Patents by Inventor Paul Beckmann
Paul Beckmann 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).
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Patent number: 11651772Abstract: A system and method for improving the performance of a hands-free voice user interface system while minimizing the computational complexity without sacrificing performance. Specifically, when estimating the location of the talker for the purpose of steering a directional beam in the direction of the active talker. A hands-free voice user interface system requires a clean signal to be streamed to the cloud for recognition. One way to improve the speech signal is to estimate where the talker is and steer a beam in the direction of the active talker. To locate the talker to a localized position, a direction of arrival estimator (DOA) algorithm is used. DoA generally requires noise and echo free signal for optimal estimation, but it is computationally expensive to run audio pre-processing such as an acoustic echo cancellation for each microphone in microphone array.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: DSP Concepts, Inc.Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20220223149Abstract: A system and method for improving the performance of a hands-free voice user interface system while minimizing the computational complexity without sacrificing performance. Specifically, when estimating the location of the talker for the purpose of steering a directional beam in the direction of the active talker. A hands-free voice user interface system requires a clean signal to be streamed to the cloud for recognition. One way to improve the speech signal is to estimate where the talker is and steer a beam in the direction of the active talker. To locate the talker to a localized position, a direction of arrival estimator (DOA) algorithm is used. DoA generally requires noise and echo free signal for optimal estimation, but it is computationally expensive to run audio pre-processing such as an acoustic echo cancellation for each microphone in microphone array.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Patent number: 11298362Abstract: Medicaments for use in treating acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, sarcoma, desmoid tumors, adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or medulloblastoma in a patient by administering simultaneously, separately, or sequentially, 4,4,4-trifluoro-N-[(IS)-2-[[(7S)-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-6-oxo-7H-pyrido[2,3-d][3]benzazepin-7-yl]amino]-1-methyl-2-oxo-ethyl]butanamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and N-[5-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-[5-fluoro-4-(7-fluoro-3-isopropyl-2-methyl-3H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Richard Paul Beckmann, Bharvin Kumar Patel
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Patent number: 11276397Abstract: A system and method for improving the performance of a hands-free voice user interface system while minimizing the computational complexity without sacrificing performance. Specifically, when estimating the location of the talker for the purpose of steering a directional beam in the direction of the active talker. A hands-free voice user interface system requires a clean signal to be streamed to the cloud for recognition. One way to improve the speech signal is to estimate where the talker is and steer a beam in the direction of the active talker. To locate the talker to a localized position, a direction of arrival estimator (DOA) algorithm is used. DoA generally requires noise and echo free signal for optimal estimation, but it is computationally expensive to run audio pre-processing such as an acoustic echo cancellation for each microphone in microphone array.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: DSP Concepts, Inc.Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20210213029Abstract: Medicaments for use in treating acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, sarcoma, desmoid tumors, adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or medulloblastoma in a patient by administering simultaneously, separately, or sequentially, 4,4,4-trifluoro-N-[(IS)-2-[[(7S)-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-6-oxo-7H-pyrido[2,3-d][3]benzazepin-7-yl]amino]-1-methyl-2-oxo-ethyl]butanamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and N-[5-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-[5-fluoro-4-(7-fluoro-3-isopropyl-2-methyl-3H-benzoimidazol-5-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Richard Paul BECKMANN, Bharvin Kumar PATEL
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Publication number: 20200279557Abstract: A system and method for improving the performance of a hands-free voice user interface system while minimizing the computational complexity without sacrificing performance. Specifically, when estimating the location of the talker for the purpose of steering a directional beam in the direction of the active talker. A hands-free voice user interface system requires a clean signal to be streamed to the cloud for recognition. One way to improve the speech signal is to estimate where the talker is and steer a beam in the direction of the active talker. To locate the talker to a localized position, a direction of arrival estimator (DOA) algorithm is used. DoA generally requires noise and echo free signal for optimal estimation, but it is computationally expensive to run audio pre-processing such as an acoustic echo cancellation for each microphone in microphone array.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20200279558Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the sensitivity of a wake word recognition system based on room conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20190160148Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of abemaciclib and pembrolizumab and methods of using the combination to treat certain disorders, such as breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Richard Paul BECKMANN, Colleen Michelle MOCKBEE, David Arlen SCHAER
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Publication number: 20180228795Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating squamous histology cancers, breast cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and colorectal cancer in a patient comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; in combination with an effective amount of a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Richard Paul Beckmann, Gregory Paul Donoho, Aimee Karis Lin, Volker Wacheck
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Patent number: 9872006Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Zhinian Jing
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Patent number: 9706088Abstract: An audio capture system for a sports camera includes at least one “enhanced” microphone and at least one “reference” microphone. The enhanced microphone includes a drainage enhancement feature to enable water to drain from the microphone more quickly than the reference microphone. A microphone selection controller selects between the microphones based on a microphone selection algorithm to enable high quality in conditions where the sports camera transitions in and out of water during activities such as surfing, water skiing, swimming, or other wet environments.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Zhinian Jing, Erich Tisch, Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20170111627Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Zhinian Jing
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Patent number: 9571807Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Zhinian Jing
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Publication number: 20170006396Abstract: An audio capture system for a sports camera includes at least one “enhanced” microphone and at least one “reference” microphone. The enhanced microphone includes a drainage enhancement feature to enable water to drain from the microphone more quickly than the reference microphone. A microphone selection controller selects between the microphones based on a microphone selection algorithm to enable high quality in conditions where the sports camera transitions in and out of water during activities such as surfing, water skiing, swimming, or other wet environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Zhinian Jing, Erich Tisch, Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20160241832Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Zhinian Jing
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Patent number: 9350895Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Eric Jing
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Publication number: 20160142579Abstract: A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Erich Tisch, Eric Jing
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Publication number: 20150172855Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for activating a feature on a mobile device based on social proximity. Information associated with a first user of a first mobile device and a second user of a second mobile device is received. A degree of spatial proximity between the first device and the second device is estimated based on the received information. When the estimated degree of spatial proximity exceeds a threshold, a degree of social proximity is estimated between the first user and the second user based on the received information. Finally, based on the measure of social proximity, a feature on the first device is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Arunesh Mishra, Christopher Paul Beckmann
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Publication number: 20070142945Abstract: An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the sound reproduction device with a computer. The computer provides audio signals from a plurality of sources, the sources including a computer CD player, digitally encoded computer files stored on the computer, and a computer network connected to the computer. The sound reproduction device further includes control buttons for controlling at least one of the computer CD player, the digitally encoded computer files and the computer network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Santiago Carvajal, Christopher Perry
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Publication number: 20060212503Abstract: A sampling-rate conversion method receives N input channels which have been digitized at an input sampling rate, and converts the sampling rate of each input channel to produce N output channels at an output sampling rate. The method comprises computing a common FIR interpolating function which depends upon the input and output sample clocks and the instantaneous output time, and applying the common FIR interpolating function to all N input channels to compute all N output channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Paul Beckmann, Timothy Stilson