Patents by Inventor Julianne Heinzmann

Julianne Heinzmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20250238190
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for mixing audio content are described. The audio capabilities of detected audio output devices may be determined and used to generate mixed audio for content received by the audio output devices. The dimensions of a space including the audio output devices may be used to determine an audio configuration for the audio output devices. Furthermore, changes to the audio output devices may be used to change the mixed audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Julianne Heinzmann, Resmi Vijayan, Andrew Posmontier, Brandon Gorski, Casey Guarasci, Brandon Burnette, Jackson Harding
  • Patent number: 12340025
    Abstract: Upon detection of a gesture, a current context of an environment in which the gesture is performed may be determined. The current context may be used to interpret the gesture to determine which of potentially a plurality of devices are to be controlled by the gesture and whether the gesture is configured to control the determined device(s) in the current context. The current context may also be used to determine whether to adjust a threshold for determining whether the gesture is intended as a control command. An aspect of the detected gesture may be compared to the threshold to determine whether the gesture is intended as a control command. If the gesture is intended as a control command, the determined device(s) may be controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Armstrong, Arun Ravisankar, Resmi Vijayan, Arpit Mathur, Julianne Heinzmann, Natalie Mazer
  • Publication number: 20250119622
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for receiving content and closed captioning text based on audio in the content. Alternative closed captioning text and/or alternative audio may be generated based on a translation of the content. Voice characteristics of recognized speech may be used in the generation of alternative closed captioning text and/or alternative audio. Further, the alternative closed captioning text and/or alternative audio may be outputted in place of the original closed captioning text and/or audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Brandon Burnette, Julianne Heinzmann, Arun Ravisankar
  • Publication number: 20240259635
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for determining content being output by a device. One or more images of content being output on the device may be determined. The one or more images may be analyzed to determine text data displayed in the one or more images. The text data may be used to determine the content being output by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Arun Ravisankar, Julianne Heinzmann
  • Publication number: 20240037888
    Abstract: A camera system may capture object activity with a field of view comprising one or more regions and identify and selectively output captured image data based on the one or more regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Arun Ravisankar, Arpit Mathur, Scott Armstrong, Julianne Heinzmann, Resmi Vijayan, Andrew Posmontier
  • Publication number: 20230402033
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for modifying language and/or recording settings of a computing device based on audio data. Audio data comprising speech may be received by a computing device. The computing device may process the audio data to determine one or more properties of speech of one or more users. Based on the one or more properties of the speech, language settings and/or recording settings may be modified. For example, subtitles may be displayed or removed, accessibility features may be implemented, different content may be displayed, and/or machine translation functions may be activated. Such language and/or recording settings may be stored in a user profile, which may be used by a variety of computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Julianne Heinzmann, Arpit Mathur, Scott A. Armstrong, Arun Ravisankar, Resmi Vijayan, Natalie Mazer
  • Publication number: 20230315211
    Abstract: Upon detection of a gesture, a current context of an environment in which the gesture is performed may be determined. The current context may be used to interpret the gesture to determine which of potentially a plurality of devices are to be controlled by the gesture and whether the gesture is configured to control the determined device(s) in the current context. The current context may also be used to determine whether to adjust a threshold for determining whether the gesture is intended as a control command. An aspect of the detected gesture may be compared to the threshold to determine whether the gesture is intended as a control command. If the gesture is intended as a control command, the determined device(s) may be controlled accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Scott A. Armstrong, Arun Ravisankar, Resmi Vijayan, Arpit Mathur, Julianne Heinzmann, Natalie Mazer