Patents by Inventor Erik Gross

Erik Gross 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: 11102413
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to locking a camera onto a sub-region to capture images of the sub-region with a moving camera. In some implementations, a method includes determining a first region in a scene detected by a camera while the camera is in a first physical position. The method further includes receiving user input to target a sub-region within the first capture region of the scene and capturing the first image of the sub-region while the camera is in the first physical position. The first image is displayed in a fixed orientation on a preview portion of a display screen. The camera is moved to a second physical position and a second capture region of the scene is detected. The method further includes capturing a second image is of the sub-region and displaying it in the fixed orientation on the preview portion of the display screen. The second image is effective to inform a user of whether capture of the sub-region is altered by camera movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Radford Juang, Chia-Kai Liang, Wei Hong, Senpo Hu, Shengyi Lin, Erik Gross
  • Publication number: 20200154053
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to locking a camera onto a sub-region to capture images of the sub-region with a moving camera. In some implementations, a method includes determining a first region in a scene detected by a camera while the camera is in a first physical position. The method further includes receiving user input to target a sub-region within the first capture region of the scene and capturing the first image of the sub-region while the camera is in the first physical position. The first image is displayed in a fixed orientation on a preview portion of a display screen. The camera is moved to a second physical position and a second capture region of the scene is detected. The method further includes capturing a second image is of the sub-region and displaying it in the fixed orientation on the preview portion of the display screen. The second image is effective to inform a user of whether capture of the sub-region is altered by camera movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Radford Juang, Chia-Kai Liang, Wei Hong, Senpo Hu, Shengyi Lin, Erik Gross
  • Patent number: 10547790
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to locking a camera onto a sub-region to capture images of the sub-region with a moving camera. In some implementations, a method includes determining a first region in a scene detected by a camera while the camera is in a first physical position. The method further includes receiving user input to target a sub-region within the first capture region of the scene and capturing the first image of the sub-region while the camera is in the first physical position. The first image is displayed in a fixed orientation on a preview portion of a display screen. The camera is moved to a second physical position and a second capture region of the scene is detected. The method further includes capturing a second image is of the sub-region and displaying it in the fixed orientation on the preview portion of the display screen. The second image is effective to inform a user of whether capture of the sub-region is altered by camera movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Radford Juang, Chia-Kai Liang, Wei Hong, Senpo Hu, Shengyi Lin, Erik Gross
  • Publication number: 20190387171
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to locking a camera onto a sub-region to capture images of the sub-region with a moving camera. In some implementations, a method includes determining a first region in a scene detected by a camera while the camera is in a first physical position. The method further includes receiving user input to target a sub-region within the first capture region of the scene and capturing the first image of the sub-region while the camera is in the first physical position. The first image is displayed in a fixed orientation on a preview portion of a display screen. The camera is moved to a second physical position and a second capture region of the scene is detected. The method further includes capturing a second image is of the sub-region and displaying it in the fixed orientation on the preview portion of the display screen. The second image is effective to inform a user of whether capture of the sub-region is altered by camera movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Radford Juang, Chia-Kai Liang, Wei Hong, Senpo Hu, Shengyi Lin, Erik Gross
  • Patent number: 10449089
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for reprofiling a surface of a cornea of an eye ablate a portion of the cornea to create an ablation zone with an optically correct central optical zone disposed in a central portion of the cornea, and a blend zone disposed peripherally to the central optical zone and at least partially within an optical zone of the eye. The blend zone can have an optical power that gradually diminishes with increasing radius from the central optical zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AMO MANUFACTURING USA, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Rich Hofer, Jonathan Wong
  • Patent number: 9223897
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a rank position map, the rank position map specifying, for a plurality of rank positions, an expected utility rate for a document presented at particular rank positions as a search result; determining an expected utility rate, for a particular document, based on the obtained rank position map, and based on a quantity of times that the particular document was presented as a search result at particular rank positions; determining an actual utility rate for the particular document based on an actual quantity of selections of the particular document, and based on a total quantity of times that the particular document was presented as a search result; calculating a correction factor, for the particular document, based on the determined expected utility rate and the determined actual utility rate; and adjusting a score of the particular document based on the correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Jay Shrauner
  • Patent number: 8918416
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for classifying queries. One of the methods includes the actions of obtaining a collection of search queries; for each query in the collection of search queries, determining whether other queries in the collection of search queries are refinements of the query, wherein the refinements of each query include the query terms and one or more additional terms not found in the query; determining a similarity between query pairs from the collection, wherein the similarity between a query pair is determined using the additional query terms from the refinements of the respective search queries of the query pair; obtaining a classified sample group of search queries using a plurality of category labels; and classifying each other search query of the collection of search queries having one or more refinements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Myles Sussman
  • Patent number: 8655886
    Abstract: A request monitor may monitor user requests, each user request including at least one keyword. A portion evaluator may determine inclusive portions of content file portions of indexed content files within an index, and may assign values to the inclusive portions, based on a providing of at least one of the indexed content files to the user in response to the user request. A portion selector may select, from the inclusive portions and based on the values, retained portions to be retained within the index. An index updater configured to update the index to replace the indexed content files with the retained portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Gross
  • Patent number: 8645367
    Abstract: One or more hierarchies of string patterns are generated a plurality of URL strings according to a pattern extraction procedure. Repeated string patterns are selected from the generated hierarchies of string patterns. A URL class is defined for each of selected repeated string patterns. Each URL class is associated with a respective group of URL strings in the plurality of URL strings, where the respective group of URL strings contains a repeated string pattern that defines the URL class. Respective aggregated data is calculated for each URL class. The respective aggregated data is based on respective data of each respective document of each URL string in the group of URL strings associated with the URL class. Respective data for a respective document referenced by a lookup-URL is predicted based on respective aggregated data of one or more of the URL classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Nissan Hajaj, Chi Zhang, Changxun Wu, Erik Gross
  • Patent number: 8445825
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can characterize an optical surface of an object. A wavefront sensor system focuses light energy propagating from the object to form a pattern on a detector. The system maps the pattern to an array with a transform function such as a Fourier transform. The values of array correspond to characteristic locations and signals in a transform space, for example an intensity of spatial frequency signals in frequency space. The characteristic location and intensity of these signals in transform space are used to measure the optical surface. For example, a characteristic frequency of a spatial frequency intensity peak in Fourier transform space can be used to estimate the location of spots on the detector. Alternatively, the characteristics can be used to the measure sphere, cylinder and axis of a wavefront, wavefront elevation maps and point spread functions, often without locating positions of individual spots on the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Charles Campbell
  • Publication number: 20120271287
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for reprofiling a surface of a cornea of an eye ablate a portion of the cornea to create an ablation zone with an optically correct central optical zone disposed in a central portion of the cornea, and a blend zone disposed peripherally to the central optical zone and at least partially within an optical zone of the eye. The blend zone can have an optical power that gradually diminishes with increasing radius from the central optical zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Rich Hofer, Jonathan Wong
  • Publication number: 20120267510
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can characterize an optical surface of an object. A wavefront sensor system focuses light energy propagating from the object to form a pattern on a detector. The system maps the pattern to an array with a transform function such as a Fourier transform. The values of array correspond to characteristic locations and signals in a transform space, for example an intensity of spatial frequency signals in frequency space. The characteristic location and intensity of these signals in transform space are used to measure the optical surface. For example, a characteristic frequency of a spatial frequency intensity peak in Fourier transform space can be used to estimate the location of spots on the detector. Alternatively, the characteristics can be used to the measure sphere, cylinder and axis of a wavefront, wavefront elevation maps and point spread functions, often without locating positions of individual spots on the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Charles Campbell
  • Patent number: 8228586
    Abstract: Methods, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. The surface gradients from the transmitted image are measured across the optical tissues of the eye. A Fourier transform algorithm is applied to the surface gradients to reconstruct an optical surface model that corresponds to the optical tissues of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Dimitri Chernyak, Charles E. Campbell, Erik Gross, Seema Sornani, Guangming Dai
  • Patent number: 8216213
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for reprofiling a surface of a cornea of an eye ablate a portion of the cornea to create an ablation zone with an optically correct central optical zone disposed in a central portion of the cornea, and a blend zone disposed peripherally to the central optical zone and at least partially within an optical zone of the eye. The blend zone can have an optical power that gradually diminishes with increasing radius from the central optical zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Rich Hofer, Jonathan Wong
  • Patent number: 8129666
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can characterize an optical surface of an object. A wavefront sensor system focuses light energy propagating from the object to form a pattern on a detector. The system maps the pattern to an array with a transform function such as a Fourier transform. The values of array correspond to characteristic locations and signals in a transform space, for example an intensity of spatial frequency signals in frequency space. The characteristic location and intensity of these signals in transform space are used to measure the optical surface. For example, a characteristic frequency of a spatial frequency intensity peak in Fourier transform space can be used to estimate the location of spots on the detector. Alternatively, the characteristics can be used to the measure sphere, cylinder and axis of a wavefront, wavefront elevation maps and point spread functions, often without locating positions of individual spots on the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Charles Campbell
  • Publication number: 20100179793
    Abstract: Method, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. The surface gradients from the transmitted image are measured across the optical tissues of the eye. A Fourier transform algorithm is applied to the surface gradients to reconstruct an optical surface model that corresponds to the optical tissues of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA., LLC
    Inventors: Dimitri Chernyak, Charles E. Campbell, Erik Gross, Seema Sornani, Guangming Dai
  • Patent number: 7731363
    Abstract: Methods, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. The surface gradients from the transmitted image are measured across the optical tissues of the eye. A Fourier transform algorithm is applied to the surface gradients to reconstruct an optical surface model that corresponds to the optical tissues of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Dimitri Chernyak, Charles E. Campbell, Erik Gross, Seema Somani, Guangming Dai
  • Publication number: 20100090090
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can characterize an optical surface of an object. A wavefront sensor system focuses light energy propagating from the object to form a pattern on a detector. The system maps the pattern to an array with a transform function such as a Fourier transform. The values of array correspond to characteristic locations and signals in a transform space, for example an intensity of spatial frequency signals in frequency space. The characteristic location and intensity of these signals in transform space are used to measure the optical surface. For example, a characteristic frequency of a spatial frequency intensity peak in Fourier transform space can be used to estimate the location of spots on the detector. Alternatively, the characteristics can be used to the measure sphere, cylinder and axis of a wavefront, wavefront elevation maps and point spread functions, often without locating positions of individual spots on the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Charles Campbell
  • Patent number: 7652235
    Abstract: Devices systems, and methods can characterize an optical surface of an object. A wavefront sensor system focuses light energy propagating from the object to form a pattern on a detector. The system maps the pattern to an array with a transform function such as a Fourier transform. The values of array correspond to characteristic locations and signals in a transform space, for example an intensity of spatial frequency signals in frequency space. The characteristic location and intensity of these signals in transform space are used to measure the optical surface. For example, a characteristic frequency of a spatial frequency intensity peak in Fourier transform space can be used to estimate the location of spots on the detector. Alternatively, the characteristics can be used to the measure sphere, cylinder and axis of a wavefront, wavefront elevation maps and point spread functions, often without locating positions of individual spots on the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Erik Gross, Charles Campbell
  • Publication number: 20080212031
    Abstract: Methods, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. The surface gradients from the transmitted image are measured across the optical tissues of the eye. A Fourier transform algorithm is applied to the surface gradients to reconstruct an optical surface model that corresponds to the optical tissues of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventors: Dimitri Chernyak, Charles E. Campbell, Erik Gross, Seema Somani, Guangming Dai