Inventor
KONG YUAN
US42 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
29 patentsUS7778632B2Aug 17, 2010
Multi-modal device capable of automated actions
MICROSOFT CORP338 citations99
US7528824B2May 5, 2009
Keyboard or other input device using ranging for detection of control piece movement
MICROSOFT CORP111 citations98
US7081884B2Jul 25, 2006
Computer input device with angular displacement detection capabilities
MICROSOFT CORP56 citations96
US7884804B2Feb 8, 2011
Keyboard with input-sensitive display device
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations92
US7782296B2Aug 24, 2010
Optical tracker for tracking surface-independent movements
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations92
US7505033B2Mar 17, 2009
Speckle-based two-dimensional motion tracking
MICROSOFT CORP46 citations92
US7467353B2Dec 16, 2008
Aggregation of multi-modal devices
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations92
US7460884B2Dec 2, 2008
Data buddy
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations92
US7268705B2Sep 11, 2007
Input detection based on speckle-modulated laser self-mixing
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations92
US7119794B2Oct 10, 2006
Character and text unit input correction system
MICROSOFT CORP20 citations92
US7557795B2Jul 7, 2009
Input device using laser self-mixing velocimeter
MICROSOFT CORP35 citations91
US7534988B2May 19, 2009
Method and system for optical tracking of a pointing object
MICROSOFT CORP35 citations91
US7283214B2Oct 16, 2007
Self-mixing laser range sensor
MICROSOFT CORP38 citations91
US7218248B2May 15, 2007
Input mode switching system
MICROSOFT CORP49 citations87
US7991607B2Aug 2, 2011
Translation and capture architecture for output of conversational utterances
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations84
US7859523B2Dec 28, 2010
Direct navigation of two-dimensional control using a three-dimensional pointing device
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations84
US7714843B1May 11, 2010
Computer input device with a self-contained camera
MICROSOFT CORP19 citations84
US7613842B2Nov 3, 2009
Modular, attachable objects with tags as intuitive physical interface facilitating user interaction with a computer
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations84
US7545362B2Jun 9, 2009
Multi-modal navigation in a graphical user interface computing system
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations84
US7394454B2Jul 1, 2008
Data input device and method for detecting lift-off from a tracking surface by electrical impedance measurement
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations84
US7126586B2Oct 24, 2006
Data input devices and methods for detecting movement of a tracking surface by detecting laser doppler self-mixing effects of a frequency modulated laser light beam
MICROSOFT CORP36 citations84
US7646755B2Jan 12, 2010
Seamless integration of portable computing devices and desktop computers
MICROSOFT CORP11 citations83
US7324086B2Jan 29, 2008
Data input device and method for detecting lift-off from a tracking surface by laser doppler self-mixing effects
MICROSOFT CORP8 citations74
US8384698B2Feb 26, 2013
Direct navigation of two-dimensional control using a three-dimensional pointing device
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations73
US7583258B2Sep 1, 2009
Optical tracker with tilt angle detection
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations63
US7543750B2Jun 9, 2009
Laser velocimetric image scanning
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations63
US7486277B2Feb 3, 2009
Character and text unit input correction system
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7242466B2Jul 10, 2007
Remote pointing system, device, and methods for identifying absolute position and relative movement on an encoded surface by remote optical method
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations61
US7616190B2Nov 10, 2009
Asian language input using keyboard
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations56
AMAZON TECH INC
3 patentsUS10175737B1Jan 8, 2019
Managing electrical resiliency in a datacenter
AMAZON TECH INC21 citations90
US10211669B1Feb 19, 2019
Automatic transfer switch bypass device
AMAZON TECH INC5 citations72
US10049830B2Aug 14, 2018
Relay architecture for transferring from redundant power sources
AMAZON TECH INC1 citations51