Patents by Inventor Isaac Keir Julien

Isaac Keir Julien 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).

  • INTELLIGENT SPEECH OR DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20240029755
    Abstract: Processes, methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for intelligently detecting speech or in audio signals and smoothly transitioning to mode that enables a user to better understand the speech. For example, aspects of the present disclosure provide method for processing and producing audio signals. During playback of an audio signal, the method analyzes content of the audio signal prior to the playback of the content to determine whether one or more predefined conditions are met to indicate that the content includes speech. In response to determining the one or more predefined conditions are met, the method automatically applies to the audio signal a first playback equalization configured to enhance the speech within the content. In response to determining the one or more predefined conditions are not met, the method comprises applying to the audio signal no playback equalization or a second playback equalization different from the first playback equalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Elio Dante QUERZE, III, Shuo ZHANG, Isaac Keir JULIEN, Yang LIU, Miriam ISRAELOWITZ, Stoyan I. ILIEV, Edward MANIET, Santiago CARVAJAL, Michael W. STARK, James Michael MCHUGH
  • Spatialized virtual personal assistant
    Patent number: 10929099
    Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices having a spatialized virtual personal assistant (VPA). In other implementations, a method of controlling a wearable audio device having a spatialized VPA is disclosed. Other implementations include a method of generating a spatialized VPA in a wearable audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elio Dante Querze, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Isaac Keir Julien, Marina Sanjiv Shah, Shuo Zhang, Elizabeth Kaye Nielsen
  • SPATIALIZED VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20200142667
    Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices having a spatialized virtual personal assistant (VPA). In other implementations, a method of controlling a wearable audio device having a spatialized VPA is disclosed. Other implementations include a method of generating a spatialized VPA in a wearable audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Elio Dante Querze, Todd Richard Reily, Conor William Sheehan, Isaac Keir Julien, Marina Sanjiv Shah, Shuo Zhang, Elizabeth Kaye Nielsen