Patents by Inventor William Alexander Finlayson

William Alexander Finlayson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240104930
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for interacting with visitors at a visitor interaction system. A method includes obtaining video data captured by the visitor interaction system, identifying an approach of a person, and analyzing the video data to determine an identity of the person. The method includes automatically and without user intervention determining that the person belongs to a visitor groups of a plurality of visitor groups. Each of the visitor groups corresponds to a response model that includes a plurality of response actions. At least one of the response actions includes an autonomous response action. The method includes identifying a response model corresponding to the visitor groups and initiating an autonomous response action associated with the response model. Initiating the autonomous response action including presenting a message to the person, monitoring a response to the message, and sending a report message to the user via a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: William Alexander Finlayson, Liana Kong, John Jordan Nold, Sahana Mysore, Ruiyi Song
  • Patent number: 11893795
    Abstract: In aspects, a visitor interaction system is described for interacting with visitors. The visitor interaction system can obtain video data, identify an approach of a person, and determine an identity of the person. Further, the visitor interaction system can determine that the person belongs to a respective visitor group of a plurality of visitor groups. Each of the plurality of visitor groups corresponds to a response model that includes a plurality of response actions. At least one of the response actions includes an autonomous response action. The visitor interaction system can also identify a response model corresponding to the respective visitor group and initiate an autonomous response action associated with the response model. The visitor interaction system can then send a report message to the user via a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: William Alexander Finlayson, Liana Kong, John Jordan Nold, Sahana Mysore, Ruiyi Song