Patents by Inventor Gregory Carl Hitchcock

Gregory Carl Hitchcock 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).

  • Conversion of text-to-speech pronunciation outputs to hyperarticulated vowels
    Patent number: 10923105
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for mapping hyperarticulated sounds to text units are presented. A plurality of textual units may be received. The plurality of textual units may be processed with a natural language processing engine. A sentence structure for the plurality of textual units may be identified, wherein the sentence structure comprises a plurality of words. The plurality of words may be processed with a text-to-speech engine. A text-to-speech output comprising a plurality of pronunciations may be identified, wherein each of the plurality of pronunciations corresponds to a syllabic unit of one of the plurality of words. A hyperarticulated vowel sound may be mapped to each syllabic unit from the text-to-speech output. A pronunciation instruction corresponding to each hyperarticulated vowel sound may be caused to be surfaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Chad Larson, Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Carl Hitchcock, Michael Tholfsen, Guillaume Simonnet, Viktoryia Akulich, Nicholas Kibre, Christina Chen Campbell
  • CONVERSION OF TEXT-TO-SPEECH PRONUNCIATION OUTPUTS TO HYPERARTICULATED VOWELS
    Publication number: 20200118542
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for mapping hyperarticulated sounds to text units are presented. A plurality of textual units may be received. The plurality of textual units may be processed with a natural language processing engine. A sentence structure for the plurality of textual units may be identified, wherein the sentence structure comprises a plurality of words. The plurality of words may be processed with a text-to-speech engine. A text-to-speech output comprising a plurality of pronunciations may be identified, wherein each of the plurality of pronunciations corresponds to a syllabic unit of one of the plurality of words. A hyperarticulated vowel sound may be mapped to each syllabic unit from the text-to-speech output. A pronunciation instruction corresponding to each hyperarticulated vowel sound may be caused to be surfaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Chad Larson, Tanya Matskewich, Gregory Carl Hitchcock, Michael Tholfsen, Guillaume Simonnet, Viktoryia Akulich, Nicholas Kibre, Christina Chen Campbell