Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Yang Li

179Patents
20h-index
241Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 1993 → Feb 5, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6219793A Method of using fingerprints to authenticate wireless communications Electricity 313 Expired
US9111548B2 Synchronization of buffered data in multiple microphones Electricity 247 Active
US8617408B2 Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor with narrow track width using amorphous carbon as a hard mask and localized CMP Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Active
US8638190B1 Gesture detection using an array of short-range communication devices Physics 79 Active
US8228292B1 Flipping for motion-based input Physics 77 Active
US6035403A Biometric based method for software distribution Physics 56 Expired
USD777741S1 Portable electronic device with graphical user interface General 48 Active
US8196066B1 Collaborative gesture-based input language Physics 48 Active
US7795606B2 Non-volatile memory cell with enhanced filament formation characteristics Electricity 40 Active
USD795911S1 Portable electronic device with graphical user interface General 39 Active
US8565791B1 Computing device interaction with visual media Physics 35 Active
US8610730B1 Systems and methods for transferring images and information from a mobile computing device to a computer monitor for display Electricity 33 Active
US8094941B1 Character recognition for overlapping textual user input Physics 33 Active
US8515413B1 Controlling a target device using short-range communication Electricity 32 Active
US8904309B1 Prediction completion gesture Physics 30 Active
US7373338B2 Access control to shared resources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US8078487B2 Workflow scheduler Physics 29 Active
US9076447B2 Acoustic activity detection apparatus and method Physics 26 Active
US10234953B1 Cross-device interaction through user-demonstrated gestures Physics 25 Active
USD837292S1 Multi-function printer General 23 Active
US8504583B1 Multi-domain recommendations Physics 20 Active
US8341558B2 Gesture recognition on computing device correlating input to a template Physics 17 Active
US9021402B1 Operation of mobile device interface using gestures Physics 16 Active
US8745057B1 Creating and organizing events in an activity stream Physics 15 Active
US8869049B1 Auto-completion for user interface design Physics 15 Active

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