Google Inc.

Christian Robertson

John Nicholas Jitkoff

Jon M Wiley

Jeffrey William Nichols

Zachary Gibson

Ariel Benjamin Sachter-Zeltzer

Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta

Xinxing Gu

Adeline Lee Beavers

Emily Shack

David Haw Yun Chiu

Daniel Aaron Afergan

José Scaglione

Alexander James Faaborg

Peter Ng

Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff

Matias Gonzalo Duarte

Michael Andrew Sipe

Scott Ettinger

Henry Will Schneiderman

Evan Rapoport

Alastair Tse

Rachel Leah Garb

Lee Brandon Keely

Hugo Botelho Barra

Jens Nagel

Michael Kolb

Leon Hong

Helena Roeber

Veronika Burian

Dave Peter Crossland

Emily Rebecca Shack

An automated interface generates a tree of design actions based on a predetermined design specification, each intermediary node of the tree representing a partial user interface design, and each branch of the tree representing a design action that creates or modifies the partial user interface design. A plurality of candidate user interface designs are determined, each implementing the received plurality of functions, by traversing the tree along multiple traversal paths from a root node of the tree to respective leaf nodes of the tree and executing respective design actions represented by branches along the traversal paths. A completed interface design is selected from the plurality of completed interface designs, and the final user interface is generated based on the selected candidate user interface design.

Automated interface design

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An automated interface generates a tree of design actions based on a predetermined set of functions and relationship information, each intermediary node of the tree representing a partial user interface design, and each branch of the tree representing a design action that creates or modifies the partial user interface design. A plurality of candidate user interface designs are determined, each implementing the received plurality of functions, by traversing the tree along multiple traversal paths from a root node of the tree to respective leaf nodes of the tree and executing respective design actions represented by branches along the traversal paths. A completed interface design is selected from the plurality of completed interface designs based on a predetermined selection algorithm, and the final user interface is generated based on the selected candidate user interface design.

Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for analyzing and determining properties of virtual environments rendered on a display. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for rendering a virtual environment, the method comprising operations performed with one or more processors. The operations of the method may include generating a plurality of object layers, the object layers representing permissible height values. The method may also include populating the environment with a plurality of objects, wherein each object is associated with a height value corresponding to one of the object layers. The method may also include determining whether any two objects form an occluded pair. The method may also include calculating a cast shadow index for each occluded pair reflecting a magnitude of a height differential between occluding object and the occluded object. The method may also include rendering the virtual environment in accordance with the calculated cast shadow indices.

Computerized systems and methods for layering content in a user interface

Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for rendering an animation of an object in response to a user selection in a user interface. In accordance with some embodiments, an indication of a selection of a user interface element may be received, and characteristics of the user interface element may be identified. Coordinates corresponding to a spatial location of the user selection may be determined. An animation of an object that changes over time may then be rendered based on the user coordinates and the identified characteristics of the user interface element.

Computerized systems and methods for rendering an animation of an object in response to user input

Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for analyzing and determining properties of virtual environments rendered on a display. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more depth parameters comprising one or more display parameters reflecting characteristics of the display, wherein the display parameters include a height and width of the display, and one or more environment depth multipliers reflecting a scaling factor to optimize display performance. The method may also include calculating, by the one or more processors, a diagonal display distance based on the display parameters. The method may also include calculating, by the one or more processors, an environment depth based on the diagonal display distance and the one or more environment depth multipliers. The method may also include setting, by the one or more processors, the depth of the display equal to the environment depth.

Computerized systems and methods for analyzing and determining properties of virtual environments

Display panel with an animated computer icon

A computing device is described that receives an indication of a notification, and determines a priority level associated with the notification. The computing device determines, based at least in part on the priority level, content of the notification. Responsive to receiving an indication of a gesture detected at an input device, the computing device outputs, for display, a notification center graphical user interface that includes a graphical indication of the notification including the content of the notification.

Prioritized management and presentation of notifications

A computing device includes an image capture device, a display, and at least one processor. The image capture device is configured to capture a digital enrollment image of a face of an authorized user and a digital authentication image of a face of an authenticating user. The display is configured to present the enrollment and authentication images. The at least one processor is configured to automatically alter the authentication image for presentation by the display and compare the authentication image to the enrollment image to unlock the computing device for use by the authenticating user.

Image processing

Systems and methods facilitating the capture of contiguous images suitable for composition into a wide-angle or panoramic image. The method may include displaying smart graphical targets on an image capture graphical user interface representing target focal points to direct a camera to in order capture images with sufficient continuity or overlap for panorama creation. In one implementation, the method may include automatically capturing an image when the center of the current field of view is aligned with or within a threshold distance of a target focal point. In another implementation, the method may provide graphical targets along multiple axes. In another implementation the method may provide graphical targets for creating a panoramic image adhering to a certain aspect ratio. In another implementation, the method may suggest graphical targets on the motion of a camera after capturing a first image.

Smart targets facilitating the capture of contiguous images

A computing device is described that outputs, for display at a display device, a graphical user interface including a graphical zoom indicator associated with a zoom operation of a camera. The graphical zoom indicator includes an inner fixed circle, an outer fixed circle, and an adjustable circle. The computing device receives an indication of an input detected at an input device, and based at least in part on the indication of the input, the computing device determines an adjustment to a zoom level of the zoom operation of the camera. Based at least in part on the adjustment to the zoom level of the zoom operation of the camera, the computing device updates the graphical user interface to modify a size of the adjustable circle based at least in part on the adjustment to the zoom level of the zoom operation of the camera.

Camera zoom indicator in mobile devices

Display screen or portion thereof with icon

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Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Christian Robertson