Patents by Inventor Nicholas FEFFER

Nicholas FEFFER 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: 20240231605
    Abstract: A system including a user interface that includes a processor in communication with a display and an input interface, the processor programmed to output on the display the user interface including a keyboard layout, wherein the keyboard layout includes at least a keyboard includes a collection of characters, in response to a first input from the input interface, output a first portion of the keyboard layout associated with a first subset of characters of the keyboard layout, wherein the first subset does not include all of the characters, in response to a second input from the input interface, select a second subset of characters, wherein the second subset of characters is from and include less characters than the first subset of characters and the second subset includes two or more characters, and output a character on a text field associated with the user interface based on the selection of the second subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jiajing GUO, Nan TIAN, Zhengyu ZHOU, William MA, Nicholas FEFFER, Marcellino GEMELLI
  • Publication number: 20240231580
    Abstract: A virtual reality apparatus that includes a display configured to output information related to a user interface of the virtual reality device, a microphone configured to receive one or more spoken word commands from a user upon activation of a voice recognition session, an eye gaze sensor configured to track eye movement of the user, and a processor programmed to, in response to a first input, output one or more words of a text field, in response to an eye gaze of the user exceeding a threshold time, emphasize a group of one or more words of the text field, toggle through a plurality of words of only the group utilizing the input interface, in response to a second input, highlight and edit an edited word from the group, and in response to utilizing contextual information associated with the group a language model, outputting one or more suggested words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Zhengyu ZHOU, Jiajing GUO, Nan TIAN, Nicholas FEFFER, William MA
  • Patent number: 12026366
    Abstract: A system including a user interface that includes a processor in communication with a display and an input interface, the processor programmed to output on the display the user interface including a keyboard layout, wherein the keyboard layout includes at least a keyboard includes a collection of characters, in response to a first input from the input interface, output a first portion of the keyboard layout associated with a first subset of characters of the keyboard layout, wherein the first subset does not include all of the characters, in response to a second input from the input interface, select a second subset of characters, wherein the second subset of characters is from and include less characters than the first subset of characters and the second subset includes two or more characters, and output a character on a text field associated with the user interface based on the selection of the second subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jiajing Guo, Nan Tian, Zhengyu Zhou, William Ma, Nicholas Feffer, Marcellino Gemelli
  • Publication number: 20240134505
    Abstract: A virtual reality apparatus that includes a display configured to output information related to a user interface of the virtual reality device, a microphone configured to receive one or more spoken word commands from a user upon activation of a voice recognition session, an eye gaze sensor configured to track eye movement of the user, and a processor programmed to, in response to a first input, output one or more words of a text field, in response to an eye gaze of the user exceeding a threshold time, emphasize a group of one or more words of the text field, toggle through a plurality of words of only the group utilizing the input interface, in response to a second input, highlight and edit an edited word from the group, and in response to utilizing contextual information associated with the group a language model, outputting one or more suggested words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Zhengyu ZHOU, Jiajing GUO, Nan TIAN, Nicholas FEFFER, William MA
  • Publication number: 20240134516
    Abstract: A system including a user interface that includes a processor in communication with a display and an input interface, the processor programmed to output on the display the user interface including a keyboard layout, wherein the keyboard layout includes at least a keyboard includes a collection of characters, in response to a first input from the input interface, output a first portion of the keyboard layout associated with a first subset of characters of the keyboard layout, wherein the first subset does not include all of the characters, in response to a second input from the input interface, select a second subset of characters, wherein the second subset of characters is from and include less characters than the first subset of characters and the second subset includes two or more characters, and output a character on a text field associated with the user interface based on the selection of the second subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jiajing GUO, Nan TIAN, Zhengyu ZHOU, William MA, Nicholas FEFFER, Marcellino GEMELLI