Patents by Inventor Feng Bao

Feng Bao 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: 10789935
    Abstract: In one example, a headset obtains a first audio signal including a user audio signal from a first microphone on the headset and a second audio signal including the user audio signal from a second microphone on the headset. The headset derives a first candidate signal from the first audio signal and a second candidate signal from the second audio signal. Based on the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the headset determines that a mechanical touch noise is present in one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal. In response to determining that the mechanical touch noise is present in one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the headset selects an output audio signal from a plurality of candidate signals including the first candidate signal and the second candidate signal. Headset provides the output audio signal to a receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Feng Bao, David William Nolan Robison, Tor A. Sundsbarm
  • Patent number: 10771887
    Abstract: In one example, a headset obtains, from a first microphone on the headset, a first audio signal including a user audio signal and an anisotropic background audio signal. The headset obtains, from a second microphone on the headset, a second audio signal including the user audio signal and the anisotropic background audio signal. The headset extracts, from the first audio signal and the second audio signal, using a first adaptive filter, a reference audio signal including the anisotropic background audio signal. Based on the reference signal, the headset cancels, using a second adaptive filter, the anisotropic background audio signal from a third audio signal derived from the first and second audio signals to produce an output audio signal. The headset provides the output audio signal to a receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Feng Bao, David William Nolan Robison, Jian Zou, Tor Sundsbarm
  • Publication number: 20200219479
    Abstract: In one example, a headset obtains a first audio signal including a user audio signal from a first microphone on the headset and a second audio signal including the user audio signal from a second microphone on the headset. The headset derives a first candidate signal from the first audio signal and a second candidate signal from the second audio signal. Based on the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the headset determines that a mechanical touch noise is present in one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal. In response to determining that the mechanical touch noise is present in one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the headset selects an output audio signal from a plurality of candidate signals including the first candidate signal and the second candidate signal. Headset provides the output audio signal to a receiver device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Bao, David William Nolan Robison, Tor A. Sundsbarm
  • Publication number: 20200204902
    Abstract: In one example, a headset obtains, from a first microphone on the headset, a first audio signal including a user audio signal and an anisotropic background audio signal. The headset obtains, from a second microphone on the headset, a second audio signal including the user audio signal and the anisotropic background audio signal. The headset extracts, from the first audio signal and the second audio signal, using a first adaptive filter, a reference audio signal including the anisotropic background audio signal. Based on the reference signal, the headset cancels, using a second adaptive filter, the anisotropic background audio signal from a third audio signal derived from the first and second audio signals to produce an output audio signal. The headset provides the output audio signal to a receiver device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Bao, David William Nolan Robison, Jian Zou, Tor Sundsbarm
  • Patent number: 10680387
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including a base, a mating tongue, a row of first terminals, a row of second terminals and a shielding plate. Terminals comprise contacting portions, middle portions and leg portions. Each row of terminals comprises three pairs of differential signal terminals, and grounding terminals and power terminals. The shielding plate defines a first row of openings corresponding to the contacting portions, a second row of openings and third row of openings both corresponding to the middle portion. The first row of openings are aligned with the contacting portions of the first and second terminals in a vertical direction and the second row of openings are at least aligned with gaps between every two adjacent terminals while the shielding plate defines no opening corresponding to the middle portions of the three pair of differential signal terminals so as improve shielding performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan-Yong Cheng, Feng Bao, Quan Wang, Wen He
  • Publication number: 20200153775
    Abstract: A client device displays a user interface, which includes a menu item associated with forced reminders. In response to a user selecting the menu item, the client device displays a forced-reminder user interface, which includes a content display area configured to display one or more forced-reminder messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: DingTalk Holding (Cayman) Limited
    Inventors: Hang Chen, Zhenhao Wu, Lili Zhang, Chenlu Guo, Feng Bao, Liying Yu, Yuan Zhang, Qi Dong, Kaikai Yu, Qing Ren, Junshao Zhang, Yi Zhang, Jiarui Shi, Jie Du
  • Publication number: 20200111059
    Abstract: A method including receiving, by a client terminal, an instruction for generating a reminding message for an event type; determining, by the client terminal, a to-be-reminded object and event description information corresponding to the event type; and sending, by the client terminal, a reminding message to the to-be-reminded object, the reminding message containing the event description information. The technical solution of the present disclosure quickly implements event reminding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Boyu Yang, Ming Zhang, Feng BAO, Jiarui Shi
  • Publication number: 20200111060
    Abstract: A task reminder method including: receiving, by a client terminal, a task reminder message generation instruction related to a meeting reminder message; determining, by the client terminal, a reminded object and task description information; and sending, by the client terminal, a task reminder message comprising the task description information and related to the meeting reminder message to the reminded object. By using the technical solution of the present disclosure, an association is established between a meeting reminder message and a task reminder message, so that a user quickly views related information of an associated meeting in the process of processing a task, which is conducive to improving the task processing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Boyu Yang, Ming Zhang, Feng BAO, Jiarui Shi
  • Patent number: 10587559
    Abstract: A client device displays a user interface, which includes a menu item associated with forced reminders. In response to a user selecting the menu item, the client device displays a forced-reminder user interface, which includes a content display area configured to display one or more forced-reminder messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: DINGTALK HOLDING (CAYMAN) LIMITED
    Inventors: Hang Chen, Zhenhao Wu, Lili Zhang, Chenlu Guo, Feng Bao, Liying Yu, Yuan Zhang, Qi Dong, Kaikai Yu, Qing Ren, Junshao Zhang, Yi Zhang, Jiarui Shi, Jie Du
  • Publication number: 20200012406
    Abstract: A method for activating an application function is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an activation instruction sent by a user within a blank space accessible to the user on an application interface; and activating at least one application function according to the activation instruction. The present disclosure allows a user to send an activation instruction from within a blank space accessible to the user on an application interface, and activate a corresponding application function, without the need of operating a preset function button as existing technologies do. The technical solution of the present disclosure is not limited by application scenarios and has a higher flexibility, thus facilitating a convenient and rapid activation of a corresponding function and improving the convenience for a user to use application functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Feng BAO, Lili Zhang, Hang Chen, Yuhao HE
  • Publication number: 20200007353
    Abstract: A session filtering method including displaying session page entries corresponding to at least a part of communication sessions in which a user at a local end participates via a preset communication application, presentation areas of the session page entries containing filterable labels associated with corresponding communication sessions; when a filterable label is triggered, filtering one or more communication sessions associated with the filterable label from communication sessions corresponding to the displayed session page entries; and presenting one or more session page entries corresponding to the filtered communication sessions to the user at the local end. Through the technical solution of the present disclosure, a communication session is quickly filtered and found, which is conducive to improve communication efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chaopi Wang, Feng BAO
  • Patent number: 10437455
    Abstract: A method for activating an application function includes obtaining an activation instruction sent by a user within a blank space accessible to the user on an application interface and activating at least one application function according to the activation instruction. The method allows the user to send the activation instruction from within the blank space accessible to the user on the application interface and activate a corresponding application function, without the need of operating a preset function button as in existing technologies. The technical solution is not limited by application scenarios and has a higher flexibility thus facilitating a convenient and rapid activation of a corresponding function and improving the convenience for the user to use application functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Feng Bao, Lili Zhang, Hang Chen, Yuhao He
  • Publication number: 20190229470
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including a base, a mating tongue, a row of first terminals, a row of second terminals and a shielding plate. Terminals comprise contacting portions, middle portions and leg portions. Each row of terminals comprises three pairs of differential signal terminals, and grounding terminals and power terminals. The shielding plate defines a first row of openings corresponding to the contacting portions, a second row of openings and third row of openings both corresponding to the middle portion. The first row of openings are aligned with the contacting portions of the first and second terminals in a vertical direction and the second row of openings are at least aligned with gaps between every two adjacent terminals while the shielding plate defines no opening corresponding to the middle portions of the three pair of differential signal terminals so as improve shielding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: SHAN-YONG CHENG, FENG BAO, QUAN WANG, WEN HE
  • Patent number: 10313786
    Abstract: A device including an array of bidirectional microphones optimizes the echo rejection of the bidirectional microphones. The microphone array receives audio from an audio source and generates audio signals from each of the bidirectional microphones. The device forms audio beams from combinations of the audio signals generated from the microphone array. Each audio beam captures audio from either its positive polarity zone or its negative polarity zone. The device determines a direction of the audio source and selects a perpendicular audio beam pair based on the direction of the audio source. The perpendicular audio beam pair includes a primary audio beam aimed toward the direction of the audio source and a secondary beam perpendicular to the primary audio beam. The device generates an output signal by combining the primary audio beam with the secondary audio beam based on polarity zone the audio is captured for each audio beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Bao, David William Nolan Robison, Tor A. Sundsbarm, Fei Yang
  • Publication number: 20190166257
    Abstract: Presented herein is an audio endpoint for telecommunication operations with increased echo rejection. According to one example, the audio endpoint includes a housing body, an upper speaker assembly, a lower speaker assembly, and at least one microphone assembly. The upper speaker assembly is disposed near a top portion of the housing body and has an effective frequency range above a first frequency. The lower speaker assembly is disposed near a bottom portion of the housing body and has an effective frequency range below a second frequency. The microphone assembly includes a first microphone element and a second microphone element. The first microphone element is above the second microphone element so that they are vertically aligned. The first microphone element has an effective frequency range below the first frequency and the second microphone element has an effective frequency range above the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: David William Nolan Robison, Kevin Lee Hughes, Feng Bao
  • Publication number: 20180365649
    Abstract: A method including determining a preset attendance event corresponding to a group to which a user belongs; acquiring attendance-related information corresponding to the user in the preset attendance event, and presenting the attendance-related information to the user. This method may arouse the attendance enthusiasm of users and help improve user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Liying Yu, Lamei Zhang, Feng Bao, Chenlu Guo
  • Publication number: 20180330057
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a genome-wide association study method for imbalanced samples, including: randomly selecting L subsets from the healthy samples; pairing each of the L subsets with the diseased samples to obtain L sample combinations, and determining key genetic loci corresponding to each sample combination; evaluating a score of an importance degree of each sample combination according to times that each key genetic locus is determined in the L sample combinations; for each healthy sample, determining a mean value of scores of an importance degree of sample combinations that the healthy sample is assigned to, and determining the mean value as a confidence score of the healthy sample; and normalizing the confidence score of each healthy sample to obtain a weight of each healthy sample, and performing weighted logistic regression according to the weight of each healthy sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Qionghai Dai, Feng Bao, Jinli Suo
  • Patent number: 10051353
    Abstract: Presented herein is an audio endpoint for telecommunication operations, sometimes referred to herein as a “telecommunications audio endpoint” or, more, simply as an “audio endpoint.” According to at least one example, the audio endpoint presented herein includes a base, a speaker, a speaker waveguide, a microphone waveguide, and two or more microphones. The base is configured to engage a support surface (i.e., a table) and the speaker is configured to emit sounds (i.e., fire) in a direction of the base. The speaker waveguide is disposed between the speaker and the microphone waveguide, while the microphone waveguide is disposed between the speaker waveguide and the base. The two or more microphones are disposed within the microphone waveguide and are proximate to the base. In general, the speaker waveguide is configured to guide sounds output by the speaker in general radially (outward) directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David William Nolan Robison, Kevin Lee Hughes, Feng Bao, Stephen Lee Ijams, Victor Manuel Sanchez, David M. Sanguinet
  • Publication number: 20180167706
    Abstract: Presented herein is an audio endpoint for telecommunication operations, sometimes referred to herein as a “telecommunications audio endpoint” or, more, simply as an “audio endpoint.” According to at least one example, the audio endpoint presented herein includes a base, a speaker, a speaker waveguide, a microphone waveguide, and two or more microphones. The base is configured to engage a support surface (i.e., a table) and the speaker is configured to emit sounds (i.e., fire) in a direction of the base. The speaker waveguide is disposed between the speaker and the microphone waveguide, while the microphone waveguide is disposed between the speaker waveguide and the base. The two or more microphones are disposed within the microphone waveguide and are proximate to the base. In general, the speaker waveguide is configured to guide sounds output by the speaker in general radially (outward) directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: David William Nolan Robison, Kevin Lee Hughes, Feng Bao, Stephen Lee Ijams, Victor Manuel Sanchez, David M. Sanguinet
  • Patent number: 9894213
    Abstract: A controller for the conference session generates a speaker signal for speakers in a conference room. The controller correlates the speaker signal with network timing information and generates speaker timing information. The controller transmits the correlated speaker signal and timing information to a mobile device participating in the conference session. The mobile device generates an echo cancelled microphone signal from a microphone of the mobile device, and transmits the echo cancelled signal back to the controller. The controller also receives array microphone signals associated with an array of microphones at known positions in the room. The controller estimates a relative location of the mobile device within the conference room. The controller dynamically selects as audio output corresponding to the mobile device location either the echo cancelled microphone signal from the mobile device or an echo cancelled array microphone signal associated with the relative location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Bao, Subrahmanyam Venkata Kunapuli, Fei Yang, Tor A. Sundsbarm