Patents Assigned to Google LLC
  • Patent number: 11620347
    Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (110, 150) collect and upload implicit analytic data. The method can include storing (320) dependency rules corresponding explicit events to implicit events. The method can include collecting (330) and storing (340) implicit event data corresponding to implicit events. The method can include receiving (350) an explicit event at the device. The method can include evaluating (360) dependency rules corresponding to the explicit event. The method can include identifying (370) a relevant subset of implicit event data corresponding to the explicit event based on evaluating the dependency rules. The method can include uploading (390) the relevant subset of the implicit event data and explicit event data corresponding to the explicit event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Yan Liu, Gregory L. Singer
  • Patent number: 11620990
    Abstract: A method for optimizing speech recognition includes receiving a first acoustic segment characterizing a hotword detected by a hotword detector in streaming audio captured by a user device, extracting one or more hotword attributes from the first acoustic segment, and adjusting, based on the one or more hotword attributes extracted from the first acoustic segment, one or more speech recognition parameters of an automated speech recognition (ASR) model. After adjusting the speech recognition parameters of the ASR model, the method also includes processing, using the ASR model, a second acoustic segment to generate a speech recognition result. The second acoustic segment characterizes a spoken query/command that follows the first acoustic segment in the streaming audio captured by the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Aleksandar Kracun
  • Patent number: 11622178
    Abstract: This document describes a speaker-integration system and associated devices and systems. The speaker-integration system includes a speaker that is re-workably mounted, via an elastomeric gasket, to an intermediate structure that is mountable to an outer enclosure of an electronic device. The intermediate structure forms a cavity in which the speaker is sealed, effective to use the cavity as the speaker's back volume to contain acoustic waves without impacting other structures in the electronic device. The front of the speaker is sealed against the outer enclosure by a gasket that controls, based on its placement and geometry, axial and radial directions of the speaker relative to the intermediate structure to prevent the speaker from buzzing against surrounding rigid parts. The speaker has wires that exit the back volume via a detachable grommet, which controls positioning of the wires to prevent rub and buzz against surrounding parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Cindy Ngoc-Tran Au, Gordon Robert Dix, Luis Chau, William Raeming Dong, Laurie Man Sum Kwan
  • Patent number: 11620513
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for computing a layer output for a convolutional neural network layer, the method comprising: receiving the layer input, the layer input comprising a plurality of activation inputs, the plurality of activation inputs represented as a multi-dimensional matrix comprising a plurality of depth levels, each depth level being a respective matrix of distinct activation inputs from the plurality of activation inputs; sending each respective kernel matrix structure to a distinct cell along a first dimension of the systolic array; for each depth level, sending the respective matrix of distinct activation inputs to a distinct cell along a second dimension of the systolic array; causing the systolic array to generate an accumulated output from the respective matrices sent to the cells; and generating the layer output from the accumulated output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ross, Andrew Everett Phelps
  • Publication number: 20230094005
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that creates a machine learning model with k-means clustering. In some implementations, an instruction to create a model is obtained. A data set including geographic data and non-geographic data is received. The data set includes multiple data entries. Geographic centroids are determined from the geographic data. The data set is analyzed to obtain statistics of the data set. Transformed data is generated from the data set, the statistics, and the geographic centroids. A model is generated with the transformed data, the model indicating multiple data groupings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mingge Deng, Amir H. Hormati, Xi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230098361
    Abstract: A method for pre-utilizing tables before refresh includes selecting a query for execution in a data analytics application and identifying a table specified by the query, for instance a materialized table. Another operation includes computing an encoding, such as a hash value, for at least one portion of the identified table. Another operation includes comparing the computed encoding to a pre-stored encoding for the at least one portion of the identified table. On the condition that the computed encoding is identical to the pre-stored encoding, the operations include utilizing the identified table in executing the query in lieu of re-materializing the identified table. Otherwise, on the condition that the computed encoding differs from the pre-stored encoding, the operations include re-materializing the identified table before returning the results of the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Tabb, Michael Toy, Conrad Slimmer
  • Publication number: 20230099564
    Abstract: This document includes techniques, apparatuses, and systems related to an interface for revision-limited memory, which can improve various computing aspects and performance. In aspects, confidentiality, integrity, and availability may be ensured while increasing the performance of revision-limited memory. In this example, the techniques also enable the digital computing device to interact with information related to the revision-limited memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eunchan Kim, Michael Stefano Fritz Schaffner, Timothy Jay Chen, Christopher Gori, Ziv Hershman, Miguel Angel Osorio
  • Publication number: 20230094479
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a model analysis request from a user. The model analysis requests requesting the data processing hardware to provide one or more statistics of a model trained on a dataset. The method also includes obtaining the trained model. The trained model includes a plurality of weights. Each weight is assigned to a feature of the trained model. The model also includes determining, using the dataset and the plurality of weights, the one or more statistics of the trained model based on a linear regression of the trained model. The method includes reporting the one or more statistics of the trained model to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Xi Cheng, Lisa Yin, Mingge Deng, Amir Hormati, Umar Ali Syed, Jiashang Liu
  • Publication number: 20230096805
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of unlabeled audio samples corresponding to spoken utterances not paired with corresponding transcriptions. At a target branch of a contrastive Siamese network, the method also includes generating a sequence of encoder outputs for the plurality of unlabeled audio samples and modifying time characteristics of the encoder outputs to generate a sequence of target branch outputs. At an augmentation branch of a contrastive Siamese network, the method also includes performing augmentation on the unlabeled audio samples, generating a sequence of augmented encoder outputs for the augmented unlabeled audio samples, and generating predictions of the sequence of target branch outputs generated at the target branch. The method also includes determining an unsupervised loss term based on target branch outputs and predictions of the sequence of target branch outputs. The method also includes updating parameters of the audio encoder based on the unsupervised loss term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Kim, Soheil Khorram, Hasim Sak, Anshuman Tripathi, Han Lu, Qian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230100795
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for reducing a flicker effect of multiple light sources in an image captured with an imaging device. A lighting frequency associated with each of the multiple light sources is detected and prioritized relative to a flicker effect upon the image to identify at least a first-prioritized lighting frequency and a second-prioritized lighting frequency. A first exposure-time factorization set is determined for the first-prioritized lighting frequency, and a second exposure-time factorization set is determined for the second-prioritized lighting frequency. An exposure time of the imaging device is adjusted to an exposure time identified in the first exposure-time factorization set that matches, or aligns near-to-matching, an exposure time identified in the second exposure-time factorization set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gang Sun, Jinglun Gao, Ruben Manuel Velarde, Szepo Robert Hung
  • Publication number: 20230097197
    Abstract: A method (400) includes receiving, at a first processor (110) of a user device (102), streaming multi-channel audio (118) captured by an array of microphones (107), each channel (119) including respective audio features. For each channel, the method also includes processing, by the first processor, using a first stage hotword detector (210), the respective audio features to determine whether a hotword is detected. When the first stage hotword detector detects the hotword, the method also includes the first processor providing chomped raw audio data (212) to a second processor that processes, using a first noise cleaning algorithm (250), the chomped raw audio data to generate a clean monophonic audio chomp (260). The method also includes processing, by the second processor using a second stage hotword detector (220), the clean monophonic audio chomp to detect the hotword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yiteng Huang, Alexander H. Gruenstein
  • Patent number: 11614859
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for managing media item playback. A method includes presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) provided by a first application on a screen of a user device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item from a first post of a plurality of posts of the first application. The method also includes relocating the media player to a second portion of the UI while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player, and receiving a user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first application on the screen of the user device, the plurality of posts comprising a second post having a second media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Darby, Clifford Curry, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrey Doronichev, Andrew Janich, Alan Joyce, Taeho Ko, Justin Lewis, Kevin Greene
  • Patent number: 11615124
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating subqueries from a query. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a query, generating a set of two subqueries from the query, where the set includes a first subquery and a second subquery, determining a quality score for the set of two subqueries, determining whether the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies a quality threshold, and in response to determining that the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies the quality threshold, providing a first response to the first subquery that is responsive to a first operation that receives the first subquery as input and providing a second response to the second subquery that is responsive to a second operation that receives the second subquery as input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Vuskovic, Joseph Lange, Behshad Behzadi, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 11617175
    Abstract: An access system for a wireless local area network is provided. The access system initiates operation in a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands of the wireless local area network to provide one or more wireless client devices of the wireless local area network with access to a wireless wide area network. The access system also processes one or more association requests received in the first frequency band to identify one or more associated wireless client device. The access system also determines whether each of the one or more associated wireless client devices supports a second frequency band. The access system also sends a request to the one or more associated wireless client devices to transition from the first frequency band to the second frequency band based on determining that each of the one or more associated wireless client devices supports the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Paul James Husted, Nihar Jindal
  • Patent number: 11616322
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter for a cable connector includes a main body having an opening, a compression surface exposed within the opening and configured to compress a biasing retention clip of the cable connector, at least one locking surface configured to secure the biasing retention clip in a second non-locking position; and at least one magnet adjacent the opening. When the biasing retention clip is positioned within the opening, the compression surface causes the biasing retention clip to move from a first locking position where the retention clip is in a fully biased position to the second non-locking position where the retention clip is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoyang Zhang, Toby Xu, Frederick Patton Mondale
  • Patent number: 11615058
    Abstract: A method for database syncing is provided. The method includes receiving database change indicators indicating changes to a database. For each database change indicator, the method also includes determining whether the respective change to the database corresponds to a single change to a single version of the database, one of multiple changes to a common version of the database, or one of multiple changes to different versions of the database. The method further includes generating a change log compaction data structure comprising entries. Each entry includes an exact entry defining a corresponding single change to a corresponding single version of the database, a range entry defining corresponding multiple changes to a corresponding common version of the database, or an interval entry defining corresponding multiple changes to corresponding different versions of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Fuller
  • Patent number: 11614625
    Abstract: Systems, articles, and methods integrate photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses. One or more hologram(s) may be recorded into/onto the photopolymer file to enable the lens to be used as a transparent holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display employing an image source, such as a microdisplay or a scanning laser projector. The methods of integrating photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses include: positioning photopolymer film in a lens mold and casting the lends around the photopolymer film; sandwiching photopolymer film in between two portions of a lens applying photo polymer film to a concave surface of a lens and/or affixing a planar carrier (with photopolymer film thereon) to two points across a length of a concave surface of a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Frederick Holland, Matthew Bailey
  • Patent number: 11616912
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a camera, a primary display panel including a pixel array and an aperture adjacent the pixel array, an auxiliary display, and an optical assembly including a reflecting optical element and an actuator coupled to the reflecting optical element. The actuator is configured to switch the reflecting optical element between a first arrangement and a second arrangement. The first arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the camera and the second arrangement defines an optical path from the aperture to the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ping Tong Chu, Chung Chun Wan
  • Patent number: 11615779
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a plurality of training data sets each associated with a respective native language and includes a plurality of respective training data samples. For each respective training data sample of each training data set in the respective native language, the method includes transliterating the corresponding transcription in the respective native script into corresponding transliterated text representing the respective native language of the corresponding audio in a target script and associating the corresponding transliterated text in the target script with the corresponding audio in the respective native language to generate a respective normalized training data sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Arindrima Datta, Bhuvana Ramabhadran, Jesse Emond, Brian Roark
  • Patent number: D982576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ji Hye Bae, Robert Edward Mangum, Peter Cazalet