Patents by Inventor Patrick Naylor

Patrick Naylor 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: 11295272
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter, wherein the encounter information includes machine vision encounter information; and processing the encounter information to generate an encounter transcript.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20220051772
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for source separation is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a user encounter, wherein the encounter information includes first audio encounter information obtained from a first encounter participant and at least second audio encounter information obtained from at least a second encounter participant. The first audio encounter information and the at least second audio encounter information are processed to eliminate audio interference between the first audio encounter information and the at least second audio encounter information. A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for compartmentalizing a virtual assistant is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information via a compartmentalized virtual assistant during a user encounter, wherein the compartmentalized virtual assistant includes a core functionality module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guido Remi Marcel Gallopyn, Dushyant Sharma, Uwe Helmut Jost, Donald E. Owen, Patrick Naylor, Amr Nour-Eldin, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Mehmet Mert Öz, Garret N. Erskine
  • Patent number: 11250383
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for determining a time delay between a first audio signal received on a first audio detection system and a second audio signal received on a second audio detection system. The first and second audio detection systems are located within a monitored space. The first audio detection system is located with respect to the second audio detection system within the monitored space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Patent number: 11250382
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for initially aligning two or more audio signals to address coarse temporal misalignment between the two or more audio signals. The two or more audio signals are detected by two or more audio detection systems within a monitored space. The two or more audio signals are subsequently realigned to address ongoing temporal signal drift between the two or more audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Patent number: 11232794
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving audio encounter information from a microphone array. Speech activity within one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be identified based upon, at least in part, a correlation among the audio encounter information received from the microphone array. Location information for the one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be determined based upon, at least in part, the correlation among the signals received by each microphone of the microphone array. The one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be labeled with the speech activity and the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210350808
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving information associated with an acoustic environment. Acoustic metadata associated with audio encounter information received by a first microphone system may be received. One or more speaker representations may be defined based upon, at least in part, the acoustic metadata associated with the audio encounter information and the information associated with the acoustic environment. One or more portions of the audio encounter information may be labeled with the one or more speaker representations and a speaker location within the acoustic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210352404
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more inter-microphone gain-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals, thus defining one or more inter-microphone gain-augmented signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Rong Gong, Stainislav Kruchinin, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Publication number: 20210350804
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving audio encounter information from a first microphone system, thus defining a first audio stream. Audio encounter information may be received from a second microphone system, thus defining a second audio stream. Speech activity may be detected in one or more portions of the first audio stream, thus defining one or more speech portions of the first audio stream. Speech activity may be detected in one or more portions of the second audio stream, thus defining one or more speech portions of the second audio stream. The first audio stream and the second audio stream may be aligned based upon, at least in part, the one or more speech portions of the first audio stream and the one or more speech portions of the second audio stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210350814
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving information associated with an acoustic environment. A plurality of filters may be predefined to produce a plurality of beams based upon, at least in part, the information associated with the acoustic environment. The plurality of filters may be predefined to produce a plurality of nulls based upon, at least in part, the information associated with the acoustic environment. Audio encounter information may be obtained, via one or more microphone arrays, using the plurality of beams and the plurality of nulls produced by the plurality of predefined filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210350815
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving audio encounter information from a microphone array. Speech activity within one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be identified based upon, at least in part, a correlation among the audio encounter information received from the microphone array. Location information for the one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be determined based upon, at least in part, the correlation among the signals received by each microphone of the microphone array. The one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be labeled with the speech activity and the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210350813
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a speech signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more noise signals associated with microphone self-noise may be received. One or more self-noise-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the one or more noise signals associated with microphone self-noise, thus defining one or more self-noise-based augmented signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Rong Gong, Stanislav Kruchinin, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Publication number: 20210352405
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more microphone frequency responses associated with at least one microphone may be received. One or more microphone frequency response-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the one or more microphone frequency responses, thus defining one or more microphone frequency response-based augmented signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Rong Gong, Stanislav Kruchinin, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Publication number: 20210352406
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. Harmonic distortion associated with at least one microphone may be determined. One or more harmonic distortion-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the harmonic distortion associated with the at least one microphone, thus defining one or more harmonic distortion-based augmented signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Rong Gong, Stanislav Kruchinin, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Publication number: 20210350809
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array. A plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array may be received. One or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams or one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls may be selected. A microphone array may obtain audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210287654
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving feature-based voice data. One or more data augmentation characteristics may be received. One or more augmentations of the feature-based voice data may be generated, via a machine learning model, based upon, at least in part, the feature-based voice data and the one or more data augmentation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, James W. Fosburgh, Do Yeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20210287104
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system via a video recording subsystem of an ACI calibration platform; and generating one or more audio calibration signals for receipt by an audio recording system included within the ACI system via an audio generation subsystem of the ACI calibration platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant SHARMA, Patrick A. NAYLOR, Joel Praveen PINTO, Daniel Paulino ALMENDRO BARREDA
  • Publication number: 20210287661
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving feature-based voice data associated with a first acoustic domain. One or more audio feature-based augmentations may be performed on at least a portion of the feature-based voice data. Performing the one or more audio feature-based augmentations may include adding one or more audio features to the at least a portion of the feature-based voice data and/or removing one or more audio features from the at least a portion of the feature-based voice data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210287652
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving feature-based voice data associated with a first acoustic domain. One or more rate-based augmentations may be performed on at least a portion of the feature-based voice data, thus defining rate-based augmented feature-based voice data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210287660
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving feature-based voice data associated with a first acoustic domain. One or more gain-based augmentations may be performed on at least a portion of the feature-based voice data, thus defining gain-augmented feature-based voice data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, James W. Fosburgh
  • Publication number: 20210287653
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving feature-based voice data associated with a first acoustic domain. One or more reverberation-based augmentations may be performed on at least a portion of the feature-based voice data, thus defining reverberation-augmented feature-based voice data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, James W. Fosburgh, Do Yeong Kim