Patents by Inventor Edward C. Lin

Edward C. Lin 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: 20250054491
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for smart audio segmentation using look-ahead based acousto-linguistic features. For example, systems and methods are provided for obtaining audio, processing the audio, identifying a potential segmentation boundary within the audio, and determining whether to generate a segment break at the potential segmentation boundary. One or more look-ahead words occurring after the potential segmentation boundary are identified, wherein an acoustic segmentation score and a language segmentation score associated with the potential segmentation boundary and the one or more look-ahead words are generated. Systems then either refrain from generating a segment break at the potential segmentation boundary or generate the segment break at the potential segmentation boundary based on the acoustic and/or language segmentation score at least meeting or exceeding a segmentation score threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Sayan Dev PATHAK, Hosam Adel KHALIL, Naveen PARIHAR, Piyush BEHRE, Shuangyu CHANG, Christopher Hakan BASOGLU, Sharman W TAN, Eva SHARMA, Jian WU, Yang LIU, Edward C LIN, Amit Kumar AGARWAL
  • Patent number: 12212381
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Nextivity, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Patent number: 12205596
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for generating and using text-to-speech (TTS) data for improved speech recognition models. A main model is trained with keyword independent baseline training data. In some instances, acoustic and language model sub-components of the main model are modified with new TTS training data. In some instances, the new TTS training is obtained from a multi-speaker neural TTS system for a keyword that is underrepresented in the baseline training data. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for pronunciation learning and normalization of keyword dependent confidence scores in keyword spotting (KWS) applications. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for rapid speaker adaptation in speech recognition models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Guoli Ye, Yan Huang, Wenning Wei, Lei He, Eva Sharma, Jian Wu, Yao Tian, Edward C. Lin, Yifan Gong, Rui Zhao, Jinyu Li, William Maxwell Gale
  • Publication number: 20250006178
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying targeted datasets that are configured to facilitate an improvement in the accuracy of an acoustic model included in the automatic speech recognition system. Systems obtain a obtain a test dataset comprising (i) audio data having natural speech utterances and (ii) a transcription of the natural speech utterances. Systems generate a text-to-speech dataset comprising audio data having synthesized speech utterances based on the transcription of the natural speech utterances. Systems apply the test dataset and the text-to-speech dataset to the acoustic model to obtain a first acoustic model output and a second acoustic model output, respectively. Systems identify a first set of errors in the first acoustic model output and a second set of errors in the second acoustic model output. Finally, based on comparing the first set of errors and the second set of errors, an acoustic model error ratio is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Haoxuan LI, Rui JIANG, Yang LIU, Edward C LIN, Lei SUN, Che ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240403539
    Abstract: Solutions for custom display post processing (DPP) in speech recognition (SR) use a customized multi-stage DPP pipeline that transforms a stream of SR tokens from lexical form to display form. A first transformation stage of the DPP pipeline receives the stream of tokens, in turn, by an upstream filter, a base model stage, and a downstream filter, and transforms a first aspect of the stream of tokens (e.g., disfluency, inverse text normalization (ITN), capitalization, etc.) from lexical form into display form. The upstream filter and/or the downstream filter alter the stream of tokens to change the default behavior of the DPP pipeline into custom behavior. Additional transformation stages of the DPP pipeline perform further transforms, allowing for outputting final text in a display format that is customized for a specific user. This permits each user to efficiently leverage a common baseline DPP pipeline to produce a custom output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Wei LIU, Padma VARADHARAJAN, Piyush BEHRE, Nicholas KIBRE, Edward C. LIN, Shuangyu CHANG, Che ZHAO, Khuram SHAHID, Heiko Willy RAHMEL
  • Publication number: 20240356571
    Abstract: A wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio includes a first WWAN transceiver/MODEM configured to communicate over one or more WWANs, and a standard power port communicably coupled to the first WWAN transceiver/MODEM. The standard power port is configured as the donor path for a coupled port including a standard power port antenna and configured to transmit at a first maximum power level. The WWAN radio further includes a high-power port communicably coupled to the standard power port and configured to have a fixed gain value high power amplifier and a high power antenna, the high power port configured to transmit at a second maximum power level being greater than the first maximum power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michiel Petrus Lotter, Edward C. Lin, Douglas Dromgoole
  • Patent number: 12061861
    Abstract: Solutions for custom display post processing (DPP) in speech recognition (SR) use a customized multi-stage DPP pipeline that transforms a stream of SR tokens from lexical form to display form. A first transformation stage of the DPP pipeline receives the stream of tokens, in turn, by an upstream filter, a base model stage, and a downstream filter, and transforms a first aspect of the stream of tokens (e.g., disfluency, inverse text normalization (ITN), capitalization, etc.) from lexical form into display form. The upstream filter and/or the downstream filter alter the stream of tokens to change the default behavior of the DPP pipeline into custom behavior. Additional transformation stages of the DPP pipeline perform further transforms, allowing for outputting final text in a display format that is customized for a specific user. This permits each user to efficiently leverage a common baseline DPP pipeline to produce a custom output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Padma Varadharajan, Piyush Behre, Nicholas Kibre, Edward C. Lin, Shuangyu Chang, Che Zhao, Khuram Shahid, Heiko Willy Rahmel
  • Patent number: 11943013
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. An extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nextivity, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Publication number: 20240072850
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Nextivity, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Publication number: 20230401392
    Abstract: A data processing system is implemented for receiving speech data for a plurality of languages, and determining letters from the speech data. The data processing system also implements normalizing the speech data by applying linguistic based rules for Latin-based languages on the determined letters, building a computer model using the normalized speech data, fine-tuning the computer model using additional speech data, and recognizing words in a target language using the fine-tuned computer model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kshitiz KUMAR, Jian WU, Bo REN, Tianyu WU, Fahimeh BAHMANINEZHAD, Edward C. LIN, Xiaoyang CHEN, Changliang LIU
  • Publication number: 20230351098
    Abstract: Solutions for custom display post processing (DPP) in speech recognition (SR) use a customized multi-stage DPP pipeline that transforms a stream of SR tokens from lexical form to display form. A first transformation stage of the DPP pipeline receives the stream of tokens, in turn, by an upstream filter, a base model stage, and a downstream filter, and transforms a first aspect of the stream of tokens (e.g., disfluency, inverse text normalization (ITN), capitalization, etc.) from lexical form into display form. The upstream filter and/or the downstream filter alter the stream of tokens to change the default behavior of the DPP pipeline into custom behavior. Additional transformation stages of the DPP pipeline perform further transforms, allowing for outputting final text in a display format that is customized for a specific user. This permits each user to efficiently leverage a common baseline DPP pipeline to produce a custom output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Wei LIU, Padma VARADHARAJAN, Piyush BEHRE, Nicholas KIBRE, Edward C. LIN, Shuangyu CHANG, Che ZHAO, Khuram SHAHID, Heiko Willy RAHMEL
  • Publication number: 20230216531
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless communications, for example, within a wireless wide area network (WWAN), employing a wireless communication devices capable of operations in a plurality of enumerated categories of authorized use. Aspects of the present disclosure pertain to devices, systems and methods for dynamically provisioning a wireless communication device. Aspects of the present disclosure also pertain to systems and methods for devices, wireless operators, and/or private networks to implement different policies based on transmit power levels, device capabilities, locations, environmental and subscription services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sheikh A. Hafiz, Edward C. Lin, John Arnett Goocher
  • Publication number: 20230186919
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for generating and using text-to-speech (TTS) data for improved speech recognition models. A main model is trained with keyword independent baseline training data. In some instances, acoustic and language model sub-components of the main model are modified with new TTS training data. In some instances, the new TTS training is obtained from a multi-speaker neural TTS system for a keyword that is underrepresented in the baseline training data. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for pronunciation learning and normalization of keyword dependent confidence scores in keyword spotting (KWS) applications. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for rapid speaker adaptation in speech recognition models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Guoli YE, Yan HUANG, Wenning WEI, Lei HE, Eva SHARMA, Jian WU, Yao TIAN, Edward C. LIN, Yifan GONG, Rui ZHAO, Jinyu LI, William Maxwell GALE
  • Publication number: 20230179267
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. An extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Patent number: 11587569
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for generating and using text-to-speech (TTS) data for improved speech recognition models. A main model is trained with keyword independent baseline training data. In some instances, acoustic and language model sub-components of the main model are modified with new TTS training data. In some instances, the new TTS training is obtained from a multi-speaker neural TTS system for a keyword that is underrepresented in the baseline training data. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for pronunciation learning and normalization of keyword dependent confidence scores in keyword spotting (KWS) applications. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for rapid speaker adaptation in speech recognition models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Guoli Ye, Yan Huang, Wenning Wei, Lei He, Eva Sharma, Jian Wu, Yao Tian, Edward C. Lin, Yifan Gong, Rui Zhao, Jinyu Li, William Maxwell Gale
  • Patent number: 11569872
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Publication number: 20220123791
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation. an extended range wireless inter-networking device, according to another embodiment of the disclosure. Aspects of the present disclosure further include a portable wireless access point configured for extended range communications, which may include a high power user equipment (“HPUE”) as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Edward C. Lin, Thomas R. Bilotta, Sheikh A. Hafiz, John Arnett Goocher, Robert E. LaRose, Steven A. Morley
  • Patent number: 11233546
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a wireless local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bilotta, Edward C. Lin, Steven A. Morley, Robert E. LaRose
  • Publication number: 20210304769
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for generating and using text-to-speech (TTS) data for improved speech recognition models. A main model is trained with keyword independent baseline training data. In some instances, acoustic and language model sub-components of the main model are modified with new TTS training data. In some instances, the new TTS training is obtained from a multi-speaker neural TTS system for a keyword that is underrepresented in the baseline training data. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for pronunciation learning and normalization of keyword dependent confidence scores in keyword spotting (KWS) applications. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for rapid speaker adaptation in speech recognition models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Guoli Ye, Yan Huang, Wenning Wei, Lei He, Eva Sharma, Jian Wu, Yao Tian, Edward C. Lin, Yifan Gong, Rui Zhao, Jinyu Li, William Maxwell Gale
  • Publication number: 20210234576
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a wireless local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bilotta, Edward C. Lin, Steven A. Morley, Robert E. LaRose