Patents by Inventor Michael Nechyba

Michael Nechyba 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: 20230199264
    Abstract: A method for aligning a translation of original caption data with an audio portion of a video is provided. The method involves identifying original caption data for the video that includes caption character strings, identifying translated language caption data for the video that includes translated character strings associated with audio portion of the video, and mapping caption sentence fragments generated from the caption character strings to corresponding translated sentence fragments generated from the translated character strings based on timing associated with the original caption data and the translated language caption data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Terrence Paul MCCARTNEY, JR., Brian COLONNA, Michael NECHYBA
  • Patent number: 11582527
    Abstract: A method for aligning a translation of original caption data with an audio portion of a video is provided. The method includes identifying, by a processing device, original caption data for a video that includes a plurality of caption character strings. The processing device identifies speech recognition data that includes a plurality of generated character strings and associated timing information for each generated character string. The processing device maps the plurality of caption character strings to the plurality of generated character strings using assigned values indicative of semantic similarities between character strings. The processing device assigns timing information to the individual caption character strings based on timing information of mapped individual generated character strings. The processing device aligns a translation of the original caption data with the audio portion of the video using assigned timing information of the individual caption character strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Terrence Paul McCartney, Jr., Brian Colonna, Michael Nechyba
  • Publication number: 20200404386
    Abstract: A method for aligning a translation of original caption data with an audio portion of a video is provided. The method includes identifying, by a processing device, original caption data for a video that includes a plurality of caption character strings. The processing device identifies speech recognition data that includes a plurality of generated character strings and associated timing information for each generated character string. The processing device maps the plurality of caption character strings to the plurality of generated character strings using assigned values indicative of semantic similarities between character strings. The processing device assigns timing information to the individual caption character strings based on timing information of mapped individual generated character strings. The processing device aligns a translation of the original caption data with the audio portion of the video using assigned timing information of the individual caption character strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Terrence Paul MCCARTNEY, Jr., Brian COLONNA, Michael NECHYBA
  • Patent number: 10628486
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for partitioning videos. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a partition of a video into one or more shots. Features are generated for each shot, including visual features and audio features. The generated features for each shot are provided as input to a partitioning neural network that is configured to process the generated features to generate a partitioning neural network output. The partition of the video into one or more chapters is determined based on the partitioning neural network output, where a chapter is a sequence of consecutive shots that are determined to be taken at one or more locations that are semantically related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Hang Chu, Michael Nechyba, Andrew C. Gallagher, Utsav Prabhu
  • Publication number: 20190147105
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for partitioning videos. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a partition of a video into one or more shots. Features are generated for each shot, including visual features and audio features. The generated features for each shot are provided as input to a partitioning neural network that is configured to process the generated features to generate a partitioning neural network output. The partition of the video into one or more chapters is determined based on the partitioning neural network output, where a chapter is a sequence of consecutive shots that are determined to be taken at one or more locations that are semantically related.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Hang Chu, Michael Nechyba, Andrew C. Gallagher, Utsav Prabhu