Patents Examined by Mandrita Brahmachari
  • Patent number: 11516357
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus includes a first operation input portion that receives a first operation input, a second operation input portion that receives a second operation input, a first notification portion that performs a first notification, and a second notification portion that performs a second notification. The image processing system further includes a notification selection portion that selects at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion of the information processing apparatus as a destination to which a notification of a processing result regarding the image processing executed by the image processing apparatus is sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Iwane Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11494067
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that outputs viewpoint information for generation of a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by performing image capturing from directions different from one another by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses and comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire viewpoint information having a plurality of virtual viewpoint parameter sets respectively indicating positions and orientations of a virtual viewpoint at a plurality of points in time; a change unit configured to change a virtual viewpoint parameter set included in the viewpoint information based on a user operation during playback of a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with viewpoint information acquired by the acquisition unit; and an output unit configured to output viewpoint information having a virtual viewpoint parameter set changed by the change unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Matsubayashi
  • Patent number: 11481686
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can adapt to circumstances in which a user may invoke an automated assistant with an intention of interacting with the automated assistant via a non-default interface. For example, in some instances, a user may invoke an automated assistant by selecting a selectable GUI element. In response, the automated assistant can determine that, in the current context, spoken utterances may not be suitable for providing to the automated assistant. Based on this determination, the automated assistant can cause a keyboard interface to be rendered and/or initialized for receiving typed inputs from the user. Should the user subsequently change contexts, the automated assistant can determine that voice input is now suitable for user input and initialize an audio interface in response to the user providing an invocation input in the subsequent context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Keun Soo Yim, Zhitu Chen, Brendan G. Lim
  • Patent number: 11475204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing formats for a digital design are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may enable a user to create and edit a digital design across multiple formats associated with multiple online services. The design applications enables the effective and efficient editing of the formats such that the digital design maintains a similar look and feel for each format. In embodiments, the design application may interface with the multiple online services to access formatting parameters and upload the respective formats for the digital design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Christina Kayastha, Lorenzo Gomez Garchitorena, Mikael Edwards, Alyssa Joy Parelli, Jayabascar Rajagopal, John E. Gillespie, IV
  • Patent number: 11467799
    Abstract: Example techniques may involve guest access to a media playback system. A guest may use a guest control device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to control aspects of a host's media playback system. In addition, the guest may temporarily register their user account of a streaming audio service with the host's media playback system, which enables playback of audio content from that service by one or more playback devices of the media playback system. When the guest control device de-registers from the host's media playback system, retrieval of audio content from the streaming audio service is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bates, Lee Keyser-Allen, Jonathan P. Lang, Diane Roberts, Nicholas A. J. Millington
  • Patent number: 11460995
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for combining dual volatility measurements on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system. The method may include receiving, via the GUI, a user selection for an anchor point, selecting a time window including the anchor point, calculating, using a volatility processor, a set of past volatility values based on the time window and the anchor point, calculating, using the volatility processor, a set of future volatility values based on the time window and the anchor point, and generating a dual volatility display for the GUI including the set of past volatility values and the set of future volatility values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventor: Carrick John Pierce
  • Patent number: 11460983
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting at least one particular location in content displayed on a display, identifying text included in the at least one particular location, and executing at least one program based on the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Choi, Soo-Jin Park, Hyung-Jin Park, Na-Gyeom Yoo, Bo-Hyun Yu, Jae-Woong Chun, Hyo-Sun Choi, Soo-Ji Hwang
  • Patent number: 11455074
    Abstract: A system configured to generate a three-dimensional scene of a physical environment. In some cases, the system may present the three-dimensional scene such that the user is able to view the model in various different types. The system may also allow the user to capture various measurements associated with the scanned physical environment by selecting different portions of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Occipital, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirill Osipov, Anton Romanov, Anton Yakubenko, Gleb Krivovyaz, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Vikas Muppidi Reddy
  • Patent number: 11442974
    Abstract: Responsive to a selection of a well (e.g., offset well), information coupled to the well may be obtained. Information coupled to the well may include structured information and unstructured information. A merged view of the obtained information may be presented. The merged view may provide a view of the structured information and the unstructured information organized according to a predefined presentation format and may facilitate analysis of the well (e.g., analysis of the offset well in planning a new well).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Devanand Ramchune, Ievgenii Froimson, Shana Bolen
  • Patent number: 11442593
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional (3D) content in a spatial 3D environment. The systems and methods can include receiving a request from web domain to display 3D content of certain dimensions at a location within the spatial 3D environment, identifying whether the placement is within an authorized portion of the spatial 3D environment, expanding the authorized portion of the 3D spatial environment to display the 3D content based on a user authorization to resize the authorized portion, and displaying the 3D content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Genevieve Mak, Aleksei Marchenko, Alfred Yu-Chih Tarng, Damian Franco
  • Patent number: 11435873
    Abstract: An improved user interface in which related items are organized in a manner that is intuitive to a user, and ultimately results in the number of navigational steps performed by the user to identify desired items being reduced, is described herein. For example, instead of having a user interface display a large number of related items, a recommendation system can identify a single item related to an item initially selected by the user that is associated with one or more factors a user likely finds important in deciding which item to select, and produce data that results in a user interface that displays the single related item. Optionally, the user interface can display the single related item in an above-the-fold (ATF) portion of the user interface such that the single related item is visible to a user without the user having to interact with the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaleen Kumar Sharma, Andrew Nienhaus, Qingxin Wang, Xinyue Wang, Thea Pedroza, Francesco Carbone
  • Patent number: 11429257
    Abstract: To assist with using a network based application program, a context-aware help interface is provided. The help interface may be dynamically updated and contemporaneously displayed along with a user interface. User interface accesses, such as from client use of the application program, may be tracked and used to identify contexts for the client. A context includes identifying a current application program feature or functionality accessed by the client. A hierarchical context identifier may be determined by tracking multiple user interface accesses. The hierarchical context identifier may be used to search for help content to display in the help interface. Search results may be optimized for content and presentation. Artificial intelligence may be employed to identify, based at least in part on accesses represented by one or more hierarchical context identifier, a client's experience level or needs so that help content may be tailored appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventor: Lokesh Kumar Nandagopal
  • Patent number: 11429427
    Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for interface data display optimization during critical device operations. A user may utilize a device to perform various device or application functionalities, which may include critical computing tasks at times. These critical processes may include certain GUI data display that the user and/or device requires to be displayed during the critical processes. To prevent the GUI data display from being obscured by other banners, pop-up notifications, or other interface data displays, the device may determine whether the current displayed interface data on the GUI is critical or has a higher priority for display than a new request for data display. This may be based on preferences within the application, where the requested data display may occur on the GUI, current device or application data, and/or information for the requested data display. The device may then block the data display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Vidit Nayankumar Maniyar
  • Patent number: 11416076
    Abstract: A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Michael J. Rockwell, Michael Y. Cheung, Ray L. Chang, Hongcheng Sun, Ian M. Bullock, Kyle J. Nekimken, Madeleine S. Cordier, Seung Wook Kim, David H. Bloom, Scott G. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11416205
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow activation of, and intuitive interactions with, a companion-display mode for an electronic device. An example method includes: receiving an instruction to operate the first electronic device in a companion-display mode in which user interfaces generated by a second electronic device are displayed at the first electronic device. In response to receiving the instruction to operate in the companion-display mode, the method also includes: concurrently displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of the first electronic device: a user interface generated by the second electronic device; and a plurality of user interface objects, including a first user interface object associated with a first function of a plurality of functions for controlling the touch-sensitive display of the first electronic device while it is operating in the companion-display mode, and a second user interface object associated with a second function of the plurality of functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, John O. Louch, Christopher N. Ryan, Kevin J. Van Vechten, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11399090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a page control method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium, and pertains to the technical field of application software. The method includes detecting an operation of a user on a current page of an application, displaying a label of each of at least one history page visited by the user, in response to detecting that the user triggers a page selection function, and jumping to a page corresponding to a label selected by the user from the current page, in response to detecting that the operation of the user is to select the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD., BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Linjie Gao
  • Patent number: 11379111
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives an input for an application in which content is displayed in a user interface and receives an input classification that classifies the input in one of a plurality of input classifications. A user interface format is selected from a plurality of user interface formats based on the input classification and content is selected for the user interface format. The method causes output of the content in the user interface format on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventor: William Caviness
  • Patent number: 11375159
    Abstract: A video management system for displaying video streams from a plurality of monitoring devices arranged in a network in a video display arrangement. Each monitoring device constitutes a node in the network and has a logical connection to at least one other node. The video management system is configured to: in response to a first input, zoom out from a first subset of views from a first monitoring device or a first group of monitoring devices to a second subset of views, by adding views from a predetermined number of monitoring devices having a direct logical connection to the first monitoring device or the group of monitoring devices, to the video display arrangement, thereby increasing a neighbor monitoring level by one; and in response to a second input, zoom in from the second subset of views thereby decreasing the neighbor monitoring level by one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Anders Krüger
  • Patent number: 11373001
    Abstract: A screen capturing method comprising: providing an application configured to display an application screen comprising a plurality of display objects to a user of a user device, wherein a subset of the display objects is associated with information to be masked, and wherein at least one of the display objects of the subset is located at different locations in at least two different layouts of the application screen; receiving a request to obtain a centralized managed list comprising one or more records including information characterizing the subset; and sending the centralized managed list to the user device, thereby enabling the user device to determine a location of the subset and to generate at least one screen capture of the application screen in which the subset of the display objects associated with the information to be masked is masked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Glassbox Ltd.
    Inventors: Eliav Atoun, Oleg Bezrudny
  • Patent number: 11340762
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve ranking augmented reality content. The program and method provide for receiving, by a messaging application, a request from a first user to compose a message for sending to a preselected second user, the message being configured to include an image captured by a device camera, the first user and the second user corresponding to contacts in the messaging application; determining, in response to receiving the request, a ranking for a plurality of augmented reality content items configured to be displayed with the image, the ranking being based on at least one signal that relates the first user to the second user; and displaying, based on the ranking, the image with a user interface comprising multiple icons, each icon being user-selectable to display a respective one of the plurality of augmented reality content items with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Apanovych, Kaveh Anvaripour, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis