Patents by Inventor Amanda Meurer
Amanda Meurer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11955000Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generating and evaluating street grids comprising: receiving street grid information corresponding to a plurality of locations, wherein the street grid information corresponding to a location is associated with vehicular traffic information; training a pedestrian comfort model using the street grid information and the vehicular traffic information, wherein an output of the pedestrian comfort model is a predicted pedestrian comfort score that is based on traffic congestion from the vehicular traffic information; receiving a plurality of potential street grids; evaluating each potential street grid in the plurality of potential street grids using the trained pedestrian comfort model, wherein the trained pedestrian comfort model generates predicted pedestrian comfort scores for portions of each potential street grid; and generating an augmented map of each potential street grid that presents the predicted pedestrian comfort scores for each portion of each potential street grid.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Dan Vanderkam, Douwe Osinga, Violet Whitney, Kabir Soorya, Jack Amadeo, Difei Chen, Brian Ho, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling
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Patent number: 11939056Abstract: Device installation systems, methods, and media for providing ubiquitous connectivity in outdoor environments are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Thomas Kennedy, Craig Nevill-Manning, Amanda Meurer, Veronica Pinchin, Daniel Riegel
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Publication number: 20230150761Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Patent number: 11530091Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Sidewalk Labs LLCInventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Publication number: 20210148710Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for modifying open space access using generative design are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Violet Whitney, Difei Chen, Douwe Osinga, Kabir Soorya, Jack Amadeo, Brian Ho, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling, Dan Vanderkam
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Publication number: 20210150087Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for data visualization and navigation of multiple simulation results in urban design are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Brian Ho, Dan Vanderkam, Douwe Osinga, Violet Whitney, Kabir Soorya, Jack Amadeo, Difei Chen, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling
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Publication number: 20210149784Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for initiating and monitoring instances of workflows are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Kabir Soorya, Violet Whitney, Douwe Osinga, Jack Amadeo, Difei Chen, Brian Ho, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling, Dan Vanderkam
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Publication number: 20210150086Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generative urban design where maps are generated using fractals are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying, using a hardware processor, area information for a particular geographic location; identifying, using the hardware processor, fractal generation parameters; generating, using the hardware processor, a fractal using the fractal generation parameters; generating, using the hardware processor, an array that represents the particular geographic location based on the fractal and the area information; and generating, using the hardware processor, one or more maps of the particular geographic location using the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Douwe Osinga, Difei Chen, Violet Whitney, Kabir Soorya, Jack Amadeo, Brian Ho, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling, Dan Vanderkam
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Publication number: 20210150888Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generating and evaluating street grids are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Dan Vanderkam, Douwe Osinga, Violet Whitney, Kabir Soorya, Jack Amadeo, Difei Chen, Brian Ho, Okalo Ikhena, Amanda Meurer, Samara Trilling
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Publication number: 20210139235Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Patent number: 10899537Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Sidewalk Labs LLCInventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Publication number: 20200223548Abstract: Device installation systems, methods, and media for providing ubiquitous connectivity in outdoor environments are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Thomas Kennedy, Craig Nevill-Manning, Amanda Meurer, Veronica Pinchin, Daniel Riegel
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Publication number: 20200216259Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Patent number: 10435236Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Sidewalk Labs LLCInventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer
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Publication number: 20190031436Abstract: Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, Anand Naga Babu, Jesse Shapins, Matthew Eli Breuer, Violet Whitney, Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Amanda Meurer