A9.com, Inc.

Google Inc.

Waymo LLC

Atul Kumar

Arnab Sanat Kumar Dhua

Douglas Ryan Gray

Yu Lou

Xiaofan Lin

Sunil Ramesh

Himanshu Arora

Adam Wiggen Kraft

Nicolaus T Mote

Max Delgadillo, Jr

Alec Go

Sheng Chi Hsieh

Kenneth Lui

Michael Petrillo

Aspects of the disclosure relate to repositioning a rooftop sensor of an autonomous vehicle when needed to reduce the overall height of the autonomous vehicle. For instance, while an autonomous vehicle is being controlled in an autonomous driving mode, a low clearance zone may be identified. An activation location may be determined based on the low clearance zone and a current speed of the autonomous vehicle. Once the activation location is reached by the autonomous vehicle, a motor may be caused to reposition the rooftop sensor. In addition, in some instances, after the autonomous vehicle has passed the low clearance zone, the motor may be caused to reposition the rooftop sensor again.

Repositioning rooftop sensors for autonomous vehicles

Various embodiments enable a computing device to perform tasks such as processing an image to recognize text or an object in an image to identify a particular product or related products associated with the text or object. In response to recognizing the text or the object as being associated with a product available for purchase from an electronic marketplace, one or more advertisements or product listings associated with the product can be displayed to the user. Accordingly, additional information for the associated product can be displayed, enabling the user to learn more about and purchase the product from the electronic marketplace through the portable computing device.

Augmented reality recommendations

Systems and methods of the disclosed subject matter are directed to receiving, at a server having a mobile application publishing platform, application information. The server determines a plurality of product modules based on the received application information. An affinity score for each of the product modules is dynamically determined from the received application information. The server provides at least one of the plurality of product modules for selection based on the dynamically determined affinity score. The server receives a selection of at least one of the plurality of product modules that is provided for selection based on the dynamically determined affinity score. The server generates an application that integrates the selected at least one of the plurality of product modules with the received application information so that the generated application includes a feature provided by the integrated at least one of the plurality of product modules.

Systems and methods of developments, testing, and distribution of applications in a computer network

Various embodiments provide a user with a capability to customize multiple image data stores, where each data store can be used to provide content tailored to different users having different interests, setting, or notification demands. For example, users can submit images and modify processing parameters to tune an image matching system to their, or their customer's, individual desires. Accordingly, content can be delivered to a computing device in response to a query image sent by the computing device to a matching system containing the customized image data stores. The delivered content can be related to, or derived from, an image in a respective data store that matches the provided query image.

Custom image data store

The disclosed implementations provide a seamless mechanism for end users to discover and try out new and/or updated applications. An application store may determine alternative applications to a frequently used first application on the client device that are similar to the first application. It may provide installation packages to the client device that installs the applications in a manner that associates the alternative applications with the first application. A notice may be generated by the client device that indicates the applications have been installed and/or that the data generated by the first application has been imported into the alternative applications. A selection of a user interface element may launch one of the alternative applications. Data generated by the first application may be displayed according to the user interface of the alternative application.

Automatic discovery and retrieval of interoperable applications

Applications that have been designed for a smaller format device such as a smartphone and simply ported to a larger format device such as a tablet can be discerned from applications designed specifically for the larger format device. An application can be evaluated based on tablet compatibility criteria and can be assigned a tablet compatibility score. The application can be evaluated based on quality criteria and can be assigned a quality score. The compatibility score and the quality score can be used to help find and rate any number of applications.

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Atul Kumar