Patents by Inventor Henry Will Schneiderman
Henry Will Schneiderman 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: 10070170Abstract: A content annotation tool is disclosed. In a configuration, a portion of a movie may be obtained from a database. Entities, such as an actor, background music, text, etc. may be automatically identified in the movie. A user, such as a content producer, may associate and/or provide supplemental content for an identified entity to the database. A selection of one or more automatically identified entities may be received. A database entry may be generated that links the identified entity with the supplemental content. The selected automatically identified one or more entities and//or supplemental content associated therewith may be presented to an end user.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe, Marco Paglia, Mikkel Crone Köser
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Patent number: 9690601Abstract: A method for dynamic switching of user profiles on a computing device. The computing device is coupled to at least one image-sensing device and can be configured using a plurality of stored user profiles. The method includes receiving at least one image from the at least one image-sensing device and generating a current user value based on the at least one received image. The method further includes determining if the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value corresponding to a stored user profile. If the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value, the method includes retrieving the stored user profile and configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using the retrieved user profile. If the current user value does correspond to at least one stored user value, the method includes configuring the computing device using an alternative method.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Hugo Barra, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Patent number: 9658994Abstract: Supplemental information to a media content such as a video can be shown to the user. The supplemental information can be selected based upon a profile of the user and one or both of the identity of the media content and the identity of an entity of interest in the media content. The supplemental information can be customized to the user based on the content being viewed and an entity of interest to the user in the viewed content.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Publication number: 20160373796Abstract: A content annotation tool is disclosed. In a configuration, a portion of a movie may be obtained from a database. Entities, such as an actor, background music, text, etc. may be automatically identified in the movie. A user, such as a content producer, may associate and/or provide supplemental content for an identified entity to the database. A selection of one or more automatically identified entities may be received. A database entry may be generated that links the identified entity with the supplemental content. The selected automatically identified one or more entities and//or supplemental content associated therewith may be presented to an end user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe, Marco Paglia, Mikkel Crone Köser
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Patent number: 9524421Abstract: Facial recognition can be used to determine whether or not a user has access privileges to a device such as a smartphone. It may be possible to spoof an authenticated user's image using a picture of the user. Implementations disclosed herein utilize time of flight and/or reflectivity measurements of an authenticated user to compare to such values obtained for an image of an object. If the time of flight distance and/or reflectivity distance for the object match a measured distance, then the person (i.e., object) may be granted access to the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven James Ross, Brian Patrick Williams, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Christian Nechyba
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Patent number: 9438947Abstract: A content annotation tool is disclosed. In a configuration, a portion of a movie may be obtained from a database. Entities, such as an actor, background music, text, etc. may be automatically identified in the movie. A user, such as a content producer, may associate and/or provide supplemental content for an identified entity to the database. A selection of one or more automatically identified entities may be received. A database entry may be generated that links the identified entity with the supplemental content. The selected automatically identified one or more entities and/or supplemental content associated therewith may be presented to an end user.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe, Marco Paglia, Mikkel Crone Köser
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Publication number: 20150355915Abstract: A method for dynamic switching of user profiles on a computing device. The computing device is coupled to at least one image-sensing device and can be configured using a plurality of stored user profiles. The method includes receiving at least one image from the at least one image-sensing device and generating a current user value based on the at least one received image. The method further includes determining if the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value corresponding to a stored user profile. If the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value, the method includes retrieving the stored user profile and configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using the retrieved user profile. If the current user value does correspond to at least one stored user value, the method includes configuring the computing device using an alternative method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Hugo Barra, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Patent number: 9158904Abstract: An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device of a computing device, an image of a face of a user. The method further includes detecting, by the computing device, whether a distance between the computing device and an object represented by at least a portion of the image is less than a threshold distance, and, when the detected distance is less than a threshold distance, denying authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device, where the authentication is denied independent of performing facial recognition based at least in part on the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven James Ross, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Christian Nechyba, Yong Zhao
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Patent number: 9128737Abstract: A method for dynamic switching of user profiles on a computing device. The computing device is coupled to at least one image-sensing device and can be configured using a plurality of stored user profiles. The method includes receiving at least one image from the at least one image-sensing device and generating a current user value based on the at least one received image. The method further includes determining if the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value corresponding to a stored user profile. If the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value, the method includes retrieving the stored user profile and configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using the retrieved user profile. If the current user value does correspond to at least one stored user value, the method includes configuring the computing device using an alternative method.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Hugo Barra, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Patent number: 9117109Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Christian Nechyba, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe
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Publication number: 20150161434Abstract: Facial recognition can be used to determine whether or not a user has access privileges to a device such as a smartphone. It may be possible to spoof an authenticated user's image using a picture of the user. Implementations disclosed herein utilize time of flight and/or reflectivity measurements of an authenticated user to compare to such values obtained for an image of an object. If the time of flight distance and/or reflectivity distance for the object match a measured distance, then the person (i.e., object) may be granted access to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven James Ross, Brian Patrick Williams, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Christian Nechyba
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Publication number: 20140344661Abstract: Supplemental information to a media content such as a video can be shown to the user. The supplemental information can be selected based upon a profile of the user and one or both of the identity of the media content and the identity of an entity of interest in the media content. The supplemental information can be customized to the user based on the content being viewed and an entity of interest to the user in the viewed content.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Patent number: 8886953Abstract: A computing device includes an image capture device, a display, and at least one processor. The image capture device is configured to capture a digital enrollment image of a face of an authorized user and a digital authentication image of a face of an authenticating user. The display is configured to present the enrollment and authentication images. The at least one processor is configured to automatically alter the authentication image for presentation by the display and compare the authentication image to the enrollment image to unlock the computing device for use by the authenticating user.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Andrew Sipe, Hugo Botelho Barra, Henry Will Schneiderman, Rachel Leah Garb, Helena Roeber, Christian Robertson
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Publication number: 20140307929Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Michael Christian Nechyba, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe
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Publication number: 20140281568Abstract: An electronic device may be used to support user authentication based on biometric readings. In this regard, a unique identification parameter may be generated for each user associated with the electronic device. The unique identification parameter may comprise a user identification input parameter (e.g., alphanumerical password) combined with a set of values (e.g., alphanumerical) generated based on biometrics data generated for the user. In this regard, the biometric based values may be generated based on configuring, for each possible biometric identifier, a range of valid values, such as based on a type of biometric identifier and a specified degree of accuracy. User access may be permitted based on obtaining of a subsequent biometric reading, and generating based thereon a second identification parameter that is compared with the unique identification parameters recognized by the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Steven Ross, Henry Will Schneiderman
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Patent number: 8798336Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Christian Nechyba, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe
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Publication number: 20140188997Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for creating and sharing inline commentary relating to media within an online community, for example, a social network. The inline commentary can be one or more types of media, for example, text, audio, image, video, URL link, etc. In some implementations, the systems and methods either receive media that is live or pre-recorded, permit viewing by users and receive selective added commentary by users inline. The systems and methods are configured to send one or more notifications regarding the commentary. In some implementations, the systems and methods are configured to receive responses by other users to the initial commentary provided by a particular user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe, Steven James Ross, Brian Ronald Colonna, Danielle Marie Millett, Uriel Gerardo Rodriguez, Michael Christian Nechyba, Mikkel Crone Köser, Ankit Jain
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Publication number: 20140016837Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Christian Nechyba, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe
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Patent number: 8611616Abstract: An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device of a computing device, an image of a face of a user. The method further includes detecting, by the computing device, whether a distance between the computing device and an object represented by at least a portion of the image is less than a threshold distance, and, when the detected distance is less than a threshold distance, denying authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device, where the authentication is denied independent of performing facial recognition based at least in part on the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven James Ross, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Christian Nechyba, Yong Zhao
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Patent number: 8542879Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael Christian Nechyba, Henry Will Schneiderman, Michael Andrew Sipe