Patents by Inventor Hakan ARI

Hakan ARI 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).

  • Multi-microphone speech dialog system for multiple spatial zones
    Patent number: 11367437
    Abstract: There is provided a speech dialog system that includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a processor and a memory. The first microphone captures first audio from a first spatial zone, and produces a first audio signal. The second microphone captures second audio from a second spatial zone, and produces a second audio signal. The processor receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal, and the memory contains instructions that control the processor to perform operations of a speech enhancement module, an automatic speech recognition module, and a speech dialog module that performs a zone-dedicated speech dialog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Timo Matheja, Markus Buck, Andreas Kirbach, Martin Roessler, Tim Haulick, Julien Premont, Josef Anastasiadis, Rudi Vuerinckx, Christophe Ris, Stijn Verschaeren, Hakan Ari, Dieter Ranz
  • MULTI-MICROPHONE SPEECH DIALOG SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE SPATIAL ZONES
    Publication number: 20200380967
    Abstract: There is provided a speech dialog system that includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a processor and a memory. The first microphone captures first audio from a first spatial zone, and produces a first audio signal. The second microphone captures second audio from a second spatial zone, and produces a second audio signal. The processor receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal, and the memory contains instructions that control the processor to perform operations of a speech enhancement module, an automatic speech recognition module, and a speech dialog module that performs a zone-dedicated speech dialog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Timo MATHEJA, Markus BUCK, Andreas KIRBACH, Martin ROESSLER, Tim HAULICK, Julien PREMONT, Josef ANASTASIADIS, Rudi VUERINCKX, Christophe RIS, Stijn VERSCHAEREN, Hakan ARI, Dieter RANZ