Patents by Inventor Jerry Yong Yang

Jerry Yong Yang 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).

  • Method and device for positioning
    Patent number: 9918296
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method of positioning and a corresponding portable device. In one embodiment, a method of positioning is provided. The method comprises: capturing, by image capturing equipment of a portable device, a visually encoded to in an environment; decoding the visually encoded tag to obtain an identification for generating the visually encoded tag; and determining a location of the portable device in the environment by querying a predefined library using the identification, the library recording correspondences between a set of identifications for generating visually encoded tags and a set of locations in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Yechen Huang, Patrick Minggang Lu, Chao Chen, Jerry Yong Yang, Guifeng Tang
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITIONING
    Publication number: 20170273048
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method of positioning and a corresponding portable device. In one embodiment, a method of positioning is provided. The method comprises: capturing, by image capturing equipment of a portable device, a visually encoded to in an environment decoding the visually encoded tag to obtain an identification for generating the visually encoded tag; and determining a location of the portable device in the environment by querying a predefined library using the identification, the library recording correspondences between a set of identifications for generating visually encoded tags and a set of locations in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yechen Huang, Patrick Minggang Lu, Chao Chen, Jerry Yong Yang, Guifeng Tang