Patents by Inventor May Liu

May Liu 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 ANALYZING A TASK TRAJECTORY
    Publication number: 20140378995
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of analyzing a sample task trajectory including obtaining, with one or more computers, position information of an instrument in the sample task trajectory, obtaining, with the one or more computers, pose information of the instrument in the sample task trajectory, comparing, with the one or more computers, the position information and the pose information for the sample task trajectory with reference position information and reference pose information of the instrument for a reference task trajectory, determining, with the one or more computers, a skill assessment for the sample task trajectory based on the comparison, and outputting, with the one or more computers, the determined skill assessment for the sample task trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar, Gregory D. Hager, Amod S. Jog, Yixin Gao, May Liu, Simon Peter DiMaio, Brandon Itkowitz, Myriam Curet