Albert S Liu

US Patent:

6839680, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

Sep 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/410151

Inventors:

Albert M. Liu - Cupertino CA, US
Stefan F. Gower - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 10

Abstract:

A system, method, and various software products provide for consistent identification of web users across multiple web sites, servers and domains, monitoring and capture of data describing the users' web activities, categorization of the web activity data, aggregation of the data into time dependent models describing interest of users and groups over time. Categorization is made with respect to a category tree which may be standardized or customized for each web site. User groups may be defined based on membership rules for category interest information and demographics. Individual user profiles are then created for users automatically based on satisfaction of the user group membership rules. As new data is collected on a user over time, the category interest information extracted from the user's web activity is updated to form a current model of the user's interests relative to the various categories. This information is also used to automatically update group membership and user profile information.

US Patent:

20100207114, Aug 19, 2010

Filed:

Oct 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/738947

Inventors:

Martin Koenemann - Mannheim, DE
Sudhakar Sundarraj - Singapore, SG
Jae Hyung Hwang - Mannheim, DE
Jan Schoeneboom - Mannheim, DE
Albert Liu - Palo Alto CA, US
Peter Peumans - Sunnyvalle CA, US
Felix Eickemeyer - Heidelberg, DE
Ingmar Bruder - Ludwigshafen, DE
Neil Gregory Pschirer - Mainz, DE
Ruediger Sens - Ludwigshafen, DE
Gerd Weber - Bad Duerkheim, DE
Sheeja Bahulayan - Singapore, SG
Peter Erk - Frankenthal, DE

Assignee:

BASF SE - LUDWIGSHAFEN
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY - PALO ALTO CA

International Classification:

H01L 51/54
H01L 31/0256
H01L 31/042
H01L 31/0352
C07F 1/08
C07F 3/06
C07F 5/06
C07D 487/22

US Classification:

257 40, 136263, 136244, 136255, 540137, 540136, 257E51026

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the use of halogenated phthalocyanines as charge transport materials and/or as absorber materials.

US Patent:

20110316547, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/823268

Inventors:

Albert Shih-Young LIU - Redwood City CA, US
Li-Wei Chen - Redwood City CA, US

International Classification:

G01N 27/416

US Classification:

324427

Abstract:

A method for estimating the state-of-charge of a battery. The method includes collecting a plurality of voltage measurements during operation of the system containing the battery and determining a time-constant of relaxation and an open-circuit voltage corresponding to the battery based, at least in part, on the voltage measurements. The method further includes estimating the state-of-charge of the battery based, at least in part, on the open-circuit voltage.

US Patent:

20120274331, Nov 1, 2012

Filed:

Mar 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/433017

Inventors:

Albert Shih-Young Liu - Palo Alto CA, US
Steven Diamond - San Francisco CA, US
Sam Weng - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G01R 31/36

US Classification:

324426

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for determining the state-of-charge of a battery. In response to detecting that the battery is in a rest state, a pre-conditioning current is drawn from the battery to affect a correlation between the state-of-charge of the battery and an open-circuit voltage of the battery. Thereafter, the open-circuit voltage of the battery is measured, and used to determine the state-of-charge.

US Patent:

20130257377, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/434707

Inventors:

Steven Diamond - San Mateo CA, US
Gabriel Risk - San Francisco CA, US
Stanley Hu - San Francisco CA, US
Albert Shih-Young Liu - Palo Alto CA, US
Martin Helliwell - Morgan Hill CA, US

International Classification:

H02J 7/00

US Classification:

320118, 320116

Abstract:

A battery pack management system adjusts the relative state-of-charge of respective battery blocks in a battery pack to equalize (i.e., align, balance or otherwise make similar) the peak battery block voltages (i.e., maximum or “upper peak” battery block voltages when the battery pack is being charged and/or minimum or “lower peak” battery block voltages when the battery is being discharged). Upon detecting an anomalous battery block that exhibits outlier upper and lower peak voltages, the battery pack management system adjusts the relative state of charge of respective battery blocks to center their respective upper and lower peak voltages between operating limits, thus maximizing the operating margin of the battery pack as a whole.

US Patent:

20190369699, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

Nov 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/178307

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Amit K. VYAS - San Jose CA, US
Albert S. LIU - Sunnyvale CA, US
Conor J. O'REILLY - San Jose CA, US
Anand RAMADURAI - Los Gatos CA, US
Craig M. FEDERIGHI - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Aakriti MITTAL - Sunnyvale CA, US
Daniel J. ETTER - Mountain View CA, US
Tianhe WU - Sunnyvale CA, US
Patrick L. COFFMAN - San Francisco CA, US
Nicholas D. FELTON - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/32
G06F 3/0481
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

In some embodiments, an electronic device displays one or more representations of power usage of the electronic device, including across various periods of time and subperiods of time within those periods. In some embodiments, the displayed information reflects power usage both for periods of the display being on and periods of the display being off. In some embodiments, the displayed information includes power usage attributed to various mobile applications running on the electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays recommendations to reduce the usage of power by the electronic device, which a user has the option of applying. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays prose insight into power usage, indicating causes of the power usage.

US Patent:

20190369705, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

Sep 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/147132

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Albert S. Liu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Amit K. Vyas - San Jose CA, US
Soren C. Spies - San Jose CA, US
Matthew C. Widmann - Cupertino CA, US
Prajakta S. Karandikar - Santa Clara CA, US
Anand Subramanian - Santa Clara CA, US
Anthony J. Chivetta - San Francisco CA, US
Brian K. Tearse-Doyle - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/32
G06F 11/34

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed performing a power logging in a computer system at a sub-process level. An exemplary method includes an operating system of the computer system determining process information indicative of which sub-portions of one or more processes are running on the computer system at different points in time, as well as may determining power information for the computer system at different points in time. The operating system may the create, from the process information and the power information, a power log indicative of power usage of sub-portions of processes at a plurality of points in time. The power logging may extend to both core and non-core resources of the system. For non-core resources, the power usage may be estimated in some cases based on the type of non-core resource being called as well as parameters passed to the non-core resource.

US Patent:

20180349218, Dec 6, 2018

Filed:

Jul 12, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/648416

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Eisuke Arai - San Jose CA, US
Amit K. Vyas - San Jose CA, US
David S. Choi - Cupertino CA, US
Franco Travostino - San Jose CA, US
Abhinav Pathak - Campbell CA, US
Daniel Lertpratchya - Campbell CA, US
Albert Liu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Anand Ramadurai - Los Gatos CA, US
Olivier Mardinian - Sunnyvale CA, US
Vividh Siddha - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/07

Abstract:

Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel architecture for debugging devices. This architecture includes numerous devices that without user intervention automatically detect and report bug events to a set of servers that aggregate and process the bug events. When a device detects a potential bug event, the device in some embodiments generates a description of the potential bug event, and sends the generated description to the server set through a network. In addition to generating such a description, the device in some embodiments directs one or more of its modules to gather and store a collection of one or more data sets that are relevant to the potential bug event, in case the event has to be further analyzed by the server set. In the discussion below, the generated bug-event description is referred to as the event signature, while the gathered collection of data sets for an event is referred to as the event's data archive. The server set aggregates and processes the bug-event signatures that it receives from the various devices. For only a subset of the reported bug-event signatures, the server set then directs the devices that sent these signatures to also send the data archives that these devices have gathered and stored for the events associated with these signatures. These data archives can be further analyzed to identify the root causes of the bug events.