Patents by Inventor Robert Marchant

Robert Marchant 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: 12405705
    Abstract: A computing system can include an artificial intelligence system including one or more machine-learned models. The artificial intelligence system can be configured to receive context data and output data descriptive of a plurality of available control actions available for performance by the artificial intelligence system on behalf of a user of the computing system. The computing system can be configured to perform operations including obtaining the context data; inputting the context data into the artificial intelligence system; receiving, as an output of the artificial intelligence system, the data descriptive of the plurality of available control actions available for performance by the artificial intelligence system; and providing, within a user interface for display to a user, an artificial intelligence control surface. The artificial intelligence control surface can include a plurality of user-selectable tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Matthew Jones, Robert Marchant, Benjamin Guy Alexander Pawle, George Joseph Rickerby, Michael Colville
  • Publication number: 20250218088
    Abstract: Systems and methods for content generation are provided. A method includes obtaining data indicative of selection, by a user, of a content element depicted within a predictive content generation space using a tool of the predictive content generation space. The tool is respectively associated with a machine learning tasks. The tool is operable to select at least a portion of each of one or more content elements depicted within the predictive content generation space. The method includes processing data descriptive of the at least the portion of the content element with a machine-learned model to obtain predicted content. The machine-learned model is trained to perform the machine learning task associated with the tool. The method includes generating one or more predicted content elements within the predictive content generation space. The one or more predicted content elements are descriptive of the predicted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, Henry John Holland, Tríona Eidín Butler, Corbin Alexander Cunningham, Gerard Serra Segarra, David Matthew Jones
  • Publication number: 20240361980
    Abstract: A computing system can implement a computer-implemented method for providing selective control of an acoustic environment of a user. The computer-implemented method can include determining a selected audio source of a plurality of audio sources in an environment of a user based at least in part on a selection user input at a peripheral device, where the peripheral device is in communication with the computing system. The computer-implemented method can include receiving a configuration user input at the peripheral device, where the configuration user input is indicative of an intent to configure an audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source. The computer-implemented method can include, in response to receiving the configuration user input, configuring the audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source based at least in part on the configuration user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, Amelia Schladow, David Matthew Jones, Philip Roadley-Battin, Henry John Holland
  • Publication number: 20240331296
    Abstract: The technology provides enhanced co-presence of interactive media participants without high quality video or other photo-realistic representations of the participants. A low-resolution graphical representation (318) of a participant provides real-time dynamic co-presence. Face detection captures a maximum amount of facial expression with minimum detail in order to construct the low-resolution graphical representation. A set of facial mesh data (304) is generated by the face detection to include a minimal amount of information about the participant's face per frame. The mesh data, such as facial key points, is provided to one or more user devices so that the graphical representation of the participant can be rendered in a shared app at the other device(s) (308, 804).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, Tríona Éidín Butler, Henry John Holland, David Matthew Jones, Benjamin Guy Alexander Pawle, Michael Colville, George Joseph Rickerby
  • Patent number: 12067331
    Abstract: A computing system can implement a computer-implemented method for providing selective control of an acoustic environment of a user. The computer-implemented method can include determining a selected audio source of a plurality of audio sources in an environment of a user based at least in part on a selection user input at a peripheral device, where the peripheral device is in communication with the computing system. The computer-implemented method can include receiving a configuration user input at the peripheral device, where the configuration user input is indicative of an intent to configure an audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source. The computer-implemented method can include, in response to receiving the configuration user input, configuring the audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source based at least in part on the configuration user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, Amelia Schladow, David Matthew Jones, Philip Roadley-Battin, Henry John Holland
  • Publication number: 20230315378
    Abstract: A computing system can implement a computer-implemented method for providing selective control of an acoustic environment of a user. The computer-implemented method can include determining a selected audio source of a plurality of audio sources in an environment of a user based at least in part on a selection user input at a peripheral device, where the peripheral device is in communication with the computing system. The computer-implemented method can include receiving a configuration user input at the peripheral device, where the configuration user input is indicative of an intent to configure an audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source. The computer-implemented method can include, in response to receiving the configuration user input, configuring the audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source based at least in part on the configuration user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, Amelia Schladow, David Matthew Jones, Philip Roadley-Battin, Henry John Holland
  • Publication number: 20230156401
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating audio presentations are provided. A method can include obtaining data indicative of an acoustic environment for a user; obtaining data indicative of one or more events; generating, by an artificial intelligence system, an audio presentation for the user based at least in part on the data indicative of the one or more events and the data indicative of the acoustic environment for the user; and presenting the audio presentation to the user. The acoustic environment can include at least one of a first audio signal playing on the computing system or a second audio signal associated with a surrounding environment of the user. The one or more events can include at least one of information to be conveyed by the computing system to the user or at least a portion of the second audio signal associated with the surrounding environment of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, David Matthew Jones, Phillip Roadley-Battin, Amelia Schladow, Henry John Holland
  • Patent number: 11500477
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage an artificial intelligence system and/or provide user interface mechanisms particularly suited for interacting and/or interfacing with an artificial intelligence system. A computing system can include a camera, a light-emitting device, and an artificial intelligence system that comprises one or more machine-learned models. The computing system can include a processor and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain an image of a scene captured by the camera; generate an attention output that describes at least one region of the scene that includes a subject of a processing operation performed by the artificial intelligence system; and control the light-emitting device to emit light onto or adjacent a region of the scene that includes the subject of the processing operation performed by the artificial intelligence system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, David Matthew Jones, Henry John Holland, Alexander George Hulme, Fiona Paula O'Leary, Julie Mareva Arrive
  • Publication number: 20220291789
    Abstract: A computing system can include an artificial intelligence system including one or more machine-learned models. The artificial intelligence system can be configured to receive context data and output data descriptive of a plurality of available control actions available for performance by the artificial intelligence system on behalf of a user of the computing system. The computing system can be configured to perform operations including obtaining the context data; inputting the context data into the artificial intelligence system; receiving, as an output of the artificial intelligence system, the data descriptive of the plurality of available control actions available for performance by the artificial intelligence system; and providing, within a user interface for display to a user, an artificial intelligence control surface. The artificial intelligence control surface can include a plurality of user-selectable tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: David Matthew Jones, Robert Marchant
  • Publication number: 20200004351
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage an artificial intelligence system and/or provide user interface mechanisms particularly suited for interacting and/or interfacing with an artificial intelligence system. A computing system can include a camera, a light-emitting device, and an artificial intelligence system that comprises one or more machine-learned models. The computing system can include a processor and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain an image of a scene captured by the camera; generate an attention output that describes at least one region of the scene that includes a subject of a processing operation performed by the artificial intelligence system; and control the light-emitting device to emit light onto or adjacent a region of the scene that includes the subject of the processing operation performed by the artificial intelligence system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Marchant, David Matthew Jones, Henry John Holland, Alexander George Hulme, Fiona Paula O'Leary, Julie Mareva Arrive
  • Patent number: 10427504
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrically switchable motor vehicle glazing, such as a side or rear window pane of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one optical property can be changed by feeding an electrical signal through a line arranged on a window-pane holder of the motor-vehicle glazing, wherein an open-loop or closed-loop control unit for feeding the electrical signal is provided in a housing, which is arranged in a stationary manner in relation to a motor-vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Küster Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Mueller, Robert Marchant, Andreas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20180072139
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrically switchable motor vehicle glazing, such as a side or rear window pane of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one optical property can be changed by feeding an electrical signal through a line arranged on a window-pane holder of the motor-vehicle glazing, wherein an open-loop or closed-loop control unit for feeding the electrical signal is provided in a housing, which is arranged in a stationary manner in relation to a motor-vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KUSTER HOLDING GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan MUELLER, Robert MARCHANT, Andreas SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20050047875
    Abstract: A fluid flows control apparatus includes an elongate stocking having a flexible cylindrical sidewall. The sidewall has plural apertures of a shape and placement in the sidewall as to cover a majority of the surface area and to enable the sidewall to expand radially in preference to axial extension. The stocking is filled with a filter media that may also be chemically or biologically reactive or expansive upon absorption of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Marchant