Patents by Inventor Kristofer E. BOUCHARD

Kristofer E. BOUCHARD 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).

  • Methods of decoding speech from the brain and systems for practicing the same
    Patent number: 10438603
    Abstract: Provided are methods of decoding speech from the brain of a subject. The methods include detecting speech production signals from electrodes operably coupled to the speech motor cortex of a subject while the subject produces or imagines producing a speech sound. The methods further include deriving a speech production signal pattern from the detected speech production signals, and correlating the speech production signal pattern with a reference speech production signal pattern to decode speech from the brain of the subject. Speech communication systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Edward F. Chang, Kristofer E. Bouchard
  • Methods of Decoding Speech from the Brain and Systems for Practicing the Same
    Publication number: 20180254049
    Abstract: Provided are methods of decoding speech from the brain of a subject. The methods include detecting speech production signals from electrodes operably coupled to the speech motor cortex of a subject while the subject produces or imagines producing a speech sound. The methods further include deriving a speech production signal pattern from the detected speech production signals, and correlating the speech production signal pattern with a reference speech production signal pattern to decode speech from the brain of the subject. Speech communication systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Edward F. CHANG, Kristofer E. BOUCHARD
  • Methods of decoding speech from the brain and systems for practicing the same
    Patent number: 9905239
    Abstract: Provided are methods of decoding speech from the brain of a subject. The methods include detecting speech production signals from electrodes operably coupled to the speech motor cortex of a subject while the subject produces or imagines producing a speech sound. The methods further include deriving a speech production signal pattern from the detected speech production signals, and correlating the speech production signal pattern with a reference speech production signal pattern to decode speech from the brain of the subject. Speech communication systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Edward F. Chang, Kristofer E. Bouchard
  • Methods of Decoding Speech from the Brain and Systems for Practicing the Same
    Publication number: 20150380009
    Abstract: Provided are methods of decoding speech from the brain of a subject. The methods include detecting speech production signals from electrodes operably coupled to the speech motor cortex of a subject while the subject produces or imagines producing a speech sound. The methods further include deriving a speech production signal pattern from the detected speech production signals, and correlating the speech production signal pattern with a reference speech production signal pattern to decode speech from the brain of the subject. Speech communication systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Edward F. CHANG, Kristofer E. BOUCHARD