Patents by Inventor Karric Kwong

Karric Kwong 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).

  • Publication number: 20220343066
    Abstract: An example process includes at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory: receiving a natural language input including a user request; determining whether the user request corresponds to a personal request; in accordance with a determination that the user request does not correspond to a personal request: transmitting, by the electronic device, a representation of the user request to an external electronic device; and in accordance with a determination that the user request corresponds to a personal request: initiating, by the electronic device, a task based on the user request without transmitting the representation of the user request to the external electronic device; and providing a first result based on the initiated task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Karric KWONG, Diarmuid Ó Séaghdha, Yingjie ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10755703
    Abstract: Systems and processes for performing a task with a digital assistant are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Zeitlin, Matthias Paulik, Henry G. Mason, Karric Kwong, Sinan Akay, Saravana Kumar Rathinam, Anumita Biswas
  • Publication number: 20180330731
    Abstract: Systems and processes for performing a task with a digital assistant are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas ZEITLIN, Matthias PAULIK, Henry G. MASON, Karric KWONG, Sinan AKAY, Saravana Kumar RATHINAM, Anumita BISWAS
  • Patent number: 9744873
    Abstract: A method for charging a battery of a vehicle including at least one electric power train, the battery adapted to supply electrical energy to the electric power train, includes: predicting a charging location for charging the battery after at least one next trip of the vehicle; and transmitting the charging location to a power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jessica Riley, Jaime Camhi, Mario Tippelhofer, Karric Kwong
  • Patent number: 9228851
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system and method for selecting and displaying on a roadmap upcoming waypoints and associated information, including an estimated time to arrival at the waypoints. In an embodiment, driving history is stored and analyzed, including routes taken and previous destinations, and used to determine and display personalized waypoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marco Antonio Lobato Fregoso, Karric Kwong, Heiko Maiwand
  • Patent number: 9177469
    Abstract: Method and apparatus receiving reports from at least two wireless vehicular sensor nodes and stepping through a process of comparing filtered queues to determine the first and the second waveform in time, leading to counting the vehicles passing the magnetic sensors of the wireless vehicular sensor nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sensys Netoworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Karric Kwong
  • Publication number: 20150241235
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system and method for selecting and displaying on a roadmap upcoming waypoints and associated information, including an estimated time to arrival at the waypoints. In an embodiment, driving history is stored and analyzed, including routes taken and previous destinations, and used to determine and display personalized waypoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marco Antonio LOBATO FREGOSO, Karric KWONG, Heiko MAIWAND
  • Patent number: 8989996
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. These components in turn are part of and/or communicate with means and/or processors for generating an/or using Vehicle Movement Estimates based upon the vehicle signatures. The VME are used to create traffic feedback that may be presented to programmable field devices that may present at least some of the traffic feedback to drivers of the vehicles, thereby optimizing the fuel usage and travel time of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kavaler, Karric Kwong, Ram Rajagopal, Pravin Varaiya
  • Patent number: 8428857
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Karric Kwong, Robert Kavaler, Ram Rajagopal, Pravin Varaiya
  • Publication number: 20130096751
    Abstract: A method for charging a battery of a vehicle including at least one electric power train, the battery adapted to supply electrical energy to the electric power train, includes: predicting a charging location for charging the battery after at least one next trip of the vehicle; and transmitting the charging location to a power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Jessica Riley, Jaime Camhi, Mario Tippelhofer, Karric Kwong
  • Patent number: 8417441
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. These components in turn are part of and/or communicate with means and/or processors for generating an/or using Vehicle Movement Estimates based upon the vehicle signatures. The VME are used to create traffic feedback that may be presented to programmable field devices that may present at least some of the traffic feedback to drivers of the vehicles, thereby optimizing the fuel usage and travel time of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kavaler, Karric Kwong
  • Patent number: 8396650
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes in a multiple input-output roadway node. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count that may be created and/or used in response to a match tally exceeding a threshold or the stimulation of a timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Karric Kwong, Robert Kavaler, Pravin Varaiya, Ram Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20100017104
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Karric Kwong, Robert Kavaler, Ram Rajagopal, Pravin Varaiya
  • Publication number: 20100017103
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes in a multiple input-output roadway node. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count that may be created and/or used in response to a match tally exceeding a threshold or the stimulation of a timing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Karric Kwong, Robert Kavaler, Pravin Varaiya, Ram Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20100017102
    Abstract: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. These components in turn are part of and/or communicate with means and/or processors for generating an/or using Vehicle Movement Estimates based upon the vehicle signatures. The VME are used to create traffic feedback that may be presented to programmable field devices that may present at least some of the traffic feedback to drivers of the vehicles, thereby optimizing the fuel usage and travel time of the roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kavaler, Karric Kwong
  • Publication number: 20080243366
    Abstract: Method using raw signal from magneto-resistive sensor through the use of recent variance (RV) of raw signal (RS) for first-capture of first time RV crosses variance detect, second-capture start enable for first time when RS crosses above raw detect and RV above variance detect, third-capture ending time when RS crosses below raw undetect and RV below variance undetect. Starting and ending times are products of the process, often used for traffic flow counts. Apparatus supporting this method as a processor and/or a vehicular sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Karric Kwong, Robert Kavaler
  • Patent number: 7427931
    Abstract: Method using raw signal from magneto-resistive sensor through the use of recent variance (RV) of raw signal (RS) for first-capture of first time RV crosses variance detect, second-capture start enable for first time when RS crosses above raw detect and RV above variance detect, third-capture ending time when RS crosses below raw undetect and RV below variance undetect. Starting and ending times are products of the process, often used for traffic flow counts. Apparatus supporting this method as a processor and/or a vehicular sensor node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Sensys Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kavaler, Karric Kwong
  • Publication number: 20070208499
    Abstract: Method and apparatus receiving reports from at least two wireless vehicular sensor nodes and stepping through a process of comparing filtered queues to determine the first and the second waveform in time, leading to counting the vehicles passing the magnetic sensors of the wireless vehicular sensor nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Karric Kwong