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David Petrou
Also filed as: PETROU DAVID
118 granted patents·12 pending applications·1,765 citations·filing 1994–2025
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130 records- 0199US10055390B2Simulated hyperlinks on a mobile device based on user intent and a centered selection of textGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 21, 2018·86 cites·15 claims
- 0299US9582482B1Providing an annotation linking related entities in onscreen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 28, 2017·110 cites·28 claims
- 0399US8223024B1Locking mechanism based on unnatural movement of head-mounted displayPETROU DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 17, 2012·211 cites·20 claims
- 0498US9973705B2Smart camera user interfaceGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 15, 2018·32 cites·11 claims
- 0598US9811352B1Replaying user input actions using screen capture imagesGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 7, 2017·34 cites·22 claims
- 0698US9798708B1Annotating relevant content in a screen capture imageGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·34 cites·28 claims
- 0798US9788179B1Detection and ranking of entities from mobile onscreen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 10, 2017·30 cites·31 claims
- 0898US9762651B1Redaction suggestion for sharing screen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 12, 2017·32 cites·21 claims
- 0998US8670597B2Facial recognition with social network aidingPETROU DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·63 cites·18 claims
- 1098US8217856B1Head-mounted display that displays a visual representation of physical interaction with an input interface located outside of the field of viewPETROU DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 10, 2012·113 cites·20 claims
- 1197US11967299B2Smart camera user interfaceGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 23, 2024·4 cites·20 claims
- 1297US11573810B1Sharing screen content in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 7, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 1397US10963630B1Sharing screen content in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 30, 2021·8 cites·14 claims
- 1497US10902055B2System and method of identifying visual objectsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 26, 2021·5 cites·17 claims
- 1597US10504154B1Systems and methods for private local sponsored contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 10, 2019·22 cites·17 claims
- 1697US10440279B2Smart camera user interfaceGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 8, 2019·21 cites·6 claims
- 1797US10409855B2System and method of identifying visual objectsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 10, 2019·19 cites·18 claims
- 1897US10244369B1Screen capture image repository for a userGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 26, 2019·9 cites·20 claims
- 1997US9916328B1Providing user assistance from interaction understandingGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 13, 2018·28 cites·24 claims
- 2097US9824079B1Providing actions for mobile onscreen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 21, 2017·22 cites·33 claims
- 2197US9703541B2Entity action suggestion on a mobile deviceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 11, 2017·36 cites·22 claims
- 2297US9600724B2Smart camera user interfaceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 21, 2017·22 cites·30 claims
- 2397US8659433B2Locking mechanism based on unnatural movement of head-mounted displayPETROU DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 25, 2014·38 cites·21 claims
- 2496US11734287B2Mapping images to search queriesGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 22, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 2596US9886461B1Indexing mobile onscreen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 6, 2018·18 cites·26 claims
- 2696US9208177B2Facial recognition with social network aidingGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 8, 2015·24 cites·20 claims
- 2796US8761512B1Query by imageBUDDEMEIER ULRICH·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·63 cites·30 claims
- 2896US7783644B1Query-independent entity importance in booksGOOGLE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 24, 2010·101 cites·25 claims
- 2995US11570365B2Smart camera user interfaceGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 31, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 3095US9424668B1Session-based character recognition for document reconstructionGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 23, 2016·63 cites·20 claims
- 3195US9137308B1Method and apparatus for enabling event-based media data capturePETROU DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 15, 2015·34 cites·24 claims
- 3295US9135277B2Architecture for responding to a visual queryPETROU DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 15, 2015·27 cites·18 claims
- 3394US11347385B1Sharing screen content in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2021·Granted May 31, 2022·2 cites·17 claims
- 3494US10652706B1Entity disambiguation in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2019·Granted May 12, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 3593US10491660B1Sharing screen content in a mobile environmentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 26, 2019·5 cites·12 claims
- 3693US10248440B1Providing a set of user input actions to a mobile device to cause performance of the set of user input actionsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 2, 2019·4 cites·14 claims
- 3793US9852156B2Hybrid use of location sensor data and visual query to return local listings for visual queryPETROU DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 26, 2017·23 cites·20 claims
- 3893US9606716B2Drag-and-drop on a mobile deviceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 28, 2017·13 cites·25 claims
- 3993US8977639B2Actionable search results for visual queriesPETROU DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 10, 2015·67 cites·19 claims
- 4092US12298985B2Mapping images to search queriesGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 13, 2025·1 cites·20 claims
- 4191US11704136B1Automatic reminders in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 18, 2023·2 cites·18 claims
- 4291US10178527B2Personalized entity repositoryGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 8, 2019·5 cites·24 claims
- 4391US10080114B1Detection and ranking of entities from mobile onscreen contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 18, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 4491US9405772B2Actionable search results for street view visual queriesPETROU DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 2, 2016·23 cites·20 claims
- 4591US9087058B2Method and apparatus for enabling a searchable history of real-world user experiencesNEVEN HARTMUT·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 21, 2015·32 cites·22 claims
- 4691US8935246B2Identifying textual terms in response to a visual queryBENGIO SAMY·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 13, 2015·13 cites·17 claims
- 4790US12147652B1Annotating screen content in a mobile environmentGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 19, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 4890US10970646B2Action suggestions for user-selected contentGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 6, 2021·6 cites·14 claims
- 4990US8811742B2Identifying matching canonical documents consistent with visual query structural informationPETROU DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 19, 2014·19 cites·24 claims
- 5089US11461386B2Visual recognition using user tap locationsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 4, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
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