Patents by Inventor David Kozemchak

David Kozemchak 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).

  • Method and apparatus for synchronization of text and audio data
    Patent number: 6961895
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing audio data to text data in which the text is manually or automatically divided into an arbitrary number of sections and a text section is selected for display and presented to a narrator for audio input. A human narrator reads the displayed selected section of text into a computer to form an audio data portion for the selected section that is linked to the text by entering synchronization marks to the computer. The sections of text may be selected for reading and audio input in any order and by any number of narrators. Each recorded audio portion is converted to an audio data file and the audio data files are re-sequenced to conform to the original order of the text based on a playback control file. A plurality of narrators may contribute audio data from separate workstations of a network, or workstations which are connected to a central server over a communications network, such as the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Beran, John Churchill, Kenneth Van Allen, Tom McCartney, David Kozemchak, Michael Kinsey, James Pritchett, Terry Bass, Karen Palmer, Carter York, Amy Steinmetz
  • Method and apparatus for converting an analog audio source into a digital format
    Patent number: 6710955
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting and improving an existing analog audio recording as it is converted into a digital format with reliable tone detection and interpretation. Specifically, the digitized audio undergoes three tone detection processing steps: silence detection and removal, anomaly detection and removal and page/chapter identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Woodill, Robert Smith, Wheeler Berlus, Leo Haninczak, David Kozemchak
  • Method and apparatus for converting an analog audio source into a digital format
    Publication number: 20030081336
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting and improving an existing analog audio recording as it is converted into a digital format with reliable tone detection and interpretation. Specifically, the digitized audio undergoes three tone detection processing steps: silence detection and removal, anomaly detection and removal and page/chapter identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Blind & Dyslexic Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Woodill, Robert Smith, Wheeler Berlus, Leo Haninczak, David Kozemchak
  • Method and apparatus for coordinating text and audio events in a digital talking book
    Publication number: 20030033147
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for coordinating independently-produced text and audio clip data and for providing an efficient method of making the adjustments needed to produce a properly coordinated and constructed digital talking book. The present method employs synchronization files, e.g., a book project management (BPM) file and a Time Stamp Data (TSD) file in coordinating the text and audio clip data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Charles McCartney, Joseph Woodill, James Pritchett, David Kozemchak, Jennifer Grant, Alphonso Gaines