Patents by Inventor Frits LASSCHE

Frits LASSCHE 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).

  • Method and system for speech detection
    Patent number: 9916846
    Abstract: A system and method for determining an amount of speech in an audio signal may include for example: obtaining segments of the audio signal, wherein the segments are grouped into blocks; for each one of the segments, calculating a segment value indicative of an amplitude of the audio signal of a respective segment; for each one of the blocks calculating a block value indicative of the amplitude of the audio signal of a respective block; and calculating an audio signal speech grade based on segment values and block values, wherein the audio signal speech grade is indicative of the amount of speech in the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: NICE LTD.
    Inventors: Frits Lassche, Ivar Meijer, Victor Bastiaan Mosch, Steven St. John Logan, Jurgen Willem Wessel, Gerardus B. J. Stam
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160232923
    Abstract: A system and method for determining an amount of speech in an audio signal may include for example: obtaining segments of the audio signal, wherein the segments are grouped into blocks; for each one of the segments, calculating a segment value indicative of an amplitude of the audio signal of a respective segment; for each one of the blocks calculating a block value indicative of the amplitude of the audio signal of a respective block; and calculating an audio signal speech grade based on segment values and block values, wherein the audio signal speech grade is indicative of the amount of speech in the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Frits LASSCHE, Ivar Meijer, Victor Bastiaan Mosch, Steven St. John Logan, Jurgen Willem Wessel, Gerardus B.J. Stam