Patents by Inventor Laura Sue Hemmy

Laura Sue Hemmy 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).

  • Automated verbal fluency assessment
    Patent number: 9576593
    Abstract: Techniques are described for calculating one or more verbal fluency scores for a person. An example method includes classifying, by a computing device, samples of audio data of speech of a person, based on amplitudes of the samples, into a first class of samples including speech or sound and a second class of samples including silence. The method further includes analyzing the first class of samples to determine a number of words spoken by the person, and calculating a verbal fluency score for the person based at least in part on the determined number of words spoken by the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Serguei V. S. Pakhomov, Laura Sue Hemmy, Kelvin O. Lim
  • AUTOMATED VERBAL FLUENCY ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20150058013
    Abstract: Techniques are described for calculating one or more verbal fluency scores for a person. An example method includes classifying, by a computing device, samples of audio data of speech of a person, based on amplitudes of the samples, into a first class of samples including speech or sound and a second class of samples including silence. The method further includes analyzing the first class of samples to determine a number of words spoken by the person, and calculating a verbal fluency score for the person based at least in part on the determined number of words spoken by the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Serguei V.S. Pakhomov, Laura Sue Hemmy, Kelvin O. Lim