Inventor

Tao Lin

Inventor

Fremont, CA, US

Overview

1995–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 119 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television13%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication12%

G06FElectric digital data processing10%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes10%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general6%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer4%

A47BTables4%

G07CTime or attendance registers3%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

F16MFrames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to engines, machines or apparatus provided for elsewhere2%

PatentTitleYear

10,869,549Desk-mounted lifting platform2020 10,834,428Image coding and decoding method and device2020 10,820,688Elevation working platform2020 10,825,179Method for establishing biomimetic nerve graft model for nerve fascicles of extremities2020 10,820,016Encoding and decoding method and device for data compression2020 10,801,661Curved-surface television wall rack2020 10,791,066Virtual network2020 10,743,655Lifting platform with a sliding keyboard holder2020 10,750,180Image coding method and apparatus, and image decoding method and apparatus2020 10,729,238Electric shelf2020 10,666,971Method and device for image coding and method and device for image decoding2020 10,644,572Motor and ground structure of EMC element and/or ESD element thereof2020 10,575,022Image encoding and decoding method, image processing device and computer storage medium2020 10,541,913Table entry in software defined network2020 10,517,390Elevation working platform2019 10,472,621Nucleic acid extraction apparatus2019 10,334,948Electric shelf2019 10,341,651Image coding method, decoding method, coding device and decoding device2019 10,311,600Method and system for setting interface element colors2019 10,296,374Migration of virtual machines2019 10,298,519Virtual network2019 10,287,648Track bushing2019 10,280,956Clamping device for continuous adjustment of a display stand2019 10,191,634Methods and devices for displaying document on touch screen display2019 10,194,150Method and device for coding image, and method and device for decoding image2019 10,179,328Low temperature SCR catalyst for denitrating diesel vehicle exhaust, and preparation method thereof2019 10,147,228Integrated method for three-dimensional visualization reconstruction of the fascicular structure inside human peripheral nerves2018 10,134,407Transmission method of signal using acoustic sound2018 10,021,215Method and server for allocating game resources2018 9,997,177Magnetic writer having convex trailing surface pole and conformal write gap2018 D0819113Dashboard camera2018 9,985,737WAN interface based 1588V2 packet transmission method and apparatus2018 9,858,995'Method for operating a memory device'2018 9,767,831'Magnetic writer having convex trailing surface pole and conformal write gap'2017 9,759,376'Flat panel TV bracket'2017 9,756,052'Method and apparatus for dual stack access'2017 9,730,067'Verification in wireless local area network'2017 9,709,082'Buckle assembly'2017 9,699,257'Online business method, system and apparatus based on open application programming interface'2017 D0782560'Dashboard camera'2017 9,585,428'Weavable wig for sewing into a user\'s hair'2017 9,576,098'Lithography aware leakage analysis'2017 9,565,104'Switch controller'2017 9,492,426'Mycophenolic acid analogues as anti-tumor chemosensitizing agents'2016 9,477,543'Installation health dashboard'2016 9,455,821'Method, system, and apparatus for dynamically adjusting link'2016 9,450,886'Bandwidth adjustment method, bus controller, and signal convertor'2016 9,404,189'High temperature carbon dioxide corrosion inhibitor'2016 9,367,383'Tracing and discovering the origins and genealogy of install errors'2016 9,315,613'Nontemperature sensitive memory foam of MDI system suitable for horizontal foaming process'2016 9,146,786'Online business method, system and apparatus based on open application programming interface'2015 9,107,460'Weavable wig for sewing into a user\'s hair'2015 9,094,264'Method and apparatus for dual stack access'2015 9,058,451'Automatic synthesis of complex clock systems'2015 9,014,214'Dynamic link adjustment method and link managing device'2015 8,887,123'Framework for managing complex operations'2014 8,768,777'Tracking assets between organizations in a consortium of organizations'2014 8,759,759'Linear ion trap analyzer'2014 8,572,523'Lithography aware leakage analysis'2013 8,544,164'Method for test mounting a head stack assembly cartridge'2013 8,514,803'Non-coherent detection method of the number of transmit antenna ports for OFDMA'2013 8,473,876'Lithography aware timing analysis'2013 D0683348'Laptop stand'2013 8,432,631'Disk spindle assembly cartridge'2013 8,432,630'Disk drive component test system'2013 8,428,173'Demodulation method for MIMO systems'2013 8,417,854'Generic device integration within an auto-id system'2013 8,386,324'Distributed management service for an auto-identification system'2013 8,339,747'Removable actuator assemblies for testing head gimbal assemblies of a storage device'2012 8,341,337'Data storage device booting from system data loaded by host'2012 8,270,118'Head stack assembly cartridge'2012 8,218,256'Disk spindle assembly cartridge'2012 RE043357'Color interpolator and horizontal/vertical edge enhancer using two line buffer and alternating even/odd filters for digital camera'2012 8,135,101'Data equalisation in a communication receiver wth transmit and receive diversity'2012 RE043085'Adaptive pixel-level color enhancement for a digital camera'2012 8,094,414'Head gimbal assembly mounting mechanism'2012 8,019,740'Communications in an item tracking system'2011 8,014,203'Memory device and methods for fabricating and operating the same'2011 RE042555'Merged pipeline for color interpolation and edge enhancement of digital images'2011 7,969,306'Context-aware and real-time item tracking system architecture and scenarios'2011 RE041631'Multi-stage function mapping for a range of input values'2010 7,756,902'Auto-id simulator'2010 7,737,857'Context-aware and real-time item tracking system architecture and scenarios'2010 7,720,808'Apparatus and method for generating reports from a shared list of parameters'2010 7,705,588'Apparatus and method for testing magnetic disk drive components using drive-based parts'2010 7,684,336'Real-time video packet monitoring and processing for enhanced quality of service'2010 7,667,604'Context-aware and real-time item tracking system architecture and scenarios'2010 7,482,931'Product flow based auto-ID infrastructure'2009 7,389,921'Dynamic component management'2008 7,378,969'Systems and methods for visualizing auto-id data'2008 7,331,527'Exception reduction and event reordering in an item tracking system'2008 7,280,595'Post-inverse-quantization AC prediction with a unified variable-length-decoding and inverse-quantization stage'2007 7,277,592'Spacial deblocking method using limited edge differences only to linearly correct blocking artifact'2007 7,233,958'Communications in an item tracking system'2007 7,205,897'Product flow based auto-ID infrastructure'2007 7,167,899'Web-content aware automatic call transfer system and process for mobile users and operators'2007 7,149,753'Providing selective access to tracking information'2006 7,027,515'Sum-of-absolute-difference checking of macroblock borders for error detection in a corrupted MPEG-4 bitstream'2006 6,901,304'Item tracking system architectures providing real-time visibility to supply chain'2005 6,791,576'Gamma correction using double mapping with ratiometrically-related segments of two different ratios'2004 6,778,610'Simultaneous search for different resync-marker patterns to recover from corrupted MPEG-4 bitstreams'2004 6,728,318'Error recovery of corrupted MPEG-4 bitstreams using fuzzy decoding of start codes and resync markers'2004 6,721,000'Adaptive pixel-level color enhancement for a digital camera'2004 6,721,362'Constrained discrete-cosine-transform coefficients for better error detection in a corrupted MPEG-4 bitstreams'2004 6,700,934'Error detection using a maximum distance among four block-motion-vectors in a macroblock in a corrupted MPEG-4 bitstream'2004 6,681,990'Item tracking systems and real-time inventory management'2004 6,642,962'Merged pipeline for color interpolation and edge enhancement of digital images'2003 6,628,330'Color interpolator and horizontal/vertical edge enhancer using two line buffer and alternating even/odd filters for digital camera'2003 6,473,529'Sum-of-absolute-difference calculator for motion estimation using inversion and carry compensation with full and half-adders'2002 6,421,466'Hierarchical motion estimation with levels of varying bit width for digital video compression'2002 6,260,054'Reciprocal generator using piece-wise-linear segments of varying width with floating-point format'2001 6,252,919'Re-synchronization of independently-clocked audio streams by fading-in with a fractional sample over multiple periods for sample-rate conversion'2001 6,057,789'Re-synchronization of independently-clocked audio streams by dynamically switching among 3 ratios for sampling-rate-conversion'2000 6,016,151'3D triangle rendering by texture hardware and color software using simultaneous triangle-walking and interpolation for parallel operation'2000 5,936,683'YUV-to-RGB conversion without multiplies using look-up tables and pre-clipping'1999 5,907,295'Audio sample-rate conversion using a linear-interpolation stage with a multi-tap low-pass filter requiring reduced coefficient storage'1999 5,903,480'Division-free phase-shift for digital-audio special effects'1999 5,586,309'Universal programming interface for clock generators operable in a parallel programming mode and a serial programming mode'1996 5,479,590'Anti-aliasing method for polynomial curves using integer arithmetics'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996–2012Based in Fremont, CA, US· patent location history

1999–2004Patents assigned to NEOMAGIC CORP (12)· patent assignee history

2004–2014Patents assigned to SAP AG (16)· patent assignee history

2006–2020Based in Shanghai, CN· patent location history

2007–2015Based in Palo Alto, CA, US· patent location history

2010–2017Patents assigned to LIN TAO (27)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC (8)· patent assignee history

2013–2020Based in Ningbo, CN· patent location history

2015–2020Based in Beijing, CN· patent location history

2017–2020Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP (7)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
LIN TAOself	27	2010–2017
SAP AG	16	2004–2014
NEOMAGIC CORP	12	1999–2004
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC	8	2012–2013
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP	7	2017–2020

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Fremont, California, US	20	1996–2012
Shanghai, CN	16	2006–2020
Palo Alto, California, US	13	2007–2015
Ningbo, CN	10	2013–2020
Beijing, CN	10	2015–2020