Patents by Inventor Xiaohang Wang
Xiaohang Wang 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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Publication number: 20190108415Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Patent number: 10152647Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Patent number: 10149097Abstract: A geofence management system obtains location data for points of interest. The geofence management system determines, at the option of the user, the location of a user mobile computing device relative to specific points of interest and alerts the user when the user nears the points of interest. The geofence management system, however, determines relationships among the identified points of interest, and associates or “clusters” the points of interest together based on the determined relationships. Rather than establishing separate geofences for multiple points of interest, and then alerting the user each time the user's mobile device enters each geofence boundary, the geofence management system establishes a single geofence boundary for the associated points of interest. When the user's mobile device enters the clustered geofence boundary, the geofence management system notifies the user device to alert the user of the entrance event. The user then receives the clustered, geofence-based alert.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, David Singleton, Debra Lin Repenning, Lixin Zhang, Marcus Alexander Foster
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Publication number: 20180330180Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Patent number: 10096037Abstract: Inferring purchase intent using non-payment transaction signals predicts whether a payment transaction has been completed based on non-payment information. An account system that operates outside of the payment path does not take part in and the approval of a financial transaction between the user and the merchant system, distributes an offer to the user. The user completes a financial payment transaction with the merchant and the account system determines whether a trigger event has occurred. The user performs an action or enters information using the user computing device, and the user computing device transmits an indication of the action to the account system. In another example, the account system receives notification from another system or device. The account system determines whether the action is a trigger event and the predictive model determines whether the user completed a financial transaction and/or redeemed the distributed offer.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Harry Lee Butler, IV, Glenn Berntson, Glenn Thrope, Xiaohang Wang
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Publication number: 20180288573Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Debra Lin Repenning, Ray Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, David Singleton, Lixin Zhang, Alan Newberger, Chandrasekhar Thota, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Nicholas Fey, Marcus Alexander Foster, Petra Cross, Andres Morales
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Patent number: 10091620Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Debra Lin Repenning, Ray Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, David Singleton, Lixin Zhang, Alan Newberger, Chandrasekhar Thota, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Nicholas Fey, Marcus Alexander Foster, Petra Cross, Andres Morales
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Patent number: 10055663Abstract: Extracting card data comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital image of a card; perform an image recognition process on the digital representation of the card; identifying an image in the digital representation of the card; comparing the identified image to an image database comprising a plurality of images and determining that the identified image matches a stored image in the image database; determining a card type associated with the stored image and associating the card type with the card based on the determination that the identified image matches the stored image; and performing a particular optical character recognition algorithm on the digital representation of the card, the particular optical character recognition algorithm being based on the determined card type. Another example uses an issuer identification number to improve data extraction. Another example compares extracted data with user data to improve accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell
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Publication number: 20180225645Abstract: Identifying the geolocation of POS terminals using non-payment events to predict when the geolocation of a computing device at a time when the device detects events corresponds to the geolocation of the terminal. The device monitors for pre-selected events and transmit data to the account system. The account system determines a frequency of the events and it reaches a pre-defined threshold, the account system identifies the location of the terminal by identifying the common geolocation of the events. The identified geolocation is saved so that when a user then enters the location and transmits event data to the account system, the system can compare the geolocation of the event data to the saved geolocation to determine whether the computing device is located at the terminal. If the computing device is located at the terminal, the account system transmits offers or other content for display and use at the identified terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Glenn Thrope, Xiaohang Wang, Glenn Berntson, Harry Lee Butler, IV
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Publication number: 20180150908Abstract: A user captures an image of a payment card via a user computing device camera. An optical character recognition system receives the payment card image from the user computing device. The system performs optical character recognition and visual object recognition algorithms on the payment card image to extract text and visual objects from the payment card image, which are used by the system to identify a payment card type. The system may categorize the payment card as a credit card or a non-credit card. In an example embodiment, the system determines that the payment card type is a credit card and transmits fee structure to the user. The user selects a second payment card for use in the transaction and the transaction is processed using financial account information associated with the second payment card.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Glenn Berntson
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Patent number: 9984313Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20180144205Abstract: Extracting card information comprises a server at an optical character recognition (“OCR”) system that interprets data from a card. The OCR system performs an optical character recognition algorithm an image of a card and performs a data recognition algorithm on a machine-readable code on the image of the card. The OCR system compares a series of extracted alphanumeric characters obtained via the optical character recognition process to data extracted from the machine-readable code via the data recognition process and matches the alphanumeric series of characters to a particular series of characters extracted from the machine-readable code. The OCR system determines if the alphanumeric series and the matching series of characters extracted from the machine-readable code comprise any discrepancies and corrects the alphanumeric series of characters based on the particular series of characters extracted from the machine-readable code upon a determination that a discrepancy exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Justin Scheiner, Glenn Berntson
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Publication number: 20180139584Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Alan Newberger, Lixin Zhang
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Publication number: 20180129878Abstract: Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Xiaohang Wang, Jeff Huber, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Debra Lin Repenning
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Patent number: 9965754Abstract: Identifying the geolocation of POS terminals using non-payment events to predict when the geolocation of a computing device at a time when the device detects events corresponds to the geolocation of the terminal. The device monitors for pre-selected events and transmit data to the account system. The account system determines a frequency of the events and it reaches a pre-defined threshold, the account system identifies the location of the terminal by identifying the common geolocation of the events. The identified geolocation is saved so that when a user then enters the location and transmits event data to the account system, the system can compare the geolocation of the event data to the saved geolocation to determine whether the computing device is located at the terminal. If the computing device is located at the terminal, the account system transmits offers or other content for display and use at the identified terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Glenn Thrope, Xiaohang Wang, Glenn Berntson, Harry Lee Butler, IV
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Publication number: 20180114225Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system for voice verification, wherein the method comprises: at a network side, obtaining a user voice communication number according to a voice verification request from a user side, and determining voice verification information corresponding to the voice verification request; at the network side, initiating a call to a corresponding user according to the user voice communication number, and in the case of call through, playing the determined voice verification information to the user; at the user side, performing an automatic listening and recording operation when monitoring that the user is called, and upon termination of the call, sending recording information obtained from the recording to the network side; at the network side, determining a verification result according to the voice verification information and the recording information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD .Inventors: Xiaohang WANG, Yang DONG, Yong GUAN
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Patent number: 9904956Abstract: A user captures an image of a payment card via a user computing device camera. An optical character recognition system receives the payment card image from the user computing device. The system performs optical character recognition and visual object recognition algorithms on the payment card image to extract text and visual objects from the payment card image, which are used by the system to identify a payment card type. The system may categorize the payment card as a credit card or a non-credit card. In an example embodiment, the system determines that the payment card type is a credit card and transmits fee structure to the user. The user selects a second payment card for use in the transaction and the transaction is processed using financial account information associated with the second payment card.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Glenn Berntson
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Patent number: 9904873Abstract: Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Jose Jeronimo Moreira Rodrigues
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Patent number: 9892317Abstract: Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Jeff Huber, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Marcus Quintana Mitchell, Debra Lin Repenning
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Patent number: D821408Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Xiaohang Wang, Marcus Quintana Mitchell