Patents by Inventor Hani Yehia

Hani Yehia 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 integrated audiovisual speech coding at low bitrate
    Patent number: 6675145
    Abstract: A method to transmit face images including the steps of: preparing a facial shape estimation unit receiving speech produced by a speaker and outputting a signal estimation the speaker's facial shape when he/she speaks; transmitting the speech produced by the speaker from the transmitting side to the receiving side and applying it to the facial shape estimation unit so as to estimate the speaker's facial shape; and generating a motion picture of the speaker's facial shape based on the signal estimation the speaker's facial shape output by the facial shape estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Hani Yehia, Takaaki Kuratate, Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson