Patents by Inventor Su Liu
Su 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).
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Patent number: 11841885Abstract: An audio file format of an audio portion of a natural language content is determined. Using a trained audio language identification model, a human language included in the audio portion is identified. Using a trained audio to text model trained on the human language, the audio portion is converted to a corresponding set of text data. The set of text data is indexed. Using the indexed set of text data responsive to a search query, a search result is generated, the search query specifying a search including a non-textual portion of the natural language content.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Su Liu, Debbie Anglin, Boyi Tzen, Fan Yang
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Publication number: 20230390750Abstract: An integrated catalyst can be used in an olefin disproportionation reaction. The integrated catalyst contains a plurality of different integrated active phases. The relative positions among different active phases remain substantially unchanged during the olefin disproportionation reaction. The effective distance between respective bisecting planes of two adjacent different active phases is 0.5-5 mm, preferably 1-3 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Jing DONG, Su LIU, Yangdong WANG
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Publication number: 20230386315Abstract: Systems and methods for smoke detection using object detection devices are provided. The object detection device may include a first imaging component and a moveable component configured to move the first imaging component. The system may obtain a current image of a first subject acquired by the first imaging component at a current time. The system may determine whether the first subject and a second subject among one or more second subjects belong to a same object. In response to determining that the first subject and the one of the one or more second subjects belong to the same object, the system may cause the moveable component to move the first imaging component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Huachao LU, Su LIU, Diquan XU, Tao PU, Ziwei WEI, Lianpeng WU
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Patent number: 11829410Abstract: A method for playing music includes identifying a plurality of users of a corresponding plurality of electronic devices that are currently located within a selected area, retrieving music listening data for the plurality of users, building a playlist for the selected area based on the music listening data, filtering the playlist according to at least one host preference to produce a filtered playlist, and playing the filtered playlist within the selected area. The selected area may be a geo-fenced area. Examples of host preferences include genre, artist, tempo, mood and demographic. The playlist may include songs that are commonly selected by the plurality of users or conform to genres commonly preferred by the plurality of users. A corresponding system and computer program product for executing the above method are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi, Kai Liu, Zhichao Li
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Patent number: 11829394Abstract: An embodiment includes receiving a request to delete a specified document from a primary shard of a sharded database. The embodiment also includes inserting a soft-deletion document to a soft-deletion shard, wherein the soft-deletion document identifies the specified document, which remains in the primary shard. The embodiment also includes receiving a query from a client application, wherein the specified document satisfies the query. The embodiment also includes blocking the specified document from being returned in response to the query while the soft-deletion document associated with the specified document remains in the soft-deletion shard.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Jun Su, Dong Chen, Huai Ying Hy Xia, Su Liu
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Publication number: 20230376176Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system render a plurality of applications and tabs thereof on a plurality of displays. The method includes determining the applications and the tabs thereof that are open across the displays and keywords associated with the tabs. The method includes generating a data structure corresponding to a current view across the displays comprising information associated with the displays, the applications, the tabs, and summarized contents based on the keywords. The method includes monitoring a user operation context provided by a user indicative of requested information in a selected tab among the tabs. The method includes updating the data structure with the user operation context indicative of the selected tab, a corresponding application, and a corresponding display. The method includes rendering an updated view across the displays in which the selected tab is positioned to be viewed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Chloe McCracken, Allison Kei Ishida, Diana Isabelle Ovadia, Su Liu
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Patent number: 11816415Abstract: Predicting power usage of a chip may include receiving placement data describing a placement, within the chip, of a plurality of logical components of the chip; providing the placement data as an input to a neural network; and determining, by the neural network, based on the placement data, a predicted power usage of the chip.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Zhichao Li, Yaoguang Wei, Kai Liu, Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi
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Publication number: 20230341267Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a temperature determination system. The temperature determination system may obtain a visible image including at least one subject and a thermal image from an image capture device. For each of the at least one subject, the temperature determination system may determine first location information associated with a face of the subject in the visible image and determine a distance between the subject and the image capture device based on the visible image. The temperature determination system may also determine second location information associated with the face in the thermal image based on the first location information associated with the face. The temperature determination system may determine a temperature of the subject based on the second location information associated with the face and the distance between the subject and the image capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Huachao LU, Su LIU, Diquan XU, Tao PU, Ziwei WEI
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Patent number: 11790293Abstract: An embodiment includes generating first and second preliminary schedules for respective first and second workers assigned respective first and second tasks, detects a block of time that is part of both the first and second preliminary schedules, and generates respective first and second location predictions for the first and second workers during the block of time. The embodiment calculates a distance between the first and second workers based on the first and second location predictions, and revises, responsive to determining that the distance is less than a threshold value, the second preliminary schedule to replace the first block of time with a second block of time that is not part of the first preliminary schedule. The embodiment generates an access control list that includes the first preliminary schedule as a first access schedule for the first worker for use in responding to access queries.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Su Liu, Debbie Anglin, Rui Yang, Paul Bernell Finley, Jr., Amir Sanjar
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Patent number: 11764981Abstract: Sharing data by defining a data encoding table, maintaining a data record database, defining a data encryption code, providing the data encryption code with an outgoing call, receiving an audio response including encrypted data, decrypting the encrypted data, and updating the data record database according to the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Ravithej Chikkala, Hamid Majdabadi, Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi
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Patent number: 11763234Abstract: An event at a location is identified. An event risk of the event can be calculated based on risk characteristics of both the location of the event (“location risk characteristics”) and the event itself (“personnel risk characteristics”). Location risk characteristics can include a visitor history of the location. Personnel risk characteristics can be based on attendees of the event, such as a number of attendees. The overall event risk, once calculated, can be compared to a threshold. Depending on the comparison, a risk mitigation policy can be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shunguo Yan, Su Liu, Andrew J. Lavery
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Patent number: 11750736Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for detecting and preventing exploitative calls. The computer-implemented methods include one or more processors configured for receiving voice call data corresponding to an active voice call with a user device, wherein the voice call data comprises caller voice data and user voice data; determining that the caller voice data includes a solicitation of information from a user associated with the user device; retrieving user profile data comprising user health data associated with the user; determining user call stress levels based on the voice call data and the user profile data; and responsive to determining that the user call stress levels exceed a predetermined threshold and that the solicitation of information includes a material information request, generating an alert.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Su Liu, Ravithej Chikkala
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Patent number: 11739001Abstract: The invention relates to a molecular sieve composition, a process of preparing same and use thereof in the production of lower olefins. The molecular sieve composition comprises an aluminophosphate molecular sieve and a CO adsorbing component, both of which are present independently of each other. When the molecular sieve composition is used as a catalyst for producing lower olefins using synthesis gas as a raw material, the molecular sieve composition has the advantages of high selectivity to lower olefins and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY SINOPECInventors: Yangdong Wang, Haibo Zhou, Weimin Yang, Su Liu, Chang Liu, Yu Zhao, Hongxing Liu, Xian Lu
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Publication number: 20230267435Abstract: In an approach for automating and improving the process of price-matching a product at the point-of-sale terminal, a processor receives a price-matching claim for a product from a shopper. A processor determines whether the product is eligible to be price-matched by analyzing one or more details of the price-matching claim. Responsive to determining the product is eligible to be price-matched, a processor detects a lowest price of the product from the one or more details of the price-matching claim. A processor automatically adjusts a current price of the product to match the lowest price of the product detected at a point-of-sale terminal of a merchant according to a set of pre-defined price-matching policies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Christian Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Su Liu, Hamid Majdabadi
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Publication number: 20230262159Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for detecting and preventing exploitative calls. The computer-implemented methods include one or more processors configured for receiving voice call data corresponding to an active voice call with a user device, wherein the voice call data comprises caller voice data and user voice data; determining that the caller voice data includes a solicitation of information from a user associated with the user device; retrieving user profile data comprising user health data associated with the user; determining user call stress levels based on the voice call data and the user profile data; and responsive to determining that the user call stress levels exceed a predetermined threshold and that the solicitation of information includes a material information request, generating an alert.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Su Liu, Ravithej Chikkala
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Publication number: 20230259987Abstract: An embodiment for managing peer-to-peer (P2P) donations in an online transaction is provided. The embodiment may include receiving data relating to a donation agreement from a donor. The embodiment may also include selecting one or more authentication techniques to identify a donee. The embodiment may further include generating a unique redemption authentication token for the donee. The embodiment may also include creating a transient donee account including the generated unique redemption authentication token. The embodiment may further include transferring monetary funds to the created transient donee account with instructions to redeem the transferred monetary funds. The embodiment may also include receiving a request from the donee to redeem the transferred monetary funds utilizing the generated unique redemption authentication token. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the donee is able to be verified, approving the received redemption request.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ravithej Chikkala, Hamid Majdabadi, Manjunath RAVI, Su Liu
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Patent number: 11727151Abstract: A method for protecting content of online conversational content. The method provides for scanning content of an online conversational exchange between a first device and a second device. A sensitive object included in the content of the online conversation exchange is identified, based on object type information accessible from a protection policy included in respective user profiles. A pseudonymized-object-holder is assigned to the identified sensitive object according to the protection policy of the respective user profiles, and the identified sensitive object identified in the content of the online conversation exchange and stored on both the first device and the second device is replaced with a pseudonymized-object-holder, based on the sensitive-object protection policy of the respective user profiles.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sushain Pandit, Qin Qiong Zhang, Su Liu
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Patent number: 11729481Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to providing custom abridged versions of a media item. Aspects include receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request for the media item and dividing the media item into a plurality of segments. Aspects also include determining a length of an available time for the user and creating the abridged version of the media item by combining a subset of the plurality of segments, where the runtime of the abridged version of the media item is less than the length of available time. Aspects further include transmitting, to the electronic device of the user, the abridged version of the media item.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Su Liu, Yang Liang
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Patent number: 11687627Abstract: An embodiment for media transit management is provided. The embodiment may include receiving one or more images and one or more pre-set configuration criteria regarding management of an image file. The embodiment may also include monitoring for an attempted sharing of the image file. The embodiment may further include in response to determining each object in the one or more images matches each object in the image file, identifying at least one other user who is attempting to share the image file. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the at least one other user is not authorized to share the image file, analyzing the one or more pre-set configuration criteria correlated with the image file. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the image file does not meet the one or more pre-set configuration criteria, prompting the participating user to respond to a notification.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Ravithej Chikkala, Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi
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Patent number: 11676495Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe creating a mesh network of autonomous vehicles. Embodiments describe, for a set of autonomous vehicles configured to perform joint tasks, creating a plurality of subset networks of autonomous vehicles based on geographical proximity, wherein the plurality of subset networks of autonomous vehicles overlap to form a mesh network of autonomous vehicles, and wherein the mesh network of autonomous vehicles and the subset networks of autonomous vehicles support a non-centralized task assignment feature to assign tasks to autonomous vehicles in the mesh network. Additionally, embodiments describe sending a status signal to a first autonomous vehicle in the mesh network via a second autonomous vehicle in the mesh network, wherein the first autonomous vehicle is in a same subset network of autonomous vehicles as the second autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Martin Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit, Fang Wang, Su Liu