Patents by Inventor Shaomei Wu

Shaomei Wu 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: 20220398822
    Abstract: The present application is at least directed to a system including a processor and non-transitory memory including computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform receiving, via a user operating the system, a selection of a mode for recognizing objects. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of causing a camera operably coupled to the system to operate in the selected mode for recognizing objects. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of receiving, via the user operating the system, an image of a selected object. The processor is even further configured to execute the instructions of evaluating, via a trained machine learning model, one or more attributes of the selected object. The processor is yet further configured to execute the instructions of generating an image description based on at least a subset of the evaluated one or more attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shaomei Wu, Tatiana Iskandar, Dennis Stewart William Tansley, Jerry Guanhua Qian, Isaac Robinson, Jerry L. Robinson, Madhavi Marigold Muppala
  • Patent number: 10489507
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of dyslexic users on an online social network. The plurality of dyslexic users may be identified based on content objects posted by these users over a particular time period, where the content objects may include one or more of word-level errors or sentence-level errors. A machine-learning model may be trained for text correction using a corpus of social network data, which may include at least the content objects with one or more of word-level errors or sentence-level errors, and a corresponding set of corrected content objects. A text string including one or more errors may be received from a client system associated with a first user. The text string may be transformed into a vector representation using an encoder of the machine-learning model. A corrected text string may be generated from the vector representation using a decoder of the machine-learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Xian Li, Irina-Elena Veliche, Debnil Sur, Shaomei Wu, Amit Bahl, Juan Miguel Pino
  • Patent number: 10360466
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive an image. One or more concepts depicted in the image are identified based on machine learning techniques. The one or more concepts are filtered based on filtering criteria to identify one or more selected concepts. An image description is generated comprising the one or more selected concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaomei Wu, Lada Ariana Adamic, Jeffrey C. Wieland, Omid Farivar, Hermes Germi Pique Corchs, Matt King, Brett Alden Lavalla, Balamanohar Paluri
  • Publication number: 20190205372
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of dyslexic users on an online social network. The plurality of dyslexic users may be identified based on content objects posted by these users over a particular time period, where the content objects may include one or more of word-level errors or sentence-level errors. A machine-learning model may be trained for text correction using a corpus of social network data, which may include at least the content objects with one or more of word-level errors or sentence-level errors, and a corresponding set of corrected content objects. A text string including one or more errors may be received from a client system associated with a first user. The text string may be transformed into a vector representation using an encoder of the machine-learning model. A corrected text string may be generated from the vector representation using a decoder of the machine-learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Xian Li, Irina-Elena Veliche, Debnil Sur, Shaomei Wu, Amit Bahl, Juan Miguel Pino
  • Patent number: 10157307
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes capturing one or more images of a physical environment surrounding the first user; determining that one or more of the images comprises a face; generating a facial image by cropping a region of the image comprising the face; sending instructions to perform facial recognition on the facial image; receiving a name associated with a second user of the online social network, wherein the face is associated with the second user, wherein the first user is represented by a first node on a social graph maintained by the social-networking system and the second user is represented by a second node on the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected by at least one edge; and providing an audible indication of the name associated with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Dow, Brett Alden Lavalla, Jeffrey C. Wieland, Shaomei Wu, Yuhang Zhao, Lindsay Reynolds, Matt King
  • Publication number: 20180181832
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive an image. One or more concepts depicted in the image are identified based on machine learning techniques. The one or more concepts are filtered based on filtering criteria to identify one or more selected concepts. An image description is generated comprising the one or more selected concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Shaomei Wu, Lada Ariana Adamic, Jeffrey C. Wieland, Omid Farivar, Hermes Germi Pique Corchs, Matt King, Brett Alden Lavalla, Balamanohar Paluri
  • Publication number: 20180114054
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes capturing one or more images of a physical environment surrounding the first user; determining that one or more of the images comprises a face; generating a facial image by cropping a region of the image comprising the face; sending instructions to perform facial recognition on the facial image; receiving a name associated with a second user of the online social network, wherein the face is associated with the second user, wherein the first user is represented by a first node on a social graph maintained by the social-networking system and the second user is represented by a second node on the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected by at least one edge; and providing an audible indication of the name associated with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Dow, Brett Alden Lavalla, Jeffrey C. Wieland, Shaomei Wu, Yuhang Zhao, Lindsay Reynolds, Matt King
  • Publication number: 20180032898
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a plurality of comments to a posted content item. Each of the plurality of comments is associated with at least one category of a plurality of categories based on a machine learning model. A first comment of the plurality of comments is selected for inclusion in a comment sample to be presented in a graphical user interface based on the first comment being associated with a first category of the plurality of categories. A second comment of the plurality of comments is selected for inclusion in the comment sample based on the second comment being associated with a second category of the plurality of categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shaomei Wu, Isabel Kloumann, Lada Ariana Adamic, Erich James Owens
  • Publication number: 20170140056
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating influence scores are disclosed. A plurality of opinions of a selected topic are retrieved from a database. Influencers each associated with at least one opinion from the plurality of opinions are determined using the processor. A score is automatically generated for each influencer using the processor, the score related to the selected topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Wu, Claire Cardie, Laurence Levy, Shaomei Wu, Vladimir Dmitrievich Barash, David Rusell Pierce
  • Patent number: 9558273
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating influence scores are disclosed. A plurality of opinions of a selected topic are retrieved from a database. Influencers each associated with at least one opinion from the plurality of opinions are determined using the processor. A score is automatically generated for each influencer using the processor, the score related to the selected topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Appinions Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Wu, Claire Cardie, Laurence Levy, Shaomei Wu, Vladimir Dmitrievich Barash, David Rusell Pierce
  • Publication number: 20140089323
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating influence scores are disclosed. A plurality of opinions of a selected topic are retrieved from a database. Influencers each associated with at least one opinion from the plurality of opinions are determined using the processor. A score is automatically generated for each influencer using the processor, the score related to the selected topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Appinions Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Wu, Claire Cardie, Laurence Levy, Shaomei Wu, Vladimir Dmitrievich Barash, David Rusell Pierce