Richard Lui

US Patent:

6816904, Nov 9, 2004

Filed:

May 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/565192

Inventors:

Lester Ludwig - Hillsborough CA
William Blake Brown - Los Gatos CA
Inn J. Yul - Cupertino CA
Anh T. Vuong - San Jose CA
Richard W. Vanderlippe - San Francisco CA
Gerald Burnett - Atherton CA
Chris Lauwers - Menlo Park CA
Richard Lui - Union City CA
Daniel Applebaum - Incline Village NV

Assignee:

Collaboration Properties, Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

709226, 709204, 725145

Abstract:

A video storage environment for a networked multimedia system comprising a plurality of workstations, each with audio and video reproduction and capture capabilities. The video storage environmental comprises one or more storage servers. In one embodiment, each video storage server comprises at least one storage cell. Each storage cell internally comprises at least one storage disk, at least one converter, and at least one storage disk, at least one converter, and at least one storage cell manager. The invention provides for various methods of resource allocation under various conditions and policies where there are pluralities of like entities. The invention also provides for transfers of video files among storage disks anywhere in the storage environment, and provides for the same video file to be used simultaneously by multiple users and types of applications. The approach can be extended to included multimedia files comprising any of graphics animations, dynamic annotations, text, and other media accompanying the stored video.

US Patent:

20220205796, Jun 30, 2022

Filed:

Dec 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/130392

Inventors:

- Franklin TN, US
Liam Pedersen - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Lui - Sunnyvale CA, US
Christopher Ostafew - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/34
G01C 21/36

Abstract:

Route planning for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes obtaining a route between an origin and a destination, where the route is optimized for at least one of a noise level or energy consumption of an engine of the HEV that is used to charge a battery of the HEV, and where the route comprises respective engine activation actions for at least some segments of the route; and controlling the HEV to follow the segments of the route and to activate the engine according to the respective engine activation actions.

US Patent:

20220194355, Jun 23, 2022

Filed:

Dec 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/130315

Inventors:

- Franklin TN, US
Liam Pedersen - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Lui - Sunnyvale CA, US
Christopher Ostafew - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

B60W 20/13
B60W 10/06
G01C 21/34

Abstract:

A system includes a battery, an engine, and a processor. The processor is configured to plan, according to a model, an activation action of the engine of a vehicle for a next road segment subsequent to a current road segment; and activate, for the next road segment, the engine according to the activation action. The model includes a state space that includes a navigation map, which includes the current road segment of the vehicle, a current charge level of the battery, and whether the engine is currently on or off. The activation action is selected from a set comprising a first action to turn on the engine to charge the battery and a second action to turn off the engine.

US Patent:

20200166924, May 28, 2020

Filed:

Aug 7, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/636331

Inventors:

- Frankin TN, US
Ali MORTAZAVI - Walnut Creek CA, US
Richard LUI - Sunnyvale CA, US
Mauro Della PENNA - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/00
H04W 4/44
B60Q 9/00
B60Q 1/50
B60W 50/14

Abstract:

An autonomous vehicle notification system comprises a sensor onboard the autonomous vehicle, a messaging system onboard the autonomous vehicle, and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense a condition external to the autonomous vehicle. The controller is configured to control communication with a remote manager to enable the remote manager to control the autonomous vehicle based on the condition, and is configured to control the messaging system to provide a message at the autonomous vehicle pertaining to the control by the remote manger.