Patents by Inventor Thomas William Inskip, VI

Thomas William Inskip, VI 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: 11895474
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable storage media for activity detection of a user of a computing device, using multi-modal sensing. A device can be configured to receive sensor data corresponding to multiple modalities and process the sensor data to predict an activity performed by a user of a computing device. The device in response to the detected activity can perform a response action, such as muting or pausing audio playback from the computing device. Different modalities can be combined, such as body vibration data, air vibration data, and image data, which can be processed to distinguish user activity, e.g., speaking versus not speaking, to allow the computing device to perform the correct corresponding action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Alexander Zyskowski, Karolis Misiunas, Thomas William Inskip, VI, Mohamad Hassan bin Mohamad Rom
  • Publication number: 20230260538
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to voice activity detection (VAD) on wearable and other resource-constrained devices, to classify speech recorded by a microphone of the device as belonging to a wearer of the device versus another speech source. A computing device can include a microphone and an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The wearable device can use signals measured by the IMU for providing motion-tracking features, such as head tracking for augmented reality or virtual reality applications. Aspects of the disclosure provide for a device for leveraging existing data collected for these motion-tracking features for use in VAD. A device can pre-process data streamed from an IMU to use only signals predetermined to be indicative of whether or not a wearer of the device is speaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas William Inskip, VI, Jamie Alexander Zyskowski
  • Publication number: 20220303688
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable storage media for activity detection of a user of a computing device, using multi-modal sensing. A device can be configured to receive sensor data corresponding to multiple modalities and process the sensor data to predict an activity performed by a user of a computing device. The device in response to the detected activity can perform a response action, such as muting or pausing audio playback from the computing device. Different modalities can be combined, such as body vibration data, air vibration data, and image data, which can be processed to distinguish user activity, e.g., speaking versus not speaking, to allow the computing device to perform the correct corresponding action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jamie Alexander Zyskowski, Karolis Misiunas, Thomas William Inskip, VI, Mohamad Hassan bin Mohamad Rom
  • Patent number: 11343612
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable storage media for activity detection of a user of a computing device, using multi-modal sensing. A device can be configured to receive sensor data corresponding to multiple modalities and process the sensor data to predict an activity performed by a user of a computing device. The device in response to the detected activity can perform a response action, such as muting or pausing audio playback from the computing device. Different modalities can be combined, such as body vibration data, air vibration data, and image data, which can be processed to distinguish user activity, e.g., speaking versus not speaking, to allow the computing device to perform the correct corresponding action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Alexander Zyskowski, Karolis Misiunas, Thomás William Inskip, VI, Mohamad Hassan bin Mohamad Rom
  • Publication number: 20220116707
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable storage media for activity detection of a user of a computing device, using multi-modal sensing. A device can be configured to receive sensor data corresponding to multiple modalities and process the sensor data to predict an activity performed by a user of a computing device. The device in response to the detected activity can perform a response action, such as muting or pausing audio playback from the computing device. Different modalities can be combined, such as body vibration data, air vibration data, and image data, which can be processed to distinguish user activity, e.g., speaking versus not speaking, to allow the computing device to perform the correct corresponding action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jamie Alexander Zyskowski, Karolis Misiunas, Thomás William Inskip, VI, Mohamad Hassan bin Mohamad Rom
  • Patent number: 8813117
    Abstract: The invention provides secure playback on a client of a selected version of content with files downloaded from a corresponding package stored on a content server. The package includes a plurality of video and audio files for the available versions of the content. Each package of files includes a master manifest that lists the files included in the package. Also, each file listed in the master manifest includes a separate hash value. Separate packages include other video and audio files and other master manifests for available versions of other/different content. In at least one embodiment, one or more subset manifests are generated from the master manifest. Each subset manifest lists a portion of the files listed in the master manifest and the corresponding hash values for these files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas William Inskip, VI, Duncan MacLean