Patents by Inventor Matthias Heiler

Matthias Heiler 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: 20240086413
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Eileen Long, Jonathan Frankle, William Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yeung, Karin Ingrid von Glehn
  • Patent number: 11829373
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, Jonathan Frankle, Will Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Ingrid Karin von Glehn
  • Publication number: 20230281239
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for suppressing search results to personally objectionable content. One of the methods includes receiving an identifier of a resource that has image content. A first classifier classifies the image content as including objectionable content or not including objectionable content. A second classifier classifies the image content as including professionally produced content or not including professionally produced content. Whenever the image content is classified as including objectionable content and as not including professionally produced content, the resource is designated as having personally objectionable content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Christian von Essen, Xiaoxiang Yu, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 11741150
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for suppressing search results to personally objectionable content. One of the methods includes receiving an identifier of a resource that has image content. A first classifier classifies the image content as including objectionable content or not including objectionable content. A second classifier classifies the image content as including professionally produced content or not including professionally produced content. Whenever the image content is classified as including objectionable content and as not including professionally produced content, the resource is designated as having personally objectionable content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christian von Essen, Xiaoxiang Yu, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 11514035
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining query refinements using search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query and a second query each comprising one or more n-grams for a user session, determining a first set of query refinements for the first query, determining a second set of query refinements from the first set of query refinements, each query refinement in the second set of query refinements including at least one n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the first query and at least on n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the second query, scoring each query refinement in the second set of query refinements, selecting a third query from a group consisting of the second set of query refinements and the second query, and providing the third query as input to a search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Behshad Behzadi, Evgeny A. Cherepanov, Nils Grimsmo, Aurelien Boffy, Alessandro Agostini, Karoly Csalogany, Fredrik Bergenlid, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 10795926
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for suppressing search results to personally objectionable content. One of the methods includes receiving an identifier of a resource that has image content. A first classifier classifies the image content as including objectionable content or not including objectionable content. A second classifier classifies the image content as including professionally produced content or not including professionally produced content. Whenever the image content is classified as including objectionable content and as not including professionally produced content, the resource is designated as having personally objectionable content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christian von Essen, Xiaoxiang Yu, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 10691680
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining query refinements using search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query and a second query each comprising one or more n-grams for a user session, determining a first set of query refinements for the first query, determining a second set of query refinements from the first set of query refinements, each query refinement in the second set of query refinements including at least one n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the first query and at least on n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the second query, scoring each query refinement in the second set of query refinements, selecting a third query from a group consisting of the second set of query refinements and the second query, and providing the third query as input to a search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Behshad Behzadi, Evgeny A. Cherepanov, Nils Grimsmo, Aurelien Boffy, Alessandro Agostini, Karoly Csalogany, Fredrik Bergenlid, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 10324993
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for augmenting search engine index that indexes resources from a collection of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Javier Spagnolo Arrizabalaga, Malte Nuhn, Quoc V. Le, Daniel Duckworth, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 10083237
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a search experience in which users are protected from exposure to inappropriate offensive or sensitive content is described. A search system may classify a search query and candidate search results obtained in response to the search query. Based on the classification of the search query and search results, the candidate search results may be modified to generate a set of search results presented to a user such that the presented search results do not include inappropriate sensitive or offensive content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Michael Schaer, Nikola Todorovic, Robin Nittka, Thomas Fischbacher, Laura Dragoi
  • Publication number: 20180157758
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for augmenting search engine index that indexes resources from a collection of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Spagnolo Arrizabalaga, Malte Nuhn, Quoc V. Le, Daniel Duckworth, Matthias Heiler
  • Patent number: 9959354
    Abstract: A system and method for training a search query classifier may be used to develop a large database of search queries used to access inappropriate sensitive or offensive content. A database of well-known and frequently-used search queries for accessing inappropriate sensitive content is expanded by monitoring additional search queries received from a user within a preset time period of the user submitting one of the well-known and frequently-used search queries. The additional search queries received from a user are further evaluated to determine if they are likely associated with inappropriate sensitive or offensive content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robin Nittka, Matthias Heiler, David Vago
  • Patent number: 9727603
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining query refinements using search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query and a second query each comprising one or more n-grams for a user session, determining a first set of query refinements for the first query, determining a second set of query refinements from the first set of query refinements, each query refinement in the second set of query refinements including at least one n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the first query and at least on n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the second query, scoring each query refinement in the second set of query refinements, selecting a third query from a group consisting of the second set of query refinements and the second query, and providing the third query as input to a search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Behshad Behzadi, Evgeny A. Cherepanov, Nils Grimsmo, Aurelien Boffy, Alessandro Agostini, Karoly Csalogany, Fredrik Bergenlid, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Publication number: 20170061014
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a search experience in which users are protected from exposure to inappropriate offensive or sensitive content is described. A search system may classify a search query and candidate search results obtained in response to the search query. Based on the classification of the search query and search results, the candidate search results may be modified to generate a set of search results presented to a user such that the presented search results do not include inappropriate sensitive or offensive content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Michael Schaer, Nikola Todorovic, Robin Nittka, Thomas Fischbacher, Laura Dragoi
  • Publication number: 20160378869
    Abstract: A system and method for training a search query classifier may be used to develop a large database of search queries used to access inappropriate sensitive or offensive content. A database of well-known and frequently-used search queries for accessing inappropriate sensitive content is expanded by monitoring additional search queries received from a user within a preset time period of the user submitting one of the well-known and frequently-used search queries. The additional search queries received from a user are further evaluated to determine if they are likely associated with inappropriate sensitive or offensive content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Robin Nittka, Matthias Heiler, David Vago
  • Publication number: 20160246791
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, Jonathan Frankle, Will Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Ingrid Karin von Glehn
  • Patent number: 9336277
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating query suggestions based on search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by one or more computers, a first query, determining query refinements based on the first query, generating, from the query refinements, refinement clusters, each refinement cluster corresponding to a particular topic and each refinement cluster including query refinements that are determined to belong to the particular topic to which the refinement cluster corresponds, ranking the refinement clusters, and selecting the refinement cluster that is highest in the ranking relative to other refinement clusters in the ranking as a first search refinement cluster for the first query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Behshad Behzadi, Evgeny A. Cherepanov, Nils Grimsmo, Aurelien Boffy, Alessandro Agostini, Karoly Csalogany, Fredrik Bergenlid, Matthias Heiler, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 9317564
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for constructing text classifiers. The method includes receiving a collection of candidate phrases for a given topic; filtering the received candidate phrases to remove erroneously included candidate phrases; assigning weights to the candidate phrases including scoring each candidate phrase using an initial classifier and assigning weights to the candidate phrases based on the scores; and generating a linear classifier using the filtered and weighted candidate phrases, where the linear classifier varies the weights for each phrase candidate depending on the length of the document being classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dmity Korolev, Hartmut Maennel, Matthias Heiler, Michael Schaer, Thomas Hofmann, Wojciech Gajewski, Justyna Sidorska
  • Patent number: 9262852
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a road network based on satellite imagery. Plural pixels corresponding to satellite imagery of a region are obtained. For each of the plural pixels, a probability value corresponding to the probability that the pixel belongs within the road network is calculated. A grayscale image is formed based on the calculated probability values. Plural curves are produced based on the grayscale image, wherein the producing of each curve includes positioning a shape on the grayscale image so that an average intensity of the grayscale image covered by the shape exceeds a preset threshold, moving the shape about the grayscale image while the average intensity is maintained, and tracking the movement of the shape to produce the curve. A planar-connected graph is generated by connecting at least portions of the plural curves. The planar-connected graph corresponds to the road network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Kehl, Matthias Heiler, Gokhan Hasan Bakir
  • Patent number: 9116952
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining query refinements using search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query and a second query each comprising one or more n-grams for a user session, determining a first set of query refinements for the first query, determining a second set of query refinements from the first set of query refinements, each query refinement in the second set of query refinements including at least one n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the first query and at least on n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the second query, scoring each query refinement in the second set of query refinements, selecting a third query from a group consisting of the second set of query refinements and the second query, and providing the third query as input to a search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heiler, Behshad Behzadi, Evgeny A. Cherepanov, Nils Grimsmo, Aurelien Boffy, Alessandro Agostini, Karoly Csalogany, Fredrik Bergenlid, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 8948903
    Abstract: A machine tool device having a monitoring unit for monitoring at least one machine tool monitoring range, the monitoring unit having an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit has a computing unit which is provided to distinguish at least two motions in the machine tool monitoring range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Niehsen, Jochen Wingbermuehle, Matthias Heiler