Patents by Inventor Derrick Fu

Derrick Fu 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).

  • Patent number: 10965625
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to process and output information related to a non-speech vocalization, for example from a user attempting to mimic a non-speech sound. A method may include determine a mimic quality value associated with an audio file by comparing a non-speech vocalization to a prerecorded audio file. For example, the method may include determining an edit distance between the non-speech vocalization and the prerecorded audio file. The method may include assigning a mimic quality value to the audio file based on the edit distance. The method may include outputting the mimic quality value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Derrick Fu, Kati Amanda London, James Bigbee Garver, Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Ying Wang, Oussama Elachqar, Zhiying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210006516
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to process and output information related to a non-speech vocalization, for example from a user attempting to mimic a non-speech sound. A method may include determine a mimic quality value associated with an audio file by comparing a non-speech vocalization to a prerecorded audio file. For example, the method may include determining an edit distance between the non-speech vocalization and the prerecorded audio file. The method may include assigning a mimic quality value to the audio file based on the edit distance. The method may include outputting the mimic quality value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Derrick Fu, Kati Amanda London, James Bigbee Garver, Joseph Edwin Johnson, JR., Ying Wang, Oussama Elachqar, Zhiying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200097951
    Abstract: Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency system. A server may provide a task to a device of a user which is communicatively coupled to the server. A sensor communicatively coupled to or comprised in the device of the user may sense body activity of the user. Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. The cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify if the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system, and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin ABRAMSON, Derrick FU, Joseph Edwin JOHNSON, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190109804
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to process and output information related to a non-speech vocalization, for example from a user attempting to mimic a non-speech sound. A method may include determine a mimic quality value associated with an audio file by comparing a non-speech vocalization to a prerecorded audio file. For example, the method may include determining an edit distance between the non-speech vocalization and the prerecorded audio file. The method may include assigning a mimic quality value to the audio file based on the edit distance. The method may include outputting the mimic quality value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Derrick Fu, Kati Amanda London, James Bigbee Garver, Joseph Edwin Johnson, JR., Ying Wang, Oussama Elachqar, Zhiying Zhang