Patents by Inventor Qing (Alex) Lu

Qing (Alex) Lu 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).

  • Gesture-based search
    Patent number: 10409851
    Abstract: A search of displayed content may be automatically performed in response to receipt of a search gesture that defines a scope of the search and initiates the search. The search gesture may define a region of content within the displayed content. A search query may be formulated based on the region of content defined by the search gesture. In response to completion of the search gesture, a search may be automatically initiated. In some examples, the search gesture comprises a generally circular gesture that substantially bounds the region of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xuedong David Huang, Qing (Alex) Lu, Zhaowei (Charlie) Jiang, Vikas Rajvanshy
  • GESTURE-BASED SEARCH
    Publication number: 20120197857
    Abstract: A search of displayed content may be automatically performed in response to receipt of a search gesture that defines a scope of the search and initiates the search. The search gesture may define a region of content within the displayed content. A search query may be formulated based on the region of content defined by the search gesture. In response to completion of the search gesture, a search may be automatically initiated. In some examples, the search gesture comprises a generally circular gesture that substantially bounds the region of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Xuedong David Huang, Qing (Alex) Lu, Zhaowei (Charlie) Jiang, Vikas Rajvanshy