Patents by Inventor Christopher Rowen

Christopher Rowen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11916686
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio group identification for conferencing. For example, methods may include joining a conference call using a network interface; accessing an audio signal that has been captured using a microphone; detecting a control signal in the audio signal; and, responsive to detection of the control signal, invoking modification of an audio path of the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raul Alejandro Casas, Marcin Ciolek, Samer Hijazi, Dror Maydan, Hua Mu, Erik Panu, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 11657830
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data driven radio enhancement. For example, methods may include demodulating a radio signal to obtain a demodulated audio signal; determining a window of audio samples based on the demodulated audio signal; applying an audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the audio enhancement network includes a machine learning network that has been trained using demodulated audio signals derived from radio signals; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BabbleLabs LLC
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20230129867
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio group identification for conferencing. For example, methods may include joining a conference call using a network interface; accessing an audio signal that has been captured using a microphone; detecting a control signal in the audio signal; and, responsive to detection of the control signal, invoking modification of an audio path of the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Raul Alejandro Casas, Marcin Ciolek, Samer Hijazi, Dror Maydan, Hua Mu, Erik Panu, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20230117129
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques in which a device detecting a phrase spoken in an online collaboration session between a plurality of users, the phrase being spoken by a first user to one or more second users. The device determines that the phrase indicates an issue with a quality of user experience of the online collaboration session, labels a log of metrics associated with the online collaboration session with a time stamp corresponding to a time when the phrase was spoken, to provide a labeled log of metrics; and performs one or more actions to improve the user experience based on detecting the phrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ali Mouline, Christopher Rowen, David Guoqing Zhang, Francis Anthony Kurupacheril
  • Publication number: 20220392478
    Abstract: An endpoint selectively enhances a captured audio signal based on an operating mode. The endpoint obtains an audio input signal of multiple users in a physical location. The audio input signal is captured by a microphone. The endpoint separates voice signals from the audio input signal and determines an operating mode for an audio output signal. The endpoint selectively adjusts each of the voice signals based on the operating mode to generate the audio output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Samer Lutfi Hijazi, Christopher Rowen, Xuehong Mao, Ivana M. Balic, Raul Alejandro Casas, Savita Kini
  • Patent number: 11502860
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio group identification for conferencing. For example, methods may include joining a conference call using a network interface; accessing an audio signal that has been captured using a microphone; detecting a control signal in the audio signal; and, responsive to detection of the control signal, invoking modification of an audio path of the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BabbleLabs LLC
    Inventors: Raul Alejandro Casas, Samer Hijazi, Hua Mu, Marcin Ciolek, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen, Erik Panu
  • Patent number: 11132619
    Abstract: Some embodiments perform, in a multi-layer neural network in a computing device, a convolution operation on input feature maps with multiple convolutional filters. The convolutional filters have multiple filter precisions. In other embodiments, electronic design automation (EDA) systems, methods, and computer-readable media are presented for adding such a multi-layer neural network into an integrated circuit (IC) design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Raúl Alejandro Casas, Samer Lutfi Hijazi, Piyush Kaul, Rishi Kumar, Xuehong Mao, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20210217436
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio enhancement. For example, methods may include accessing audio data; determining a window of audio samples based on the audio data; inputting the window of audio samples to a classifier to obtain a classification, in which the classifier includes a neural network and the classification takes a value from a set of multiple classes of audio; selecting, based on the classification, an audio enhancement network from a set of multiple audio enhancement networks; applying the selected audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the selected audio enhancement network includes a neural network that has been trained using audio signals of a type associated with the classification; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Xuehong Mao, Raul Alejandro Casas, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20210151069
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data driven radio enhancement. For example, methods may include demodulating a radio signal to obtain a demodulated audio signal; determining a window of audio samples based on the demodulated audio signal; applying an audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the audio enhancement network includes a machine learning network that has been trained using demodulated audio signals derived from radio signals; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20210144021
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio group identification for conferencing. For example, methods may include joining a conference call using a network interface; accessing an audio signal that has been captured using a microphone; detecting a control signal in the audio signal; and, responsive to detection of the control signal, invoking modification of an audio path of the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Raul Alejandro Casas, Samer Hijazi, Hua Mu, Marcin Ciolek, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen, Erik Panu
  • Patent number: 10997502
    Abstract: Some embodiments perform, in a multi-layer neural network in a computing device, optimization of the multi-layer neural network, for example by making a convolutional change with a first plurality of convolutional filters, or by making a connection change of a first plurality of convolutional filters. In other embodiments, electronic design automation (EDA) systems, methods, and computer-readable media are presented for adding such a multi-layer neural network into an integrated circuit (IC) design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Raúl Alejandro Casas, Samer Lutfi Hijazi, Piyush Kaul, Rishi Kumar, Xuehong Mao, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 10991379
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio enhancement. For example, methods may include accessing audio data; determining a window of audio samples based on the audio data; inputting the window of audio samples to a classifier to obtain a classification, in which the classifier includes a neural network and the classification takes a value from a set of multiple classes of audio; selecting, based on the classification, an audio enhancement network from a set of multiple audio enhancement networks; applying the selected audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the selected audio enhancement network includes a neural network that has been trained using audio signals of a type associated with the classification; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BabbleLabs LLC
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Xuehong Mao, Raul Alejandro Casas, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 10937443
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data driven radio enhancement. For example, methods may include demodulating a radio signal to obtain a demodulated audio signal; determining a window of audio samples based on the demodulated audio signal; applying an audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the audio enhancement network includes a machine learning network that has been trained using demodulated audio signals derived from radio signals; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BabbleLabs LLC
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20200075033
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data driven radio enhancement. For example, methods may include demodulating a radio signal to obtain a demodulated audio signal; determining a window of audio samples based on the demodulated audio signal; applying an audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the audio enhancement network includes a machine learning network that has been trained using demodulated audio signals derived from radio signals; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 10534994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for analyzing one or more hyper-parameters for a multi-layer computational structure. The method may include accessing, using at least one processor, input data for recognition. The input data may include at least one of an image, a pattern, a speech input, a natural language input, a video input, and a complex data set. The method may further include processing the input data using one or more layers of the multi-layer computational structure and performing matrix factorization of the one or more layers. The method may also include analyzing one or more hyper-parameters for the one or more layers based upon, at least in part, the matrix factorization of the one or more layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Piyush Kaul, Samer Lutfi Hijazi, Raul Alejandro Casas, Rishi Kumar, Xuehong Mao, Christopher Rowen
  • Publication number: 20190392852
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for audio enhancement. For example, methods may include accessing audio data; determining a window of audio samples based on the audio data; inputting the window of audio samples to a classifier to obtain a classification, in which the classifier includes a neural network and the classification takes a value from a set of multiple classes of audio; selecting, based on the classification, an audio enhancement network from a set of multiple audio enhancement networks; applying the selected audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the selected audio enhancement network includes a neural network that has been trained using audio signals of a type associated with the classification; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Samer Hijazi, Xuehong Mao, Raul Alejandro Casas, Kamil Krzysztof Wojcicki, Dror Maydan, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 10290107
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transform domain regression convolutional neural network for image segmentation. Example embodiments include a system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions and computer-implemented methods for classifying one or more pixels in an image. The method may include analyzing the image to estimate one or more transform domain coefficients using a multi-layered function such as a convolutional neural network. The method may further include generating a segmented image by applying a change of basis transformation to the estimated one or more transform domain coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Raúl Alejandro Casas, Samer Lutfi Hijazi, Rishi Kumar, Piyush Kaul, Xuehong Mao, Christopher Rowen, Himanshu Charaya
  • Patent number: 9619205
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for performing floating point operations as part of a processor architecture that also includes fixed point operations is disclosed. The computer implemented method includes providing a group of instructions within the fixed point architecture. A floating point value is split between two programmer visible registers. In a system and method in accordance with the present invention a new form of floating point representation and associated processor operations, including efficient complex number representations and operations are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Rowen, Teodur Doru Cuturela, Xiaoguang Lv, Dan Nicolaescu, Pushkar Patwardhan, Manish Ashok Paradkar, Pranava Tummala
  • Patent number: 9582473
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for providing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) capability to a fixed point processor architecture is disclosed. In a first aspect the computer implemented method and system comprises providing an instruction set within the fixed point architecture. The instruction set includes a plurality of instructions to calculate at least one set of add operations within a FFT butterfly. The plurality of instructions are controlled by a mode register, wherein a plurality of vector register files and a scratch state memory provide input data to at the at least one set of add operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shay Gal-On, Vologymyr Arbatov, Christopher Rowen
  • Patent number: 8924898
    Abstract: An automated processor design tool uses a description of customized processor instruction set extensions in a standardized language to develop a configurable definition of a target instruction set, a Hardware Description Language description of circuitry necessary to implement the instruction set, and development tools such as a compiler, assembler, debugger and simulator which can be used to develop applications for the processor and to verify it. Implementation of the processor circuitry can be optimized for various criteria such as area, power consumption, speed and the like. Once a processor configuration is developed, it can be tested and inputs to the system modified to iteratively optimize the processor implementation. By providing a constrained domain of extensions and optimizations, the process can be automated to a high degree, thereby facilitating fast and reliable development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl A. Killian, Ricardo E. Gonzalez, Ashish B. Dixit, Monica Lam, Walter D. Lichtenstein, Christopher Rowen, John C. Ruttenberg, Robert P. Wilson, Albert Ren-Rui Wang, Dror Eliezer Maydan