Patents by Inventor Vivian Vuong

Vivian Vuong 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM BATTERY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20250141261
    Abstract: A surgical system including battery packs, a power subsystem and a controller is provided. The power subsystem is configured to connect at least two battery packs in parallel during a backup mode, disconnect the battery packs in a non-backup mode, and prevent each battery pack from charging one or more other battery packs during parallel operation. The controller is configured to individually charge each battery pack to a power capacity equal to or less than a predetermined power capacity, such as 100 Wh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Dan DURANT, Rafik KHALILI, Vivian VUONG, Anbumani THANGARAJ, Satish Kumar Calasapakkam GOPAL
  • Robotic plant care systems and methods
    Patent number: 10993430
    Abstract: A crop signaling method and machine-based crop recognition system and methods are disclosed to detect a unique optical crop signal selectively applied to crop plants, allowing automatic differentiation of crop plants from weeds and the automatic creation of a high spatial resolution crop and weed plant map, along with automated plant management tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: David C. Slaughter, Durham K. Giles, Steven A. Fennimore, Thuy T. Nguyen, Vivian Vuong, Leland Neilson, Ryan Billing, Jedediah I. Roach, Burt Vannucci
  • ROBOTIC PLANT CARE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190104722
    Abstract: A crop signaling method and machine-based crop recognition system and methods are disclosed to detect a unique optical crop signal selectively applied to crop plants, allowing automatic differentiation of crop plants from weeds and the automatic creation of a high spatial resolution crop and weed plant map, along with automated plant management tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: David C. Slaughter, Durham K. Giles, Steven A. Fennimore, Thuy T. Nguyen, Vivian Vuong, Leland Neilson, Ryan Billing, Jedediah I. Roach, Burt Vannucci