Patents by Inventor Mark Chang

Mark Chang 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: 20240139960
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for facilitating automated cleaning of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and in particular, for identifying objects and maintenance areas within an AV cabin. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for collecting sensor data representing a cabin of an autonomous vehicle (AV) using an optical sensor disposed on a robotic arm, identifying one or more objects represented by the sensor data, and determining if the cabin of the AV can be cleaned using one or more tools associated with the robotic arm based on an identification of at least one of the one or more objects. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Liu, Haggai Nuchi, Yung-Chang Ko
  • Publication number: 20240139969
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for localizing a robotic arm to facilitate entry into and cleaning of an autonomous vehicle (AV) cabin. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for locating a door handle of an AV, actuating the door handle to open a door of the AV, and positioning a robotic arm inside a cabin of the AV. The process may further include steps for collecting image data representing the cabin using an optical sensor disposed on a distal end of the robotic arm, identifying one or more features within the cabin based, and localizing the robotic arm within the cabin of the AV. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Liu, Yung-Chang Ko
  • Patent number: 11963705
    Abstract: A system for moving a portion of a patient's body including a housing having a first cavity extending along a longitudinal axis, a first distraction rod having a proximal end and a distal end, the first distraction rod and the housing being telescopically displaceable with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis, the first distraction rod having a cavity extending along the longitudinal axis, a second distraction rod having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to be telescopically displaceable from within the second cavity along the longitudinal axis, and a drive system configured to move the first distraction rod in relation to the housing and to move the second distraction rod in relation to the first distraction rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ricky Trieu Quach, Arvin Chang, Alan J. Arena, Adam G. Beckett, Mark T. Dahl
  • Patent number: 11950769
    Abstract: A urine collection assembly includes a container; a funnel removably coupled to the container, the funnel in fluid communication with the container; a first collection chamber in selective communication with the funnel; a valve configured to allow selective communication between the first collection chamber and the funnel; a second collection chamber in selective communication with the funnel; and a lid removably coupleable to the funnel. A saddle may be removably coupleable to the funnel and configured to guide urine into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Wallace, Sydney Wallace, Joshua Chang, Mark Naufel
  • Patent number: 11914569
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for providing a redundancy tool for performing transactions. A transaction to be performed on a data stored in a database may be received. A timestamp may be assigned to the transaction. A lock may be assigned on the timestamp. The transaction may be performed on the data. The lock may be refreshed while performing the transaction on the data. A validity of the lock may be checked at after performing the transaction on the data. Responsive to the lock being valid, a result of performing the transaction on the data may be committed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Grabham, Henry Biddle, Jeremy Kong, Joseph Lea, Mark Elliot, Allen Chang, John Carrino
  • Publication number: 20230259199
    Abstract: A method including receiving an image from a sensor of a wearable device, rendering the image on a display of the wearable device, identifying a set of targets in the image, tracking a gaze direction associated with a user of the wearable device, rendering, on the displayed image, a gaze line based on the tracked gaze direction, identifying a subset of targets based on the set of targets in a region of the image based on the gaze line, triggering an action, and in response to the trigger, estimating a candidate target based on the subset of targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Chang, Xavier Benavides Palos, Alexandr Virodov, Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Kan Huang
  • Publication number: 20230210642
    Abstract: An intraoral scanning system is described herein. The intraoral scanning system includes a scanning device and a processing device. The scanning device is configured to illuminate an object of interest with a burst light pattern at one or more intervals and receive a set of reflected images reflected off the object of interest. The processing device is configured to receive the set of reflected images from the scanning device and convert the set of reflected images into a three-dimensional model of the object of interest. The burst light pattern comprises a first image and a second image in succession. One of the first image and the second image is a structured light image and the other of the first image and the second image is an unstructured light image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventors: Saradwata SARKAR, Mark GREENWOOD, Mark Chang-Ming HSIEH, James Lee ONSLOW
  • Publication number: 20230214584
    Abstract: A method can be performed by a browser. The method can include presenting at least a portion of a resource address; presenting a rendered webpage in a browser content window, the rendered webpage being associated with the resource address; presenting an annotation area, the annotation area being outside the browser content window; receiving, in association with a user account, an annotation in the annotation area; and storing the annotation in association with the user account and the resource address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Chang, Sébastien Séguin-Gagnon, David Bokan, Grant Wang, Nasim Sedaghat, Jason Edward Dishlip, Joel Roger Beukelman, Evelyn Tio, Arielle Baio, Shuangshuang Li
  • Publication number: 20230152946
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include causing display of a webpage within a display area of a browser, and causing display of a search area indicator associated with an area of the webpage. The method can include receiving a selection of the search area indicator. In response to the selection of the search area indicator being received the method can include defining an image corresponding to the area, and triggering a search query based on the image. The method can include receiving a search result in response to the search query, and causing display of the search result in a search result area outside of the display area where the search result area is within the browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yana Yushkina, Benjamin Goldberger, Peter Boström, Jason Edward Dishlip, Nicholas Sexton, Mark Chang, John Oliver Por, Carlos Marin Capriles, Hyun Ji Bae, Greg Schechter, Allison Stanfield, Timothy Parsons, David Wu, Juan Mojica, Tina Lin Zeng, Callum Lamb, Joseph Engel, Samantha Chen, Thomas Lukaszewicz, Frank Goodman
  • Patent number: 11551851
    Abstract: A module substrate antenna includes: a laminate in which a plurality of ferrite layers are stacked; antennal coils provided on surfaces of the respective ferrite layers; a connection pad connected to an external circuit; and a lead wire provided between the laminate and the connection pad. In the laminate, the antenna coils are two types of the antenna coils, and the two types of the antenna coils are alternately stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: TODA KOGYO CORP., SECURITAG ASSEMBLY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Koujima, Mark Chang, Yoshiteru Kouno, Peter Yan
  • Publication number: 20220365639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that include receiving, in a tab strip generated by a web browser application, a request to generate a tab group, generating the tab group, in response to receiving the request, where the generating includes generating a tab group identifier for the tab group, enabling pausing or starting of an activity associated with a resource accessed by a browser tab within the tab group based on whether the tab group is collapsed or expanded, and storing metadata about the tab group and the browser tab included in the tab group. The systems and methods may further include causing display of the generated tab group in the tab strip with the tab group identifier depicted in at least a portion of a user interface associated with the browser tab where the generated tab group is configured for display based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kayce Audra Hawkins, Edward Jung, Joel Roger Beukelman, Sébastien Marchand, Xialin Yan, Dana Fried, Christopher Matthew Lee, Bret Alan Sepulveda, Monica Estela Gonzalez Veron, Collin Henry Baker, Taylor Bergquist, Connie Lee Wan, Mark Chang, Samuel Birch, Rachel Karin Popkin, Alan Bettes, Daniel June Hyung Park, Lukas Schubsda, Jason Randolph
  • Publication number: 20220229183
    Abstract: A system and method using a single-minor micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) two-dimensional (2D) scanning mirror assembly, and/or a digital micromirror device (DMD having a plurality of independently steerable minors) for steering a plurality of light beams that include one or more light beam(s) for the headlight beam(s) of a vehicle and/or one or more light beam(s) for LiDAR purposes, along with highly effective associated devices for light-wavelength conversion, light dumping and heatsinking. Some embodiments include a digital camera, wherein image data from the digital camera and distance data from the LiDAR sensor are combined to provide information used to control the size, shape and direction of the smart headlight beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yung Peng Chang, Kenneth Li, Mark Chang, Andy Chen, Wood-Hi Cheng, Chun-Nien Liu, Zing-Way Pei
  • Patent number: 11281084
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a laser array assembly including: a laser configured to generate a laser light; a crystal phosphor waveguide, adjacent to the laser and in the laser light, configured to: generate of a luminescent light based on receiving the laser light, and direct the luminescent light away from a base end; and a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), coupled to the crystal phosphor waveguide opposite the base end, configured to: collect the luminescent light from the crystal phosphor waveguide, project the luminescent light away from the crystal phosphor waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Optonomous Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Peng Chang, Alan Wang, Kirk Huang, Mark Chang, Lion Wang, Andy Chen, Kenneth Li
  • Publication number: 20220082225
    Abstract: A laser-excited phosphor light source and method includes a heat sink; a plurality of lasers, each mounted in thermal contact to the heat sink, wherein each of the plurality of lasers emits one or more first (e.g., blue) wavelengths. A crystal phosphor rod having two ends and at least one side face is operatively coupled to receive the laser light from one or more of the plurality of lasers. The rod emits light of one or more longer wavelengths. A compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) receives the light from the crystal phosphor rod. The light source outputs an output light beam that includes the light of one or more longer wavelengths from the first crystal phosphor rod and light of the one or more first (e.g., blue) wavelengths. Some embodiments include multiple phosphor light sources of different colors, and/or a blue light source not using phosphors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yung Peng Chang, Alan Wang, Kirk Huang, Mark Chang, Lion Wang, Andy Chen, Kenneth Li
  • Publication number: 20210254799
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a waveguide having a first end configured to receive a laser light, a luminescent portion configured to generate a luminescent light from the laser light, a second end opposite the first end; an input device configured to collect the laser light for propagation to the first end; an output device adjacent to the second end configured to reflect at least some of the laser light back into the luminescent portion and direct the luminescent light away from the second end through an output surface. In one embodiment, the input device includes a light homogenizer configured to receive the laser light and provide to the first end of the waveguide a spatially uniform intensity distribution of the laser light. In another embodiment, a heat dissipater is provided adjacent to the waveguide and configured to dissipate heat generated within the waveguide by the generation of the luminescent light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yung Peng Chang, Alan Wang, Kirk Huang, Mark Chang, Lion Wang, Andy Chen, Kenneth Li
  • Patent number: 10798028
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media for bot interaction are described. For example, some implementations can include a computer-executed method including providing a messaging application, on a first computing device associated with a first user, to enable communication between the first user and at least one other user. The method can also include detecting, at the messaging application, a user request, and programmatically determining that an operation in response to the user request requires sharing of data associated with the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shelbian Fung, Erika Palmer, Amit Fulay, Anton Volkov, Ori Gershony, Jeremy Newton-Smith, Ryan Palmer, Mark Chang
  • Patent number: D942997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mark Chang, Matthew Austin, James Buyayo, Jason Cornwell, Debbie Kim, Richard Lo, Johnathon Schlemmer, Christopher Tompkins, Megan Torkildson, Joy Barlow, Anton Volkov
  • Patent number: D949164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mark Chang, Matthew Austin, James Buyayo, Jason Cornwell, Debbie Kim, Richard Lo, Johnathon Schlemmer, Christopher Tompkins, Megan Torkildson, Joy Barlow, Anton Volkov
  • Patent number: D1009894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yana Yushkina, John Oliver Por, Tina Lin Zeng, Jason Dishlip, Nicholas Sexton, Mark Chang, Peter Bostrom, Carlos Marin, Hyun Ji Bae, Greg Schechter, Allison Stanfield, Timothy Parsons, Benjamin Goldberger, David Wu, Juan Alberto Mojica
  • Patent number: D1009895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yana Yushkina, John Oliver Por, Tina Lin Zeng, Jason Dishlip, Nicholas Sexton, Mark Chang, Peter Bostrom, Carlos Marin, Hyun Ji Bae, Greg Schechter, Allison Stanfield, Timothy Parsons, Benjamin Goldberger, David Wu, Juan Alberto Mojica