Patents by Inventor Ashank Kumar SINHA

Ashank Kumar SINHA 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).

  • Voice activation based on user recognition
    Patent number: 11430447
    Abstract: A device for voice activation includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive, via one or more microphones, a keyword and a first command spoken by a first user. The one or more processors are also configured to, subsequent to receiving the first command, receive a second command via the one or more microphones without an intervening receipt of the keyword. The one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on determining that the second command is spoken by the same first user, selectively process the second command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashank Kumar Sinha, Pramod Kalvakota, Debasis Bhowmick
  • VOICE ACTIVATION BASED ON USER RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20210151057
    Abstract: A device for voice activation includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive, via one or more microphones, a keyword and a first command spoken by a first user. The one or more processors are also configured to, subsequent to receiving the first command, receive a second command via the one or more microphones without an intervening receipt of the keyword. The one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on determining that the second command is spoken by the same first user, selectively process the second command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ashank Kumar SINHA, Pramod KALVAKOTA, Debasis BHOWMICK