Patents by Inventor Arthur Wolf
Arthur Wolf 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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Publication number: 20220012047Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Factual Inc.Inventors: Bradley Geilfuss, Chris Bleakley, Arthur Wolf, Evan Gamble, Wesley Henderson, Chen Guo, Yajia Yang, Boris Shimanovsky
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Patent number: 11016760Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Factual Inc.Inventors: Bradley Geilfuss, Chris Bleakley, Arthur Wolf, Evan Gamble, Wesley Henderson, Chen Guo, Yajia Yang, Boris Shimanovsky
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Publication number: 20200081710Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Bradley Geilfuss, Chris Bleakley, Arthur Wolf, Evan Gamble, Wesley Henderson, Chen Guo, Yajia Yang, Boris Shimanovsky
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Patent number: 10509645Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: FACTUAL INC.Inventors: Bradley Geilfuss, Chris Bleakley, Arthur Wolf, Evan Gamble, Wesley Henderson, Chen Guo, Yajia Yang, Boris Shimanovsky
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Publication number: 20180160297Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to detect occurrence of one or more specified circumstances. A determination may be made as to whether one or more specified circumstances are detected such as responsive to one or more user actions or an occurrence of an event unrelated to a user. One or more binary digital signals may be generated to store a detection of one or more specified user circumstances in a log or memory at least partially in response to detection of the one or more specified circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Bradley Geilfuss, Chris Bleakley, Arthur Wolf, Evan Gamble, Wesley Henderson, Chen Guo, Yajia Yang, Boris Shimanovsky
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Patent number: 9129608Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention exploit redundancy of succeeding FFT spectra and use this redundancy for computing interpolated temporal supporting points. An analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio (ex. loudspeaker) signal from a time domain to a frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time loudspeaker spectra. An interpolator temporally interpolates this time series. The interpolation is fed to an echo canceller, which computes an estimated echo spectrum. A microphone analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio microphone signal from the time domain to the frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time microphone spectra. The estimated echo spectrum is subtracted from the microphone spectrum. Further signal enhancement (filtration) may be applied. A synthesis filter bank converts the filtered microphone spectra to the time domain to generate an echo compensated audio microphone signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Mohamed Krini, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Bernd Iser, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 9119470Abstract: A corner cabinet fitting has a support with a guide member supporting a shelf in the cabinet interior for transferring the shelf from an inner position in the cabinet interior into an outer position. The guide member has a first end articulated by a guide member joint axis on the shelf bottom and a second end connected pivotably by a support fitting with a corner cabinet part. During closing, a pull-in device associated with shelf and guide member automatically pulls in shelf and guide member into the cabinet interior from a defined intermediate pivoted shelf position onward. The pull-in device is supported solely on the guide member or the shelf in coaxially alignment with the guide member joint axis on the shelf bottom. An actuator, connected to the pull-in-device and movable relative to the guide member, interacts with a driver on the shelf or on the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Kesseböhmer Holding e.K.Inventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 9076455Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention exploit redundancy of succeeding FFT spectra and use this redundancy for computing interpolated temporal supporting points. An analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio (ex. loudspeaker) signal from a time domain to a frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time loudspeaker spectra. An interpolator temporally interpolates this time series. The interpolation is fed to an echo canceller, which computes an estimated echo spectrum. A microphone analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio microphone signal from the time domain to the frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time microphone spectra. The estimated echo spectrum is subtracted from the microphone spectrum. Further signal enhancement (filtration) may be applied. A synthesis filter bank converts the filtered microphone spectra to the time domain to generate an echo compensated audio microphone signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Mohamed Krini, Gerhard Schmidt, Bernd Iser, Arthur Wolf
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Publication number: 20140225492Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for corner cabinets (1), in particular for kitchen corner cabinets, with an essentially rectangular interior (2) from the top view, which is accessible from the front side via a corner cabinet door (3). Said fitting consists of at least one support which can be supported in a stationary manner in the interior (2) of the corner cabinet, for maintaining at least one single-piece shelf (5) having a semi-circular base shape. Said support comprises at least one guide member (6) which supports the shelf (5) in an articulated manner and moves the shelf (5) on a predetermined movement path from an inner position in the interior (2) of the corner cabinet (1) to an outer position essentially in front of a door opening of corner cabinet (1), which is pivotably connected and in an articulated manner by means of a guide member joint axis to the lower side of the shelf (5) and by means of a support fitting, to a corner cabinet part, in particular a side wall part (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: KESSEBÖHMER HOLDING E.K.Inventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 8805453Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal processing system, comprising a number of microphones and loudspeakers, a hands-free set configured to receive a telephone signal from a remote party and to transmit a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones to the remote party; an in-vehicle communication system configured to receive a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones; receive the telephone signal; amplify the microphone signal to obtain at least one first output signal; output the at least one first output signal and/or a second output signal corresponding to the telephone signal to at least one of the loudspeakers; and wherein the signal processing systems is configured to detect speech activity in the telephone signal and to control the in-vehicle communication system to reduce amplification of the microphone signal by a damping factor, if it is detected that speech activity is present in the telephone signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Tim Haulick, Bernd Iser, Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Arthur Wolf
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Publication number: 20130208905Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention exploit redundancy of succeeding FFT spectra and use this redundancy for computing interpolated temporal supporting points. An analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio (ex. loudspeaker) signal from a time domain to a frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time loudspeaker spectra. An interpolator temporally interpolates this time series. The interpolation is fed to an echo canceller, which computes an estimated echo spectrum. A microphone analysis filter bank converts overlapped sequences of an audio microphone signal from the time domain to the frequency domain to obtain a time series of short-time microphone spectra. The estimated echo spectrum is subtracted from the microphone spectrum. Further signal enhancement (filtration) may be applied. A synthesis filter bank converts the filtered microphone spectra to the time domain to generate an echo compensated audio microphone signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Mohamed Krini, Gerhard Schmidt, Bernd Iser, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 8369901Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal processing system, comprising a number of microphones and loudspeakers, a hands-free set configured to receive a telephone signal from a remote party and to transmit a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones to the remote party; an in-vehicle communication system configured to receive a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones; receive the telephone signal; amplify the microphone signal to obtain at least one first output signal; output the at least one first output signal and/or a second output signal corresponding to the telephone signal to at least one of the loudspeakers; and wherein the signal processing systems is configured to detect speech activity in the telephone signal and to control the in-vehicle communication system to reduce amplification of the microphone signal by a damping factor, if it is detected that speech activity is present in the telephone signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Tim Haulick, Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 8160262Abstract: A method is provided for estimating a reverberation signal component of an acoustic signal detected by a microphone where the acoustic signal is comprised of a direct sound component and a reverberation signal component. A method for dereverberation of an acoustic signal is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Markus Buck, Arthur Wolf
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Publication number: 20100035663Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal processing system, comprising a number of microphones and loudspeakers, a hands-free set configured to receive a telephone signal from a remote party and to transmit a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones to the remote party; an in-vehicle communication system configured to receive a microphone signal supplied by at least one of the microphones; receive the telephone signal; amplify the microphone signal to obtain at least one first output signal; output the at least one first output signal and/or a second output signal corresponding to the telephone signal to at least one of the loudspeakers; and wherein the signal processing systems is configured to detect speech activity in the telephone signal and to control the in-vehicle communication system to reduce amplification of the microphone signal by a damping factor, if it is detected that speech activity is present in the telephone signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Tim Haulick, Bernd Iser, Gerhard Schmidt, Arthur Wolf
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Publication number: 20090117948Abstract: A method is provided for estimating a reverberation signal component of an acoustic signal detected by a microphone where the acoustic signal is comprised of a direct sound component and a reverberation signal component. A method for dereverberation of an acoustic signal is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Markus Buck, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: D799862Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Kesseböhmer Holding KGInventors: Volker Laumerich, Arthur Wolf, Frank Martling