Patents by Inventor Leah Findlater

Leah Findlater 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: 20250232180
    Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanism to obtain results of similar quality to that which can be obtained by fine-tuning a generative model from the foundational model without fine-tuning. In particular, the present technology can provide a suitability prompt to evaluate and improve the output of a generative model without fine-tuning. A suitability prompt is an engineered prompt that is provided to a generative model that prompts the generative model to evaluate a candidate response that has been generated by the generative model. Often the suitability prompt can include an indication of one or more attributes of a quality candidate response. When the generative model provides a response to the suitability prompt that indicates that the candidate response is a quality response, the candidate response can be deemed good enough to be returned to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Griffin Dietz Smith, Leah Findlater, Ryan B. Shapiro, Matthew J. Davidson, Siddhartha A. Prasad
  • Patent number: 10540083
    Abstract: A system for classifying a user touch event by a user interacting with a device as an intended key is provided. For different hand postures (e.g., holding device with right hand and entering text with right thumb), the system provides a touch pattern model indicating how the user interacts using that hand posture. The system receives an indication of a user touch event and identifies the hand posture of the user. The system then determines the intended key based on the user touch event and a touch pattern model for the identified hand posture. A system is also provided for determining the amount a presser a user is applying to the device based on dampening of vibrations as measured by an inertial sensor. A system is provided that uses motion of the device as measured by an inertial sensor to improve the accuracy of text entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Mayank Goel, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Shwetak N. Patel, Leah Findlater
  • Publication number: 20150317076
    Abstract: A system for classifying a user touch event by a user interacting with a device as an intended key is provided. For different hand postures (e.g., holding device with right hand and entering text with right thumb), the system provides a touch pattern model indicating how the user interacts using that hand posture. The system receives an indication of a user touch event and identifies the hand posture of the user. The system then determines the intended key based on the user touch event and a touch pattern model for the identified hand posture. A system is also provided for determining the amount a presser a user is applying to the device based on dampening of vibrations as measured by an inertial sensor. A system is provided that uses motion of the device as measured by an inertial sensor to improve the accuracy of text entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mayank Goel, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Shwetak N. Patel, Leah Findlater