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Ann J. Lai, Houston, TX US
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20080266089 | Electronic device security system and method - An electronic devices security method comprising, responsive to detecting at least one event indicating a possible theft of an electronic device, initiating an alarm at a docking station associated with the electronic device | 10-30-2008 |
20110069445 | Notebook Computer Docking Stations - A docking station for supporting a notebook computer. In one embodiment, an docking station includes a base, a platform on which the notebook computer can be placed, and a platform support armature that extends up from the base and supports the platform, wherein the armature can be pivoted to change the height of the platform and the platform can be pivoted independent of the armature to change an angle of inclination of the platform. | 03-24-2011 |
Hoa Van Lai, Austin, TX US
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20140108985 | Configurable User Displays in a Process Control System - A display configuration system enables plant operators to create their own process displays called dashboards during run-time of the plant and in the same interface that these operators use to view operation of the process plant. This display configuration system makes the operators more productive because the operators can quickly create and implement their own specialized dashboards, as these operators determine these dashboards are needed. Each dashboard has a defined layout specifying locations or regions at which display elements can be shown in the dashboard, and this layout is operator modifiable. Operators can easily create content on their own dashboards using predefined but configurable display building blocks called gadgets, which can be pre-stored in a library and can be made available for the operator during dashboard creation activities. A gadget can be dragged and dropped onto a dashboard at one of the regions or locations of the dashboard to be installed in that region or location of the dashboard. The display configuration system may automatically size the gadgets based on the selected dashboard layout, and operators can modify an existing dashboard by adding, modifying, moving, minimizing or deleting gadgets on the dashboard. | 04-17-2014 |
Ho M. Lai, Spring, TX US
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20100315135 | Redriver With Two Reference Clocks And Method Of Operation Thereof - A two reference clock architected redriver includes an inbound elastic buffer and an outbound elastic buffer. Data transmitted to and received from a North Bridge uses a common reference clock architecture. Data transmitted to and received from an external blade uses a separate reference clock architecture. The inbound elastic buffer includes an inbound elastic buffer recovered clock domain, an inbound elastic buffer common reference clock domain, and an inbound decoder/descrambler, an inbound scrambler/encoder, and inbound liner shift registers. The outbound elastic buffer includes an outbound elastic buffer common reference clock domain, an outbound elastic buffer low jitter clock domain, and an outbound decoder/descrambler, an outbound scrambler/encoder, and outbound liner shift register. | 12-16-2010 |
Hsiang Y. Lai, San Antonio, TX US
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20160096994 | Feedstock Conversion To Fuel On High Pressure Circulating Fluidized Bed - There is provided a process and systems for producing fuels via pyrolysis of carbonaceous feedstock under pressure and temperature in an efficient manner using a circulating fluidized bed with catalyst(s). The pressure and temperature are selected to provoke supercritical conditions, and pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrotreating, and optionally reforming treatment of the carbonaceous feedstock is carried out simultaneously in one reactor on a recirculating fluidized bed containing catalysts. | 04-07-2016 |
Hsinlin Lai, Austin, TX US
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20090150788 | System and Method for Configuring Enterprise Information Handling System Storage Solutions - Enterprise information handling system storage solutions are configured automatically through a graphical user interface that accepts storage device and storage topology selections from an end user to automatically present a graphical image depicting interconnection devices that interface the storage devices. For example, cables with a color selected by the end user are depicted interfacing storage devices with the selected color. In one embodiment, switches are automatically selected and depicted for the storage devices and storage topology selected by the end user. | 06-11-2009 |
20090240713 | System and Method for Validating Enterprise Information Handling System Network Solutions - Enterprise information handling system network solutions are automatically validated within each information handling system, between connected information handling systems and to logical groupings within the solution and to the solution as a whole. A validation engine applies validation rules to determine a network solution topology to validate end user information handling system component selections. Invalid information handling system component selections are automatically corrected, disabled or hidden to ensure that end users select valid configurations. | 09-24-2009 |
Polin Lai, Richardson, TX US
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20150222928 | FRAME PACKING FOR VIDEO CODING - Implementations are provided that relate, for example, to view tiling in video encoding and decoding. A particular implementation accesses a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture, and accesses additional information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined. The accessed information includes spatial interleaving information and sampling information. Another implementation encodes a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture, and generates information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined. The generated information includes spatial interleaving information and sampling information. A bitstream is formed that includes the encoded video picture and the generated information. Another implementation provides a data structure for transmitting the generated information. | 08-06-2015 |
Po-Lin Lai, Richardson, TX US
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20110273529 | CODING OF DEPTH MAPS - Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to filtering of depth maps. According to a general aspect, a first depth picture is accessed that corresponds to a first video picture. For a given portion of the first depth picture, a co-located video portion of the first video picture is determined. A video motion vector is accessed that indicates motion of the co-located video portion of the first video picture with respect to a second video picture. A second depth picture is accessed that corresponds to the second video picture. A depth portion of the second depth picture is determined, from the given portion of the first depth picture, based on the video motion vector. The given portion of the first depth picture is updated based on the depth portion of the second depth picture. | 11-10-2011 |
Qingzhang Lai, Austin, TX US
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20110246180 | ENHANCING LANGUAGE DETECTION IN SHORT COMMUNICATIONS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for enhancing language detection in short communications are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A short communication is stored in an element of a line cache. The line cache is accessible to an application executing in a data processing system. The element is an element in a set of elements in the line cache. A compound text is assembled from contents of a subset of the elements of the line cache. A language identifier (language ID) is received for the compound text from a language detection algorithm. The language ID is stored in a language cache element of a language ID cache. The language ID cache is accessible to the application and includes a set of language cache elements. A language of the short communication is determined using the contents of a subset of language cache elements. | 10-06-2011 |
Qing Zhang Lai, Austin, TX US
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20100293230 | Multilingual Support for an Improved Messaging System - One or more illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a session of electronic communications. In one illustrative embodiment, a language is identified using a processor for an incoming electronic communication received from a sender computer in the session. It is determined whether the language differs from a desired display language. The incoming electronic communication is translated into the desired display language using a translation service to form a translated incoming electronic communication responsive to a determination that the language differs from the desired display language. The translated incoming electronic communication is displayed in the session on a display device. | 11-18-2010 |
Richard Lai, Plano, TX US
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20090148581 | Production of Multi-Grain, Whole-Grain, Soft and Crunchy Sheeted Snacks - The present invention discloses a method for making a multi-grain, whole grain baked snack food product with a soft, crunchy texture similar to a cracker. Ingredient formula ranges have been determined that maximize the amount and number of nutritious whole grains present in the snack food, while still keeping the texture soft and crunchy, and the color and flavor acceptable. The ingredients are combined with water to make a dough, which is then sheeted and cut into pieces. The pieces are baked to produce a multi-grain, whole grain baked snack food. | 06-11-2009 |
20090162504 | PROCESSING TECHNIQUE TO THAW PARTIALLY FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND INCORPORATING SOLIDS - A method for thawing and infusing partially frozen fruits or vegetables. Individually quick frozen fruits or vegetables are introduced into a mixing kettle. An infusion solution is circulated from a solution tank, through a bed of fruits or vegetables, and back to a solution tank. The infusion solution is maintained at a temperature of about 45° to about 50° F. and at a Brix of about 40° to about 50°. The infusion solution is pumped and circulated at a high rate which reduces thaw time but does not result in product degradation. After thawing, the pumping and re-circulating rate is decreased to allow for increased infusion efficiency. Pressure pulses are applied to the product in the mixing tank which decreases the infusion time. Thus, thawed and infused fruit and vegetables are produced quickly and with minimal product degradation. | 06-25-2009 |
20110318471 | PROCESSING TECHNIQUE TO THAW PARTIALLY FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND INCORPORATING SOLIDS - A method for thawing and infusing partially frozen fruits or vegetables. Individually quick frozen fruits or vegetables are introduced into a mixing kettle. An infusion solution is circulated from a solution tank, through a bed of fruits or vegetables, and back to a solution tank. The infusion solution is maintained at a temperature of about 45° to about 50° F. and at a Brix of about 40° to about 50°. The infusion solution is pumped and circulated at a high rate which reduces thaw time but does not result in product degradation. After thawing, the pumping and re-circulating rate is decreased to allow for increased infusion efficiency. Pressure pulses are applied to the product in the mixing tank which decreases the infusion time. Thus, thawed and infused fruit and vegetables are produced quickly and with minimal product degradation. | 12-29-2011 |
Sean Lai, Richardson, TX US
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20150066413 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH ASYNCHRONOUS TIMING OFFSETS BETWEEN TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE CLOCKS IN MRI WIRELESS RADIOFREQUENCY COILS - A method and apparatus correcting errors associated with timing offsets in radiofrequency coils. The method and apparatus include a memory element and a controller. The controller is configured to execute a set of instructions to receive data of a plurality of signals, the plurality of signals comprising at least one projection echo. The controller is also configured to identify a plurality of offsets of the plurality of signals based on the at least one projection echo. The controller is also configured to apply the plurality of offsets to a k-space of the plurality of signals. | 03-05-2015 |
Sean D. Lai, Richardson, TX US
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20140207398 | Transient Normalization for Appliance Classification, Disaggregation, and Power Estimation in Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring - Various apparatuses and methods are provided for monitoring individual appliance energy consumption using non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM). For example, one method includes detecting an ON event and an OFF event within a segment of streaming power input and extracting the streaming power input associated with the ON event in response to detecting the ON event. The extracted streaming power input includes a waveform associated with the ON event recorded over a time frame. The method also includes normalizing the waveform to reveal one or more unique variations and classifying the normalized waveform based on the one or more unique variations. The method further includes matching the ON event with a correlating OFF event based at least on the classification of the normalized waveform and calculating power consumed from a time of the ON event to a time of the OFF event. | 07-24-2014 |
Wai-Ming Lai, Plano, TX US
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20100246683 | Error Resilience in Video Decoding - A method for decoding an encoded video stream is provided that includes when a sequence parameter set in the encoded video stream is lost, wherein the sequence parameter set includes a frame number parameter, a picture order count parameter, a picture height parameter, a picture width parameter, and a plurality of non-critical parameters, assigning default values to the plurality of non-critical parameters, setting the picture height parameter and the picture width parameter based on a common pixel resolution, when a slice header of an instantaneous decoding refresh picture is available, determining the frame number parameter from the slice header, and determining the picture order count parameter using the frame number parameter, the default values, the pixel height parameter, and the picture width parameter, and using the parameters to decode a slice in the encoded video stream. | 09-30-2010 |
Wang Lin Lai, Richardson, TX US
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20120183078 | FILTER ADAPTATION WITH DIRECTIONAL FEATURES FOR VIDEO/IMAGE CODING - A method for processing video information by a video encoder includes classifying video information based on at least one local directional feature of the video information to design multiple filters. The encoder encodes filter coefficients of the multiple filters. The multiple filters are designed with symmetric constraints on the filter coefficients configured according to the classification of the video information based on at least one local directional feature of the video information. The method also includes applying, by the encoder, the multiple directional filters to the video information. A decoder is configured to decode filter coefficients of multiple filters and apply the multiple filters to the video information. The decoder constructs, from decoded filter coefficients, multiple filters with symmetric constraints on the filter coefficients configured according to the classification of the video information based on at least one local directional feature of the video information. | 07-19-2012 |
20120200669 | FILTERING AND EDGE ENCODING - Several implementations relate, for example, to depth encoding and/or filtering for 3D video (3DV) coding formats. A sparse dyadic mode for partitioning macroblocks (MBs) along edges in a depth map is provided as well as techniques for trilateral (or bilateral) filtering of depth maps that may include adaptive selection between filters sensitive to changes in video intensity and/or changes in depth. One implementation partitions a depth picture, and then refines the partitions based on a corresponding image picture. Another implementation filters a portion of a depth picture based on values for a range of pixels in the portion. For a given pixel in the portion that is being filtered, the filter weights a value of a particular pixel in the range by a weight that is based on one or more of location distance, depth difference, and image difference. | 08-09-2012 |
20120321205 | SHAPE AND SYMMETRY DESIGN FOR FILTERS IN VIDEO/IMAGE CODING - An apparatus includes a video/image encoder configured to design a two-dimensional star-shaped spatial filter and encode image/video information using the X-shaped spatial filter. The star-shaped spatial filter includes a first linear arrangement of coefficients that extend outwardly in a first diagonal direction from a center pixel coefficient, a second linear arrangement of coefficients that extend outwardly in a second diagonal direction, and two linear arrangements of coefficients that extend outwardly in horizontal and vertical directions from the center pixel coefficient from the center pixel coefficient. The second diagonal direction is oriented in a different direction relative to the first diagonal direction. | 12-20-2012 |
20130064417 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBUST LOW-COMPLEXITY VIDEO FINGERPRINTING - An apparatus and method for video fingerprinting are provided. The method includes, for each frame of a video sequence including a plurality of frames, removing a portion of the frame, dividing a remaining portion of the frame into blocks, dividing each block into sub-blocks, computing a block level feature as a mean of pixels in each sub-block within the block, concatenating all block level features in the frame, and concatenating features of all frames in the video sequence. | 03-14-2013 |
20130162773 | COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSION DATA - Methods and apparatuses for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data , the original format selected from one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; decoding the received occlusion data to produce decoded occlusion data ; and when the indicator indicates the original format as a filled occlusion data format, converting the decoded occlusion data from a sparse occlusion data format to the filled occlusion data format , the converting further including; replacing non-occlusion area data, which is represented with a defined characteristic, by respective collocated samples from 2D data in the video data frame associated with the occlusion data ; outputting the decoded occlusion data and, when present, converted decoded occlusion data . | 06-27-2013 |
20130162774 | COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSION DATA - Methods and apparatuses for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data, the original format selected from a one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; arranging 2D data, which is associated with said occlusion data, at location after temporal and inter-view pictures in a reference picture list; identifying at least one of an occlusion area macroblock and a non-occlusion area macroblock for the occlusion data; decoding said occlusion data to produce decoded occlusion data, wherein said decoding includes: for each non-occlusion macroblock, when said indicator indicates the filled occlusion data format, replacing the occlusion data in said non-occlusion macroblock with a corresponding macroblock of associated 2D data to produce a decoded occlusion data; and when said indicator indicates the sparse occlusion data format, filling said non-occlusion macroblock with data indicative of a defined characteristic to produce decoded occlusion data; and otherwise for each occlusion macroblock, decoding said occlusion macroblock to produce decoded occlusion data; and outputting the decoded occlusion data. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176394 | COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUSION DATA - Methods and apparatus for coding occlusion layers, such as occlusion video data and occlusion depth data in 3D video, are disclosed. A decoding method comprising the steps of: extracting an indicator representative of an original format for received occlusion data, the original format selected from one of a sparse occlusion data format and a filled occlusion data format; arranging 2D data, which is associated with the occlusion data, at location | 07-11-2013 |
20130194511 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR 3D VIDEO SYSTEM - A remote control device is operative to enable and facilitate user control of video systems that are operative to provide one or more three-dimensional (3D) viewing effects. According to an exemplary embodiment, the remote control device includes a user input terminal having an input element operative to receive user inputs to adjust at least one of a volume setting and a channel setting of a video system, and further operative to receive user inputs to adjust a three-dimensional (3D) viewing effect of the video system. A transmitter is operative to transmit control signals to the video system in response to the user inputs. | 08-01-2013 |
20140184744 | DEPTH CODING - Various implementations address depth coding and related disciplines. In one particular implementation, a segmentation is determined for a particular portion of a video image in a sequence of video images. The segmentation is determined based on reference depth indicators that are associated with at least a portion of one video image in the sequence of video images. Target depth indicators associated with the particular portion of the video image are processed. The processing is based on the determined segmentation in the particular portion of the video image. In another particular implementation, a segmentation is determined for at least a given portion of a video image based on depth indicators associated with the given portion. The segmentation is extended from the given portion into a target portion of the video image based on pixel values in the given portion and on pixel values in the target portion. | 07-03-2014 |