Patents by Inventor Yangli Hector Yee
Yangli Hector Yee 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: 20240355115Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing aquatic life data, e.g., aquatic life image. One of the methods includes receiving aquatic life data comprising a plurality of aquatic life images from a user through a user interface; receiving, within the user interface, a first user request to use the aquatic life data to train a machine learning model; determining a data curator score for each aquatic life image; identifying, based on the data curator scores, a proper subset of the plurality of aquatic life images; providing the proper subset of the plurality of aquatic life images to one or more data annotators; receiving annotation data generated by the one or more data annotators; and providing the annotation data to a training system configured to train the machine learning model by using the annotation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Grace Calvert Young, Yangli Hector Yee, Julia Black Ling, Cory Drew Schillaci
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Publication number: 20240354666Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining elements of a shipping network. One of the methods includes obtaining environmental input data, wherein the environmental input data includes weather forecast data; providing the environmental input data to a circulation model; and providing output environmental condition from the circulation model to a machine learning model trained to generate a route for a ship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Antoni Jordi Ballester, Bertrand Louis Rene Delorme, Alexandre Szenicer, Julia Black Ling, Bianca Bahman, Yangli Hector Yee
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Publication number: 20240355116Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing aquatic life data, e.g., aquatic life images. One of the methods includes obtaining aquatic life data; identifying a first subset of the aquatic life data that is to be annotated by one or more data annotators to generate annotated aquatic life data and a second subset of the aquatic life data that is not to be annotated; providing the first subset of the aquatic life data to the one or more data annotators, the one or more data annotators processing the first subset of the aquatic life data to generate the annotated aquatic life data; providing the second subset of the aquatic life data to a data storage curator; and determining whether and, if so, which storage device in one or more storage devices to store the second subset of the aquatic life data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Grace Calvert Young, Yangli Hector Yee, Julia Black Ling, Cory Drew Schillaci
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Publication number: 20240202655Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining elements of a shipping network. One of the methods includes obtaining environmental input data, wherein the environmental input data includes weather forecast data; providing the environmental input data to a circulation model; and providing output environmental condition from the circulation model to a machine learning model trained to generate a route for a ship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Antoni Jordi Ballester, Alexandre Szenicer, Bertrand Louis Rene Delorme, Yangli Hector Yee, Julia Black Ling
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Publication number: 20240202654Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining elements of a shipping network. One of the methods includes obtaining environmental input data, wherein the environmental input data includes weather forecast data; providing the environmental input data to a circulation model; and providing output environmental condition from the circulation model to a machine learning model trained to generate a route for a ship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Yangli Hector Yee, Julia Black Ling, Antoni Jordi Ballester, Bertrand Louis Rene Delorme, Alexandre Szenicer
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Publication number: 20240062539Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for aquatic biomass estimation. One of the methods includes obtaining an image of an aquatic environment including aquatic grass; providing the image to a network model trained to construct a point cloud indicating a portion of the image that represents the aquatic grass; generating a floor model indicating a floor of the aquatic environment where the aquatic grass grows; identifying, using (i) the floor model and (ii) the point cloud indicating the aquatic grass, (i) a first subset of points in the point cloud as indicating aquatic grass and (ii) a second subset of points in the point cloud as indicating the floor of the aquatic environment; and generating, using the first subset of points in the point cloud, an indication of biomass within the aquatic environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Yangli Hector Yee, Terry Allan Smith, Bianca Bahman
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Publication number: 20240062514Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for Measuring and Quantifying Biodiversity in an Environment. One of the methods includes receiving a set of images representing the marine environment; identifying, by one or more processing devices within the set of images, objects representing marine life in the marine environment; classifying, by the one or more processing devices, the objects into multiple clusters based on feature vectors identified for each of the objects; and computing, by the one or more processing devices based on attributes associated with the multiple clusters, a metric indicative of the biodiversity in the marine environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Julia Black Ling, Cory Drew Schillaci, Yangli Hector Yee, Grace Calvert Young, Karan Jhavar
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Publication number: 20230329196Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for distribution-based machine learning. In some implementations, a method for distribution-based machine learning includes obtaining fish images from a camera device; generating predicted values using a machine learning model and one or more of the fish images; comparing the predicted values to distribution data representing features of multiple fish; and updating one or more parameters of the machine learning model based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Pedro Montebello Milani, Jung Ook Hong, Rajesh Machhindranath Jadhav, Yangli Hector Yee, Cory Drew Schillaci, Julia Black Ling
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Patent number: 10664855Abstract: This disclosure includes methods for predicting demand based on the price of a time-expiring inventory. An online system provides a connection between a manager of a time-expiring inventory and a plurality of clients. The online system provides a listing for the manager's time-expiring inventory to clients on the online system. The manager specifies the price of the time-expiring inventory in the listing. A demand function predicts the demand for the time-expiring inventory based on features of the listing and the time-expiring inventory. The online system determines a likelihood of receiving a request for the time-expiring inventory from a client on the online system based on the predicted demand. The online system may use the determined likelihoods to provide to the manager information about how changes in the price of the listing are likely to affect the demand for the time-expiring inventory.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.Inventors: Bar Ifrach, David Michael Holtz, Yangli Hector Yee, Li Zhang
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Regression-tree compressed feature vector machine for time-expiring inventory utilization prediction
Patent number: 10621548Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken -
REGRESSION-TREE COMPRESSED FEATURE VECTOR MACHINE FOR TIME-EXPIRING INVENTORY UTILIZATION PREDICTION
Publication number: 20200090116Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken -
Regression-tree compressed feature vector machine for time-expiring inventory utilization prediction
Patent number: 10528909Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken -
Publication number: 20180018683Abstract: This disclosure includes methods for predicting demand based on the price of a time-expiring inventory. An online system provides a connection between a manager of a time-expiring inventory and a plurality of clients. The online system provides a listing for the manager's time-expiring inventory to clients on the online system. The manager specifies the price of the time-expiring inventory in the listing and is presented with price tips generated by the online system. A demand function predicts the demand for the time-expiring inventory based on features of the listing and the time-expiring inventory. A manager option function predicts the likelihood of acceptance of a price tip by the manager. The online system uses the demand function and the manager option function to create a Monte Carlo pricing model to provide to the manager price tips for the listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Yangli Hector Yee, Li Zhang, Carla Pellicano, Peng Ye
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REGRESSION-TREE COMPRESSED FEATURE VECTOR MACHINE FOR TIME-EXPIRING INVENTORY UTILIZATION PREDICTION
Publication number: 20170308846Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken -
Publication number: 20170103343Abstract: Mechanisms for recommending content items based on topics are provided. In some implementations, a method for recommending content items is provided that includes: determining a plurality of accessed content items associated with a user, wherein each of the plurality of content items is associated with a plurality of topics; determining the plurality of topics associated with each of the plurality of accessed content items; generating a model of user interests based on the plurality of topics, wherein the model implements a machine learning technique to determine a plurality of weights for assigning to each of the plurality of topics; applying the model to determine, for a plurality of content items, a probability that the user would watch a content item of the plurality of content items; ranking the plurality of content items based on the determined probabilities; and selecting a subset of the plurality of content items to recommend to the user based on the ranked content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Yangli Hector Yee, James Vincent McFadden, John Kraemer, Dasarathi Sampath
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Patent number: 9552555Abstract: Mechanisms for recommending content items based on topics are provided. In some implementations, a method for recommending content items is provided that includes: determining a plurality of accessed content items associated with a user, wherein each of the plurality of content items is associated with a plurality of topics; determining the plurality of topics associated with each of the plurality of accessed content items; generating a model of user interests based on the plurality of topics, wherein the model implements a machine learning technique to determine a plurality of weights for assigning to each of the plurality of topics; applying the model to determine, for a plurality of content items, a probability that the user would watch a content item of the plurality of content items; ranking the plurality of content items based on the determined probabilities; and selecting a subset of the plurality of content items to recommend to the user based on the ranked content items.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Yangli Hector Yee, James Vincent McFadden, John Kraemer, Dasarathi Sampath
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Patent number: 9489601Abstract: Methods and systems for detection of a construction zone sign are described. A computing device, configured to control the vehicle, may be configured to receive, from an image-capture device coupled to the computing device, images of a vicinity of the road on which the vehicle is travelling. Also, the computing device may be configured to determine image portions in the images that may depict sides of the road at a predetermined height range. Further, the computing device may be configured to detect a construction zone sign in the image portions, and determine a type of the construction zone sign. Accordingly, the computing device may be configured to modify a control strategy associated with a driving behavior of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on the modified control strategy.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Nathaniel Fairfield, David Ian Ferguson, Abhijit Ogale, Matthew Wang, Yangli Hector Yee
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Publication number: 20160148237Abstract: This disclosure includes methods for predicting demand based on the price of a time-expiring inventory. An online system provides a connection between a manager of a time-expiring inventory and a plurality of clients. The online system provides a listing for the manager's time-expiring inventory to clients on the online system. The manager specifies the price of the time-expiring inventory in the listing. A demand function predicts the demand for the time-expiring inventory based on features of the listing and the time-expiring inventory. The online system determines a likelihood of receiving a request for the time-expiring inventory from a client on the online system based on the predicted demand. The online system may use the determined likelihoods to provide to the manager information about how changes in the price of the listing are likely to affect the demand for the time-expiring inventory.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Bar Ifrach, David Michael Holtz, Yangli Hector Yee, Li Zhang
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Publication number: 20160092755Abstract: Methods and systems for detection of a construction zone sign are described. A computing device, configured to control the vehicle, may be configured to receive, from an image-capture device coupled to the computing device, images of a vicinity of the road on which the vehicle is travelling. Also, the computing device may be configured to determine image portions in the images that may depict sides of the road at a predetermined height range. Further, the computing device may be configured to detect a construction zone sign in the image portions, and determine a type of the construction zone sign. Accordingly, the computing device may be configured to modify a control strategy associated with a driving behavior of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on the modified control strategy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Nathaniel Fairfield, David Ian Ferguson, Abhijit Ogale, Matthew Wang, Yangli Hector Yee
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Patent number: RE48322Abstract: Methods and systems for detection of a construction zone sign are described. A computing device, configured to control the vehicle, may be configured to receive, from an image-capture device coupled to the computing device, images of a vicinity of the road on which the vehicle is travelling. Also, the computing device may be configured to determine image portions in the images that may depict sides of the road at a predetermined height range. Further, the computing device may be configured to detect a construction zone sign in the image portions, and determine a type of the construction zone sign. Accordingly, the computing device may be configured to modify a control strategy associated with a driving behavior of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on the modified control strategy.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Nathaniel Fairfield, David I. Ferguson, Abhijit S. Ogale, Matthew Wang, Yangli Hector Yee