcode that includes device-specific configuration information, the barcode is read by the computing device to read the device-specific configuration information for storage in a non-volatile memory of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Wai Hong TAM, Tammo SPALINK
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Patent number: 8245934Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for automatically providing information to a newly-manufactured computing device. During the manufacture of a new computing device at an assembly line, a camera integrated with the computing device is automatically activated as a barcode scanner. On the camera viewing a barcode that includes device-specific configuration information, the barcode is read by the computing device to read the device-specific configuration information for storage in a non-volatile memory of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wai Hong Tam, Tammo Spalink
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Patent number: 8189014Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for generating a screen layout for a BIOS display on a computing system, via accessing a screen layout definition, wherein the screen layout definition identifies which of a plurality of stored images are to be included in a screen layout, defines an order for overlaying the identified images, and defines a position for placing each identified image within the screen layout; and processing the screen layout definition to generate the screen layout, using the order for overlaying the identified images and the position for placing each identified image as defined in the screen layout definition, for the BIOS display.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wai Hong Tam, William F. Richardson, Randall R. Spangler
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Patent number: 8078899Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods operate to receive a sufficient number of asynchronous input tokens at the inputs of an asynchronous apparatus to conduct a specified processing operation, some of the tokens decoded to determine an operation type associated with the specified processing operation; to receive an indication that outputs of the asynchronous apparatus are ready to conduct the specified processing operation; to signal a synchronous circuit to process data included in the tokens according to the specified processing operation; and to convert synchronous outputs from the synchronous circuit into asynchronous output tokens to be provided to outputs of the asynchronous apparatus when the synchronous outputs result from the specified processing operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Achronix Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Rajit Manohar, Clinton W. Kelly, Virantha Ekanayake, Christopher LaFrieda, Hong Tam, Ilya Ganusov, Raymond Nijssen, Marcel Van der Goot
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Publication number: 20110130171Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods operate to receive a sufficient number of asynchronous input tokens at the inputs of an asynchronous apparatus to conduct a specified processing operation, some of the tokens decoded to determine an operation type associated with the specified processing operation; to receive an indication that outputs of the asynchronous apparatus are ready to conduct the specified processing operation; to signal a synchronous circuit to process data included in the tokens according to the specified processing operation; and to convert synchronous outputs from the synchronous circuit into asynchronous output tokens to be provided to outputs of the asynchronous apparatus when the synchronous outputs result from the specified processing operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Rajit Manohar, Clinton W. Kelly, Virantha Ekanayake, Christopher LaFrieda, Hong Tam, Ilya Ganusov, Raymond Nijssen, Marcel Van der Goot
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Publication number: 20110062987Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods operate to receive a sufficient number of asynchronous input tokens at the inputs of an asynchronous apparatus to conduct a specified processing operation, some of the tokens decoded to determine an operation type associated with the specified processing operation; to receive an indication that outputs of the asynchronous apparatus are ready to conduct the specified processing operation; to signal a synchronous circuit to process data included in the tokens according to the specified processing operation; and to convert synchronous outputs from the synchronous circuit into asynchronous output tokens to be provided to outputs of the asynchronous apparatus when the synchronous outputs result from the specified processing operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Rajit Manohar, Clinton W. Kelly, Virantha Ekanayake, Christopher LaFrieda, Hong Tam, Ilya Ganusov, Raymond Nijssen, Marcel Van der Goot
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Patent number: 7900078Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods operate to receive a sufficient number of asynchronous input tokens at the inputs of an asynchronous apparatus to conduct a specified processing operation, some of the tokens decoded to determine an operation type associated with the specified processing operation; to receive an indication that outputs of the asynchronous apparatus are ready to conduct the specified processing operation; to signal a synchronous circuit to process data included in the tokens according to the specified processing operation; and to convert synchronous outputs from the synchronous circuit into asynchronous output tokens to be provided to outputs of the asynchronous apparatus when the synchronous outputs result from the specified processing operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Achronix Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Rajit Manohar, Clinton W. Kelly, Virantha Ekanayake, Christopher LaFrieda, Hong Tam, Ilya Ganusov, Raymond Nijssen, Marcel Van der Goot
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Patent number: 7325812Abstract: A grip assembly for one of a clutch cap for a clutch mechanism, a rear sleeve or front sleeve for a chuck assembly having a chuck mechanism with a plurality of adjustable jaws. The grip assembly includes an inner sleeve having open top and an open bottom opposite the top and defining a longitudinal axis with a peripheral wall disposed between the first end and the second end and an elastomeric grip comprising a plurality of spaced apart ribs extending generally circumferentially about an outer surface of the front sleeve. An optional a cover can encircle the inner sleeve and have a plurality of spaced apart apertures to receive respective ribs.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Eastway Fair Company LimitedInventors: Charles Keith Long, Daniel Alex Chunn, Thomas Kam Kee Wong, Dennis Wing Yuk Ma, Xiao Ping Liu, Bing Hong Tam
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Publication number: 20040227308Abstract: A grip assembly for one of a clutch cap for a clutch mechanism, a rear sleeve or front sleeve for a chuck assembly having a chuck mechanism with a plurality of adjustable jaws. The grip assembly includes an inner sleeve having open top and an open bottom opposite the top and defining a longitudinal axis with a peripheral wall disposed between the first end and the second end and an elastomeric grip comprising a plurality of spaced apart ribs extending generally circumferentially about an outer surface of the front sleeve. An optional a cover can encircle the inner sleeve and have a plurality of spaced apart apertures to receive respective ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Charles Keith Long, Daniel Alex Chunn, Thomas Kam Kee Wong, Dennis Wing Yuk Ma, Xiao Ping Liu, Bing Hong Tam