Patents by Inventor Jan Philip Janssen

Jan Philip Janssen 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).

  • System and method for speech enhancement in multisource environments
    Patent number: 10482878
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a first signal emitted from one or more sources. A second signal may be received emitted from the one or more sources. A first confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the first signal may be determined. A second confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the second signal may be determined. It may be identified that the wake-up-word originated from a first source of the one or more sources based upon, at least in part, the first and second confidence levels. The first source may be enabled to participate in a dialog phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Wolff, Jan Philip Janssen, Simon Graf, Tim Haulick
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT IN MULTISOURCE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20190164542
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a first signal emitted from one or more sources. A second signal may be received emitted from the one or more sources. A first confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the first signal may be determined. A second confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the second signal may be determined. It may be identified that the wake-up-word originated from a first source of the one or more sources based upon, at least in part, the first and second confidence levels. The first source may be enabled to participate in a dialogue phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias Wolff, Jan Philip Janssen, Simon Graf, Tim Haulick
  • System and method for speech enhancement in multisource environments
    Patent number: 10157611
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a first signal emitted from one or more sources. A second signal may be received emitted from the one or more sources. A first confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the first signal may be determined. A second confidence level that the wake-up-word is included in the second signal may be determined. It may be identified that the wake-up-word originated from a first source of the one or more sources based upon, at least in part, the first and second confidence levels. The first source may be enabled to participate in a dialog phase. The second source may be excluded from participating in the dialog phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Wolff, Jan Philip Janssen, Simon Graf, Tim Haulick