Patents Examined by Nicole A K Schmieder
  • Patent number: 11978462
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a process for modifying an audio signal. For example, one process for modifying an audio signal is disclosed including the following steps: determining a compression parameter of the audio signal that should be modified; fractionizing the audio signal into different frequency bands; obtaining the values of the compression parameter for each frequency band; and compressing at least a part of the frequency bands as a function of the determined compression parameter. Various other embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a device for modifying an audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ISUNIYE LLC
    Inventor: Zlatan Ribic
  • Patent number: 11955136
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for detecting and localizing gunshots are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Garth Paine
  • Patent number: 11941154
    Abstract: Method and system of securing personally identifiable and sensitive information in conversational AI based communication. The method comprises enabling a first service provider device as a communication channel provider of an incoming communication mode and enabling a second service provider device s a communication channel provider of an outgoing communication mode, at least one of the incoming communication and outgoing communication modes comprising an audio communication, storing content of a conversation in the incoming communication mode in a first storage medium accessible to the first service provider device but not the second service provider device, and storing content of the conversation in the outgoing communication mode at a second storage medium accessible to the second service provider device but not the first service provider device, and anonymizing the audio communication wherein personally identifiable audio characteristics of the user are obfuscated from the service provider devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ventech Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Kiran Pasupuleti, Ravi Kunduru
  • Patent number: 11942093
    Abstract: A system and method to perform dubbing automatically for multiple languages at the same time using speech-to-text transcriptions, language translation, and artificial intelligence engines to perform the actual dubbing in the voice likeness of the original speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SYNCWORDS LLC
    Inventors: Aleksandr Dubinsky, Taras Sereda
  • Patent number: 11914965
    Abstract: Disclosed systems relate to generating questions from text. In an example, a method includes forming a first semantic tree from a first reference text and second semantic tree from a second reference text. The method includes identifying a set of semantic nodes that are in the first semantic tree but not in the second semantic tree. The method includes forming a first syntactic tree for the first reference text and a second syntactic tree for the second reference text. The method includes identifying a set of syntactic nodes that are in the first syntactic tree but not in the second syntactic tree. The method includes mapping the set of semantic nodes to the set of syntactic nodes by identifying a correspondence between a semantic node and a syntactic node, forming a question fragment from a normalized word, and providing the question fragment to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Boris Galitsky
  • Patent number: 11908447
    Abstract: According to an aspect, method for synthesizing multi-speaker speech using an artificial neural network comprises generating and storing a speech learning model for a plurality of users by subjecting a synthetic artificial neural network of a speech synthesis model to learning, based on speech data of the plurality of users, generating speaker vectors for a new user who has not been learned and the plurality of users who have already been learned by using a speaker recognition model, determining a speaker vector having the most similar relationship with the speaker vector of the new user according to preset criteria out of the speaker vectors of the plurality of users who have already been learned, and generating and learning a speaker embedding of the new user by subjecting the synthetic artificial neural network of the speech synthesis model to learning, by using a value of a speaker embedding of a user for the determined speaker vector as an initial value and based on speaker data of the new user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Joon Hyuk Chang, Jae Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 11893354
    Abstract: The present invention provides for improving training dataset by identifying errors in training dataset and generating improvement recommendations. In operation, the present invention provides for identifying and correcting duplicate utterances in training dataset comprising utterances-intent pairs. Further, a plurality of Natural Language ML models are trained with the corrected training dataset to obtain diverse set of trained ML models. Each utterance of training dataset are fed as input to trained ML models, and a probability of error associated with each utterances-intent pairs of training dataset are evaluated based on analysis of respective intent predictions received from each of the trained ML models. Furthermore, spelling errors in the dataset are identified and data-imbalances in the training dataset are evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Jithu R Jacob, Siddhartha Das
  • Patent number: 11894001
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method includes determining a downmixed signal of a first channel signal and a second channel signal, determining an initial reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal, determining a target reverberation gain parameter of the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on a correlation between the first channel signal and the downmixed signal, a correlation between the second channel signal and the downmixed signal, and the initial reverberation gain parameter, quantizing the first channel signal and the second channel signal based on the downmixed signal and the target reverberation gain parameter, and writing a quantized first channel signal and a quantized second channel signal into a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11887622
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a system and method for obtaining a diagnosis of a mental health condition. An exemplary system can receive an audio input; convert the audio input into a text string; identify a speaker associated with the text string; based on at least a portion of the audio input, determine a predefined audio characteristic of a plurality of predefined audio characteristics; based on the determined audio characteristic, identify an emotion corresponding to the portion of the audio input; generate a set of structured data based on the text string, the speaker, the predefined audio characteristic, and the identified emotion; and provide an output for obtaining the diagnosis of the mental disorder or condition, wherein the output is indicative of at least a portion of the set of structured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: United States Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Qian Hu, Brian P. Marx, Patricia D. King, Seth-David Donald Dworman, Matthew E. Coarr, Keith A. Crouch, Stelios Melachrinoudis, Cheryl Clark, Terence M. Keane
  • Patent number: 11869493
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses processing audio data. The method can include: acquiring audio data by an audio capturing device, determining feature information of an enclosure in which the audio capturing device is located, and reverberating the feature information into the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shaofei Xue, Biao Tian
  • Patent number: 11861317
    Abstract: Human-machine dialog is characterized by receiving data comprising a recording of an individual interacting with a dialog application simulating a conversation. Thereafter, the received data is parsed using automated speech recognition to result in text comprising a plurality of words. Features are extracted from the parsed data and then input an ensemble of different machine learning models each trained to generate a score characterizing a plurality of different dialog constructs. Thereafter, scores generated by the machine learning models for each of the dialog constructs are fused. A performance score is then generated based on the fused scores which characterizes a conversational proficiency of the individual interacting with the dialog application. Data can then be provided which includes or otherwise characterizes the generated score. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Vikram Ramanarayanan, Matthew Mulholland, Debanjan Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11854571
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of transmitting and receiving a speech signal. The method of transmitting a speech signal includes extracting low frequency feature information from an input speech signal by using a first feature extracting network; and transmitting a speech signal corresponding to the low frequency feature information to a receiving end. The method of receiving a speech signal includes receiving a first speech signal transmitted by a transmitting end; extracting low frequency feature information from the first speech signal and recovering high frequency feature information based on the low frequency feature information, by using a second feature extracting network; and outputting a second speech signal including the low frequency feature information and the high frequency feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Wen, Lizhong Wang, Anxi Yi, Chao Min, Liangxi Yao
  • Patent number: 11842747
    Abstract: An example system includes a processor to receive a data set and similarity scores. The processor is to execute an eigen response analysis on eigenvectors calculated for a similarity matrix generated based on the similarity scores for the data set. The processor is to output an estimated number of clusters in the data set based on the eigen response analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Hagai Aronowitz
  • Patent number: 11837244
    Abstract: An analysis filter bank corresponding to multiple sub-bands, which performs frequency-division filtering on an input signal to generate multiple sub-band signals, the analysis filter bank comprising: a sub-band response pre-compensator which performs a linear filtering on the input signal to generate a response pre-compensated signal, multiple sub-filters with different central frequencies, which perform complex-type first-order infinite impulse response filtering respectively on the response pre-compensated signal to generate multiple sub-filter signals, and multiple binomially-combining and rotating devices based on a set of binomial weights, each of which performs a weighted summation on at least two of the sub-filter signals with the set of binomial weights, and rotates a weighted-summation result with a rotating phase according to a corresponding sub-band central frequency to generate one of the sub-band signals, wherein the at least two of the sub-filter signals are generated by at least two of the sub-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Invictumtech Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Luen Liou
  • Patent number: 11822885
    Abstract: Systems and methods for contextual natural language censoring are disclosed. For example, configuration data indicating details associated with content provided by a client device and/or about the client device may be received and may be utilized to determine impermissible and permissible exceptions for a given client. One or more queries may be generated utilizing the impermissible and permissible exceptions, and when input data is received from the client device and/or in association with the client identifier, the queries may be utilized to evaluate the input data for impermissible and permissible exceptions. The results may be filtered based on user preferences, the input data may be censored, the input data may be prevented from being exposed to a user device, the application associated with the input data may be removed from availability, and/or a maturity setting may be changed for the application, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arunachalam Sundararaman, Mukul Aggarwal, Rajesh Ravindran Nandyaleth, Ankur Gupta, Dilip Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11810548
    Abstract: A speech translation method using a multilingual text-to-speech synthesis model includes acquiring a single artificial neural network text-to-speech synthesis model having acquired learning based on a learning text of a first language and learning speech data of the first language corresponding to the learning text of the first language, and a learning text of a second language and learning speech data of the second language corresponding to the learning text of the second language, receiving input speech data of the first language and an articulatory feature of a speaker regarding the first language, converting the input speech data of the first language into a text of the first language, converting the text of the first language into a text of the second language, and generating output speech data for the text of the second language that simulates the speaker's speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NEOSAPIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Taesu Kim, Younggun Lee
  • Patent number: 11797762
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting coordinated propagation of social media content may include calculating, by a computing device, a content similarity score for each social media post in relation to other social media posts in a set of social media posts. The method may also include identifying a related subset of social media posts based on the content similarity score. Additionally, the method may include detecting one or more clusters of social media posts in the related subset by clustering social media posts based on content similarity scores and timing. Furthermore, the method may include determining that a user account associated with a social media post in a detected cluster is in a coordinated network of user accounts. Finally, the method may include performing a security action in response to determining that the user account is in the coordinated network. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GEN DIGITAL INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Kats
  • Patent number: 11785141
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining a transfer option for transferring a call. One of the methods include receiving, by a call assistant engine, a keyword related to information provided by a user to an agent during a call; generating, by the call assistant engine, follow-up questions to be displayed on a user device of the agent in an interactive format, the first follow-up question being generated based on the keyword, each of the following follow-up questions being generated based on an answer of the agent to the previous question; and determining, by the call assistant engine, based on answers of the agent to the follow-up questions, a transfer option for transferring the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Philip Ryan Jensen, Everett Russell Freeman James, James Shamlin, Sheryl Lane Niemann, Shanna Limas, Samir Hojat
  • Patent number: 11748566
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for automatically evaluating records. In the context of a method, an example embodiment includes receiving a set of text produced from a record, identifying, by block manipulation circuitry and from the set of text, one or more blocks of text that are related to a potential conclusion regarding the set of text, and extracting, by the block manipulation circuitry, the one or more blocks of text. The example method further includes concatenating, by the block manipulation circuitry, the extracted one or more blocks into a sequence of words, inputting the sequence of words into a machine learning model, and, in response to inputting the sequence of words into the machine learning model, producing, using the machine learning model, an indication of whether the potential conclusion regarding the record is supported by the sequence of words. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Lam, Bradley Strauss, John Tornblad, Adam Sullivan, Nick Giannasi
  • Patent number: 11721357
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure, the procedure includes detecting a plurality of voice sections from an input sound that includes voices of a plurality of speakers, calculating a feature amount of each of the plurality of voice sections, determining a plurality of emotions, corresponding to the plurality of voice sections respectively, of a speaker of the plurality of speakers for each of the plurality of voice sections, and clustering a plurality of feature amounts, based on a change vector from the feature amount of the voice section determined as a first emotion of the plurality of emotions of the speaker to the feature amount of the voice section determined as a second emotion of the plurality of emotions different from the first emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Togawa, Sayuri Nakayama, Jun Takahashi, Kiyonori Morioka