Patents by Inventor Shing-Lam Li

Shing-Lam Li 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: 20240065144
    Abstract: A method of creating a virtual boundary for a robotic garden tool includes receiving location coordinates of a location in which the robotic garden tool is intended to be operated. The method also includes retrieving, from a first server and based on the location coordinates, a preexisting visual media file of the location in which the robotic garden tool is intended to be operated. The preexisting visual media file includes metadata that includes coordinate information of the location shown in the preexisting visual media file. The method includes generating virtual boundary coordinates of the virtual boundary based at least partially on the preexisting visual media file and the coordinate information. The method includes controlling, with a first electronic processor of the robotic garden tool, the robotic garden tool to be confined by the virtual boundary to remain in an operating area during operation of the robotic garden tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hei Man Lee, Hok Sum Sam Lai, Man Ho Choi, Ho Lam Ng, Shing Hin Li
  • Publication number: 20240069561
    Abstract: A robotic garden tool includes at least one sensor configured to generate signals associated with an object within an operating area. A first electronic processor of the robotic garden tool receives, from the at least one sensor, an obstacle signal associated with an obstacle located within the operating area. The first electronic processor determines a first location of the robotic garden tool at a time corresponding to when the first electronic processor received the obstacle signal. The first electronic processor determines a second location of the obstacle based on the obstacle signal and the first location of the garden tool. The first electronic processor generates mapping information of the operating area that includes a virtual boundary based on the second location of the obstacle. The first electronic processor controls the robotic garden tool in the operating area to remain outside of the virtual boundary based on the mapping information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hei Man Lee, Hok Sum Sam Lai, Man Ho Choi, Ho Lam Ng, Shing Hin Li, Chi Chau Lee, Tat Hei Lai
  • Patent number: 4929212
    Abstract: A saucer-shaped aerial toy has an on-board signaling device actuated only during flight by the closing of a pair of centrifugally-actuated electrical switches. The on-board signalling device may generate sound and/or light which not only have recreational value, but also serve as early warning indicators that the aerial toy is in the vicinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Antibes, Inc.
    Inventor: Shing-Lam Li
  • Patent number: D321581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Antibes, Inc.
    Inventor: Shing-Lam Li