Patents by Inventor Stan Liu

Stan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240078084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for smart sensors are provided. A smart sensor includes: a computer processor; a microphone; and a memory storing a voice control module. The voice control module may be configured to: resolve a first voice command received by the microphone and determine a first identity of a first registered user of a plurality of registered users based on the first voice command. In embodiments, resolving the first voice command includes determining a first instruction. In additional embodiments, the smart sensor may be configured to carry out the first instruction based on first user data associated with the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kent R. VanOoyen, Tao Liu, Zhong-Hui Lin, Dean Phillips, Stan K. Daley
  • Patent number: 9690332
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first part, a second part, a third part, and a combining portion. The second part is connected with the first part and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The combining portion is configured to combine the third part with the second part when the second part is positioned within a combining interval defined within an interval between the first position and the second position, and to separate the third part from the second part when the second part is position at a third position defined at the second position or defined at a position between the combining interval and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Stan Liu, Vic Lin, Brad Chiu, San Huang
  • Publication number: 20150098182
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first part, a second part, a third part, and a combining portion. The second part is connected with the first part and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The combining portion is configured to combine the third part with the second part when the second part is positioned within a combining interval defined within an interval between the first position and the second position, and to separate the third part from the second part when the second part is position at a third position defined at the second position or defined at a position between the combining interval and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Stan LIU, Vic LIN, Brad CHIU, San HUANG
  • Patent number: 7366460
    Abstract: Data is shared between multiple enterprise data sources and mobile clients in a distributed system such that requests from a mobile client for enterprise data are received, the appropriate enterprise data sources that contain the requested data are determined, and the enterprise data is retrieved from the determined enterprise data sources. Data maintained at a mobile client is shared with multiple enterprise data sources. The mobile clients send requests to an application server for synchronization of data records maintained at the mobile client with corresponding data records at the enterprise data sources. The client request includes metadata that identifies enterprise data sources for the requested data records and that specifies a relational correspondence between the requested data. The mobile client data records and the corresponding data records of the enterprise data sources are compared to identify any data conflicts between the two sets of data records. Any identified data conflicts are resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Dexterra, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O'Farrell, Mark D. Kirstein, Robert Gryphon, Brian Browder, Stan Liu, Patrick O'Farrell, Geoff O'Farrell, Alison Clark, Brian Philbin, David Loren Shoup