Patents by Inventor Fatos MYFTARI

Fatos MYFTARI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240144906
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology provide for generation of a self-voice signal by an electronic device that is operating in an active noise cancellation mode. In this way, during a phone call, a video conference, or while listening to audio content, a user of the electronic device may benefit from active cancellation of ambient noise while still being able to hear their own voice when they speak. In various implementations described herein, the concurrent self-voice and automatic noise cancellation features are facilitated by accelerometer-based control of sidetone and/or active noise cancellation operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yang LU, Andrew P. BRIGHT, Fatos MYFTARI, Vasu IYENGAR
  • Patent number: 11935512
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology provide for generation of a self-voice signal by an electronic device that is operating in an active noise cancellation mode. In this way, during a phone call, a video conference, or while listening to audio content, a user of the electronic device may benefit from active cancellation of ambient noise while still being able to hear their own voice when they speak. In various implementations described herein, the concurrent self-voice and automatic noise cancellation features are facilitated by accelerometer-based control of sidetone and/or active noise cancellation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Lu, Andrew P. Bright, Fatos Myftari, Vasu Iyengar
  • Publication number: 20230377554
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology provide for generation of a self-voice signal by an electronic device that is operating in an active noise cancellation mode. In this way, during a phone call, a video conference, or while listening to audio content, a user of the electronic device may benefit from active cancellation of ambient noise while still being able to hear their own voice when they speak. In various implementations described herein, the concurrent self-voice and automatic noise cancellation features are facilitated by accelerometer-based control of sidetone and/or active noise cancellation operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yang LU, Andrew P. BRIGHT, Fatos MYFTARI, Vasu IYENGAR
  • Patent number: 11715483
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device including a microphone, a filter and a processor. The filter receives an audio signal including ambient noise and a voice of a user of the device from the microphone. At least a portion of ambient noise is filtered from the audio signal. The processor determines a level of the ambient noise in the received audio signal and dynamically adjusts a gain applied to the filtered audio signal based on the level of the ambient noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Lu, Fatos Myftari, Vasu Iyengar, Aram M. Lindahl
  • Publication number: 20210390972
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device including a microphone, a filter and a processor. The filter receives an audio signal including ambient noise and a voice of a user of the device from the microphone. At least a portion of ambient noise is filtered from the audio signal. The processor determines a level of the ambient noise in the received audio signal and dynamically adjusts a gain applied to the filtered audio signal based on the level of the ambient noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yang LU, Fatos MYFTARI, Vasu IYENGAR, Aram M. LINDAHL
  • Patent number: 9467779
    Abstract: Digital signal processing for microphone partial occlusion detection is described. In one embodiment, an electronic system for audio noise processing and for noise reduction, using a plurality of microphones, includes a first noise estimator to process a first audio signal from a first one of the microphones, and generate a first noise estimate. The electronic system also includes a second noise estimator to process the first audio signal, and a second audio signal from a second one of the microphones, in parallel with the first noise estimator, and generate a second noise estimate. A microphone partial occlusion detector determines a low frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals and a high frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals to generate a microphone partial occlusion function that indicates whether one of the microphones is partially occluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vasu Iyengar, Fatos Myftari, Sorin V. Dusan, Aram M. Lindahl
  • Publication number: 20150334489
    Abstract: Digital signal processing for microphone partial occlusion detection is described. In one embodiment, an electronic system for audio noise processing and for noise reduction, using a plurality of microphones, includes a first noise estimator to process a first audio signal from a first one of the microphones, and generate a first noise estimate. The electronic system also includes a second noise estimator to process the first audio signal, and a second audio signal from a second one of the microphones, in parallel with the first noise estimator, and generate a second noise estimate. A microphone partial occlusion detector determines a low frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals and a high frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals to generate a microphone partial occlusion function that indicates whether one of the microphones is partially occluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vasu IYENGAR, Fatos MYFTARI, Sorin V. DUSAN, Aram M. LINDAHL