Patents by Inventor Robert William Hamilton
Robert William Hamilton 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).
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Patent number: 10038844Abstract: The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta, Mikkel Crone Köser, David Singleton, Robert William Hamilton, Henry John Holland, Tony Ferreira, Thomas Weedon Hume
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Publication number: 20170099437Abstract: The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta, Mikkel Crone Köser, David Singleton, Robert William Hamilton, Henry John Holland, Tony Ferreira, Thomas Weedon Hume
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Patent number: 9538078Abstract: The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta, Mikkel Crone Köser, David Singleton, Robert William Hamilton, Henry John Holland, Tony Ferreira, Thomas Weedon Hume
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Techniques for using software application-related metadata in near field communication transmissions
Patent number: 9485602Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a first mobile device associated with a first user, whether a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC). When in range, the method includes receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data. When the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, the method includes retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application via a network. The method also includes providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Rachel Leah Garb, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly -
Patent number: 9438791Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Zarek Cohen, Robert William Hamilton
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Publication number: 20160100101Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Richard Zarek COHEN, Robert William HAMILTON
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Patent number: 9237189Abstract: A first client device performs a handoff operation to a second client device by transmitting application information, associated with a first application, to the second client device when the first client device is positioned within a predefined proximity of the second client device. The first application has a first client device user interface state when the handoff operation is performed. Further, the first client device, in response to receiving from another client device application information associated with a second application executed by the other first client device, executes a third application corresponding to the second application with a user interface state corresponding to a user interface state of the other client device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Robert William Hamilton, Maarten W. Hooft
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Patent number: 9235826Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and system for managing participation in a communication channel when one or more participants may be delayed. In one example, a method includes retrieving, by a first computing device, a meeting appointment including an invitee, a meeting start time, and identifying information for a communication channel for the meeting, wherein the invitee to the meeting is invited to the communication channel and the invitee is associated with a second computing device. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device, a request to the second computing device, wherein the request enables the second computing device to join the communication channel, and wherein the request is sent approximately at the meeting start time. The method also includes receiving, by the first computing device, a control message that indicates a first time at which the second computing device will join the communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Robert William Hamilton
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Patent number: 9184800Abstract: A computer-implemented technique includes establishing, at a first computing device including one or more processors, a near field communication (NFC) link with a second computing device. The technique includes identifying, at the first computing device, an application having a foreground designation in an operating system of the first computing device, the identifying being performed upon establishment of the NFC link with the second computing device. The technique includes determining, at the first computing device, an identifier for the application, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the application at a source external to the first computing device. The technique also includes transmitting, from the first computing device, the identifier for the application via the NFC link to the second computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Rachel Leah Garb, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly
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TECHNIQUES FOR USING SOFTWARE APPLICATION-RELATED METADATA IN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSIONS
Publication number: 20150319560Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a first mobile device associated with a first user, whether a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC). When in range, the method includes receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data. When the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, the method includes retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application via a network. The method also includes providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Rachel Leah Garb, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly -
Patent number: 9154709Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Zarek Cohen, Robert William Hamilton
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Publication number: 20150249785Abstract: The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta, Mikkel Crone Köser, David Singleton, Robert William Hamilton, Henry John Holland, Tony Ferreira, Thomas Weedon Hume
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Techniques for using software application-related metadata in near field communication transmissions
Patent number: 9084072Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a first mobile device associated with a first user, whether a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC). When in range, the method includes receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data. When the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, the method includes retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application via a network. The method also includes providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Rachel Leah Garb, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly -
Patent number: 8856007Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for generating synthesized utterances related to output of commands. A command is received at a computing device. A textual output for the command is determined using the computing device. A spoken output of the computing device is generated that utilizes a plurality of vocal characteristic sets. At least a portion of the spoken output corresponds to the textual output. At least a first part of the spoken output utilizes vocal characteristics of a first vocal characteristic set. At least a second part of the spoken output utilizes vocal characteristics of a second vocal characteristic set, where at least some of the vocal characteristics of the first vocal characteristic set differ from the vocal characteristics of the second vocal characteristic set.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Stuttle, Robert William Hamilton
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Publication number: 20140176732Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventors: Richard Zarek Cohen, Robert William Hamilton
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Patent number: 8706037Abstract: Generally, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for determining a transport mechanism to transfer data peer-to-peer between computing devices. One or more alternative transport mechanisms supported by both a first computing device and a second computing device may be determined. The first computing device may determine whether to use one of near-field communication (NFC) and one of the one or more alternative transport mechanisms as a transport mechanism to transfer data between the first computing device and the second computing device based at least in part on at least one attribute of the data to be transferred. Data may be transferred between the first computing device and the second computing device using the transport mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Rachel Leah Garb
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Publication number: 20140017996Abstract: A computer-implemented technique includes establishing, at a first computing device including one or more processors, a near field communication (NFC) link with a second computing device. The technique includes identifying, at the first computing device, an application having a foreground designation in an operating system of the first computing device, the identifying being performed upon establishment of the NFC link with the second computing device. The technique includes determining, at the first computing device, an identifier for the application, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the application at a source external to the first computing device. The technique also includes transmitting, from the first computing device, the identifier for the application via the NFC link to the second computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen, Rachel Leah Garb, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly
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Publication number: 20130173699Abstract: A first client device performs a handoff operation to a second client device by transmitting application information, associated with a first application, to the second client device when the first client device is positioned within a predefined proximity of the second client device. The first application has a first client device user interface state when the handoff operation is performed. Further, the first client device, in response to receiving from another client device application information associated with a second application executed by the other first client device, executes a third application corresponding to the second application with a user interface state corresponding to a user interface state of the other client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Robert William Hamilton, Maarten W. Hooft
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Patent number: 8438023Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for notifying a user of a likelihood of successful recognition in an environment by a voice recognition application. In one embodiment, the method includes a device recording a noise sample in an environment and making a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold. The method further includes, based on the comparison, determining a likelihood of successful recognition in the environment by a voice recognition application, and triggering a notification indicating the likelihood. In another embodiment, the device includes a microphone configured to record a noise sample in an environment, a processor, and data storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to make a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold, based on the comparison, determine a likelihood of successful recognition by a voice recognition application, and trigger a notification indicating the likelihood.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Robert William Hamilton, Bjorn Erik Bringert, Michael J. LeBeau, William J. Byrne, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 8386563Abstract: A first client device performs a handoff operation to a second client device by transmitting application information, associated with a first application, to the second client device when the first client device is positioned within a predefined proximity of the second client device. The first application has a first client device user interface state when the handoff operation is performed. Further, the first client device, in response to receiving from another client device application information associated with a second application executed by the other first client device, executes a third application corresponding to the second application with an initial user interface state corresponding to a user interface state of the other client device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Robert William Hamilton, Maarten W. Hooft