Inventor
Richard J. Qian
Inventor
Camas, WA, US
Overview
Patents· 47 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing22%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television18%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests16%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general12%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding10%
G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models4%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes3%
G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus3%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer3%
G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings2%
PatentTitleYear
10,961,894Method of detecting an emulator for an SCR catalytic converter system202110,176,232Blending enterprise content and web results20199,519,717'Content customization with security for client preferences'20169,183,310'Disambiguating intents within search engine result pages'20158,762,405'Search behavior based communication forums'20148,572,065'Link discovery from web scripts'20138,503,523'Forming a representation of a video item and use thereof'20138,270,772'Image resizing for web-based image search'20128,081,842'Image resizing for web-based image search'20118,051,446'Method of creating a semantic video summary using information from secondary sources'20118,000,504'Multimodal classification of adult content'20117,730,047'Analysis of media content via extensible object'20107,676,495'Advanced streaming format table of contents object'20107,639,873'Robust shot detection in a video'20097,536,706'Information enhanced audio video encoding system'20097,467,104'Digital content pricing methods and articles'20087,440,611'Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with embedded spatial information'20087,383,207'Digital content pricing apparatus'20087,324,984'Method and system for detecting semantic events'20087,257,538'Generating animation from visual and audio input'20077,194,110'Method and apparatus for tracking features in a video sequence'20077,177,861'Method and system for detecting semantic events'20076,965,706'Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with embedded spatial information'20056,950,130'Method of image background replacement'20056,925,207'Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital images database'20056,810,397'Collecting event data and describing events'20046,785,606'System for providing traffic information'20046,721,454'Method for automatic extraction of semantically significant events from video'20046,707,940'Method and apparatus for image segmentation'20046,678,635'Method and system for detecting semantic events'20046,616,529'Simulation and synthesis of sports matches'20036,542,632'Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with embedded spatial information'20036,516,100'Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with embedded spatial information'20036,477,524'Method for statistical text analysis'20026,466,862'System for providing traffic information'20026,445,835'Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with embedded spatial information'20026,404,900'Method for robust human face tracking in presence of multiple persons'20026,356,658'Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital image database'20026,332,033'System for detecting skin-tone regions within an image'20016,285,788'Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital image database'20016,236,395'Audiovisual information management system'20016,226,388'Method and apparatus for object tracking for automatic controls in video devices'20016,148,092'System for detecting skin-tone regions within an image'20006,070,167'Hierarchical method and system for object-based audiovisual descriptive tagging of images for information retrieval, editing, and manipulation'20006,011,872'Method of generalized content-scalable shape representation and coding'20006,002,803'Methods of coding the order information for multiple-layer vertices'19995,838,830'Vertex-based hierarchical shape representation and coding method and apparatus'1998Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1998–2011Patents assigned to SHARP LAB OF AMERICA INC (21)· patent assignee history
1998–2009Based in Vancouver, WA, US· patent location history
2001–2011Based in Camas, WA, US· patent location history
2003–2008Patents assigned to INTEL CORP (10)· patent assignee history
2009–2014Patents assigned to MICROSOFT CORP (9)· patent assignee history
2009–2016Based in Sammamish, WA, US· patent location history
2012–2016Patents assigned to QIAN RICHARD J (4)· patent assignee history
2015–2019Patents assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (3)· patent assignee history
2015–2019Based in Redmond, WA, US· patent location history
2021Based in Leonberg, DE· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| SHARP LAB OF AMERICA INC | 21 | 1998–2011 |
| INTEL CORP | 10 | 2003–2008 |
| MICROSOFT CORP | 9 | 2009–2014 |
| QIAN RICHARD Jself | 4 | 2012–2016 |
| MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC | 3 | 2015–2019 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Camas, Washington, US | 17 | 2001–2011 |
| Vancouver, Washington, US | 17 | 1998–2009 |
| Sammamish, Washington, US | 10 | 2009–2016 |
| Redmond, Washington, US | 2 | 2015–2019 |
| Leonberg, DE | 1 | 2021 |