Roku, Inc.

Outrider Technologies, Inc.

Michael Cutter

Sunil Ramesh

Karina Levitian

Charles Brian Pinkerton

Ronica Jethwa

Lawrence S Klein

Gary Michael Seminara

Dale Dee Rowley

Matthew S Johannes

Erwin B Bellers

Andrew F Smith

Peter James

Preethi Narayanan

Martin E Sotola

Jeremy M Nett

Stephen A Langenderfer

Vikas Bahl

Mark H Rosenblum

Kenny Wu

Jonathan Record

Hugo Du Plooy

James Christopher McKenna

Keith Massie

Critt Coburn

Gary Mckinney

Alexander Fink

Christopher T Bate

Katie Lauren Lucas

Yu-Cheng Lin

Shashank C Merchant

Gregory Mack Garner

David Stern

Robert Caston Curtis

Adil Jagmag

Patrick Alan Brouillette

Soren Riise

Thejaswi Hanumantha Raya

Philip Golyshko

Johan Gerard Willem Maria Janssen

Sharada Palasamudram Ashok Kumar

Brian James Hetherman

System, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program embodiments are provided for determining a presentation configuration of content. An example method can include determining information about primary content displayed on a first display and an environment of the first display, the information including a display configuration of the primary content, a characteristic of the primary content, and/or an indication whether a user is present in the environment and/or the environment includes a second display coupled to a client or a different client that is coupled to the client; based on the information, determining a different display configuration for displaying the secondary content; and based on the different display configuration, generating an instruction to display the secondary content at the second display or on an ROI at the first display, the ROI excluding the primary content or including a portion of the primary content having a saliency below a threshold.

Intelligent and adjustable configuration and presentation of media content

A method and a system for using crowdsourcing as a basis to predict and respond to emergency impact. An example method includes (i) a computing system receiving emergency-state reporting provided by multiple customer premises in a region, (ii) the computing system determining, based on the received emergency-state reporting provided by the multiple customer premises in the region, that a region-wide emergency situation exists in the region, and (iii) the computing system taking action, in response to the determining, based on the emergency-state reporting provided by the multiple customer premises in the region, that the region-wide emergency situation exists in the region.

Use of crowdsourcing as basis to predict emergency impact and to facilitate emergency response

In one aspect, an example method for use in connection with an audio system that is configured to present audio within a listening area includes (i) detecting, by a computing system, a position of a user located within the listening area; (ii) using, by the computing system, at least the detected position of the user to identify, from among multiple candidate reference positions, a reference position that most closely matches the detected position of the user; (iii) using, by the computing system, at least the identified reference position as a basis to select a set of audio settings that corresponds to the identified reference position; and (iv) configuring, by the computing system, the audio system based on the selected set of audio settings.

Audio system with dynamic audio setting adjustment feature

In one aspect, an example method in connection with a shared content viewing session in which multiple users are receiving and viewing respective instances of the same media content in a synchronized manner is disclosed. The example method includes (i) detecting that each of the multiple users respectively exhibits a threshold extent of physical reaction around the same time; (ii) responsive to the detecting, for each of the multiple users, generating and/or storing respective visual content representing that user's physical reaction; (iii) generating a visual content composition that includes at least the generated and/or stored visual content for each of the multiple users; and (iv) outputting for presentation, the generated visual content composition.

Method and system for generating a visual composition of user reactions in a shared content viewing session

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining, by a computing system, structured data; (ii) generating, by the computing system using a natural language generator, a textual description of the structured data; (iii) transforming, by the computing system using a text-to-speech engine, the textual description of the structured data into synthesized speech; and (iv) generating, by the computing system using the synthesized speech, a synthetic video comprising the synthesized speech.

Video-generation system with structured data-based video generation feature

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system and from an input device associated with the computing system, a command to map a customized gesture with a particular action of a plurality of actions that a media player is configured to perform; (ii) in response to receiving the command, monitoring, by the computing system and using a camera, a viewing environment of the media player to detect performance by a person of the customized gesture; and (iii) in response to detecting performance of the customized gesture: generating, by the computing system, a classification for use by the computing system for detecting the customized gesture, and storing, by the computing system, in memory, mapping data that correlates the detected customized gesture with the particular action.

Using gestures to control a media player

This provides locations for mounting controllers and processing components that effectively employ the roof within a frame covered by a cowling so as to avoid exposure to weather and the environment. The roof is also employed to provide a sensor bar that extends across the vehicle width for a distance that does not interfere with normal vehicle function or generate potential overhangs, which can inadvertently engage objects or vehicles. The bar is sufficient in size and shape so as to allow mounting of a plurality of types of sensors on its top surface and/or recessed within front or rear edges. Such sensors can include visual light cameras for machine vison processes and/or LIDAR of various types and cooperage areas/fields of view—some of which can be recessed within a hollow region of the bar. Additional sensors can be mounted on the truck cab and/or chassis, including visual-light cameras and radars.

Processor and sensor array for autonomous truck

A method and system for controlling media-content presentation based on user presence and/or user profile. An example method includes a computing system determining a quantity of users present at a media-presentation device, the quantity being at least one. Further, the example method includes, based on the determining, the computing system using the determined quantity of users present at the media-presentation device as a basis to control what media content a media player outputs for presentation by the media-presentation device. For instance, based on the determined quantity of users the computing system could tailor a graphical user interface (GUI) that the media player outputs for presentation by the media-presentation device, such as by tailoring a set of channel options that a channel-selection GUI provides, among other possibilities.

Dynamic control of media-content presentation based on user presence and/or user profile

A system and method for operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck is provided. A processor facilitates autonomous movement of the AV yard truck, and connection to and disconnection from trailers. A plurality of sensors are interconnected with the processor that sense terrain/objects and assist in automatically connecting/disconnecting trailers. A server, interconnected, wirelessly with the processor, that tracks movement of the truck around and determines locations for trailer connection and disconnection. A door station unlatches/opens rear doors of the trailer when adjacent thereto, securing them in an opened position via clamps, etc. The system computes a height of the trailer, and/or if landing gear of the trailer is on the ground and interoperates with the fifth wheel to change height, and whether docking is safe, allowing a user to take manual control, and optimum charge time(s). Reversing sensors/safety, automated chocking, and intermodal container organization are also provided.

Systems and methods for automated operation and handling of autonomous trucks and trailers hauled thereby

A method and system for use of obfuscation coding. An example method includes a computing system receiving an image that depicts a human face. The method then includes the computing system generating a modified image based on the received image, with the generating of the modified image involving inserting into the received image an obfuscation marker that (i) obfuscates the human face in a manner that prevents a person observing the modified image from identifying the human face and (ii) includes predefined symbology that is interpretable by a machine to identify the obfuscated human face. Further, the method includes using the predefined symbology in the modified image as a basis to take action based on an identity of the human face.

Use of obfuscation marker to obfuscate a face image and enable computerized face identification

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining a set of user attributes for a user of a content-presentation device; (ii) based on the set of user attributes, obtaining structured data and determining a textual description of the structured data; (iii) transforming, using a text-to-speech engine, the textual description of the structured data into synthesized speech; and (iv) generating, using the synthesized speech and for display by the content-presentation device, a synthetic video of a targeted advertisement comprising the synthesized speech.

Method and system for generating synthetic video advertisements

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, from one or more cameras in a viewing environment of a content-presentation device, video of a user performing a fitness exercise in the viewing environment; (ii) using the received video and a skeletal detection model to estimate skeletal movement of the user; (iii) generating a synthetic video representing the user moving according to the estimated skeletal movement; (iv) based on a comparison of the estimated skeletal movement with predefined reference skeletal movement representing desired skeletal movement for the fitness exercise, and while the user is performing the fitness exercise, continually calculating a metric representing a difference between the estimated skeletal movement and the reference skeletal movement; and (v) causing the content-presentation device to concurrently display the generated synthetic video, a reference video representing the reference skeletal movement, and an indication of the metric.

Platform for visual tracking of user fitness

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining a first segment of video content; (ii) outputting for presentation, the obtained first segment; (iii) after outputting for presentation the obtained first segment, causing a user to be prompted for user-input data; (iv) receiving user-input data provided in response to the prompting; (v) using at least the received user-input data to synthetically generate a second segment of the video content, wherein the generated second segment is static, non-interactive content; and (vi) outputting for presentation, the generated second segment.

Content system with user-input based video content generation feature

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) estimating, using a skeletal detection model, a pose of an original actor for each of multiple frames of a video; (ii) obtaining, for each of a plurality of the estimated poses, a respective image of a replacement actor; (iii) obtaining replacement speech in the replacement actor's voice that corresponds to speech of the original actor in the video; (iv) generating, using the estimated poses, the images of the replacement actor, and the replacement speech, synthetic frames corresponding to the multiple frames of the video that depict the replacement actor in place of the original actor, with the synthetic frames including facial expressions for the replacement actor that temporally align with the replacement speech; and (iv) combining the synthetic frames and the replacement speech so as to obtain a synthetic video that replaces the original actor with the replacement actor.

Actor-replacement system for videos

A method and system for dynamically reconfiguring control pairing in a system comprising a controlling device, a first controlled device, and a second controlled device. An example method includes, when the controlling device is set to control state of the first controlled device, a processor determining that the first controlled device has experienced an operational failure. Further, the example method includes, responsive to the determining, the processor engaging in dynamic reconfiguration of the system, the dynamic reconfiguration causing the controlling device to control state of a second device instead of or in addition to the controlling device controlling state of the first controlled device.

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Golden, CO, United States of America

Michael Cutter