Google Inc.

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Robert William Hamilton

Nicholas Julian Pelly

Jeffrey William Hamilton

Rachel Leah Garb

Martijn Franciscus Agnes Coenen

Jason Parks

Bjorn Erik Bringert

Maarten W Hooft

David Singleton

Richard Zarek Cohen

Thomas Weedon Hume

Hugo Botelho Barra

Mikkel Crone Köser

Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta

Tony Ferreira

Henry John Holland

John Nicholas Jitkoff

Henrique Dias Penha

Michael J Lebeau

William J Byrne

Mikkel Crone Koser

Thomas Jenkins

Matthew Nicholas Stuttle

Adam Travis Skory

Andrew Anderson Stewart

Mark Brophy

Mathew Inwood

The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a 'zoom-out' command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a 'zoom-in' command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.

User interface for wide angle photography

A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a first mobile device associated with a first user, whether a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC). When in range, the method includes receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data. When the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, the method includes retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application via a network. The method also includes providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.

Techniques for using software application-related metadata in near field communication transmissions

A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image.

Transformation of images with filters

This disclosure relates to a method and system for managing participation in a communication channel when one or more participants may be delayed. In one example, a method includes retrieving, by a first computing device, a meeting appointment including an invitee, a meeting start time, and identifying information for a communication channel for the meeting, wherein the invitee to the meeting is invited to the communication channel and the invitee is associated with a second computing device. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device, a request to the second computing device, wherein the request enables the second computing device to join the communication channel, and wherein the request is sent approximately at the meeting start time. The method also includes receiving, by the first computing device, a control message that indicates a first time at which the second computing device will join the communication channel.

Managing delayed participation in a communication session

A first client device performs a handoff operation to a second client device by transmitting application information, associated with a first application, to the second client device when the first client device is positioned within a predefined proximity of the second client device. The first application has a first client device user interface state when the handoff operation is performed. Further, the first client device, in response to receiving from another client device application information associated with a second application executed by the other first client device, executes a third application corresponding to the second application with a user interface state corresponding to a user interface state of the other client device.

Zero-click sharing of application context across devices

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from a user device, data indicating a user performed a user input gesture combining a first display object in a plurality of display objects with a second display object in the plurality of display objects; identifying attributes that are associated with both the first display object and the second display object; and performing a search based on the attributes.

Requesting search results by user interface gesture combining display objects

A computer-implemented technique includes establishing, at a first computing device including one or more processors, a near field communication (NFC) link with a second computing device. The technique includes identifying, at the first computing device, an application having a foreground designation in an operating system of the first computing device, the identifying being performed upon establishment of the NFC link with the second computing device. The technique includes determining, at the first computing device, an identifier for the application, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the application at a source external to the first computing device. The technique also includes transmitting, from the first computing device, the identifier for the application via the NFC link to the second computing device.

Automated sharing of application data over a near field communication link

Recommending transformations for photography

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for customizing the punctuation style of a transcription. A method includes receiving an utterance from a user, obtaining an unpunctuated transcription of the utterance, identifying an instance within the unpunctuated transcription where a punctuation mark may be placed, identifying, using data associated with the user, one or more past instances that are similar to the identified instance, punctuating the unpunctuated transcription based at least on the one or more past instances, and presenting the punctuated transcription to the user.

Training punctuation models

Disclosed are apparatus and methods for generating synthesized utterances related to output of commands. A command is received at a computing device. A textual output for the command is determined using the computing device. A spoken output of the computing device is generated that utilizes a plurality of vocal characteristic sets. At least a portion of the spoken output corresponds to the textual output. At least a first part of the spoken output utilizes vocal characteristics of a first vocal characteristic set. At least a second part of the spoken output utilizes vocal characteristics of a second vocal characteristic set, where at least some of the vocal characteristics of the first vocal characteristic set differ from the vocal characteristics of the second vocal characteristic set.

Use text to speech techniques to improve understanding when announcing search results

According to an example implementation, a method may include playing, by a computing device, first audio generated by a first application, determining that the first audio generated by the first application should be interrupted based on a notification associated with a second application, pausing the first audio generated by the first application, playing interruptive audio generated by the second application during the pausing of the first audio, identifying a portion of the first audio that was previously played before the first audio was paused, and resuming the playing of the first audio so that the portion of the first audio that was previously played is replayed.

Continuous audio interaction with interruptive audio

Generally, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for determining a transport mechanism to transfer data peer-to-peer between computing devices. One or more alternative transport mechanisms supported by both a first computing device and a second computing device may be determined. The first computing device may determine whether to use one of near-field communication (NFC) and one of the one or more alternative transport mechanisms as a transport mechanism to transfer data between the first computing device and the second computing device based at least in part on at least one attribute of the data to be transferred. Data may be transferred between the first computing device and the second computing device using the transport mechanism.

Alternative transport mechanism selection

Methods and devices are disclosed for notifying a user of a likelihood of successful recognition in an environment by a voice recognition application. In one embodiment, the method includes a device recording a noise sample in an environment and making a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold. The method further includes, based on the comparison, determining a likelihood of successful recognition in the environment by a voice recognition application, and triggering a notification indicating the likelihood. In another embodiment, the device includes a microphone configured to record a noise sample in an environment, a processor, and data storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to make a comparison of the noise sample and at least one predetermined threshold, based on the comparison, determine a likelihood of successful recognition by a voice recognition application, and trigger a notification indicating the likelihood.

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Robert William Hamilton