Patents by Inventor Kevin John Bastyr

Kevin John Bastyr 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Beamforming to Obtain Voice and Noise Signals
    Publication number: 20140278394
    Abstract: One method of operation includes beamforming a plurality of microphone outputs to obtain a plurality of virtual microphone audio channels. Each virtual microphone audio channel corresponds to a beamform. The virtual microphone audio channels include at least one voice channel and at least one noise channel. The method includes performing voice activity detection on the at least one voice channel and adjusting a corresponding voice beamform until voice activity detection indicates that voice is present on the at least one voice channel. Another method beamforms the plurality of microphone outputs to obtain a plurality of virtual microphone audio channels, where each virtual microphone audio channel corresponds to a beamform, and with at least one voice channel and at least one noise channel. The method performs voice recognition on the at least one voice channel and adjusts the corresponding voice beamform to improve a voice recognition confidence metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Kevin John Bastyr, Giles T. Davis, Plamen A. Ivanov, Rivanaldo S. Oliveira, Tenkasi V. Ramabadran, Snehitha Singaraju