Patents by Inventor Ouais Alsharif

Ouais Alsharif 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: 11948062
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a compressed recurrent neural network (RNN). One of the systems includes a compressed RNN, the compressed RNN comprising a plurality of recurrent layers, wherein each of the recurrent layers has a respective recurrent weight matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix, and wherein at least one of recurrent layers is compressed such that a respective recurrent weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a first compressed weight matrix and a projection matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a second compressed weight matrix and the projection matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Ian C. McGraw, Antoine Jean Bruguier
  • Patent number: 11774596
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing data generated by a sensing system that rotationally senses an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises partitioning a predetermined period of time into a plurality of sub-periods, wherein the predetermined period of time is a period of time for which data generated by the sensing system constitutes a complete rotational sensing of the environment; for each sub-period: receiving current data generated by the sensing system during the sub-period and characterizing a respective partial scene of the environment; processing the current data using an object detection neural network to generate a current object detection output that is specific to the respective partial scene of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Vijay Vasudevan, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Zhifeng Chen, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Benjamin James Caine, Zhengdong Zhang, Christoph Sprunk, Ouais Alsharif, Junhua Mao, Chen Wu
  • Patent number: 11709059
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for executing the operations represented by an asynchronous execution graph. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an asynchronous execution graph comprising one or more subgraphs, wherein each subgraph comprises a plurality of nodes connected by edges, the plurality of nodes comprising a source node, one or more processor nodes, and one or more sink nodes; receiving source data from an external system that corresponds to the source node of a first subgraph in the graph; in response, executing the operations represented by the processor nodes in the first subgraph; and executing the operations represented by each sink node in the first subgraph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Ian Michael Wilkes
  • Patent number: 11573698
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumin Zhai, Thomas Breuel, Ouais Alsharif, Yu Ouyang, Francoise Beaufays, Johan Schalkwyk
  • Publication number: 20220415042
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing data generated by a sensing system that rotationally senses an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises partitioning a predetermined period of time into a plurality of sub-periods, wherein the predetermined period of time is a period of time for which data generated by the sensing system constitutes a complete rotational sensing of the environment; for each sub-period: receiving current data generated by the sensing system during the sub-period and characterizing a respective partial scene of the environment; processing the current data using an object detection neural network to generate a current object detection output that is specific to the respective partial scene of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Vijay Vasudevan, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Zhifeng Chen, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Benjamin James Caine, Zhengdong Zhang, Christoph Sprunk, Ouais Alsharif, Junhua Mao, Chen Wu
  • Patent number: 11508147
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing data generated by a sensing system that rotationally senses an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises partitioning a predetermined period of time into a plurality of sub-periods, wherein the predetermined period of time is a period of time for which data generated by the sensing system constitutes a complete rotational sensing of the environment; for each sub-period: receiving current data generated by the sensing system during the sub-period and characterizing a respective partial scene of the environment; processing the current data using an object detection neural network to generate a current object detection output that is specific to the respective partial scene of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Vijay Vasudevan, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Zhifeng Chen, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Benjamin James Caine, Zhengdong Zhang, Christoph Sprunk, Ouais Alsharif, Junhua Mao, Chen Wu
  • Patent number: 11450120
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing point cloud data representing a sensor measurement of a scene captured by one or more sensors to generate an object detection output that identifies locations of one or more objects in the scene. When deployed within an on-board system of a vehicle, the object detection output that is generated can be used to make autonomous driving decisions for the vehicle with enhanced accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Patrick An Phu Nguyen, Benjamin James Caine, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Yuning Chai, Pei Sun, Yin Zhou, Xi Yi, Ouais Alsharif, Zhifeng Chen, Vijay Vasudevan
  • Publication number: 20220229548
    Abstract: A keyboard is described that determines, using a first decoder and based on a selection of keys of a graphical keyboard, text. Responsive to determining that a characteristic of the text satisfies a threshold, a model of the keyboard identifies the target language of the text, and determines whether the target language is different than a language associated with the first decoder. If the target language of the text is not different than the language associated with the first decoder, the keyboard outputs, for display, an indication of first candidate words determined by the first decoder from the text. If the target language of the text is different: the keyboard enables a second decoder, where a language associated with the second decoder matches the target language of the text, and outputs, for display, an indication of second candidate words determined by the second decoder from the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Peter Ciccotto, Francoise Beaufays, Dragan Zivkovic
  • Patent number: 11327652
    Abstract: A keyboard is described that determines, using a first decoder and based on a selection of keys of a graphical keyboard, text. Responsive to determining that a characteristic of the text satisfies a threshold, a model of the keyboard identifies the target language of the text, and determines whether the target language is different than a language associated with the first decoder. If the target language of the text is not different than the language associated with the first decoder, the keyboard outputs, for display, an indication of first candidate words determined by the first decoder from the text. If the target language of the text is different: the keyboard enables a second decoder, where a language associated with the second decoder matches the target language of the text, and outputs, for display, an indication of second candidate words determined by the second decoder from the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Peter Ciccotto, Francoise Beaufays, Dragan Zivkovic
  • Publication number: 20210405868
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumin Zhai, Thomas Breuel, Ouais Alsharif, Yu Ouyang, Francoise Beaufays, Johan Schalkwyk
  • Patent number: 11150804
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumin Zhai, Thomas Breuel, Ouais Alsharif, Yu Ouyang, Francoise Beaufays, Johan Schalkwyk
  • Publication number: 20210279465
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing data generated by a sensing system that rotationally senses an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises partitioning a predetermined period of time into a plurality of sub-periods, wherein the predetermined period of time is a period of time for which data generated by the sensing system constitutes a complete rotational sensing of the environment; for each sub-period: receiving current data generated by the sensing system during the sub-period and characterizing a respective partial scene of the environment; processing the current data using an object detection neural network to generate a current object detection output that is specific to the respective partial scene of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Vijay Vasudevan, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Zhifeng Chen, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Benjamin James Caine, Zhengdong Zhang, Christoph Sprunk, Ouais Alsharif, Junhua Mao, Chen Wu
  • Publication number: 20210190508
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for executing the operations represented by an asynchronous execution graph. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an asynchronous execution graph comprising one or more subgraphs, wherein each subgraph comprises a plurality of nodes connected by edges, the plurality of nodes comprising a source node, one or more processor nodes, and one or more sink nodes; receiving source data from an external system that corresponds to the source node of a first subgraph in the graph; in response, executing the operations represented by the processor nodes in the first subgraph; and executing the operations represented by each sink node in the first subgraph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Ian Michael Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20210089916
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a compressed recurrent neural network (RNN). One of the systems includes a compressed RNN, the compressed RNN comprising a plurality of recurrent layers, wherein each of the recurrent layers has a respective recurrent weight matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix, and wherein at least one of recurrent layers is compressed such that a respective recurrent weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a first compressed weight matrix and a projection matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a second compressed weight matrix and the projection matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Ian C. McGraw, Antoine Jean Bruguier
  • Publication number: 20210012089
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing point cloud data representing a sensor measurement of a scene captured by one or more sensors to generate an object detection output that identifies locations of one or more objects in the scene. When deployed within an on-board system of a vehicle, the object detection output that is generated can be used to make autonomous driving decisions for the vehicle with enhanced accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathon Shlens, Patrick An Phu Nguyen, Benjamin James Caine, Jiquan Ngiam, Wei Han, Brandon Chauloon Yang, Yuning Chai, Pei Sun, Yin Zhou, Xi Yi, Ouais Alsharif, Zhifeng Chen, Vijay Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 10878319
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a compressed recurrent neural network (RNN). One of the systems includes a compressed RNN, the compressed RNN comprising a plurality of recurrent layers, wherein each of the recurrent layers has a respective recurrent weight matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix, and wherein at least one of recurrent layers is compressed such that a respective recurrent weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a first compressed weight matrix and a projection matrix and a respective inter-layer weight matrix of the compressed layer is defined by a second compressed weight matrix and the projection matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Ian C. McGraw, Antoine Jean Bruguier
  • Publication number: 20200371686
    Abstract: A keyboard is described that determines, using a first decoder and based on a selection of keys of a graphical keyboard, text. Responsive to determining that a characteristic of the text satisfies a threshold, a model of the keyboard identifies the target language of the text, and determines whether the target language is different than a language associated with the first decoder. If the target language of the text is not different than the language associated with the first decoder, the keyboard outputs, for display, an indication of first candidate words determined by the first decoder from the text. If the target language of the text is different: the keyboard enables a second decoder, where a language associated with the second decoder matches the target language of the text, and outputs, for display, an indication of second candidate words determined by the second decoder from the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Peter Ciccotto, Francoise Beaufays, Dragan Zivkovic
  • Patent number: 10747427
    Abstract: A keyboard is described that determines, using a first decoder and based on a selection of keys of a graphical keyboard, text. Responsive to determining that a characteristic of the text satisfies a threshold, a model of the keyboard identifies the target language of the text, and determines whether the target language is different than a language associated with the first decoder. If the target language of the text is not different than the language associated with the first decoder, the keyboard outputs, for display, an indication of first candidate words determined by the first decoder from the text. If the target language of the text is different: the keyboard enables a second decoder, where a language associated with the second decoder matches the target language of the text, and outputs, for display, an indication of second candidate words determined by the second decoder from the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Peter Ciccotto, Francoise Beaufays, Dragan Zivkovic
  • Publication number: 20200257447
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumin Zhai, Thomas Breuel, Ouais Alsharif, Yu Ouyang, Francoise Beaufays, Johan Schalkwyk
  • Patent number: 10671281
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shumin Zhai, Thomas Breuel, Ouais Alsharif, Yu Ouyang, Francoise Beaufays, Johan Schalkwyk