Patents by Inventor Hagai Attias

Hagai Attias 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).

  • Managing media objects in a database
    Publication number: 20030009469
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for organizing media objects in a database using contextual information for a media object and known media objects, categories, indexes and searches, to arrive at an inference for cataloging the media object in a database. The media object may then be cataloged in the database according to the inference. A method and apparatus are provided for clustering media objects by forming groups of unlabeled data and applying a distance metric to said group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Carlton Platt, Jonathan Kagle, Hagai Attias, Victoria Elizabeth Milton
  • Method and apparatus for blind separation of mixed and convolved sources
    Patent number: 6185309
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating signals from instantaneous and convolutive mixtures of signals. A plurality of sensors or detectors detect signals generated by a plurality of signal generating sources. The detected signals are processed in time blocks to find a separating filter, which when applied to the detected signals produces output signals that are statistically independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Hagai Attias