Google Inc.

Ying Zheng

Charles L Chen

Tiruvilwamalai Venkatram Raman

David Tseng

Casey John Burkhardt

Eve Astrid Andersson

John Ove Peter Nilsson Lundblad

John Ove Lundblad

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for resolving erroneous movement signals and for providing navigation instructions. One of the methods includes receiving data from two or more sensors, synchronizing the received data, determining a first subset of the synchronized data from the camera for a particular period of time and a second subset of the synchronized data from the other sensor for the particular period of time, comparing the first subset with the second subset to determine whether the first subset and the second subset indicate an erroneous movement signal, based on determining that the first subset and the second subset indicate an erroneous movement signal, selecting data for one of the sensors based on a sensor priority scheme for the sensors, and resolving the erroneous movement signal based on the selected data for the one of the sensors.

Navigation using sensor fusion

Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method is performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes: (1) obtaining a momentary reaction of the user to a portion of media content; (2) comparing the captured user reaction with one or more previously captured reactions of the user; (3) identifying the user reaction as one of a plurality of reaction types based on the comparison; (4) identifying the portion of the media content corresponding to the momentary reaction of the user; and (5) generating an electronic message that includes information regarding the portion of the media content item and information regarding the identified user reaction.

Systems and methods for associating media content with viewer expressions

Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method is performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes: (1) while a media content item is being presented to a user, capturing a momentary reaction of the user; (2) comparing the captured user reaction with one or more previously captured reactions of the user; (3) identifying the user reaction as one of a plurality of reaction types based on the comparison; (4) identifying the portion of the media content item corresponding to the momentary reaction; and (5) storing an association between the identified user reaction and the portion of the media content item.

Systems and methods for capturing media content in accordance with viewer expression are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes: at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: detecting display of a media content item; while the media content item is being displayed: detecting a viewer expression corresponding to a predefined viewer expression; and in response to detecting the viewer expression: identifying a portion of the media content item corresponding in time to the viewer expression. In some implementations, the viewer expression&#x2014;selected from one of: a facial expression, a body movement, a voice, or an arm, leg or finger gesture&#x2014;is presumed to be a viewer reaction to the portion of the media content item.

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Ying Zheng