Patents by Inventor Boris Babenko

Boris Babenko 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).

  • Patent number: 11188216
    Abstract: One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: George Milton Underwood, IV, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Boris Babenko, Christopher Lee, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 10628680
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Publication number: 20190278471
    Abstract: One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: George Milton Underwood, IV, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Boris Babenko, Christopher Lee, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 10346023
    Abstract: One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: George Milton Underwood, IV, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Boris Babenko, Christopher Lee, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 10140517
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Publication number: 20180005040
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Patent number: 9558401
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for content item classification. In some embodiments, an image for classification is received, a compact representation for the image having values indicative of pixel values within the received image is generated, a plurality of angle measurements for possible edges of at least one potential document within the received image are determined, and the image is classified using said compact representation and said plurality of angle measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Tej Chajed, Peter Welinder, Boris Babenko, Dimitar Simeonov
  • Patent number: 9501762
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed technology can obtain information about associations between users (e.g., user accounts) of a content management system and applications compatible with the content management system. Various embodiments can also obtain information about a plurality of attributes associated with usage of the content management system by the users (e.g., user accounts). In some embodiments, the attributes can include a device property, a usage pattern, an account property, a content item property, a profile property, a preference property, or a domain property. Moreover, data about social connections of the users (e.g., user accounts) can also be obtained. Based, at least in part, on at least one of the information about the associations, the information about the plurality of attributes, or the data about the social connections, one or more applications can be recommended to a selected user (e.g., a selected user account).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Emil Ibrishimov
  • Publication number: 20160042249
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Publication number: 20150242404
    Abstract: One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: George Milton Underwood, IV, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Boris Babenko, Christopher Lee, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 8798378
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure pertain to identifying whether or not an image from a user's device is of a place or not. As part of the identification, a training procedure may be performed on a set of training images. The training procedure includes performing measurements of image data for each image in the set to derive a result. The result includes a series of variables for each training image in the set. The series of variable is evaluated for each training image to obtain one or more measurement weights and one or more measurement thresholds. These weights and thresholds are adjusted to set a false positive threshold and a false negative threshold for identifying whether an actual image is of a place type or is some other type of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Hartwig Adam, John Flynn, Hartmut Neven
  • Patent number: 8532400
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention pertain to identifying whether or not an image from a user's device is of a place. Before undertaking time and resource consuming analysis of an image using specialized image analysis modules, pre-filtering classification is conducted based on image data and metadata associated with the image. The metadata may include geolocation information. One classification procedure analyzes the metadata to perform a high level determination as to whether the image is of a place. If the results indicate that it is of a place, then a further classification procedure may be performed, where the image information is analyzed, with or without the metadata. This process may be done concurrently with a place match filtering procedure. The results of the further classification will either find a match with a given place or not. The output is a place match either with or without geolocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Hartwig Adam, John Flynn, Hartmut Neven
  • Patent number: 8238671
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention pertain to identifying whether or not an image from a user's device is of a place. Before undertaking time and resource consuming analysis of an image using specialized image analysis modules, pre-filtering classification is conducted based on image data and metadata associated with the image. The metadata may include geolocation information. One classification procedure analyzes the metadata to perform a high level determination as to whether the image is of a place. If the results indicate that it is of a place, then a further classification procedure may be performed, where the image information is analyzed, with or without the metadata. This process may be done concurrently with a place match filtering procedure. The results of the further classification will either find a match with a given place or not. The output is a place match either with or without geolocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Hartwig Adam, John Flynn, Hartmut Neven