Patents & Publications

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Automotive UI / HMI

Operational safety mode

US patent
Schubert et al., 2018

Low-attention gestural user interface

International patents pending
Weinberg et al., 2013

Bullseye: an automotive touch interface that’s always on target

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg et al., 2012

Evaluation of two types of in-vehicle music retrieval and navigation systems

Conference proceedings paper
Zhang et al., 2012

Tutorial: Voice and Multimodal Interaction in the Car

Conference adjunct proceedings paper
Weinberg, 2012

Dialogs Are Dead, Long Live Dialogs: Building a Multimodal Automotive Application for Both Novices and Experts

Conference adjunct proceedings paper
Weinberg, 2011

Evaluating the usability of a head-up display for selection from choice lists in cars

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg et al., 2011

Investigating HUDs for the presentation of choice lists in car navigation systems

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg et al., 2011

Multimodal input in the car, today and tomorrow

Journal article
Müller and Weinberg, 2011

Text browsing, editing and correction methods for automotive applications

US and international patent
Curin et al., 2011

Contextual push-to-talk: shortening voice dialogs to improve driving performance

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg et al., 2010

Evaluation of different speech and touch interfaces to in-vehicle music retrieval systems

Journal article
Garay-Vega et al., 2010

Object-oriented multimodality for safer in-vehicle interfaces

Conference adjunct proceedings paper
Weinberg and Harsham, 2010

Developing a low-cost driving simulator for the evaluation of in-vehicle technologies

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg and Harsham, 2009

Display style considerations for in-car multimodal music search

Conference proceedings paper
Weinberg and Kondili, 2008

Conversational Patterns and Mechanics

Systems and techniques for using a digital assistant with an enhanced endpointer

US and international patent
Lee et al., 2024

Digital assistant interaction in a communication session

US and international patent
Lasko et al., 2022

Digital assistant response modes

US patent pending
Tennant et al., 2022

Sonic responses

US patent
Castellani et al., 2022

Continuous dialog with a digital assistant

US and international patent
Weinberg and Saddler, 2021

Multiple state digital assistant for continuous dialog

US patent
Maddika et al., 2021

Generating responses to user interaction data based on user interaction-styles

US patent; international pending
Theobald et al., 2020

Mirroring to build trust in digital assistants

Conference proceedings paper
Metcalf et al., 2019

Intelligent automated assistant for media exploration

US and international patent
Graham et al., 2018

Intelligent automated assistant

US and international patent
Saddler et al., 2016

Intelligent list reading

US and international patent
Booker et al., 2016

Extended Reality (Virtual + Augmented)

Digital assistant placement in extended reality

US and international patents pending
Krivoruchko et al., 2023

Extended reality based digital assistant interactions

US patent pending
Streja et al., 2023

Methods for improving user environmental awareness

US and international patents pending
Kawashima et al., 2023

Methods for quick message response and dictation in a three-dimensional environment

US patent; international pending
Akmal et al., 2023

Digital assistant object placement

US and international patents pending
Herman et al., 2022

Devices and methods for invoking digital assistants

US patent
Weinberg et al., 2022

Multimodal Interaction
(in a non-automotive context)

Gaze based dictation

US patent pending
Paek et al., 2022

Intelligent message delivery

US patent
Lebrecht et al., 2022

Multi-modal inputs for voice commands

US and international patent
Piernot and Weinberg, 2018

Speech and Signal Processing

Generating emojis from user utterances

US and international patents pending
Greborio and Weinberg, 2022

User interfaces for assigning and responding to user inputs

US patent
Nefulda et al., 2022

Method and System for Automatic Speech Recognition with Multiple Contexts

International patents pending
Weinberg, 2009

Multi-purpose contextual control

US patent; international pending
Weinberg, 2009

Method for indexing for retrieving documents using particles

US patent; international pending
Ramakrishnan et al., 2008

Method for interacting with users of speech recognition systems

US and international patent
Weinberg et al., 2008

Two New Techniques for Natural Spoken User Interfaces

Conference adjunct proceedings papper
Weinberg et al., 2006