Patents by Inventor Zhongxia Yan

Zhongxia Yan 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).

  • Maintaining an automobile configuration of a mobile computing device while switching between automobile and non-automobile user interfaces
    Patent number: 10834250
    Abstract: A device is described that, while operating in an automobile configuration, causes a vehicle system of an automobile to display part of an automobile graphical user interface (GUI) while locally displaying a different part of the automobile GUI. Responsive to receiving user input for switching to a non-automobile GUI that permits access to at least some features of the device that are restricted by the automobile GUI, the device replaces the part of the automobile GUI that is locally displayed on the device with the non-automobile GUI, all while continuing to cause the vehicle system to display its part of the automobile GUI. The device accesses the at least some features of the device and responsive to receiving user input for switching back to the automobile GUI, the device replaces the non-automobile GUI with the part of the automobile GUI that was previously displayed by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jia Wei Tam, Lauren Wunderlich, Zhongxia Yan, Gyeong Sik Choi, Heng Xiong, Bryan Jeffery Moles, Francisco Manuel Galanes, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuanjiao Shen, Patrick Brady
  • MAINTAINING AN AUTOMOBILE CONFIGURATION OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE WHILE SWITCHING BETWEEN AUTOMOBILE AND NON-AUTOMOBILE USER INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20190356773
    Abstract: A device is described that, while operating in an automobile configuration, causes a vehicle system of an automobile to display part of an automobile graphical user interface (GUI) while locally displaying a different part of the automobile GUI. Responsive to receiving user input for switching to a non-automobile GUI that permits access to at least some features of the device that are restricted by the automobile GUI, the device replaces the part of the automobile GUI that is locally displayed on the device with the non-automobile GUI, all while continuing to cause the vehicle system to display its part of the automobile GUI. The device accesses the at least some features of the device and responsive to receiving user input for switching back to the automobile GUI, the device replaces the non-automobile GUI with the part of the automobile GUI that was previously displayed by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jia Wei Tam, Lauren Wunderlich, Zhongxia Yan, Gyeong Sik Choi, Heng Xiong, Bryan Jeffery Moles, Francisco Manuel Galanes, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuanjiao Shen, Patrick Brady
  • Maintaining an automobile configuration of a mobile computing device while switching between automobile and non-automobile user interfaces
    Patent number: 10389870
    Abstract: A device is described that, while operating in an automobile configuration, causes a vehicle system of an automobile to display part of an automobile graphical user interface (GUI) while locally displaying a different part of the automobile GUI. Responsive to receiving user input for switching to a non-automobile GUI that permits access to at least some features of the device that are restricted by the automobile GUI, the device replaces the part of the automobile GUI that is locally displayed on the device with the non-automobile GUI, all while continuing to cause the vehicle system to display its part of the automobile GUI. The device accesses the at least some features of the device and responsive to receiving user input for switching back to the automobile GUI, the device replaces the non-automobile GUI with the part of the automobile GUI that was previously displayed by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jia Wei Tam, Lauren Wunderlich, Zhongxia Yan, Gyeong Sik Choi, Heng Xiong, Bryan Jeffery Moles, Francisco Manuel Galanes, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuanjiao Shen, Patrick Brady
  • Maintaining an automobile configuration of a mobile computing device while switching between automobile and non-automobile user interfaces
    Patent number: 10097684
    Abstract: A device is described that, while operating in an automobile configuration, causes a vehicle system of an automobile to display part of an automobile graphical user interface (GUI) while locally displaying a different part of the automobile GUI. Responsive to receiving user input for switching to a non-automobile GUI that permits access to at least some features of the device that are restricted by the automobile GUI, the device replaces the part of the automobile GUI that is locally displayed on the device with the non-automobile GUI, all while continuing to cause the vehicle system to display its part of the automobile GUI. The device accesses the at least some features of the device and responsive to receiving user input for switching back to the automobile GUI, the device replaces the non-automobile GUI with the part of the automobile GUI that was previously displayed by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jia Wei Tam, Lauren Wunderlich, Zhongxia Yan, Gyeong Sik Choi, Heng Xiong, Bryan Jeffery Moles, Francisco Manuel Galanes, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuanjiao Shen, Patrick Brady