Apparatus for Sensing User Input
    452.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180136770A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15351397

    申请日:2016-11-14

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing user input includes a first strain gauge grouping attached to an inner surface of a housing of a device, and a second strain gauge grouping attached to the inner surface of the housing. The apparatus includes a circuit coupled to the first and second strain gauge groupings, the circuit being configured to: (i) receive a first parameter signal from the first strain gauge grouping in response to user input that interacts with the housing over a location of the first strain gauge grouping, (ii) indicate that a first type of user input has been received in response to receipt of the first parameter signal, (iii) receive a second parameter signal from the second strain gauge grouping in response to user input that interacts with the housing over a location of the second strain gauge grouping, and (iv) indicate that a second type of user input has been received in response to receipt of the second parameter signal.

    DUAL-PATH FOVEATED GRAPHICS PIPELINE
    453.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180136720A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15351196

    申请日:2016-11-14

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: A foveated display system includes a rendering device including at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) to render a foveal region and a peripheral region of a first image, wherein the foveal region has a higher resolution than the peripheral region. The system further includes a display device coupled to the rendering device via at least one physical layer. The display device includes a pixel array and a display controller coupled to the pixel array. The display controller includes a scaling component to upscale the first peripheral region to generate a scaled first peripheral region and a blending component to blend the foveal region with the scaled first peripheral region to generate a second image.

    THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE
    454.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180136676A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15716962

    申请日:2017-09-27

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: A user-friendly programmable thermostat is described that includes a body having a central electronic display surrounded by a ring that can be rotated and pressed inwardly to provide user input in a simple and elegant fashion. The current temperature and setpoint temperature are graphically displayed as prominent tick marks over a range of background tick marks on the electronic display. Different colors can be displayed to indicate currently active HVAC functions, and different intensities of colors can be displayed to indicate an amount of heating or cooling required to reach a target temperature. The setpoint temperature for the device can be altered by user rotation of the rotatable ring, and the programmed schedule can be displayed to the user and altered by the user by virtue of rotations and inward pressings of the ring. Initial device set up and installation, the viewing of device operation, the editing of various settings, and the viewing of historical energy usage information are made simple and elegant by virtue of the described form factor, display modalities, and user input modalities of the device.

    Systems and methods for contextual discovery of device functions

    公开(公告)号:US09974045B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US14754391

    申请日:2015-06-29

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for providing notifications relating to context-based features of a mobile device. According to an example implementation, a method is provided for receiving an indication of contextual information and an indication of historical information. The method also includes determining an environmental context of the mobile device from the contextual information and the historical information. The method also includes determining whether a usage criteria associated with a context-based feature associated with the environmental context has been met. The method also includes outputting an indication of the determination that the context-based feature has not met the usage criteria, such that the mobile device outputs a notification related to the context-based feature.

    Mobile device power management
    457.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09974017B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15669819

    申请日:2017-08-04

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W52/0216 H04W68/02 H04W76/28

    Abstract: A method includes executing a user equipment (UE) device in a doze mode, a peek mode, and a normal mode. The doze mode includes terminating any connections with a network, comparing a clock time with a maintenance window schedule of maintenance time windows, and executing the peek mode when the clock time is within a maintenance time window. The peek mode includes receiving a connection request from a mobility management entity (MME) system when the MME system has been notified of at least one buffered downlink packet addressed to the UE device, and executing the normal mode in response to receiving the connection request. The normal mode includes establishing a connection to the network and receiving the at least one buffered downlink packet.

    Reusing frequencies among high altitude platforms

    公开(公告)号:US09973268B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15155741

    申请日:2016-05-16

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/18534 H04W56/0025

    Abstract: A method for determining a frequency usage pattern of one or more satellites includes receiving, at data processing hardware, identifications of one or more satellite communication frequencies used by a satellite at corresponding locations of the satellite along a non-geostationary satellite orbit. The method includes determining, by the data processing hardware, a pattern of frequency usage by the satellite at the corresponding locations of the satellite. The method also includes instructing, by the data processing hardware, communication between a high altitude platform and a ground terminal using an identified satellite communication frequency during a non-interfering period of time based on the pattern of frequency usage by the satellite. The high altitude platform has an altitude lower than the satellite.

    Split tile map rendering
    460.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09972125B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US14971713

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

    Abstract: To efficiently transmit image map data to a client device, a map server selects map data for rendering a digital map of a certain geographic area at the client device and generates multiple map image layers using the selected map data, each covering the geographic area. In particular, the map server generates (i) a first map image layer including a first type of geographic data and having a first resolution, and (ii) a second map image layer including a second type of geographic data and having a second resolution. The map server then transmits the multiple map image layers to the client device via a communication network for generating a single digital map of the geographic area.

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