Patents by Inventor Antoine Roland Raux

Antoine Roland Raux 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: 11221689
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an information handling device, including: a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive, at an electronic device, a drawing input; receive, at the electronic device, secondary user input; and modify, the drawing input based on the secondary user input; wherein the secondary input is voice input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Grigori Zaitsev
  • Patent number: 10811005
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver, user voice data; identifying, using a processor, at least one characteristic of the voice data; obtaining, using the processor, a speech recognition processing result of the voice data; and changing a standard response to the user voice data to an adapted response based on the at least one characteristic and the speech recognition processing result. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Patent number: 10698653
    Abstract: For selecting multimodal elements, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a coarse-grained indication indicating a coarse-grained portion of an electronic document, receiving an audio signal comprising a fine-grained indication indicating a fine-grained portion of the coarse-grained portion and a command to be performed on the fine-grained portion, and executing the command on the fine-grained portion in response to receiving the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Akshay Chandrashekaran
  • Patent number: 10649635
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, a command input using a first modality; detecting, at the electronic device, a selecting input using a different modality; combining, using a processor, the command input and the selecting input into an application formatted command; and providing the application formatted command to an application running on the electronic device for execution. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Akshay Chandrashekaran
  • Patent number: 10613915
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: embedding, using a processor, code within an application; detecting, at an electronic device, a user input within the application, wherein the user input selects an object within the application; receiving, using a processor, data associated with the selected object; and sending, using a processor, data associated with the selected object to an application selected from the group consisting of the application and another application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Akshay Chandrashekaran
  • Patent number: 10228904
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, involving: detecting, at an electronic device, a location of user gaze; activating, based on the location of the user gaze, a voice input module, wherein the activating is based on a command input using a modality that detects an input in combination with the location of the user gaze, the modality comprising a change in velocity of the device; detecting, at the electronic device, a voice input; evaluating, using the voice input module, the voice input, and performing, based on evaluation of the voice input, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Antoine Roland Raux
  • Patent number: 10146355
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a first input device of an electronic device, a first user input for an object resident on the electronic device; partially completing, using a processor, a user action based on the first user input; accepting, at another type of input device of the electronic device, a user input associated with the first user input for the object; combining, using a processor, the first user input for the object and the user input; and completing, using a processor, the user input action for the object based on the combined first user input and the user input. Other aspects are described and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Grigori Zaitsev, Antoine Roland Raux, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Patent number: 10133920
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an input and display device, handwriting input; receiving, using a processor, voice input; generating, using a processor, at least one first word based on the handwriting input; generating, using a processor, at least one second word based on the voice input; and determining, using a processor, a highest probability word based on the at least one first word and the at least one second word. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Grigori Zaitsev, Russell Speight VanBlon, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9921805
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver of a device, a voice input; selecting, using a processor of a device, an active target voice enabled resource for the voice input from among a plurality of active target voice enabled resources; and providing, using a processor of the device, the voice input to the active target voice enabled resource selected. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Patent number: 9851790
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: displaying, on a display device, at least one notification; detecting, at an electronic device, a location of user gaze associated with the location of the at least one notification; determining, using a secondary detection, if a secondary input is detected; performing, based on the determining, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Antoine Roland Raux
  • Patent number: 9659003
    Abstract: For hybrid language processing, a method is disclosed that includes identifying, by use of a processor, one or more user specific terms in a user generated portion of text, modifying the portion of text by replacing one or more of the user specific terms with general tokens, and converting the modified portion of text to one or more commands to be executed by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Antoine Roland Raux
  • Patent number: 9628948
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, at a device, at least one characteristic of a detectable wireless signal; comparing, using a processor, at least one characteristic to a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic; responsive to the at least one characteristic being different than a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic, providing a notification requesting a user to enable location tracking; and responsive to the at least one characteristic not being different to a previously obtained wireless characteristic, omitting the notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160371054
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver of a device, a voice input; selecting, using a processor of a device, an active target voice enabled resource for the voice input from among a plurality of active target voice enabled resources; and providing, using a processor of the device, the voice input to the active target voice enabled resource selected. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160372110
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver, user voice data; identifying, using a processor, at least one characteristic of the voice data; obtaining, using the processor, a speech recognition processing result of the voice data; and changing a standard response to the user voice data to an adapted response based on the at least one characteristic and the speech recognition processing result. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160373888
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, at a device, at least one characteristic of a detectable wireless signal; comparing, using a processor, at least one characteristic to a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic; responsive to the at least one characteristic being different than a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic, providing a notification requesting a user to enable location tracking; and responsive to the at least one characteristic not being different to a previously obtained wireless characteristic, omitting the notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160283016
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a first input device of an electronic device, a first user input for an object resident on the electronic device; partially completing, using a processor, a user action based on the first user input; accepting, at another type of input device of the electronic device, a user input associated with the first user input for the object; combining, using a processor, the first user input for the object and the user input; and completing, using a processor, the user input action for the object based on the combined first user input and the user input. Other aspects are described and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Grigori Zaitsev, Antoine Roland Raux, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20160253992
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an input and display device, handwriting input; receiving, using a processor, voice input; generating, using a processor, at least one first word based on the handwriting input; generating, using a processor, at least one second word based on the voice input; and determining, using a processor, a highest probability word based on the at least one first word and the at least one second word. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Grigori Zaitsev, Russell Speight VanBlon, Jianbang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160252957
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: displaying, on a display device, at least one notification; detecting, at an electronic device, a location of user gaze associated with the location of the at least one notification; determining, using a secondary detection, if a secondary input is detected; performing, based on the determining, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160252973
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an information handling device, including: a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive, at an electronic device, a drawing input; receive, at the electronic device, secondary user input; and modify, the drawing input based on the secondary user input; wherein the secondary input is voice input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Antoine Roland Raux, Grigori Zaitsev
  • Publication number: 20160132290
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, involving: detecting, at an electronic device, a location of user gaze; activating, based on the location of the user gaze, a voice input module; detecting, at the electronic device, a voice input; evaluating, using the voice input module, the voice input, and performing, based on evaluation of the voice input, at least one action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Antoine Roland Raux