Patents by Inventor Hannes Gamper

Hannes Gamper 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: 11847261
    Abstract: A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wilson, Hakim Si Mohammed, Christian Holz, Adrian Kuo Ching Lee, Ivan Jelev Tashev, Hannes Gamper, Edward Bryan Cutrell, David Emerson Johnston, Dimitra Emmanouilidou, Mihai R. Jalobeanu
  • Publication number: 20220365599
    Abstract: A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. WILSON, Hakim SI MOHAMMED, Christian HOLZ, Adrian Kuo Ching LEE, Ivan Jelev TASHEV, Hannes GAMPER, Edward Bryan CUTRELL, David Emerson JOHNSTON, Dimitra EMMANOUILIDOU, Mihai R. JALOBEANU
  • Patent number: 11409361
    Abstract: A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wilson, Hakim Si Mohammed, Christian Holz, Adrian Kuo Ching Lee, Ivan Jelev Tashev, Hannes Gamper, Edward Bryan Cutrell, David Emerson Johnston, Dimitra Emmanouilidou, Mihai R. Jalobeanu
  • Patent number: 11205443
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for improved audio feature discovery using a neural network. One method including: receiving a trained neural network model, the trained neural network configured to output an audio feature classification of audio data; deconstructing the trained neural network model to generate at least one saliency map, the at least one saliency map providing a successful classification of the audio feature; and extracting at least one visualization of the audio feature the trained neural network model relies on for classification based on the at least one saliency map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Etienne Thuillier, Hannes Gamper, Ivan Jelev Tashev
  • Publication number: 20210240264
    Abstract: A computer device is provided is includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. WILSON, Hakim SI MOHAMMED, Christian HOLZ, Adrian Kuo Ching LEE, Ivan Jelev TASHEV, Hannes GAMPER, Edward Bryan CUTRELL, David Emerson JOHNSTON, Dimitra EMMANOUILIDOU, Mihai R. JALOBEANU
  • Patent number: 11012802
    Abstract: A computing system that facilitates decoding a spherical harmonics (SH) representation of a three-dimensional sound signal to a binaural sound signal is described herein. The computing system generates a binaural sound signal based upon the SH representation, a tapering window function that is selected based on an SH encoding order of the SH representation, and a coloration compensation filter that incorporates the tapering window function. The computing system causes the binaural sound signal to be played over at least two speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Felix Hold, Hannes Gamper, Ville Topias Pulkki, Nikunj Raghuvanshi, Ivan Jelev Tashev
  • Publication number: 20210006923
    Abstract: A computing system that facilitates decoding a spherical harmonics (SH) representation of a three-dimensional sound signal to a binaural sound signal is described herein. The computing system generates a binaural sound signal based upon the SH representation, a tapering window function that is selected based on an SH encoding order of the SH representation, and a coloration compensation filter that incorporates the tapering window function. The computing system causes the binaural sound signal to be played over at least two speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Felix HOLD, Hannes GAMPER, Ville Topias PULKKI, Nikunj RAGHUVANSHI, Ivan Jelev TASHEV
  • Publication number: 20200035259
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for improved audio feature discovery using a neural network. One method including: receiving a trained neural network model, the trained neural network configured to output an audio feature classification of audio data; deconstructing the trained neural network model to generate at least one saliency map, the at least one saliency map providing a successful classification of the audio feature; and extracting at least one visualization of the audio feature the trained neural network model relies on for classification based on the at least one saliency map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Etienne THUILLIER, Hannes GAMPER, Ivan Jelev TASHEV
  • Patent number: 10278002
    Abstract: Systems and methods for HRTF personalization are provided. More specifically, the systems and methods provide HRTF personalization utilizing non-parametric processing of three-dimensional head scans. Accordingly, the systems and methods for HRTF personalization generate a personalized set of HRTFs for a user without having to extract specific geometric and/or anthropometric features from a three dimensional head scan of a user and/or from the three dimensional head scans of training subjects in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, David Johnston, Ivan Tashev, Archontis Politis, Mark R. P. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10129684
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of delivering an audio signal from a device toward a user's ear includes, for example, transmitting a filtered audio signal from a transducer positioned at a location on the device that is longitudinally spaced apart from an entrance of an auditory canal of the user's ear when the device is worn on the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, Mark Richard Paul Thomas, Ivan Jelev Tashev, David Emerson Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180270603
    Abstract: Systems and methods for HRTF personalization are provided. More specifically, the systems and methods provide HRTF personalization utilizing non-parametric processing of three-dimensional head scans. Accordingly, the systems and methods for HRTF personalization generate a personalized set of HRTFs for a user without having to extract specific geometric and/or anthropometric features from a three dimensional head scan of a user and/or from the three dimensional head scans of training subjects in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, David Johnston, Ivan Tashev, Archontis Politis, Mark R. P. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10028070
    Abstract: Systems and methods for HRTF personalization are provided. More specifically, the systems and methods provide HRTF personalization for a user based on a depth image of the user. Accordingly, the provided systems and methods are less complicated, easier to use, and easier to implement for personalizing HRTFs when compared to previously utilized systems and methods that required high-resolution three-dimensional head scans or one or more specific and/or discrete anthropomorphic measurements of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, David Johnston, Ivan Tashev
  • Publication number: 20170156017
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of delivering an audio signal from a device toward a user's ear includes, for example, transmitting a filtered audio signal from a transducer positioned at a location on the device that is longitudinally spaced apart from an entrance of an auditory canal of the user's ear when the device is worn on the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, Mark Richard Paul Thomas, Ivan Jelev Tashev, David Emerson Johnston
  • Patent number: 9609436
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of producing an audio signal includes applying, for example, a head related transfer function (HRTF) and a transducer position compensation filter to an input audio signal to generate an enhanced audio signal configured to be transmitted toward an entrance of the user's ear from a transducer carried by a headset and spaced apart from the entrance to a user's ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, Mark Richard Paul Thomas, Ivan Jelev Tashev, David Emerson Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160345095
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of producing an audio signal includes applying, for example, a head related transfer function (HRTF) and a transducer position compensation filter to an input audio signal to generate an enhanced audio signal configured to be transmitted toward an entrance of the user's ear from a transducer carried by a headset and spaced apart from the entrance to a user's ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Hannes Gamper, Mark Richard Paul Thomas, Ivan Jelev Tashev, David Emerson Johnston