Patents by Inventor Shuh-Yuan Liou

Shuh-Yuan Liou 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).

  • Patent number: 9710816
    Abstract: A method of measuring customer satisfaction with a product. The method may assess customer satisfaction from information collected after purchasing the product. This post-purchase information may be collected, for example, by monitoring customer expressions made while interacting with the product. Optionally, the settings and operating conditions of the product may be separately monitored and cross-referenced with the customer expressions to tie the expressions with specific characteristics of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Peter H. Hodges, Shuh-Yuan Liou
  • Publication number: 20100036709
    Abstract: A method of measuring customer satisfaction with a product. The method may assess customer satisfaction from information collected after purchasing the product. This post-purchase information may be collected, for example, by monitoring customer expressions made while interacting with the product. Optionally, the settings and operating conditions of the product may be separately monitored and cross-referenced with the customer expressions to tie the expressions with specific characteristics of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter H. Hodges, Shuh-Yuan Liou
  • Patent number: 6484063
    Abstract: The invention involves a system and a method of inspecting a selected part design from an inventory of computer-aided part designs for die compliance as to the part design's geometric characteristics of die lock, draft, and sharp edge. The invention provides for an improvement of inspecting a computer-aided part design in order to lessen insufficient inspections which lead to manufacturing infeasibilities. The invention includes selecting a part design, defining a die open direction, evaluating die lock and draft characteristics of the selected part design, and evaluating sharp edge characteristics of the selected part design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuh-Yuan Liou, Yong Pan, Tony Lu, Harry Li, Girish Kunjur