Michael S Lin

US Patent:

7003134, Feb 21, 2006

Filed:

Mar 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/520964

Inventors:

Michele M. Covell - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Michael Hongmai Lin - Stanford CA, US
Ali Rahimi - Belmont CA, US
Michael Harville - Palo Alto CA, US
Trevor J. Darrell - San Francisco CA, US
John I. Woodfill - Palo Alto CA, US
Harlyn Baker - Los Altos CA, US
Gaile G. Gordon - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan Patents LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382103, 382106, 382107

Abstract:

Dense range data obtained at real-time rates is employed to estimate the pose of an articulated figure. In one approach, the range data is used in combination with a model of connected patches. Each patch is the planar convex hull of two circles, and a recursive procedure is carried out to determine an estimate of pose which most closely correlates to the range data. In another aspect of the invention, the dense range data is used in conjunction with image intensity information to improve pose tracking performance. The range information is used to determine the shape of an object, rather than assume a generic model or estimate structure from motion. In this aspect of the invention, a depth constraint equation, which is a counterpart to the classic brightness change constraint equation, is employed. Both constraints are used to jointly solve for motion estimates.

US Patent:

7158656, Jan 2, 2007

Filed:

Aug 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/195039

Inventors:

Michele M. Covell - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Michael Hongmai Lin - Stanford CA, US
Ali Rahimi - Belmont CA, US
Michael Harville - Palo Alto CA, US
Trevor J. Darrell - San Francisco CA, US
John I. Woodfill - Palo Alto CA, US
Harlyn Baker - Los Altos CA, US
Gaile G. Gordon - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan Patents LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382106, 382103, 382107, 348139

Abstract:

Dense range data obtained at real-time rates is employed to estimate the pose of an articulated figure. In one approach, the range data is used in combination with a model of connected patches. Each patch is the planar convex hull of two circles, and a recursive procedure is carried out to determine an estimate of pose which most closely correlates to the range data. In another aspect of the invention, the dense range data is used in conjunction with image intensity information to improve pose tracking performance. The range information is used to determine the shape of an object, rather than assume a generic model or estimate structure from motion. In this aspect of the invention, a depth constraint equation, which is a counterpart to the classic brightness change constraint equation, is employed. Both constraints are used to jointly solve for motion estimates.

US Patent:

7747355, Jun 29, 2010

Filed:

Nov 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/983428

Inventors:

Colin Bulthaup - San Francisco CA, US
Saul Griffith - San Francisco CA, US
Dan Goldwater - Berkeley CA, US
Corwin Hardham - San Francisco CA, US
George Homsy - San Francisco CA, US
Eric Wilhelm - Oakland CA, US
Brian Warshawsky - San Francisco CA, US
Mitch Heinrich - Oakland CA, US
Michael Lin - San Francisco CA, US
Benji Rappoport - San Francisco CA, US
John Lewis - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Potenco, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G05D 3/12
G05D 5/00
G05D 9/00
G05D 11/00
G05D 17/00
F03G 7/08
H02K 7/18
H02P 7/32
H02P 25/30
B60Q 1/00
B60Q 1/26
F21L 13/00

US Classification:

700287, 700286, 700288, 700290, 700296, 290 1 R, 290 1 C, 290 4 A, 290 31, 318141, 322 10, 322 2 R, 322 11, 322 17, 362192

Abstract:

A method of coupling a mechanical power source through an electrical power generator to an electrical load is disclosed. A characteristic of an electrical output is measured from the electrical power generator produced during a power generation cycle during which there is a coupling of the mechanical power source through the electrical power generator to the electrical load. The coupling of the mechanical power source is adjusted through the electrical power generator to the electrical load during a subsequent power generation cycle based at least in part on the measured characteristic of the electrical output.

US Patent:

8093731, Jan 10, 2012

Filed:

Nov 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/983427

Inventors:

Colin Bulthaup - San Francisco CA, US
Saul Griffith - San Francisco CA, US
Dan Goldwater - Berkeley CA, US
Corwin Hardham - San Francisco CA, US
George Homsy - San Francisco CA, US
Eric Wilhelm - Oakland CA, US
Brian Warshawsky - San Francisco CA, US
Mitch Heinrich - Oakland CA, US
Michael Lin - San Francisco CA, US
John Lewis - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Potenco, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

F02B 63/04
F03G 7/08
H02K 7/18

US Classification:

290 1R, 206 371

Abstract:

An electric power generation system is disclosed. The electric power generation system comprises a string configured to be pulled. The electric power generation system further comprises a bobbin configured to rotate when the string is unwound from the bobbin. The electric power generation system further comprises an electric power generator having a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate such that the ratio of number of rotations of the rotor and the bobbin is 1:1 when the string is being pulled.

US Patent:

8361906, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

May 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/784341

Inventors:

Kwangduk Douglas Lee - Redwood City CA, US
Martin Jay Seamons - San Jose CA, US
Sudha Rathi - San Jose CA, US
Chiu Chan - Foster City CA, US
Michael H. Lin - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H01L 21/302

US Classification:

438725, 438714, 438717, 430313

Abstract:

A method of forming an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate in a substrate processing chamber, includes introducing a hydrocarbon source into the processing chamber, introducing argon, alone or in combination with helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and combinations thereof, into the processing chamber, wherein the argon has a volumetric flow rate to hydrocarbon source volumetric flow rate ratio of about 10:1 to about 20:1, generating a plasma in the processing chamber at a substantially lower pressure of about 2 Torr to 10 Torr, and forming a conformal amorphous carbon layer on the substrate.

US Patent:

8462155, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

May 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/461403

Inventors:

Brett Allen - San Francisco CA, US
Aleksey Golovinskiy - Mountain View CA, US
Tilman Reinhardt - Woodside CA, US
Michael Hongmai Lin - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06T 17/00

US Classification:

345420, 345424

Abstract:

In an embodiment, a method merges a plurality of three-dimensional models, each having been generated from images of a camera having a different viewpoint. For respective voxels in a plurality of voxels, a plurality of distance values are determined. Each determined distance value is a distance from the voxel to a three dimensional model from the plurality of three-dimensional models along a perspective of a camera model used to generate the three-dimensional model. When at least one of the determined distance values indicates that the distance between the voxel and the three dimensional model exceeds a threshold and the voxel is located above the corresponding three-dimensional model, a confidence score is determined indicating a degree to which the perspective of the camera model of the corresponding three-dimensional model is oriented to face the voxel. Based on the determined confidence score, the voxel into a merged three-dimensional model is determined.

US Patent:

8463024, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

May 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/480875

Inventors:

David Gallup - Lynnwood WA, US
Aleksey Golovinskiy - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Hongmai Lin - Mountain View CA, US
Tilman Reinhardt - Woodside CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06T 17/00

US Classification:

382154, 345420

Abstract:

In an embodiment, a method determines a three-dimensional model from a plurality of images taken of a geographic region by one or more cameras from different perspectives. The method includes determining, using a first stereo reconstruction technique: (i) a plurality of three-dimensional candidate surface points from the plurality of images, and (ii) which of the images in the plurality of images view each of the plurality of candidate surface points. The method also includes identifying an empty space between each of the plurality of candidate surface points and each camera model for the respective images determined to view the candidate surface point. The method further includes for each of a plurality of pairs of images from the plurality of images, determining, using a second stereo reconstruction technique, a surface estimate for the pair of images. The method also includes merging the surface estimates to identify a final surface.

US Patent:

8581550, Nov 12, 2013

Filed:

Sep 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/879131

Inventors:

Michael Lin - San Francisco CA, US
Mitchell Heinrich - San Francisco CA, US
Jonas Ketterle - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian Warshawsky - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Jehlen - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan Thomas - San Francisco CA, US
John Pelochino - Redwood City CA, US
Akbar Dhanaliwala - San Francisco CA, US
Brian Krieger - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Fenix International, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

H02J 7/14

US Classification:

320123, 702 64

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for identifying different types of energy sources used to charge a battery by receiving energy from at least one of the different types of energy sources at input terminals, identifying the type of energy source, and selecting a mode for charging the battery based on the type of energy source identified. A method and apparatus for protecting against certain energy sources used to charge a battery is also disclosed.