Patents by Inventor Kyle Pedersen

Kyle Pedersen 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: 11967321
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can interact with applications that may not have been pre-configured for interfacing with the automated assistant. The automated assistant can identify content of an application interface of the application to determine synonymous terms that a user may speak when commanding the automated assistant to perform certain tasks. Speech processing operations employed by the automated assistant can be biased towards these synonymous terms when the user is accessing an application interface of the application. In some implementations, the synonymous terms can be identified in a responsive language of the automated assistant when the content of the application interface is being rendered in a different language. This can allow the automated assistant to operate as an interface between the user and certain applications that may not be rendering content in a native language of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Lange, Abhanshu Sharma, Adam Coimbra, Gökhan Bakir, Gabriel Taubman, Ilya Firman, Jindong Chen, James Stout, Marcin Nowak-Przygodzki, Reed Enger, Thomas Weedon Hume, Vishwath Mohan, Jacek Szmigiel, Yunfan Jin, Kyle Pedersen, Gilles Baechler
  • Patent number: 11946760
    Abstract: Activating an engine of a HEV to charge a battery includes obtaining a first GPS trace from a first trip of the HEV along a first route, where the first GPS trace includes first trace metadata; obtaining a second GPS trace from a second trip, where the second GPS trace includes second trace metadata; adding, to a navigation map, an aggregation of the first trace metadata and the second trace metadata for edges of the navigation map; using the navigation map to obtain an activation action of the engine, where the activation action is selected from a set that includes a first activation action of turning the engine on and a second activation action of turning the engine off; and activating the engine according to the activation action, where activating the engine using the first activation action causes the engine to turn on to charge the battery of the HEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Hollins Wray, David Ilstrup, Liam Pedersen, Richard Lui, Christopher Ostafew
  • Publication number: 20230103677
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can interact with applications that may not have been pre-configured for interfacing with the automated assistant. The automated assistant can identify content of an application interface of the application to determine synonymous terms that a user may speak when commanding the automated assistant to perform certain tasks. Speech processing operations employed by the automated assistant can be biased towards these synonymous terms when the user is accessing an application interface of the application. In some implementations, the synonymous terms can be identified in a responsive language of the automated assistant when the content of the application interface is being rendered in a different language. This can allow the automated assistant to operate as an interface between the user and certain applications that may not be rendering content in a native language of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Lange, Abhanshu Sharma, Adam Coimbra, Gökhan Bakir, GABRIEL Taubman, Ilya Firman, Jindong Chen, James Stout, Marcin Nowak-Przygodzki, Reed Enger, THOMAS Weedon Hume, Vishwath Mohan, Jacek Szmigiel, Yunfan Jin, Kyle Pedersen, Gilles Baechler
  • Patent number: 10930278
    Abstract: Systems are provided to facilitate continuous detection of words, names, phrases, or other sounds of interest and, responsive to such detection, provide a related user experience. The user experience can include providing links to media, web searches, translation services, journaling applications, or other resources based on detected ambient speech or other sounds. To preserve the privacy of those using and/or proximate to such systems, the system refrains from transmitting any information related to the detected sound unless the system receives permission from a user. Such permission can include the user interacting with a provided web search link, media link, or other user interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Barbello, Kyle Pedersen, David Jones, Tim Wantland
  • Patent number: 10877643
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to improve discoverability of selectable user interface elements. In particular, the present disclosure provides computing devices that, in some implementations, intelligently identify user interface elements that are selectable (e.g., based on intelligent understanding of the user interface content) and visually modify one or more of such selectable user interface elements to indicate to the user that they are selectable. The visual modification can highlight or otherwise draw attention to the user interface element(s), thereby improving their discoverability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tim Wantland, Kyle Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20190311714
    Abstract: Systems are provided to facilitate continuous detection of words, names, phrases, or other sounds of interest and, responsive to such detection, provide a related user experience. The user experience can include providing links to media, web searches, translation services, journaling applications, or other resources based on detected ambient speech or other sounds. To preserve the privacy of those using and/or proximate to such systems, the system refrains from transmitting any information related to the detected sound unless the system receives permission from a user. Such permission can include the user interacting with a provided web search link, media link, or other user interface element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Barbello, Kyle Pedersen, David Jones, Tim Wantland
  • Publication number: 20190286298
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to improve discoverability of selectable user interface elements. In particular, the present disclosure provides computing devices that, in some implementations, intelligently identify user interface elements that are selectable (e.g., based on intelligent understanding of the user interface content) and visually modify one or more of such selectable user interface elements to indicate to the user that they are selectable. The visual modification can highlight or otherwise draw attention to the user interface element(s), thereby improving their discoverability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tim Wantland, Kyle Pedersen