Patents by Inventor Mohammad Mahdi Tanabian

Mohammad Mahdi Tanabian 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: 11095980
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented to include a speaker system with microphone room calibration in a variety of applications. The speaker system can be implemented as a smart speaker. The speaker system can include a microphone array having multiple microphones, one or more optical sensors, one or more processors, and a storage device comprising instructions. The one or more optical sensors can be used to determine distances of one or more surfaces to the speaker system. Based on the determined distances, an algorithm to manage beamforming of an incoming voice signal to the speaker system can be adjusted or selected one or more microphones of the microphone array can be turned off, with an adjustment of an evaluation of the voice signal to the microphone array to account for the one or more microphones turned off. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Mohammad Mahdi Tanabian, Timothy Allen Jakoboski
  • Publication number: 20200275205
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented to include a speaker system with microphone room calibration in a variety of applications. The speaker system can be implemented as a smart speaker. The speaker system can include a microphone array having multiple microphones, one or more optical sensors, one or more processors, and a storage device comprising instructions. The one or more optical sensors can be used to determine distances of one or more surfaces to the speaker system. Based on the determined distances, an algorithm to manage beamforming of an incoming voice signal to the speaker system can be adjusted or selected one or more microphones of the microphone array can be turned off, with an adjustment of an evaluation of the voice signal to the microphone array to account for the one or more microphones turned off. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Mahdi TANABIAN, Timothy Allen JAKOBOSKI
  • Patent number: 10674260
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented to include a speaker system with microphone room calibration in a variety of applications. The speaker system can be implemented as a smart speaker. The speaker system can include a microphone array having multiple microphones, one or more optical sensors, one or more processors, and a storage device comprising instructions. The one or more optical sensors can be used to determine distances of one or more surfaces to the speaker system. Based on the determined distances, an algorithm to manage beamforming of an incoming voice signal to the speaker system can be adjusted or selected one or more microphones of the microphone array can be turned off, with an adjustment of an evaluation of the voice signal to the microphone array to account for the one or more microphones turned off. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Mahdi Tanabian, Timothy Allen Jakoboski
  • Publication number: 20200162813
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented to include a speaker system with microphone room calibration in a variety of applications. The speaker system can be implemented as a smart speaker. The speaker system can include a microphone array having multiple microphones, one or more optical sensors, one or more processors, and a storage device comprising instructions. The one or more optical sensors can be used to determine distances of one or more surfaces to the speaker system. Based on the determined distances, an algorithm to manage beamforming of an incoming voice signal to the speaker system can be adjusted or selected one or more microphones of the microphone array can be turned off, with an adjustment of an evaluation of the voice signal to the microphone array to account for the one or more microphones turned off. Additional systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Mahdi Tanabian, Timothy Allen Jakoboski