Patents by Inventor Liang-Lu (Tom) Chi

Liang-Lu (Tom) Chi 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 system for input detection
    Patent number: 8866852
    Abstract: Methods and devices for applying at least one manipulative action to a selected content object are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-mounted-device (HMD) system includes at least one processor and data storage with user-interface logic executable by the at least one processor to apply at least one manipulative action to a displayed content object based on received data that indicates a first direction in which the HMD is tilted and an extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction. The at least one manipulative action is applied to a degree corresponding to the indicated extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Joseph Wheeler, Alejandro Kauffmann, Liang-Lu (Tom) Chi, Max Braun
  • Head-Angle-Trigger-Based Action
    Publication number: 20130135353
    Abstract: Methods and devices for applying at least one manipulative action to a selected content object are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-mounted-device (HMD) system includes at least one processor and data storage with user-interface logic executable by the at least one processor to apply at least one manipulative action to a displayed content object based on received data that indicates a first direction in which the HMD is tilted and an extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction. The at least one manipulative action is applied to a degree corresponding to the indicated extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Joseph Wheeler, Alejandro Kauffmann, Liang-Lu (Tom) Chi, Max Braun