Xiaodong MaoSan Mateo, CA

7376897, May 20, 2008

Sep 30, 2000

10/148857

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 17/00

715714, 715747, 715708, 715765

According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided in which a user in a system is allowed to specify a relative preference for each representation in a set of representations in which information generated from an application domain can be presented to the user. The user is allowed to configure one or more parameters associated with each representation to quantify one or more rendering features corresponding to the respective representation in one or more modalities in which information from the application domain can be presented to the user. In response to an information presentation request to present information to the user, one or more combinations of representations and modalities are selected to be used for the presentation request that can be accommodated by available resources, based upon a set of criteria including the user preferences and resource consumption estimation associated with the presentation request.

7533014, May 12, 2009

Dec 27, 2000

10/204058

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 17/27

704 9, 704231, 704257

A method and system are provided in which a speech recognition system and one or more other input modalities are run in parallel. The system is especially useful in easing the Chinese input obstruction due to the difficulty of conforming Chinese ideograms to typical processor system input devices. The system allows a user to concurrently input information using different modalities. For example, a user may input spoken words and written characters (or data through other modalities). Each modality produces a list of possible words and their probability of being the input. If the most probable possible word is the same for both modalities then it is selected as the input. If not, an acoustic profile of the most probable speech input or an average acoustic profile of the possible speech inputs is used to validate a possible word of the other modalities or present a list of more probable possibilities to the user. The user may modify the written characters (or other input) from the provided possibilities. In this way the differing input modalities do not interfere with each other, but instead complement each other.

8160265, Apr 17, 2012

May 18, 2009

12/467366

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US
Noam Rimon - Redwood City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

H04R 1/10

381 74, 381309

A headphone device includes a first and a second ear piece coupled to an assembly, wherein the assembly facilitates the placement of the first and second ear piece in relation to a user's ears. A motion transducer is coupled to the first or second ear piece, whereby the motion transducer measures real-time pitch and roll movement associated with the user's head. An electronic compass is also coupled to the first or second ear piece, and measures real-time yaw movement associated with the user's head. A processing device associated with each of the first and second ear piece processes an audio signal according to a head-related-transfer-function selected from a plurality of head-related-transfer-functions on the basis of the measured pitch, roll, and yaw movement of the user's head. The processed audio signal is then applied to the first and second ear piece, and generates a virtual three-dimensional sound corresponding to the selected head-related-transfer-function.

8228255, Jul 24, 2012

Jan 2, 2009

12/348050

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

H01Q 1/52

343841, 343872, 4555757

A printed circuit board (PCB) antenna assembly having a metal shroud and a method of making the same are presented. The shroud reduces radio frequency (RF) interference from the rear of the PCB antenna while not introducing unwanted nulls in front of the antenna. The metal shroud has a back panel and two angled side panels and is set so that the back panel is parallel to the PCB antenna and set at a determined distance from the PCB antenna. The shroud can be formed by applying a metallized paint to a non-conducting cover with properly oriented surfaces.

8327048, Dec 4, 2012

Jan 27, 2009

12/360371

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

G06F 3/00
G06F 5/00
G06F 13/12
G06F 13/38

710 58, 710 69

Methods and systems for communicating information through a USB device using suspend/resume states are presented. A USB host stops transmitting Start-of-Frame (SOF) packets to a USB device, causing the USB device to enter a sleep/suspend state. The USB host then restarts the transmission of SOF packets to trigger the USB device back into a normal/resume state. The USB host repeats this process in a temporal pattern corresponding to a message, such that a circuit monitoring the USB device can determine the message.

8348760, Jan 8, 2013

Nov 23, 2010

12/953375

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US
Noam Rimon - Foster City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

G06F 17/00
G06F 3/033

463 37, 345158

Methods and systems for providing input to an interactive program are presented. An interactive system includes a display for displaying an interactive program and a controller device. The position and motion of the controller device are determined based on perspective distortion of the display in captured images of the display taken at the controller. In an interactive region, various interactive zones are defined, each of which have an associated specified function for an action of the controller device. When the controller device is determined to be within one of the interactive zones, the functionality of the action of the controller device is set to the specified function associated with that interactive zone.

8352652, Jan 8, 2013

Jan 27, 2009

12/360386

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

G06F 13/12
G06F 13/38

710 69

Methods and systems for communicating information through a USB device with A/D converters are presented. Active components which provide analog signals to the A/D converters are switched off to cause spikes in the analog signals/channels. The spikes are digitized by the A/D converters and sent to the host through a USB interface. The active components are switched on and off in a pattern corresponding to a message, such that the host can determine the message from the resulting spikes. If multiple active components and A/D converters are used, then multiple ‘bits’ can be transmitted simultaneously using the different channels.

8419541, Apr 16, 2013

Feb 3, 2011

13/020511

Xiaodong Mao - Foster City CA, US

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Tokyo

A63F 9/24

463 37

Devices, systems, and methods of use are presented for a smart shell that can be fitted by an end user to a video game controller that routes signals from various buttons or other sensors on the smart shell to a video game console. Signals can flow from the video game console back to the shell to operate tactile feedback motors, lights, or speakers. The smart shell can be clipped to the game controller by the end user and released after a game is played. The smart shell can be in the shape of a gun with sensors to determine which grips are being held and a sensor to determine if a player is holding the gun's scope to his face. Logic using the three sensors can robustly determine whether the user is holding the gun as a pistol, machine gun, or a sniper rifle, and can reflect the player's choice of style in the video game.