Patents by Inventor HAKU SATO

HAKU SATO 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: 11128925
    Abstract: Automatic control of media presentation parameters is provided by using one or more of real-time audio playback measurement data from microphones and audience facial and body expression interpretation from video and infrared cameras, in conjunction with artificial intelligence for interpretation and evaluation of facial and body expression and predetermined perceptual audio models. Media presentation parameters can include, for example, speaker volume, audio equalization, feedback elimination, play/pause, and other audio content-related aspects of presentation. In some embodiments, additional environmental parameters can be modified to enhance audience experience, such as, for example, temperature, lighting, and the like, in response to audience facial and body expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Haku Sato, Paul M. Herbst
  • Publication number: 20210274261
    Abstract: Automatic control of media presentation parameters is provided by using one or more of real-time audio playback measurement data from microphones and audience facial and body expression interpretation from video and infrared cameras, in conjunction with artificial intelligence for interpretation and evaluation of facial and body expression and predetermined perceptual audio models. Media presentation parameters can include, for example, speaker volume, audio equalization, feedback elimination, play/pause, and other audio content-related aspects of presentation. In some embodiments, additional environmental parameters can be modified to enhance audience experience, such as, for example, temperature, lighting, and the like, in response to audience facial and body expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Haku Sato, Paul M. Herbst
  • Patent number: 10599197
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package of an electronic device includes a first input coupled to a first voltage rail and a second input coupled to a second voltage rail. The IC package further includes a set of one or more input/output (IO) pad cells and a power sequence detector coupled to the first and second voltage rails. The power sequence detector monitors the first and second voltage rails and configures the set of one or more IO pad cells to operate at one of a non-zero first voltage level or a non-zero second voltage level depending on which of the first voltage rail and the second voltage rail ramps up to a corresponding specified voltage level first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Haku Sato, Robert Greenwood, Paul M. Herbst
  • Publication number: 20180081412
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package of an electronic device includes a first input coupled to a first voltage rail and a second input coupled to a second voltage rail. The IC package further includes a set of one or more input/output (IO) pad cells and a power sequence detector coupled to the first and second voltage rails. The power sequence detector monitors the first and second voltage rails and configures the set of one or more IO pad cells to operate at one of a non-zero first voltage level or a non-zero second voltage level depending on which of the first voltage rail and the second voltage rail ramps up to a corresponding specified voltage level first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Haku Sato, Robert Greenwood, Paul M. Herbst
  • Patent number: 9213761
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a single substrate including circuitry to implement a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an audio interface module configured to provide data in pulse-code modulation (PCM) format having a first signal to noise ratio (SNR), and a medium quality speaker module configured to receive the PCM data, convert the data from the PCM format to a pulse-width modulation (PWM) format independently of the processor, and provide the data in the PWM format having a second SNR to at least one general purpose input-output pin on the substrate, the first SNR is greater than the second SNR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Paul M. Herbst, Robert T. Greenwood, Haku Sato
  • Publication number: 20150347424
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a single substrate including circuitry to implement a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an audio interface module configured to provide data in pulse-code modulation (PCM) format having a first signal to noise ratio (SNR), and a medium quality speaker module configured to receive the PCM data, convert the data from the PCM format to a pulse-width modulation (PWM) format independently of the processor, and provide the data in the PWM format having a second SNR to at least one general purpose input-output pin on the substrate, the first SNR is greater than the second SNR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: PAUL M. HERBST, ROBERT T. GREENWOOD, HAKU SATO