Patents by Inventor Katherine Blair Huffman

Katherine Blair Huffman 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).

  • Publication number: 20240152213
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Patent number: 11979038
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining wireless charging alignment. In this regard, one or more processors may receive motion data from one or more sensors of a computing device indicating a motion of the computing device. The one or more processors may also receive charging data related to a state of an energy storage of the computing device or a state of energy transfer between a wireless charger and the computing device. Based on the motion data and the charging data, a reference vector associated with at least two charging rates may be determined. An alignment vector between the computing device and the wireless charger may then be determined based on the reference vector and the associated charging rates. Based on the alignment vector, an output may be generated guiding movement of the computing device to align with the wireless charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Granito, Katherine Blair Huffman
  • Publication number: 20240047155
    Abstract: The technology provides a system for controlling illumination of a luminous keyboard. A non-transitory storage medium stores a trained machine learning model for identifying a user sentiment. A processor receives at least one keyboard input entered by the user. The processor processes the keyboard input using the trained machine learning model to identify a sentiment or behavior of the user. The processor determines an illumination profile for the keyboard based on the identified user sentiment or behavior. The keyboard illuminates according to the illumination profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Forrest Robert Smith
  • Patent number: 11822731
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Patent number: 11589217
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for updating settings of a wireless device. An inductive coupling link is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless device upon detection that the first wireless device is within a threshold proximity to the second wireless device. The second wireless device receives a token from the first wireless device via the inductive coupling link. The second wireless device forwards the token to a remote device that stores a user profile associated with the user of the first wireless device. The second wireless device receives at least a portion of the user profile from the remote device in response to the token being forwarded. The second wireless device performs an update procedure to update one or more settings of the second wireless device in accordance with the received at least the portion of the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Kiavash Faraji
  • Publication number: 20230037981
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Patent number: 11507198
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Publication number: 20220221941
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventor: Katherine Blair Huffman
  • Patent number: 11301052
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Publication number: 20220070662
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for updating settings of a wireless device. An inductive coupling link is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless device upon detection that the first wireless device is within a threshold proximity to the second wireless device. The second wireless device receives a token from the first wireless device via the inductive coupling link. The second wireless device forwards the token to a remote device that stores a user profile associated with the user of the first wireless device. The second wireless device receives at least a portion of the user profile from the remote device in response to the token being forwarded. The second wireless device performs an update procedure to update one or more settings of the second wireless device in accordance with the received at least the portion of the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Kiavash Faraji
  • Patent number: 11172354
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for updating settings of a wireless device. An inductive coupling link is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless device upon detection that the first wireless device is within a threshold proximity to the second wireless device. The second wireless device receives a token from the first wireless device via the inductive coupling link. The second wireless device forwards the token to a remote device that stores a user profile associated with the user of the first wireless device. The second wireless device receives at least a portion of the user profile from the remote device in response to the token being forwarded. The second wireless device performs an update procedure to update one or more settings of the second wireless device in accordance with the received at least the portion of the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Kiavash Faraji
  • Publication number: 20210185514
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for updating settings of a wireless device. An inductive coupling link is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless device upon detection that the first wireless device is within a threshold proximity to the second wireless device. The second wireless device receives a token from the first wireless device via the inductive coupling link. The second wireless device forwards the token to a remote device that stores a user profile associated with the user of the first wireless device. The second wireless device receives at least a portion of the user profile from the remote device in response to the token being forwarded. The second wireless device performs an update procedure to update one or more settings of the second wireless device in accordance with the received at least the portion of the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Kiavash Faraji
  • Publication number: 20210173489
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Patent number: 10992754
    Abstract: A report interval mode is selected from one of multiple selectable report interval modes in cases where the preferred sensor sample intervals of multiple applications are different. By using multiple selectable report interval modes some of the problems that occur when a single fixed report interval mode is used can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jocelyn Berrendonner, Katherine Blair Huffman
  • Patent number: 10908695
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Publication number: 20200319713
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Publication number: 20200287426
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining wireless charging alignment. In this regard, one or more processors may receive motion data from one or more sensors of a computing device indicating a motion of the computing device. The one or more processors may also receive charging data related to a state of an energy storage of the computing device or a state of energy transfer between a wireless charger and the computing device. Based on the motion data and the charging data, a reference vector associated with at least two charging rates may be determined. An alignment vector between the computing device and the wireless charger may then be determined based on the reference vector and the associated charging rates. Based on the alignment vector, an output may be generated guiding movement of the computing device to align with the wireless charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory Granito, Katherine Blair Huffman
  • Patent number: 10761799
    Abstract: Techniques for inference of an intended primary display of a hinged mobile device are described. Generally, the techniques described herein improve a user experience when the user interacts with the device, such as to change the posture of the device. For example, the techniques described herein detect physical movement of a first and/or second display portion of the device. In implementations, the physical movement is recognized as a device gesture to indicate which of the display portions is intended to be used as the primary display. Then, a determination is made that the first display portion is intended to be used as the primary display based on the device gesture. Based on the determination, the primary display is initiated via the first display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Disano, Christian Klein, Katherine Blair Huffman
  • Patent number: 10586509
    Abstract: Described are examples for adjusting display level properties across multiple displays. One or more ranges of display brightness capability values that are supported by a given display device can be received for multiple display devices. For each of the multiple display devices, at least a portion of display brightness capability values in the one or more ranges of display brightness capability values can be mapped to selectable brightness levels available in an operating system. One of the selectable brightness levels can be determined as selected via the operating system. For each of the multiple display devices, a corresponding display brightness capability value mapped to the one of the selectable brightness levels can be determined and indicated to each of the multiple display devices, such that the multiple display devices may set different display brightness capability value brightness, but the brightness may be perceptually similar across the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Katie Anderson, Marcus John Andrews, Jocelyn Berrendonner, Steven E. Lees, Kiran Muthabatulla, Lukasz Konrad Brodzinski, Katherine Blair Huffman, Hideyuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20200045114
    Abstract: A report interval mode is selected from one of multiple selectable report interval modes in cases where the preferred sensor sample intervals of multiple applications are different. By using multiple selectable report interval modes some of the problems that occur when a single fixed report interval mode is used can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jocelyn BERRENDONNER, Katherine Blair HUFFMAN