Patents by Inventor Winston Liu

Winston 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: 20230221719
    Abstract: Generating a map associated with an environment may include collecting sensor data received from one or more vehicles and generating a set of links to align the sensor data. A mesh representation of the environment may be generated from the aligned sensor data. A system may determine a proposed link to add, a proposed link deletion, and/or a proposed link alteration, and receive a modification comprising instructions to add, delete, or modify a link. Responsive to receiving a modification, the system may re-align a window of sensor data associated with the modification. The modification and/or sensor data associated therewith may be collected as training data for a machine learning model, which may be trained to generate link modification proposals and/or determine sensor data that may be associated with a poor sensor data alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Winston Liu-DNU, Derek Adams
  • Publication number: 20230097251
    Abstract: Techniques for a pose component that may determine a pose are described herein. A pose may refer to the inertial pose or position of a vehicle which may be updated in real-time or near real-time. For example, the techniques may include receiving a plurality of input signals at a pose component and monitoring the plurality of input signals. The pose component may determine, based on the monitoring of the plurality of input signals, a particular pose update algorithm of a plurality of pose update algorithms for determining the pose and determine, using the particular pose update algorithm, the pose based the plurality of input signals and IMU measurements associated with a primary IMU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Derek Adams, Gregory D. Kravit, Chengzhi Winston Liu, Brice Rebsamen
  • Patent number: 11604465
    Abstract: Generating a map associated with an environment may include collecting sensor data received from one or more vehicles and generating a set of links to align the sensor data. A mesh representation of the environment may be generated from the aligned sensor data. A system may determine a proposed link to add, a proposed link deletion, and/or a proposed link alteration, and receive a modification comprising instructions to add, delete, or modify a link. Responsive to receiving a modification, the system may re-align a window of sensor data associated with the modification. The modification and/or sensor data associated therewith may be collected as training data for a machine learning model, which may be trained to generate link modification proposals and/or determine sensor data that may be associated with a poor sensor data alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengzhi Winston Liu, Derek Adams
  • Publication number: 20210157316
    Abstract: Generating a map associated with an environment may include collecting sensor data received from one or more vehicles and generating a set of links to align the sensor data. A mesh representation of the environment may be generated from the aligned sensor data. A system may determine a proposed link to add, a proposed link deletion, and/or a proposed link alteration, and receive a modification comprising instructions to add, delete, or modify a link. Responsive to receiving a modification, the system may re-align a window of sensor data associated with the modification. The modification and/or sensor data associated therewith may be collected as training data for a machine learning model, which may be trained to generate link modification proposals and/or determine sensor data that may be associated with a poor sensor data alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Chengzhi Winston Liu, Derek Adams
  • Patent number: 7516216
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for testing performance of an system under test are disclosed. The system under test is loaded with simulated traffic which may be generated from a single test port. The performance of the system under test under load may be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: IXIA
    Inventors: Errol Ginsberg, Victor Alston, Aloysius Arthur Wild, III, Ankur Sheth, Winston Liu, Ram Periakaruppan
  • Publication number: 20070025261
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for testing performance of an system under test are disclosed. The system under test is loaded with simulated traffic which may be generated from a single test port. The performance of the system under test under load may be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Errol Ginsberg, Victor Alston, Aloysius Wild, Ankur Sheth, Winston Liu, Periakaruppan Ram
  • Publication number: 20060218274
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently directing a search of a peer-to-peer network, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosing a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. A host monitor monitors the peer-to-peer network and collects data on various characteristics of the hosts which make up the network. Thereafter, a host selector ranks the hosts using the data, and passes this information to the user. The user then selects one or more of the highly-ranked hosts as an entry point into the network. Additionally, a cache may collect a list of hosts based on the content on the hosts. In this way, a user may choose to connect to a host which is known to contain information relevant to the user's search. The host selector may be used to select from among the hosts listed in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: NAPSTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wilburt Labio, Giao Nguyen, Winston Liu, Gurmeet Manku
  • Publication number: 20060218275
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently directing a search of a peer-to-peer network, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosing a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. A host monitor monitors the peer-to-peer network and collects data on various characteristics of the hosts which make up the network. Thereafter, a host selector ranks the hosts using the data, and passes this information to the user. The user then selects one or more of the highly-ranked hosts as an entry point into the network. Additionally, a cache may collect a list of hosts based on the content on the hosts. In this way, a user may choose to connect to a host which is known to contain information relevant to the user's search. The host selector may be used to select from among the hosts listed in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: NAPSTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wilburt Labio, Giao Nguyen, Winston Liu, Gurmeet Manku
  • Patent number: 6991431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceiling fan blade capable of producing full wind pressure and much wind. The solution of the present invention is to form a front and a rear wind receiving surfaces on the ceiling fan blade. A tangent angle of the rear wind-receiving surface is bigger than that of the front wind-receiving surface. A wavy wind guide surface is formed between the two wind receiving surfaces. The wavy wind guide surface and the two wind receiving surfaces can effectively increase the wind pressure and the wind; in addition, sinuous flow is substantially reduced when the blade is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventor: Winston Liu Ching Wen