Patents by Inventor Hyeowoo Lee

Hyeowoo Lee 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: 20120078624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a voice section in time-space by using audio and video information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting a voice section from time-space by using audio and video information comprises the steps of: detecting a voice section in an audio signal which is inputted into a microphone array; verifying a speaker from the detected voice section; sensing the face of the speaker by using a video signal which is inputted into a camera if the speaker is successfully verified, and then estimating the direction of the face of the speaker; and determining the detected voice section as the voice section of the speaker if the estimated face direction corresponds to a reference direction which is previously stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Korea University-Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Dongsuk Yook, Hyeowoo Lee