Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul Annunziato

Kevin Paul Annunziato 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: 11521643
    Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices configured to record a user's voice without recording other ambient acoustic signals, such as others talking nearby. In some particular aspects, a wearable audio device includes: a frame for contacting a head of a user; an electro-acoustic transducer within the frame and configured to output audio signals; at least one microphone; a voice activity detection (VAD) accelerometer; and a controller coupled with the electro-acoustic transducer, the at least one microphone and the VAD accelerometer, the controller configured in a first mode to: detect that the user is speaking; and record a voice of the user solely with signals from the VAD accelerometer in response to detecting that the user is speaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Francois Laberge, Kevin Paul Annunziato
  • Publication number: 20210350821
    Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices configured to record a user's voice without recording other ambient acoustic signals, such as others talking nearby. In some particular aspects, a wearable audio device includes: a frame for contacting a head of a user; an electro-acoustic transducer within the frame and configured to output audio signals; at least one microphone; a voice activity detection (VAD) accelerometer; and a controller coupled with the electro-acoustic transducer, the at least one microphone and the VAD accelerometer, the controller configured in a first mode to: detect that the user is speaking; and record a voice of the user solely with signals from the VAD accelerometer in response to detecting that the user is speaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Francois Laberge, Kevin Paul Annunziato