Patents by Inventor King-Yan Lau

King-Yan Lau 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).

  • Patent number: 11455659
    Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include determining a transactional state of a point of sale (POS) system and, upon determining the transactional state, when the POS system is not in transactional use, automatically switching a display panel of the POS system from a first position to a second position. As an example, while in the second position, the POS system displays an advertisement on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: King-Yan Lau
  • Publication number: 20220050689
    Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method, system and computing device for supporting conditional firmware images. A set of conditions may be received, wherein the conditions are based on characteristics of a computer. A set of indications corresponding to displayable images may be received. The set of conditions may be compared against a system clock of the computer. Responsive to the comparing, a section of the non-volatile memory may be set to one of the set of indications based on the comparing. One of the displayable images corresponding to the section may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Binh Truong, King-Yan Lau, Chi So
  • Publication number: 20210365990
    Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include determining a transactional state of a point of sale (POS) system and, upon determining the transactional state, when the POS system is not in transactional use, automatically switching a display panel of the POS system from a first position to a second position. As an example, while in the second position, the POS system displays an advertisement on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: King-Yan Lau
  • Publication number: 20210182542
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus comprising a first and second camera to capture first visual data of a customer and an employee. A processor may execute machine-readable instructions to receive visual data from the cameras. Facial features may be identified in the visual data. Sentiments of the customer and employee may be determined based on the facial features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: King-Yan Lau