Google Inc.

William Raeming Dong

Adam Duckworth Mittleman

Jason Evans Goulden

Nicholas Unger Webb

Mark Kraz

Oliver Maximilian Mueller

Kevin Edward Booth

Tyler Scott Wilson

Jeffrey Law

Rochus Emanuel Jacob

Gregory Daniel Louis Germe

Daniel Patrick Foran

Jason Conrad Chamberlain

Poll Shih

Anthony Michael Fadell

Matthew Lee Rogers

Andrew William Goldenson

Dietrich Ho

Amber Luttmann Volmering

Jason Rundle Rukes

Guangxun Liao

Dongeek Shin

Daniel Adam Warren

Mathias W Schmidt

Yash Modi

Jacobi Colton Grillo

Brian Mitchell Silverstein

Bryan Macomber

Lauren Francine Chanen

Alex Finlayson

Daniel Biran

David Fichou

Bao-Tram Phan Nguyen

Maj Isabelle Olsson

Yoky Matsuoka

John Benjamin Filson

Sung Kyun Bai

Justin Richard Wodrich

Eric B Daniels

Dongkyu Lee

Samuel W Kortz

Rochus Emmanuel Jacob

Ranhee Chung

Helen Vo

Prathik Muppidi

Shyam R Srinivasan

Scott P Mullins

Brian Jonathan Conner

Cindy Ngoc-Tran Au

Laurie Man Sum Kwan

Jeffrey Hui-Kwun Law

Gordon Robert Dix

Luis Chau

Sathya Kurcharlapati

Eyal Ron

Shigefumi Honjo

Ian C Smith

Edwin H Satterthwaite, Jr

Arun Prakash Raghupathy

Hirofumi Honjo

Michael John Mitchell

Liana Kong

Leslie Greene

Richard W Holbrook

Edwin H Satterthwaite

Jeff Wheeler

Adrian Shanov

The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.

Camera assembly with concave-shaped front face

The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor encased in the housing and configured to capture activity of the smart home environment; (3) a wireless radio configured to transmit video frames captured by the image sensor to an electronic device via a remote server; (4) at least one infrared transmitter configured to selectively illuminate the smart home environment; (5) one or more circuit boards encased in the housing, the one or more circuit boards including at least one processor mounted thereon; and (6) a heating component coupled to the image sensor, the heating component configured to continuously maintain the image sensor at a temperature above a threshold temperature while the image sensor is capturing the activity of the smart home environment.

Outdoor camera assembly

A method for guiding installation of smart-home devices may include capturing, by a camera of a mobile computing device, a view of an installation location for a smart-home device; rendering, by the mobile computing device, a view of a virtual object that represents a real-world obstruction that will interfere with the operation or installation of the smart-home device; and displaying, by the mobile computing device, the view of a virtual object that represents real-world obstruction with the view of the installation location on the display of the mobile computing device.

Smart-home device placement and installation using augmented-reality visualizations

This application is directed to a surveillance camera system including a magnet mount for physically receiving a camera module. The camera module includes a housing having an exterior surface of a first shape. A surface of the magnet mount has a second shape that is substantially concave and complementary to the first shape, and is configured to engage the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module. A magnetic material is disposed inside the magnet mount and configured to magnetically couple to a magnetic material of the camera module. A friction pad is embedded on the surface of the magnet mount, has a substantially concave shape and protrudes beyond the second surface. The friction pad is configured to come into contact with the exterior surface of the housing of the camera module at least via a peripheral edge of the substantially concave friction pad.

Camera assembly with waterproof features

A smart-home device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) inside the housing, an environmental sensor mounted to the PCB inside the housing, and a gasket that encloses the environmental sensor inside the housing to isolate the environmental sensor from an atmosphere inside of the housing while allowing an atmosphere outside of the housing to enter the gasket such that the environmental sensor can measure an aspect of the atmosphere outside of the housing.

Temperature sensor isolation in smart-home devices

Various embodiments of smart thermostats are presented herein. A smart thermostat can include a thermostat housing defining a rounded front aperture and having a sidewall. The smart thermostat can include a capacitive touch strip that senses a plurality of gestures. The smart thermostat can include an electronic display. The electronic display may be caused to display icons arranged in a graphical arc. The smart thermostat may include a reflective cover positioned such that the electronic display is viewed through the reflective cover.

Thermostat control using touch sensor gesture based input

This document describes a speaker-integration system and associated devices and systems. The speaker-integration system includes a speaker that is re-workably mounted, via an elastomeric gasket, to an intermediate structure that is mountable to an outer enclosure of an electronic device. The intermediate structure forms a cavity in which the speaker is sealed, effective to use the cavity as the speaker's back volume to contain acoustic waves without impacting other structures in the electronic device. The front of the speaker is sealed against the outer enclosure by a gasket that controls, based on its placement and geometry, axial and radial directions of the speaker relative to the intermediate structure to prevent the speaker from buzzing against surrounding rigid parts. The speaker has wires that exit the back volume via a detachable grommet, which controls positioning of the wires to prevent rub and buzz against surrounding parts.

Speaker-integration system for an electronic device, and associated devices and systems

A method for guiding installation of smart-home devices may include capturing, by a camera of a mobile computing device, a view of an installation location for a smart-home device; determining, by the mobile computing device, an instruction for installing the smart-home device at the location; and displaying, by a display of the mobile computing device, the view of the installation location for a smart-home device with the instruction for installing the smart-home device.

The various implementations described herein include a camera device that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; (3) at least one infrared (IR) illuminator positioned with the housing, the IR illuminator configured to selectively illuminate the scene; and (4) a front face that is at least partially concave-shaped and coupled to the housing, the front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor, and the front face positioned in front of the IR illuminator such that IR light from the IR illuminator is directed through the front face.

Camera

Various embodiments of smart devices are determined herein. A smart device can include a housing and an electronic display. The smart device can further include a cover, housed by the housing, through which the electronic display is visible. The cover can include a glass layer, wherein the glass layer is the outermost layer of the cover that is adjacent an ambient environment of the smart home device. The cover can further include an optical coating layer, deposited directly onto a surface of the glass layer, that comprises a plurality of sublayers. The optical coating layer can include alternating non-metallic oxide layers having different refractive indexes. The sublayers can vary in thickness such that the optical coating layer reflects light from the ambient environment through the glass layer.

Partially-reflective cover for a smart home device

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William Raeming Dong