Conformer-based speech conversion model
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272348
A method for speech conversion includes receiving, as input to an encoder of a speech conversion model, an input spectrogram corresponding to an utterance, the encoder including a stack of self-attention blocks. The method further includes generating, as output from the encoder, an encoded spectrogram and receiving, as input to a spectrogram decoder of the speech conversion model, the encoded spectrogram generated as output from the encoder. The method further includes generating, as…
Deep trench capacitors embedded in package substrate
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12274079
This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The…
Sharing state based on directional profiles
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273790
A method can include determining, by a correlation device, that a correlation event has occurred based on at least a first device and a second device having corresponding directional profiles, and responsive to occurrence of the correlation event, causing the first device to transfer a state of the first device by sending a state information message to the second device.
Systems and methods for upmixing audiovisual data
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273697
A computer-implemented method for upmixing audiovisual data can include obtaining audiovisual data including input audio data and video data accompanying the input audio data. Each frame of the video data can depict only a portion of a larger scene. The input audio data can have a first number of audio channels. The computer-implemented method can include providing the audiovisual data as input to a machine-learned audiovisual upmixing model. The audiovisual upmixing model can include a…
Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273583
Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a leader device to follower devices that each belong to a group of media playback devices in a group media playback session, control instructions that cause a media content item to be synchronously presented with the leader device and the follower devices in the group of media playback devices; during the synchronous presentation of the media…
Privacy-preserving virtual email system
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273336
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for creating and using virtual email addresses for user privacy protection and data security are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device and at an identity server, login credentials for a first email address mapped to a first set of user information values, detecting, by the identity server, a trigger event, in response to detecting the trigger event,…
Thermal management with antenna modules
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273167
A user equipment (UE) manages thermal levels of antenna modules with reference to a temperature threshold. The UE includes multiple antenna modules having a first antenna module and a second antenna module and at least one wireless transceiver coupled to the multiple antenna modules. The UE also includes a processor and memory system implementing an antenna module thermal manager. The manager is configured to obtain a first temperature indication corresponding to the first antenna module…
Methods and systems for presenting media content with multiple media elements in an editing environment
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272382
In one example, a system comprises a hardware processor that is configured to: receive a request to modify a video content item containing a plurality of media elements; present a user interface that includes a video track representation of the video content item and a layered representation of the plurality of media elements, wherein each media element is represented by a media overlay element positioned proximal to the video track representation, wherein at least one media overlay…
Advancing the use of text and speech in ASR pretraining with consistency and contrastive losses
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272363
A method includes receiving training data that includes unspoken text utterances, un-transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances, and transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances. Each unspoken text utterance is not paired with any corresponding spoken utterance of non-synthetic speech. Each un-transcribed non-synthetic speech utterance is not paired with a corresponding transcription. Each transcribed non-synthetic speech utterance is paired with a corresponding transcription. The method…
Using corrections, of automated assistant functions, for training of on-device machine learning models
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272360
Processor(s) of a client device can: receive sensor data that captures environmental attributes of an environment of the client device; process the sensor data using a machine learning model to generate a predicted output that dictates whether one or more currently dormant automated assistant functions are activated; making a decision as to whether to trigger the one or more currently dormant automated assistant functions; subsequent to making the decision, determining that the decision…
Speaker device
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
D1069750
Variable brightness dimming of display peripherals
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272306
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for presenting display content on a display of a computing system. A method includes selecting, from a collection of luminance profiles that are each configured to reduce brightness of the display content in different manners, a first luminance profile based on the current display brightness setting, the first luminance profile specifying a first amount of brightness…
Hybrid depth maps
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271992
A method including receiving (S605) a request for a depth map, generating (S625) a hybrid depth map based on a device depth map (110) and downloaded depth information (105), and responding (S630) to the request for the depth map with the hybrid depth map (415). The device depth map (110) can be depth data captured on a user device (515) using sensors and/or software. The downloaded depth information (105) can be associated with depth data, map data, image data, and/or the like stored on…
Video segments for a video related to a task
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271420
Methods and apparatus related to identifying a video for completing a task and determining a plurality of video segments of the identified video based on one or more attributes of the task. A task and a plurality of how-to videos related to the task may be identified. A how-to video may be selected and a plurality of video segments of the selected how-to video may be determined. One or more video segments may be associated with one or more task attributes that relate to performing the…
Suppressing personally objectionable content in search results
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271416
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for suppressing search results to personally objectionable content. One of the methods includes receiving an identifier of a resource that has image content. A first classifier classifies the image content as including objectionable content or not including objectionable content. A second classifier classifies the image content as including professionally produced content or not including…
Methods, systems, and media for modifying the presentation of contextually relevant documents in browser windows of a browsing application
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271412
Methods, systems, and media for presenting contextually relevant information are provided. In some implementations, the method includes: receiving information associated with a user of a user device from multiple data sources, where the user device comprises a display; identifying, without user intervention, a relevant document based on the received information associated with the user of the user device; determining that a new browser window or a new browser tab has been opened by a…
Memory error prevention by proactive memory poison recovery
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271253
The disclosed technology provides techniques, systems, and apparatus for proactively detecting, containing, and recovering from uncorrectable memory errors in distributed computing environment. An aspect of the disclosed technology includes scanning, by a scanner of a host machine, memory of the host machine for errors. After the scanner detects an error, the scanner may generate an error notification. The scanner may transmit the error notification to one or more processors of the host…
User interface visualizations in a hybrid smart watch
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271156
Aspects of the disclosure provide a hybrid smartwatch that incorporates digital technology with an analog timepiece in a wristwatch form factor. A digital display layer of a non-emissive material is configured to present notices, data, content and other information. An analog display layer includes one or more hands of the timepiece, and overlies the digital display layer. The hands may be controlled by a processor through micro-stepper motors or other actuators. Physical motion of the…
Smart-device-based radar system for vehicle operations
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12270898
Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smart-device-based radar system capable of determining characteristics of objects external to a vehicle, occupants within a vehicle, and objects proximal to an open-air vehicle. In particular, the system enables a smart device to perform many vehicle operations such as collision avoidance, occupant detection, and parking assistance in vehicle and open-air vehicle environments without integrated radar technology. By using a smart…
Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
D1069827
