Michael Y 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:

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:

20080150378, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Nov 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/983418

Inventors:

Mitch Heinrich - Oakland CA, US
Michael Lin - San Francisco CA, US
Benji Rappoport - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H02K 7/10

US Classification:

310 78, 310 75 B

Abstract:

An electric power generation system is disclosed. The electric power generation system includes: a string; a bobbin configured to rotate when the string is unwound from the bobbin as the string is pulled; and an electric power generator having a rotor wherein the rotor is mechanically coupled to the bobbin. The string is anchored at one end to a case and passes around a rotating wheel. The rotating wheel is configured to be pulled.

US Patent:

20110151142, Jun 23, 2011

Filed:

Dec 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/969333

Inventors:

Martin Jay Seamons - San Jose CA, US
Sum-Yee Betty Tang - San Jose CA, US
Michael H. Lin - San Jose CA, US
Patrick Reilly - Dublin CA, US
Sudha Rathi - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H05H 1/24

US Classification:

427579, 427569

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for reducing defects during multi-layer deposition. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing the substrate to a first gas mixture and an inert gas in the presence of a plasma to deposit a first material layer on the substrate, terminating the first gas mixture when a desired thickness of the first material is achieved while still maintaining the plasma and flowing the inert gas, and exposing the substrate to the inert gas and a second gas mixture that are compatible with the first gas mixture in the presence of the plasma to deposit a second material layer over the first material layer in the same processing chamber, wherein the first material layer and the second material layer are different from each other.

US Patent:

20130252282, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 21, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/848346

Inventors:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - , US
Michael Z. Lin - Stanford CA, US

Assignee:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

C07K 14/00

US Classification:

435 697, 530350, 435188, 435375, 536 234, 435358, 435367, 435352, 435365, 435370, 4352523, 43525233, 43525231, 4352542, 43525421, 43525422, 43525423, 435348

Abstract:

Engineered fusion proteins comprising photochromic protein domains are disclosed. In particular, the inventors have constructed fusion proteins containing photoswitchable photochromic fluorescent protein domains linked to selected proteins and shown that such fusion proteins can be used to control the activity or localization of selected proteins with light.