Patents by Inventor Brant Candelore

Brant Candelore 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: 20240354327
    Abstract: A user query for information related to an audio video (AV) program is received and processed by a machine learning (ML) model such as an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The chatbot returns a response to the query in conversational form. To ensure the chatbot does not spoil the ending for a user in the middle of the AV program, the chatbot is fed only portions of corresponding text up to the time the user is in viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Patent number: 12100289
    Abstract: A method for receiving an alarm sound at a hearing aid including the steps of: receiving sound at a hearing aid, wherein the sound is an alarm; determining a type of alarm; and generating a notification based on the type of alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Mahyar Nejat
  • Patent number: 12095732
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided for control of an execution of a third-party application based on a blacklisting function. The electronic device includes circuitry that executes a monitor application that is a part of an operating system rooted onto the electronic device. The monitor application has system privileges to examine the code and execution of the third-party application installed on the electronic device. The circuitry identifies, by the monitor application, one or more requests to access a network resource from a runtime code of the third-party application. The circuitry extracts, by the monitor application, one or more first network resource identifiers associated with the network resource from the one or more requests. The circuity compares, by the monitor application, the first network resource identifiers with the blacklist associated with the monitor application. The circuitry controls, by the monitor application, the execution of the third-party application based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Patent number: 12067222
    Abstract: To enable a person to quickly and easily establish an audio profile for a TV, speaker, or other audio device, an audio profile is downloaded to the TV or speaker (and stored, if desired). The profile in the recipient device can be one of many that can be interchanged quickly on-the-fly. A voice assistant may enable the person to pick an audio profile from a list of audio profiles or user interface, either on the TV or the device the profile was created on. Using either method, voice assistant or UI, the profile can be downloaded from a mobile or PC device where the profile was created, or from the cloud where a previously created profile was uploaded and stored. A dual UI using voice and visual on-screen options makes the profiles accessible to most people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mahyar Nejat, Arturo Jordan, Brant Candelore
  • Publication number: 20240272867
    Abstract: Cognitive aids for various aspects of an audio book may be provided to aid an end-user in following the book's characters and plot and to remind the end-user about prior aspects of the audio book. In some specific examples, the aid may be requested audibly, and the plot data and/or other data may be presented audibly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Publication number: 20240259123
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to a mobile personal audio recorder (PAR) for radio. In some implementations, a method includes determining a target radio program for recording, where the radio program is an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) radio program, and where the target radio program is broadcast at a predetermined broadcast time. The method further includes receiving the target radio program while being broadcast. The method further includes recording the target radio program while being broadcast. The method further includes playing the target radio program for a user at a time that is different from the predetermined broadcast time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Publication number: 20240231749
    Abstract: A digital content playback application (“app”) for a digital platform may be used for receiving content and for optionally generating or modifying, and then using an audio profile of a first user. The app may also be executed to modify, within the app, audio of a digital content per the audio profile. For example, a built-in media player incorporated into the app may be used to modify the audio of the digital content within the app per the audio profile prior to outputting the audio to the digital platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Arturo Jordan, Mahyar Nejat
  • Patent number: 12022261
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to hearing aids. In some implementations, a method includes receiving outside sound at a hearing aid. The method further includes amplifying the outside sound. The method further includes generating an in-ear announcement. The method further includes providing the in-ear announcement, wherein the in-ear announcement is at a higher volume level than the outside sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Mahyar Nejat
  • Publication number: 20240144938
    Abstract: An app a configuring device is used for generating an audio profile of a first user. A display device such as a TV or a standalone speaker is configured with the audio profile so that demanded audio is played in an altered form than demanded according to the audio profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mahyar Nejat, Arturo Jordan, Brant Candelore
  • Publication number: 20240143144
    Abstract: To enable a person to quickly and easily establish an audio profile for a TV, speaker, or other audio device, an audio profile is downloaded to the TV or speaker (and stored, if desired). The profile in the recipient device can be one of many that can be interchanged quickly on-the-fly. A voice assistant may enable the person to pick an audio profile from a list of audio profiles or user interface, either on the TV or the device the profile was created on. Using either method, voice assistant or UI, the profile can be downloaded from a mobile or PC device where the profile was created, or from the cloud where a previously created profile was uploaded and stored. A dual UI using voice and visual on-screen options makes the profiles accessible to most people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mahyar Nejat, Arturo Jordan, Brant Candelore
  • Publication number: 20240127821
    Abstract: A method for providing selectivity to a speech-to-text system operates a voice transcription assistant coupled to the speech-to-text system such that speech detected by the speech-to-text system is not transcribed into text for display to a user unless the voice transcription assistant determines that the detected speech is relevant to the user. Smart glasses, including at least one microphone, a speech-to-text processing unit, a display, and a voice transcription assistant, provide selective speech-to-text functionality. The voice transcription assistant has one or more processors; and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to prevent the speech-to-text processing unit providing text to the display in response to the reception of speech by the microphone unless the logic determines that the received speech is relevant to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Mahyar Nejat
  • Patent number: 11962719
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for real-time verification of Caller IDs for live-human and robot call filtering is provided. A first electronic device receives an incoming first call from a second electronic device associated with a Caller identification (ID). The first electronic device transmits a verification text message to the second electronic device using the Caller ID, while the first call is still incoming. The first electronic device receives a response to the verification text message and compares the received response with a pre-defined response. If the response is correct and received within a predefined time, the first electronic device allows the call to connect. If a correct response is received beyond the predefined time, the Caller ID is added to a whitelist so that a next call from the same Caller ID is received automatically. In such case, the current first call is redirected to a voicemail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Patent number: 11949948
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided for control of playback based on image capture. The electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry is communicatively coupled to an imaging apparatus and a rendering device that plays content. The circuitry acquires, from the imaging apparatus, one or more images of a user of the electronic device and a physical space associated with the user. The circuitry detects a lip movement of the user based on the acquired one or more images. The circuitry determines whether the user is in a conversation based on the detected lip movement of the user. The circuitry controls playback of the content on the rendering device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brant Candelore
  • Patent number: 11917368
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a microphone, and a processing unit. The microphone is configured to receive sound incident on the hearing aid and deliver a corresponding microphone output to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to process the microphone output to determine whether the incident sound comprises potentially harmful sound, and to generate a processor output including a processed version of the microphone output. A method of protecting a hearing aid wearer from sudden loud sounds uses a microphone in the hearing aid to receive incident sound and deliver a corresponding microphone output to a processing unit in the hearing aid. The processing unit processes the microphone output to generate a first processor output, determined by whether the incident sound includes potentially harmful impulsive sound, and a second processor output including a processed version of the microphone output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Mahyar Nejat
  • Publication number: 20240064233
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for real-time verification of Caller IDs for live-human and robot call filtering is provided. A first electronic device receives an incoming first call from a second electronic device associated with a Caller identification (ID). The first electronic device transmits a verification text message to the second electronic device using the Caller ID, while the first call is still incoming. The first electronic device receives a response to the verification text message and compares the received response with a pre-defined response. If the response is correct and received within a predefined time, the first electronic device allows the call to connect. If a correct response is received beyond the predefined time, the Caller ID is added to a whitelist so that a next call from the same Caller ID is received automatically. In such case, the current first call is redirected to a voicemail system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: BRANT CANDELORE
  • Patent number: 11889147
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided for display of signing video through an adjustable user interface (UI) element. The electronic device receives a first media stream that includes a video. The electronic device determines a location of a signer in the video. The electronic device extracts a video portion that corresponds to the determined location in the video. The electronic device controls a playback of the video on the display device. The electronic device controls the display device based on the playback to render the UI element on the display device and display the extracted video portion inside the UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brant Candelore, Adam Goldberg, Robert Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20240031047
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for delivery of extended emergency notifications through sensory feedback is provided. The electronic device receives a signal from an Emergency Alert System (EAS) that includes one or more of a broadcast system or an Internet-based system. The electronic device extracts emergency information from the received signal. Thereafter, the electronic device determines an external device that is communicatively coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device controls the external device to generate a type of sensory feedback that corresponds to an emergency alert. The type of sensory feedback is generated based on at least a portion of the emergency information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: ADAM GOLDBERG, BRANT CANDELORE
  • Publication number: 20240025544
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method for retransmission of signals using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a controller to control a movement of a UAV to a location within a signal coverage area associated with a remote transmitter. The electronic apparatus further includes receiver circuitry disposed on the UAV to receive a first signal from the remote transmitter. The first signal corresponds to a first wireless communication standard. The electronic apparatus further includes a signal processor to process the first signal to obtain a second signal and transmission circuitry to control one or more antennas disposed on the UAV to transmit a beam of the second signal to an electronic device that includes one or more receivers. The second signal corresponds to a second wireless communication standard which is same as or different from the first wireless communication standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: BRANT CANDELORE, ADAM GOLDBERG, FRED W. ANSFIELD
  • Patent number: 11848716
    Abstract: Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. In a boundary region between first and second broadcast stations in which a receiver can pick up signals from both stations, a lower level signaling PLP is used to identify a channel quality metric for identifying the best frequency to receive a broadcast service on which is sent from both stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Clift, Luke Fay, Brant Candelore, Adam Goldberg, Fred Ansfield, Loren F. Pineda
  • Patent number: 11838680
    Abstract: Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. In a boundary region between first and second broadcast stations in which a receiver can pick up signals from both stations, a lower level signaling PLP is used to identify frequencies duplicatively carrying the same service and then higher level PLPs are activated for each duplicate to determine a channel quality metric for identifying the best frequency to receive the service on, which is sent from both stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Clift, Luke Fay, Brant Candelore, Adam Goldberg, Fred Ansfield, Loren F. Pineda