Patents by Inventor Francis M. Tharappel

Francis M. Tharappel 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: 11574536
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shah Saurin, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Saurabh Dadu, Brian K. Vogel, Swarnendu Kar, Michael R. Bynum, Prabhakar R. Datta
  • Patent number: 11308978
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for distributed automatic speech recognition. An example apparatus includes a detector to process an input audio signal and identify a portion of the input audio signal including a sound to be evaluated, the sound to be evaluated organized into a plurality of audio features representing the sound. The example apparatus includes a quantizer to process the audio features using a quantization process to reduce the audio features to generate a reduced set of audio features for transmission. The example apparatus includes a transmitter to transmit the reduced set of audio features over a low-energy communication channel for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Binuraj K. Ravindran, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Tobias Bocklet, Maciej Muchlinski, Tomasz Dorau, Josef G. Bauer, Saurin Shah, Georg Stemmer
  • Publication number: 20220092968
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shah Saurin, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Saurabh Dadu, Brian K. Vogel, Swarnendu Kar, Michael R. Bynum, Prabhakar R. Datta
  • Patent number: 11145188
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shah Saurin, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Saurabh Dadu, Brian K. Vogel, Swarnendu Kar, Michael R. Bynum, Prabhakar R. Datta
  • Publication number: 20200202700
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHAH SAURIN, LAKSHMAN KRISHNAMURTHY, FRANCIS M. THARAPPEL, SAURABH DADU, BRIAN K. VOGEL, SWARNENDU KAR, MICHAEL R. BYNUM, PRABHAKAR R. DATTA
  • Publication number: 20190355379
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for distributed automatic speech recognition. An example apparatus includes a detector to process an input audio signal and identify a portion of the input audio signal including a sound to be evaluated, the sound to be evaluated organized into a plurality of audio features representing the sound. The example apparatus includes a quantizer to process the audio features using a quantization process to reduce the audio features to generate a reduced set of audio features for transmission. The example apparatus includes a transmitter to transmit the reduced set of audio features over a low-energy communication channel for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Binuraj K. Ravindran, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Tobias Bocklet, Maciej Muchlinski, Tomasz Dorau, Josef G. Bauer, Saurin Shah, Georg Stemmer
  • Patent number: 10430770
    Abstract: A system and method for managing digital rights. The method includes receiving a Universal Resource Identifier (URI). The URI is used to identify a location for a user selected digital media item. The digital media item is to be played in a local area network (LAN). The selected digital media item is retrieved from a content server over a network connection. If the selected digital media item is encrypted, a license to decrypt the selected media item is obtained. Access to the license is based on a plurality of access rules. The plurality of access rules are based on the terms of the license. The plurality of access rules may also include personal owner rules. If a request for the license adheres to the access rules, the license is received via a secure out of band transfer and the selected digital media item is decrypted for playback via one or more media rendering devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nandakishore R. Kushalnagar, Michael D. Jeronimo, Francis M. Tharappel, Daniel Baumberger
  • Patent number: 10417900
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for detecting, by one or more sensor components, at least one sensor input, and executing, by logic, at least one instruction to cause an event on a wearable wireless device, the event comprising at least one of a change in a physical parameter on the wearable wireless device and a wireless communication with a computing device via a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shah Saurin, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Saurabh Dadu, Brian K. Vogel, Swarnendu Kar, Michael R. Bynum, Prabhakar R. Datta
  • Patent number: 10373630
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for distributed automatic speech recognition. An example apparatus includes a detector to process an input audio signal and identify a portion of the input audio signal including a sound to be evaluated, the sound to be evaluated organized into a plurality of audio features representing the sound. The example apparatus includes a quantizer to process the audio features using a quantization process to reduce the audio features to generate a reduced set of audio features for transmission. The example apparatus includes a transmitter to transmit the reduced set of audio features over a low-energy communication channel for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Binuraj K. Ravindran, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Tobias Bocklet, Maciej Muchlinski, Tomasz Dorau, Josef G. Bauer, Saurin Shah, Georg Stemmer
  • Patent number: 10108945
    Abstract: A system and method for managing digital rights includes receiving a Universal Resource Identifier (URI). The URI is used to identify a location for a user selected digital media item. The digital media item is to be played in a local area network (LAN). The selected digital media item is retrieved from a content server over a network connection. If the selected digital media item is encrypted, a license to decrypt the selected media item is obtained. Access to the license is based on a plurality of access rules, which are based on the terms of the license. The plurality of access rules may also include personal owner rules. If a request for the license adheres to the access rules, the license is received via a secure out of band transfer and the selected digital media item is decrypted for playback via one or more media rendering devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nandakishore R. Kushalnagar, Michael D. Jeronimo, Francis M. Tharappel, Daniel Baumberger
  • Publication number: 20180286414
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for distributed automatic speech recognition. An example apparatus includes a detector to process an input audio signal and identify a portion of the input audio signal including a sound to be evaluated, the sound to be evaluated organized into a plurality of audio features representing the sound. The example apparatus includes a quantizer to process the audio features using a quantization process to reduce the audio features to generate a reduced set of audio features for transmission. The example apparatus includes a transmitter to transmit the reduced set of audio features over a low-energy communication channel for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Binuraj K. Ravindran, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Tobias Bocklet, Maciej Muchlinski, Tomasz Dorau, Josef G. Bauer, Saurin Shah, Georg Stemmer
  • Patent number: 10049650
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to devices, systems, and methods locating a an object using ultra-wide band (UWB) radio transceivers embedded in carpet or other flexible material that may be rolled up and moved to various locations. Once in a location, the carpet may be unrolled and the multiple embedded radio transceivers may receive a signal from a tag attached to the object sending UWB radio signals. Based on the signals received by the UWB radio transceivers, various processes including time-difference on arrival, time-of-flight, and phase shift may be used to determine the location or the movement of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Manan Goel, Saurin Shah, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Swarnendu Kar, Suresh V. Golwalkar
  • Publication number: 20180090112
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to devices, systems, and methods locating a an object using ultra-wide band (UWB) radio transceivers embedded in carpet or other flexible material that may be rolled up and moved to various locations. Once in a location, the carpet may be unrolled and the multiple embedded radio transceivers may receive a signal from a tag attached to the object sending UWB radio signals. Based on the signals received by the UWB radio transceivers, various processes including time-difference on arrival, time-of-flight, and phase shift may be used to determine the location or the movement of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Manan Goel, Saurin Shah, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Swarnendu Kar, Suresh V. Golwalkar
  • Patent number: 9852731
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein that allow a user to wake up a computing device operating in a low-power state and for the user to be verified by speaking a single wake phrase. Wake phrase recognition is performed by a low-power engine. In some embodiments, the low-power engine may also perform speaker verification. In other embodiments, the mobile device wakes up after a wake phrase is recognized and a component other than the low-power engine performs speaker verification on a portion of the audio input comprising the wake phrase. More than one wake phrases may be associated with a particular user, and separate users may be associated with different wake phrases. Different wake phrases may cause the device transition from a low-power state to various active states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dadu, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Bryan R. Peebler, Michael E. Deisher, Mandar S. Joshi, Saurin Shah, Brian K. Vogel
  • Patent number: 9684778
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a wearable electronic device with a biometric sensor and logic. At least a portion of the logic is implemented in hardware. The logic is configured to receive input data indicative of biometric input and attempt to authenticate the input data based, at least in part, on at least one biometric credential of an authorized user. The logic is configured to establish a wireless connection to a smart device, determine whether the smart device is included in a trust group of one or more smart devices, and send a communication to unlock the smart device when the input data is successfully authenticated and when the trust group includes the smart device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Francis M. Tharappel, Saurin S. Shah, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Saurabh Dadu
  • Patent number: 9646144
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a wearable electronic device with a biometric sensor and logic. At least a portion of the logic is implemented in hardware. The logic is configured to receive input data indicative of biometric input and attempt to authenticate the input data based, at least in part, on at least one biometric credential of an authorized user. The logic is configured to establish a wireless connection to a smart device, determine whether the smart device is included in a trust group of one or more smart devices, and send a communication to unlock the smart device when the input data is successfully authenticated and when the trust group includes the smart device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Francis M. Tharappel, Saurin S. Shah, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Saurabh Dadu
  • Patent number: 9620116
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for determining a sound vibration condition of an ambient environment of a wearable device and determining a motion condition of the wearable device. In addition, one or more automated voice operations may be performed based at least in part on the sound vibration condition and the motion condition. In one example, two or more signals corresponding to the sound vibration condition and the motion condition may be combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dadu, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Saurin Shah, Francis M. Tharappel, Swarnendu Kar
  • Publication number: 20170032784
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein that allow a user to wake up a computing device operating in a low-power state and for the user to be verified by speaking a single wake phrase. Wake phrase recognition is performed by a low-power engine. in some embodiments, the low-power engine may also perform speaker verification. In other embodiments, the mobile device wakes up after a wake phrase is recognized and a component other than the low-power engine performs speaker verification on a portion of the audio input comprising the wake phrase, More than one wake phrases may be associated with a particular user, and separate users may be associated with different wake phrases. Different wake phrases may cause the device transition from a low-power state to various active states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Saurabh Dadu, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Bryan R. Peebler, Michael E. Deisher, Mandar S. Joshi, Saurin Shah, Brian K. Vogel
  • Patent number: 9460735
    Abstract: In one example a controller comprises logic, at least partially including hardware logic, configured to detect a key phrase in a received audio signal, and in response to the key phrase, to transmit a signal to a personal assistant in a remote electronic device, determine whether an audio input was received, and in response to a determination that additional audio input was received prior to receiving a response from the personal assistant in the remote electronic device, to buffer the audio input in a memory and forward the audio input to the personal assistant in the remote electronic device. Other examples may be described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dadu, Saurin Shah, Francis M. Tharappel, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Brian K. Vogel, Swarnendu Kar
  • Patent number: 9445209
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein that allow a user to wake up a computing device operating in a low-power state and for the user to be verified by speaking a single wake phrase. Wake phrase recognition is performed by a low-power engine. In some embodiments, the low-power engine may also perform speaker verification. In other embodiments, the mobile device wakes up after a wake phrase is recognized and a component other than the low-power engine performs speaker verification on a portion of the audio input comprising the wake phrase. More than one wake phrases may be associated with a particular user, and separate users may be associated with different wake phrases. Different wake phrases may cause the device transition from a low-power state to various active states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dadu, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Francis M. Tharappel, Prabhakar R. Datta, Bryan R. Peebler, Michael E. Deisher, Mandar S. Joshi, Saurin Shah, Brian K. Vogel