Vector computation unit in a neural network processor
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277499
A circuit for performing neural network computations for a neural network comprising a plurality of layers, the circuit comprising: activation circuitry configured to receive a vector of accumulated values and configured to apply a function to each accumulated value to generate a vector of activation values; and normalization circuitry coupled to the activation circuitry and configured to generate a respective normalized value from each activation value.
Emissive display configured for through-display imaging based on collimator structure
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12279507
A display configuration to facilitate imaging through the display is disclosed. The imaging can be achieved by positioning a camera behind a transmit/receive area (120,122) of a display. The transmit/receive area is configured to reduce the interaction between the light propagating through the display and circuit elements of the display. The configuration of the transmit/receive area can be characterized by reduced pixel density, rearranged circuit elements (1242), and as light blocking…
Synchronization of sensor output samples
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278627
A system includes multiple sensors and, for each sensor, a respective sensor controller of multiple sensor controllers. Each sensor controller is configured to implement a respective decimation filter that is configured to generate a single output value from multiple input samples generated by a corresponding sensor of the multiple sensors. The system further includes a master sensor controller of the multiple sensor controllers, which is configured to generate a sync signal upon…
Methods and heat distribution devices for thermal management of chip assemblies
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12278160
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an example microelectronic device assembly includes a substrate, a microelectronic element electrically connected to the substrate, a stiffener element overlying the substrate, and a heat distribution device overlying the rear surface of the microelectronic element. The stiffener element may extend around the microelectronic element. The stiffener element may include a first material that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”).…
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for resuming dialog sessions via automated assistant
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277937
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for storing incomplete dialog sessions between a user and an automated assistant in order that the dialog sessions can be completed in furtherance of certain actions. While interacting with an automated assistant, a user can become distracted and not complete the interaction to the point of the automated assistant performing some action. In response, the automated assistant can store the interaction as a dialog…
Automatic hotword threshold tuning
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277928
A method for automatic hotword threshold tuning includes receiving, from a user device executing a first stage hotword detector configured to detect a hotword in streaming audio, audio data characterizing the detected hotword. The method includes processing, using a second stage hotword detector, the audio data to determine whether the hotword is detected by the second stage hotword detector. When the hotword is not detected, the method includes identifying a false acceptance instance at…
Automatic audio playback of displayed textual content
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277925
An audio playback system that provides intuitive audio playback of textual content responsive to user input actions, such as scrolling portions of textual content on a display. Playback of audio (e.g., text-to-speech audio) that includes textual content can begin based on a portion of textual content being positioned by a user input at a certain position on a device display. As one example, a user can simply scroll through a webpage or other content item to cause a text-to-speech system…
Generating videos using sequences of generative neural networks
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277758
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a text prompt describing a scene; processing the text prompt using a text encoder neural network to generate a contextual embedding of the text prompt; and processing the contextual embedding using a sequence of generative neural networks to generate a final video depicting the scene.
Evaluating visual quality of digital content
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277693
Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable medium for evaluating visual quality of digital content are disclosed. Methods can include training machine learning models on images. A request is received to evaluate quality of an image included in a current version of a digital component generated by the computing device. The machine learning models are deployed on the image to generate a score for each quality characteristic of the image. A weight is assigned to each score to generate…
User verification of a generative response to a multimodal query
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277635
A multimodal search system is described. The system can receive image data from a user device. Additionally, the system can receive a prompt associated with the image data. Moreover, the system can determine, using a computer vision model, a first object in the image data that is associated with the prompt. Furthermore, the system can receive, from the user device, a user indication on whether the image data includes the first object. Subsequently, in response to receiving the user…
Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
D1070904
Multimedia content management for large language model(s) and/or other generative model(s)
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277400
Implementations relate to managing multimedia content that is obtained by large language model(s) (LLM(s)) and/or generated by other generative model(s). Processor(s) of a system can: receive natural language (NL) based input that requests multimedia content, generate a response that is responsive to the NL based input, and cause the response to be rendered. In some implementations, and in generating the response, the processor(s) can process, using a LLM, LLM input to generate LLM…
Adaptive structured user interface
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277380
Systems and method for the structure, configuration, or arrangement of the input fields in a user interface. For example, a computer-implemented method includes displaying a structured input interface configured with a plurality of input fields. The structured input interface can be configured for rendering in a graphical user interface. A first input field can correspond to an initial notification element in the graphical user interface for rendering in association with the first input…
Simplified sharing of content among computing devices
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277309
In one general aspect, a method can include displaying, on a display device included in a computing device, content in an application executing on the computing device. The method can further include displaying, in a user interface on the display device, at least one identifier, receiving a selection of the at least one identifier, and initiating casting in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier.
Generating and/or adapting automated assistant content according to a distance between user(s) and an automated assistant interface
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277259
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and/or adapting automated assistant content according to a distance of a user relative to an automated assistant interface that renders the automated assistant content. For instance, the automated assistant can provide data for a client device to render. The client device can request additional data when the user relocates closer to, or further from, the client device. In some implementations, a request…
Label propagation in a distributed system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277174
Data are maintained in a distributed computing system that describe a graph. The graph represents relationships among items. The graph has a plurality of vertices that represent the items and a plurality of edges connecting the plurality of vertices. At least one vertex of the plurality of vertices includes a set of label values indicating the at least one vertex's strength of association with a label from a set of labels. The set of labels describe possible characteristics of an item…
Memory request priority up-leveling
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12277075
The described techniques and apparatuses enable memory-request priority up-leveling. A memory request is received over a virtual channel, VC, and is then added to a memory-request buffer with an original priority-level for the memory request and an indication that the memory request is associated with a virtual channel identification, VCID, of the VC. Related memory requests within the memory-request buffer are also indicated as being associated with the VCID. Responsive to determining…
Waveguide with anti-reflection properties
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276792
A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes a lens element supported by a support structure. The lens element includes a waveguide that includes an incoupler, an outcoupler, and an exit pupil expander. The incoupler is disposed within a first area of the waveguide. The outcoupler is disposed within a second area of the waveguide. The exit pupil expander is disposed within a third area of the waveguide. An anti-reflection coating is formed via fabrication used to form the incoupler, the…
Multiple laser light source sets for scanning display systems
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276790
Systems, devices, and methods for accommodating multiple sets of laser light sources in an optical engine of a display system such as a laser projection system are described. Laser light beams may be combined via wavelength-, polarization-, and/or angular-separation-based techniques. First and second sets of laser light beams may be angularly separated such that different sets of partially overlapping pixels are projected by the system, thereby increasing the display pixel density and/or…
Evaluating driving data using autonomous vehicle control system
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275427
Techniques are disclosed for evaluating manual driving data using an AV control system based on differences between data generated using the AV control system and the manual driving data. In many implementations, manual driving data captures action(s) of a vehicle controlled by a manual driver. Additionally or alternatively, an additional AV control system can be trained using the evaluated manual driving data.
