Patents by Inventor Aengus WESTHEAD

Aengus WESTHEAD 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).

  • Noise cancellation
    Patent number: 10957342
    Abstract: An audio processing apparatus, comprising: a first receiver configured to receive one or more audio signals derived from one or more microphones, the one or more audio signals comprising a speech component received from a user and a first noise component transmitted by a first device; a second receiver configured to receive over a network and from the first device, first audio data corresponding to the first noise component; one or more processors configured to: remove the first noise component from the one or more audio signals using the first audio data to generate a first processed audio signal; and perform speech recognition on the first processed audio signal to generate a first speech result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kieran Reed, Krishna Kongara, Aengus Westhead, Hock Lim
  • NOISE CANCELLATION
    Publication number: 20200227073
    Abstract: An audio processing apparatus, comprising: a first receiver configured to receive one or more audio signals derived from one or more microphones, the one or more audio signals comprising a speech component received from a user and a first noise component transmitted by a first device; a second receiver configured to receive over a network and from the first device, first audio data corresponding to the first noise component; one or more processors configured to: remove the first noise component from the one or more audio signals using the first audio data to generate a first processed audio signal; and perform speech recognition on the first processed audio signal to generate a first speech result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Kieran REED, Krishna KONGARA, Aengus WESTHEAD, Hock LIM