Patents by Inventor Bozhao Tan

Bozhao Tan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230326464
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user’s voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao TAN, Isabelle Alice Yvonne MOULINIER, David ALMQUIST, June WU
  • Patent number: 11699446
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao Tan, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, David Almquist, June Wu
  • Publication number: 20230086187
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may obtain a first model that is trained to identify feature data associated with a client system using one or more services of a service platform. The system may train, based on the feature data, a second model to identify anomalies associated with devices accessing the one or more services in association with a client identifier of the client system. The system may receive access data associated with an acting device accessing a service of the service platform. The system may determine, using the second model, that the acting device accessing the service corresponds to potential anomalous activity based on the access information. The system may obtain, from a verification device, a verification that the acting device accessing the service is anomalous activity. The system may perform, based on obtaining the verification, an action associated with the acting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bozhao TAN, Vikash TIWARI, Fedor DZEGILENKO, Ashish GUPTA, Jeffrey MICHEL, Jonathan WEIMER, Meenakshi PANDA, Vinayak HULAWALE, Rohit JOSHI
  • Patent number: 11610591
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao Tan, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, David Almquist, June Wu
  • Patent number: 11516240
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may obtain a first model that is trained to identify feature data associated with a client system using one or more services of a service platform. The system may train, based on the feature data, a second model to identify anomalies associated with devices accessing the one or more services in association with a client identifier of the client system. The system may receive access data associated with an acting device accessing a service of the service platform. The system may determine, using the second model, that the acting device accessing the service corresponds to potential anomalous activity based on the access information. The system may obtain, from a verification device, a verification that the acting device accessing the service is anomalous activity. The system may perform, based on obtaining the verification, an action associated with the acting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao Tan, Vikash Tiwari, Fedor Dzegilenko, Ashish Gupta, Jeffrey Michel, Jonathan Weimer, Meenakshi Panda, Vinayak Hulawale, Rohit Joshi
  • Publication number: 20220375477
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao TAN, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, David Almquist, June Wu
  • Publication number: 20220375475
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Bozhao TAN, Isabelle Alice YVONNE MOULINIER, David ALMQUIST, June WU
  • Publication number: 20220210172
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may obtain a first model that is trained to identify feature data associated with a client system using one or more services of a service platform. The system may train, based on the feature data, a second model to identify anomalies associated with devices accessing the one or more services in association with a client identifier of the client system. The system may receive access data associated with an acting device accessing a service of the service platform. The system may determine, using the second model, that the acting device accessing the service corresponds to potential anomalous activity based on the access information. The system may obtain, from a verification device, a verification that the acting device accessing the service is anomalous activity. The system may perform, based on obtaining the verification, an action associated with the acting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Bozhao TAN, Vikash TIWARI, Fedor DZEGILENKO, Ashish GUPTA, Jeffrey MICHEL, Jonathan WEIMER, Meenakshi PANDA, Vinayak HULAWALE, Rohit JOSHI
  • Patent number: 11089416
    Abstract: A head-mounted wearable device provides many functions to a user. The functions may be provided based in part on whether the device is being worn (donned) or not worn (doffed). Force sensing resistors in the device provide output indicative of forces associated with wearing the device. A time series of values indicative of the magnitude of a force may be determined. An increase or decrease in force values measured at different times may indicate that the device has been donned or doffed, respectively. If a subsequent force value does not differ substantially from a previous force value, this may indicate that the device has remained donned or doffed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xuan Zhong, Chia-Jean Wang, Bozhao Tan, Han Zhang, Jianchun Dong, Geng Ye
  • Patent number: 10867611
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sparse sound parameter information is processed using a speaker dependent sound signature database stored in the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal. The sound signature database may include several user enrollments for a sound command each representing an entire word or multiword phrase. The extracted sparse sound parameter information may be compared to the multiple user enrolled signatures using cosine distance, Euclidean distance, correlation distance, etc., for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Bozhao Tan
  • Patent number: 10750302
    Abstract: A user interface for a head-mounted wearable device provides many functions to a user. Information about whether the device is being worn (donned) or not worn (doffed) may be acquired in several ways. Force sensing resistors in the device may provide output indicative of the pressure associated with wearing the device. Output from a bone conduction (BC) microphone may be analyzed to determine if the device is in use. Piezoelectric BC speakers typically used to present audio output to a wearer provide changes in voltage corresponding to a change in pressure associated with wearing the device. A BC speaker may emit a signal that is detected by the BC microphone, with changes in the signal strength being used to determine if the device is donned or doffed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xuan Zhong, Chia-Jean Wang, Bozhao Tan, Han Zhang, Jianchun Dong, Geng Ye
  • Patent number: 10699691
    Abstract: A head-mounted wearable device (HMWD) may incorporate bone conduction speakers (BCS) to generate audio output that is perceptible to a wearer. During operation, vibrations of the BCS may produce sound in the surrounding air that is perceptible to bystanders. An active noise cancellation module monitors the output and generates cancellation audio that is out of phase with the sound leaked by the BCS. An air conduction speaker emits the cancellation audio, producing destructive acoustic interference to the leaked sound. As a result, the user of the HMWD is able to hear audio clearly while bystanders are not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Geng Ye, Zhen Xu, Haoxing Zhang, Bozhao Tan, Xuan Zhong, Jianchun Dong
  • Patent number: 10547930
    Abstract: A head-mounted wearable device (HMWD) may incorporate bone conduction speakers (BCS) to generate audio output that is perceptible to a wearer. Due to the mechanical connection between the BCS and the rest of the device, when the output amplitude of the BCSs is too great, the air-conducted audio “leaks” and may be heard by other people. This leakage may result in eavesdropping by, or generate a nuisance to, those other people. The noise level in the environment around the HMWD is determined and used to dynamically adjust the amplitude of the audio output generated by the BCS. This adjustment improves the comfort and intelligibility of the audio output to the wearer while minimizing audio leakage to the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xuan Zhong, Jianchun Dong, Bozhao Tan, Han Zhang
  • Patent number: 10535364
    Abstract: A head-mounted wearable device incorporates a transducer that operates as a bone conduction (BC) microphone. Vibrations from a user's speech are transferred through the head of the user to the BC microphone. An air conduction (AC) microphone detects sound transferred via air. Signals from the BC microphone and the AC microphone are compared to determine if a common signal is present in both. For example, both signals may have a cross-correlation that exceeds a threshold value. Based on the comparison, voice activity data is generated that indicates the user wearing the device is speaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xuan Zhong, Bozhao Tan, Jianchun Dong, Chia-Jean Wang
  • Patent number: 9785706
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sparse sound parameter information is processed using a sound signature database stored in the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal, wherein the sound signature database comprises a plurality of sound signatures each representing an entire word or multiword phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Bozhao Tan
  • Publication number: 20160351197
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sparse sound parameter information is processed using a speaker dependent sound signature database stored in the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal. The sound signature database may include several user enrollments for a sound command each representing an entire word or multiword phrase. The extracted sparse sound parameter information may be compared to the multiple user enrolled signatures using cosine distance, Euclidean distance, correlation distance, etc., for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Bozhao Tan
  • Patent number: 9460720
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. The received analog signal is evaluated using a detection portion of the analog section to determine when background noise on the analog signal is exceeded. A feature extraction portion of the analog section is triggered to extract sparse sound parameter information from the analog signal when the background noise is exceeded. An initial truncated portion of the sound parameter information is compared to a truncated sound parameter database stored locally with the sound recognition sensor to detect when there is a likelihood that the expected sound is being received in the analog signal. A trigger signal is generated to trigger classification logic when the likelihood that the expected sound is being received exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei Ma, Bozhao Tan, Zhenyong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9443508
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sparse sound parameter information is processed using a speaker dependent sound signature database stored in the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal. The sound signature database may include several user enrollments for a sound command each representing an entire word or multiword phrase. The extracted sparse sound parameter information may be compared to the multiple user enrolled signatures using cosine distance, Euclidean distance, correlation distance, etc., for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Bozhao Tan
  • Patent number: 9412373
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sound parameter information is sampled in a periodic manner and a context value is updated to indicate a current environmental condition. The sparse sound parameter information is compared to both the context value and a signature sound parameter database stored locally with the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal, such that identification of sound or speech is adaptive to the current environmental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Ma, Bozhao Tan
  • Publication number: 20150371638
    Abstract: A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal. The extracted sound parameter information is sampled in a periodic manner and a context value is updated to indicate a current environmental condition. The sparse sound parameter information is compared to both the context value and a signature sound parameter database stored locally with the sound recognition sensor to identify sounds or speech contained in the analog signal, such that identification of sound or speech is adaptive to the current environmental condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Ma, Bozhao Tan