Patents by Inventor Fatemeh Saki

Fatemeh Saki 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: 20210012770
    Abstract: A device for multi-modal user input includes a processor configured to process first data received from a first input device. The first data indicates a first input from a user based on a first input mode. The first input corresponds to a command. The processor is configured to send a feedback message to an output device based on processing the first data. The feedback message instructs the user to provide, based on a second input mode that is different from the first input mode, a second input that identifies a command associated with the first input. The processor is configured to receive second data from a second input device, the second data indicating the second input, and to update a mapping to associate the first input to the command identified by the second input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ravi Choudhary, Lae-Hoon Kim, Sunkuk Moon, Yinyi Guo, Fatemeh Saki, Erik Visser
  • Publication number: 20210011887
    Abstract: A device for activity tracking includes a memory and one or more processors. The memory is configured to store an activity log. The one or more processors are configured to update the activity log based on activity data. The activity data is received from a second device. The one or more processors are also configured to, responsive to receiving a natural language query, generate a query response based on the activity log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Erik VISSER, Rehana MAHFUZ, Ravi CHOUDHARY, Lae-Hoon KIM, Sunkuk MOON, Yinyi GUO, Fatemeh SAKI
  • Patent number: 10872604
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store a user experience evaluation unit. A processor is configured to receive a first user input corresponding to a user command to initiate a particular task, the first user input received via a first sensor. The processor is configured to, after receiving the first user input, receive one or more subsequent user inputs, the one or subsequent user inputs including a second user input received via a second sensor. The processor is configured to initiate a remedial action in response to determining, based on the user experience evaluation unit, that the one or more subsequent user inputs correspond to a negative user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon Kim, Yinyi Guo, Ravi Choudhary, Sunkuk Moon, Erik Visser, Fatemeh Saki
  • Patent number: 10854214
    Abstract: A device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to perform an active noise cancellation (ANC) operation on noisy input speech as captured by a first microphone, the noisy input speech as captured by a second microphone, or both, to suppress a noise level associated with the noisy input speech. The one or more processors are configured to match a second frequency spectrum of a second signal with a first frequency spectrum of a first signal. The first signal is representative of the noisy input speech as captured by the first microphone, and the second signal is representative of the noisy input speech as captured by the second microphone. The one or more processors are also configured to generate an output speech signal that is representative of input speech based on the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rogerio Guedes Alves, Taher Shahbazi Mirzahasanloo, Erik Visser, Lae-Hoon Kim, Fatemeh Saki, Dongmei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200312341
    Abstract: A device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to perform an active noise cancellation (ANC) operation on noisy input speech as captured by a first microphone, the noisy input speech as captured by a second microphone, or both, to suppress a noise level associated with the noisy input speech. The one or more processors are configured to match a second frequency spectrum of a second signal with a first frequency spectrum of a first signal. The first signal is representative of the noisy input speech as captured by the first microphone, and the second signal is representative of the noisy input speech as captured by the second microphone. The one or more processors are also configured to generate an output speech signal that is representative of input speech based on the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Rogerio Guedes ALVES, Taher SHAHBAZI MIRZAHASANLOO, Erik VISSER, Lae-Hoon KIM, Fatemeh SAKI, Dongmei WANG
  • Publication number: 20200313923
    Abstract: A device to provide information to a visual interface that is mountable to a vehicle dashboard includes a memory configured to store device information indicative of controllable devices of a building and occupant data indicative of one or more occupants of the building. The device includes a processor configured to receive, in real-time, status information associated with the one or more occupants of the building. The status information includes at least one of dynamic location information or dynamic activity information. The processor is configured to generate an output to provide, at the visual interface device, a visual representation of at least a portion of the building and the status information associated with the one or more occupants. The processor is also configured to generate an instruction to adjust an operation of one or more devices of the controllable devices based on user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ravi CHOUDHARY, Yinyi GUO, Fatemeh SAKI, Erik VISSER
  • Publication number: 20200304903
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for signal processing are described. Generally, in one example as provided for by the described techniques, a wearable device includes a processor configured to retrieve a plurality of external microphone signals that includes audio sound from outside of the device from a memory; to separate, based on at least information from an internal microphone signal, a self-voice component from a background component; to perform a first listen-through operation on the separated self-voice component to produce a first listen-through signal; and to produce an output audio signal that is based on at least the first listen-through signal, wherein the output audio signal includes an audio zoom signal that includes audio sound of the plurality of external microphone signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon KIM, Dongmei WANG, Fatemeh SAKI, Taher SHAHBAZI MIRZAHASANLOO, Erik VISSER, Rogerio Guedes ALVES
  • Publication number: 20200278832
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that enable voice activation for computing devices. A computing device configured to support an audible interface that comprises a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store a first audio signal representative of an environment external to a user associated with the computing device and a second audio signal sensed by a microphone coupled to a housing of the computing device. The one or more processors may verify, based on the first audio signal and the second audio signal, that the user activated the audible interface of the computing device, and obtain, based on the verification, additional audio signals representative of one or more audible commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Taher Shahbazi Mirzahasanloo, Rogerio Guedes Alves, Lae-Hoon Kim, Erik Visser, Dongmei Wang, Fatemeh Saki
  • Publication number: 20200194021
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for signal enhancement are presented. One example of such an apparatus includes a receiver configured to produce a remote speech signal from information carried by a wireless signal; a signal canceller configured to perform a signal cancellation operation on a local speech signal to generate a room response; and a filter configured to filter the remote speech signal according to the room response to produce a filtered speech signal. In this example, the signal cancellation operation is based on the remote speech signal as a reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon KIM, Sharon KAZIUNAS, Anne Katrin KONERTZ, Erik VISSER, Cheng-Yu HUNG, Shuhua ZHANG, Fatemeh SAKI, Dongmei WANG
  • Patent number: 10681452
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for signal processing are described. Generally, as provided for by the described techniques, a wearable device may receive an input audio signal (e.g., including both an external signal and a self-voice signal). The wearable device may detect the self-voice signal in the input audio signal based on a self-voice activity detection (SVAD) procedure, and may implement the described techniques based thereon. The wearable device may perform beamforming operations or other separation procedures to isolate the external signal and the self-voice signal from the input audio signal. The wearable device may apply a first filter to the external signal, and a second filter to the self-voice signal. The wearable device may then mix the filtered signals, and generate an output signal that sounds natural to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon Kim, Dongmei Wang, Fatemeh Saki, Taher Shahbazi Mirzahasanloo, Erik Visser, Rogerio Guedes Alves
  • Patent number: 10623845
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for gesture control are presented. One example includes indicating, based on information from a first audio input signal, a presence of an object in proximity to a microphone, and increasing a volume level in response to the indicating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon Kim, Dongmei Wang, Fatemeh Saki, Erik Visser, Anne Katrin Konertz, Sharon Kaziunas, Shuhua Zhang, Cheng-Yu Hung
  • Publication number: 20190355351
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store a user experience evaluation unit. A processor is configured to receive a first user input corresponding to a user command to initiate a particular task, the first user input received via a first sensor. The processor is configured to, after receiving the first user input, receive one or more subsequent user inputs, the one or subsequent user inputs including a second user input received via a second sensor. The processor is configured to initiate a remedial action in response to determining, based on the user experience evaluation unit, that the one or more subsequent user inputs correspond to a negative user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lae-Hoon Kim, Yinyi Guo, Ravi Choudhary, Sunkuk Moon, Erik Visser, Fatemeh Saki
  • Publication number: 20190341026
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store category labels associated with categories of a natural language processing library. A processor is configured to analyze input audio data to generate a text string and to perform natural language processing on at least the text string to generate an output text string including an action associated with a first device, a speaker, a location, or a combination thereof. The processor is configured to compare the input audio data to audio data of the categories to determine whether the input audio data matches any of the categories and, in response to determining that the input audio data does not match any of the categories: create a new category label, associate the new category label with at least a portion of the output text string, update the categories with the new category label, and generate a notification indicating the new category label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Visser, Fatemeh Saki, Yinyi Guo, Sunkuk Moon, Lae-Hoon Kim, Ravi Choudhary