Patents by Inventor Elio Dante Querze
Elio Dante Querze 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).
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Publication number: 20240029755Abstract: Processes, methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for intelligently detecting speech or in audio signals and smoothly transitioning to mode that enables a user to better understand the speech. For example, aspects of the present disclosure provide method for processing and producing audio signals. During playback of an audio signal, the method analyzes content of the audio signal prior to the playback of the content to determine whether one or more predefined conditions are met to indicate that the content includes speech. In response to determining the one or more predefined conditions are met, the method automatically applies to the audio signal a first playback equalization configured to enhance the speech within the content. In response to determining the one or more predefined conditions are not met, the method comprises applying to the audio signal no playback equalization or a second playback equalization different from the first playback equalization.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Elio Dante QUERZE, III, Shuo ZHANG, Isaac Keir JULIEN, Yang LIU, Miriam ISRAELOWITZ, Stoyan I. ILIEV, Edward MANIET, Santiago CARVAJAL, Michael W. STARK, James Michael MCHUGH
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Patent number: 11467666Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, including devices and system implementing the techniques, to provide feedback to a user of an event when the user is wearing a wearable device. For example, the wearable device may provide high quality noise canceling audio playback to the user, lowering the user's situation awareness. The techniques include measuring ambient sound using two or more microphones on the wearable device. The event is determined based on the measured ambient sound. A location attribute of the event is determined. A deep learning algorithm may be used to identify the nature and/or classification of the event and rule out events that the user prefers to ignore. Upon determining the event that merits the user's attention, the user is provided feedback of the determined event and the location attribute, the feedback indicating the nature and location of the event.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jeremy Kemmerer, Elio Dante Querze, III, Shuo Zhang, Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Junyan Jiang, Chuan-Che Huang, Lauren Westendorf, Todd Reily, Trevor Caldwell, Yang Liu
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Publication number: 20220091674Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, including devices and system implementing the techniques, to provide feedback to a user of an event when the user is wearing a wearable device. For example, the wearable device may provide high quality noise canceling audio playback to the user, lowering the user's situation awareness. The techniques include measuring ambient sound using two or more microphones on the wearable device. The event is determined based on the measured ambient sound. A location attribute of the event is determined. A deep learning algorithm may be used to identify the nature and/or classification of the event and rule out events that the user prefers to ignore. Upon determining the event that merits the user's attention, the user is provided feedback of the determined event and the location attribute, the feedback indicating the nature and location of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Jeremy KEMMERER, Elio Dante QUERZE, III, Shuo ZHANG, Christopher Alexis KOTELLY, Junyan JIANG, Chuan-Che HUANG, Lauren WESTENDORF, Todd REILY, Trevor CALDWELL, Yang LIU
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Publication number: 20210306735Abstract: Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Ruben M. Carbonell, Elio Dante Querze, Conor William Sheehan, Amanda Whitt, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Patent number: 11039240Abstract: Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Ruben M. Carbonell, Elio Dante Querze, Conor William Sheehan, Amanda Whitt, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Patent number: 10970040Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for the creation of a localized audio message for use in a personal audio device. The system includes: a database of information relating to a pre-determined subject obtained from online media content; one or more processors; and a personal audio device configured to receive a localized audio message. The processors extract a dataset comprising information relating to a pre-determined subject from online media content; generate one or more summaries of the information relating to the pre-determined subject; generate a localized audio message based on the one or more summaries; and send the localized audio message to a personal audio device of a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Elizabeth Nielsen, Elio Dante Querze, Marko Orescanin, Naganagouda B. Patil, Marina Shah, Vijayan P. Sarathy, Shanthi Chandrababu, Shuo Zhang, Isaac Julien
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Patent number: 10929099Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices having a spatialized virtual personal assistant (VPA). In other implementations, a method of controlling a wearable audio device having a spatialized VPA is disclosed. Other implementations include a method of generating a spatialized VPA in a wearable audio device.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Elio Dante Querze, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Isaac Keir Julien, Marina Sanjiv Shah, Shuo Zhang, Elizabeth Kaye Nielsen
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Patent number: 10848849Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for controlling a wearable audio device. Particular approaches include: receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate an additional wearable audio device worn by an additional user and running a personally attributed audio engine; and initiating personally attributed audio playback at the wearable audio device, where the personally attributed audio playback includes audio playback associated with the additional user.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Elio Dante Querze, III, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Daniel James Buckley
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Publication number: 20200314524Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for controlling a wearable audio device. Particular approaches include: receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate an additional wearable audio device worn by an additional user and running a personally attributed audio engine; and initiating personally attributed audio playback at the wearable audio device, where the personally attributed audio playback includes audio playback associated with the additional user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Elio Dante Querze, III, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Daniel James Buckley
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Publication number: 20200278831Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for the creation of a localized audio message for use in a personal audio device. The system includes: a database of information relating to a pre-determined subject obtained from online media content; one or more processors; and a personal audio device configured to receive a localized audio message. The processors extract a dataset comprising information relating to a pre-determined subject from online media content; generate one or more summaries of the information relating to the pre-determined subject; generate a localized audio message based on the one or more summaries; and send the localized audio message to a personal audio device of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Elizabeth Nielsen, Elio Dante Querze, Marko Orescanin, Naganagouda B. Patil, Marina Shah, Vijayan P. Sarathy, Shanthi Chandrababu, Shuo Zhang, Isaac Julien
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Patent number: 10721560Abstract: Various aspects include approaches for intelligent acoustic beam steering. In particular aspects, a computer-implemented method of controlling a microphone array includes: generating an acoustic map including an acoustic description of a physical environment proximate the speaker system; focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the acoustic map prior to receiving a voice command input at the microphone array, where generating the acoustic map includes: detecting a location of at least one noise source in the physical environment; and creating a microphone array filter configured to at least partially reject the at least one noise source; receiving voice feedback input from a user at the microphone array; and updating the acoustic map of the physical environment based upon the received voice feedback input.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: BOSE COPORATIONInventors: Jamie Michael Alders, Elio Dante Querze, III
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Publication number: 20200213706Abstract: Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Ruben M. Carbonell, Elio Dante Querze, Conor William Sheehan, Amanda Whitt, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Patent number: 10657965Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems for controlling audio feedback to user requests. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; at least one microphone for receiving an audio input from a user; and a control system including a recommendation engine, the control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the at least one microphone, the recommendation engine configured to: analyze the audio input for a non-specific request from the user; and provide an audio sample to the user along with a prompt for feedback about the audio sample in response to the non-specific request.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Christine M. Hostage, Lya Batlle-Rafferty, Conor William Sheehan, Joseph M. Geiger, Elio Dante Querze, Ruben M. Carbonell, Curtis Bard, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Publication number: 20200142667Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices having a spatialized virtual personal assistant (VPA). In other implementations, a method of controlling a wearable audio device having a spatialized VPA is disclosed. Other implementations include a method of generating a spatialized VPA in a wearable audio device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Elio Dante Querze, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Isaac Keir Julien, Marina Sanjiv Shah, Shuo Zhang, Elizabeth Kaye Nielsen
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Publication number: 20200092644Abstract: Various aspects include approaches for intelligent acoustic beam steering. In particular aspects, a computer-implemented method of controlling a microphone array includes: generating an acoustic map including an acoustic description of a physical environment proximate the speaker system; focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the acoustic map prior to receiving a voice command input at the microphone array, where generating the acoustic map includes: detecting a location of at least one noise source in the physical environment; and creating a microphone array filter configured to at least partially reject the at least one noise source; receiving voice feedback input from a user at the microphone array; and updating the acoustic map of the physical environment based upon the received voice feedback input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Jamie Michael Alders, Elio Dante Querze, III
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Patent number: 10595114Abstract: Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Ruben M. Carbonell, Elio Dante Querze, Conor William Sheehan, Amanda Whitt, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Patent number: 10524048Abstract: Various aspects include approaches for intelligent acoustic beam steering. In some implementations, a method of controlling a microphone array in a speaker system is disclosed. In other implementations, a speaker system is disclosed. In particular aspects, a computer-implemented method of controlling a microphone array includes: generating an acoustic map including an acoustic description of a physical environment proximate the speaker system; and focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the acoustic map prior to receiving a voice command input at the microphone array.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jamie Michael Alders, Elio Dante Querze, III
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Publication number: 20190320260Abstract: Various aspects include approaches for intelligent acoustic beam steering. In some implementations, a method of controlling a microphone array in a speaker system is disclosed. In other implementations, a speaker system is disclosed. In particular aspects, a computer-implemented method of controlling a microphone array includes: generating an acoustic map including an acoustic description of a physical environment proximate the speaker system; and focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the acoustic map prior to receiving a voice command input at the microphone array.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jamie Michael Alders, Elio Dante Querze, III
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Publication number: 20190035397Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems for controlling audio feedback to user requests. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; at least one microphone for receiving an audio input from a user; and a control system including a recommendation engine, the control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the at least one microphone, the recommendation engine configured to: analyze the audio input for a non-specific request from the user; and provide an audio sample to the user along with a prompt for feedback about the audio sample in response to the non-specific request.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Christine M. Hostage, Lya Batlle-Rafferty, Conor William Sheehan, Joseph M. Geiger, Elio Dante Querze, Ruben M. Carbonell, Curtis Bard, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Publication number: 20190037298Abstract: Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Ruben M. Carbonell, Elio Dante Querze, Conor William Sheehan, Amanda Whitt, Saurabh Khanwalkar