Google Inc.

Alok Chandel

Pierre-Yves Laligand

Justin Koh

Vincent Louis Dureau

Vignesh Sachidanandam

Leonardo Giusti

Brandon Charles Barbello

Dennis Miloseski

Tyler Reed Kugler

Benjamin C Ling

Salahuddin Choudhary

Johan Prag

Shalini Pai

Eric H C Liu

Selim Flavio Cinek

Richard William Bragg

Lucas Dupin Moreira Costa

Artur Tsurkan

Ivan Poupyrev

Matthew David Tait

Cody Sumter

Patrick M Amihood

Brett Rolston Lider

Christopher Kelley

Daniel George Koulomzin

John David Jacobs

Haley Toelle

Tomer Amarilio

Nathan Dickerson Beach

Devon James O'Reilley Stern

Philip Dam Roadley-Battin

Jeffrey Hoefs

George Cody Sumter

Abel Seleshi Mengistu

Jung Ook Hong

Shane Riley Brennan

Maj Isabelle Olsson

Hayes Solos Raffle

Eric Hc Liu

Michael J LeBeau

Michael Patrick Johnson

John Henry Grossman, Iv

Chun Yat Frank Li

Yongsung Kim

Angela Guzman Suarez

Rich Bragg

This document describes techniques and systems for authentication management through IMU and radar. The techniques and systems use inertial sensor data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and/or radar data to manage authentication for a computing device. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for computing-device authentication.

Authentication management through IMU and radar

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming being presented on a display device. The method further includes extracting one or more keywords from the metadata. The method further includes generating multiple search suggestions based on the keywords and first search results based on one or more of the search suggestions. The method further includes presenting the search suggestions and the first search results together on the display device.

Television related searching

This application is directed to changing a TV operating mode based on a potential relationship among viewers of a connected TV. In some implementations, a method includes: determining viewer identities and identifying the potential relationship among the viewers or a subset of the viewers; in accordance with a determination that the potential relationship allows the viewers to share private information, placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a first operating mode that is unrelated to media content being displayed and allows personal information to be displayed on the connected TV; and in accordance with a determination that the potential relationship does not allow the viewers to share private information, placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a second operating mode that is unrelated to the media content and does not allow personal information to be displayed on the connected TV.

TV mode change in accordance with number of viewers present

Systems and techniques are described for robust radar-based gesture-recognition. A radar system detects radar-based gestures on behalf of application subscribers. A state machine transitions between multiple states based on inertial sensor data. A no-gating state enables the radar system to output radar-based gestures to application subscribers. The state machine also includes a soft-gating state that prevents the radar system from outputting the radar-based gestures to the application subscribers. A hard-gating state prevents the radar system from detecting radar-based gestures altogether. The techniques and systems enable the radar system to determine when not to perform gesture-recognition, enabling user equipment to automatically reconfigure the radar system to meet user demand. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for radar-based gesture-recognition.

Robust radar-based gesture-recognition by user equipment

This document describes techniques and systems that enable radar-based authentication status feedback. A radar field is used to enable an electronic device to account for the user's distal physical cues to determine and maintain an awareness of the user's location and movements around the device. This awareness allows the device to anticipate some of the user's intended interactions and provide functionality in a timely and seamless manner, such as preparing an authentication system to authenticate the user before the user touches or speaks to the device. These features also allow the device to provide visual feedback that can help the user understand that the device is aware of the user's location and movements. In some cases, the feedback is provided using visual elements presented on a display.

Radar-based authentication status feedback

Systems, methods, and media for providing a multipurpose remote control are provided. In some implementations, a system for controlling a media device is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor connected to a touch sensor, a directional input region, and a motion sensor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to: detect that the touch sensor is activated for a predetermined period of time; and upon detecting that the touch sensor has been activated for the predetermined period of time, switching from a first mode to a second mode, wherein: the first mode comprises controlling a highlighted region displayed on the media device in response to an input provided on the directional input region and selecting an item corresponding to the highlighted region in response to depression of the touch sensor; and the second mode comprises controlling a position of a cursor displayed on the media device in response to an output of the motion sensor, selecting an item corresponding to the position of the cursor in response to depression of the touch sensor, and inhibiting the display of the highlighted region.

Systems, methods, and media for providing an enhanced remote control having multiple modes

Systems and techniques are described for robust radar-based gesture-recognition. A radar system () detects radar-based gestures on behalf of application subscribers. A state machine () transitions between multiple states based on inertial sensor data. A no-gating state () enables the radar system () to output radar-based gestures to application subscribers. The state machine () also includes a soft-gating state () that prevents the radar system () from outputting the radar-based gestures to the application subscribers. A hard-gating state () prevents the radar system () from detecting radar-based gestures altogether. The techniques and systems enable the radar system () to determine when not to perform gesture-recognition, enabling user equipment () to automatically reconfigure the radar system () to meet user demand. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for radar-based gesture-recognition.

This document describes techniques and systems for reducing a state based on sensor data from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and radar. The techniques and systems use inertial sensor data from an IMU as well as radar data to reduce states of a user equipment, such as power, access, and information states. These states represent power used, an amount of access permitted, or an amount of information provided by the user equipment. The techniques manage the user equipment's states to correspond to a user's engagement with the user equipment, which can save power, reduce unwarranted access, and reduce an amount of information provided when the user is not engaged with the user equipment, thereby protecting the user's privacy.

Reducing a state based on IMU and radar

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing message content are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, a message comprising audio content and visual media content. The method further includes sending, by the one or more computing devices, a first set of data descriptive of the audio content to an audio device. The audio device is configured to communicate the audio content to a user of the audio device. The method includes sending, by the one or more computing devices, a second set of data descriptive of the visual media content to a display device. The display device is configured to display the visual media content for the user. The method further includes providing, by the one or more computing devices, a notification to the user of the audio device to view the visual media content on the display device.

Management system for audio and visual content

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Alok Chandel