Patents by Inventor Walter A. Talbott

Walter A. Talbott 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).

  • Attention free transformer
    Patent number: 12271791
    Abstract: Attention-free transformers are disclosed. Various implementations of attention-free transformers include a gating and pooling operation that allows the attention-free transformers to provide comparable or better results to those of a standard attention-based transformer, with improved efficiency and reduced computational complexity with respect to space and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shuangfei Zhai, Walter A. Talbott, Nitish Srivastava, Chen Huang, Hanlin Goh, Joshua M. Susskind
  • ATTENTION FREE TRANSFORMER
    Publication number: 20220108212
    Abstract: Attention-free transformers are disclosed. Various implementations of attention-free transformers include a gating and pooling operation that allows the attention-free transformers to provide comparable or better results to those of a standard attention-based transformer, with improved efficiency and reduced computational complexity with respect to space and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shuangfei ZHAI, Walter A. TALBOTT, Nitish SRIVASTAVA, Chen HUANG, Hanlin GOH, Joshua M. SUSSKIND
  • Periocular facial recognition switching
    Patent number: 11163981
    Abstract: A facial recognition authentication process operating on a device may capture an image of a user using a camera on the device. The facial recognition authentication process may include operating a full face facial recognition authentication process on the captured image or operating a partial face facial recognition authentication process on the captured image. The process may determine which process to operate (either full face or partial face) based on an assessment of an amount of occlusion in the captured image. The partial face facial recognition authentication process may be operated when there is at least some occlusion of selected features (e.g., nose and/or mouth) on the user's face in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Susskind, Walter A. Talbott, Shih-Yu Sun, Feng Tang
  • PERIOCULAR FACIAL RECOGNITION SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20200082157
    Abstract: A facial recognition authentication process operating on a device may capture an image of a user using a camera on the device. The facial recognition authentication process may include operating a full face facial recognition authentication process on the captured image or operating a partial face facial recognition authentication process on the captured image. The process may determine which process to operate (either full face or partial face) based on an assessment of an amount of occlusion in the captured image. The partial face facial recognition authentication process may be operated when there is at least some occlusion of selected features (e.g., nose and/or mouth) on the user's face in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua M. Susskind, Walter A. Talbott, Shih-Yu Sun, Feng Tang