Patents by Inventor Marco Nicolis

Marco Nicolis 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: 20240123142
    Abstract: A device for subcutaneous delivery of a medicament includes a delivery module to house a cartridge containing a medicament to be delivered to a patient via a needle and a control module coupled to the delivery module to house a control unit and a battery to power the control unit. The delivery module includes an application surface that contacts the patient's body and two opposite first gripping perimeter surfaces extending along a first direction parallel to the application surface and along a second direction perpendicular to the application surface and having substantially equal dimensions in the second direction. The control module includes two opposite second gripping perimeter surfaces extending along the first direction and along the second direction and having substantially equal dimensions in the second direction. The two first gripping perimeter surfaces and the two second gripping perimeter surfaces have substantially equal dimensions in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mattia Cattaneo, Pasquale Cirulli, Paolo Degan, Andrea Giacomozzi, Paolo Golfetto, Tommaso Borghi, Gustavo de Souza Messias, Marco Pirinoli, Christian Riva, Nicola Bonserio, Ilaria Nicoli
  • Patent number: 11062694
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating output audio with emphasized portions are described. Spoken audio is obtained and undergoes speech processing (e.g., ASR and optionally NLU) to create text. It may be determined that the resulting text includes a portion that should be emphasized (e.g., an interjection) using at least one of knowledge of an application run on a device that captured the spoken audio, prosodic analysis, and/or linguistic analysis. The portion of text to be emphasized may be tagged (e.g., using a Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) tag). TTS processing is then performed on the tagged text to create output audio including an emphasized portion corresponding to the tagged portion of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Nicolis, Adam Franciszek Nadolski
  • Patent number: 10699695
    Abstract: During text-to-speech processing, audio data corresponding to a word part, word, or group of words is generated using a trained model and used by a unit selection engine to create output audio. The audio data is generated at least when an input word is unrecognized or when a cost of a unit selection is too high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Franciszek Nadolski, Daniel Korzekwa, Thomas Edward Merritt, Marco Nicolis, Bartosz Putrycz, Roberto Barra Chicote, Rafal Kuklinski, Wiktor Dolecki
  • Publication number: 20190362704
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating output audio with emphasized portions are described. Spoken audio is obtained and undergoes speech processing (e.g., ASR and optionally NLU) to create text. It may be determined that the resulting text includes a portion that should be emphasized (e.g., an interjection) using at least one of knowledge of an application run on a device that captured the spoken audio, prosodic analysis, and/or linguistic analysis. The portion of text to be emphasized may be tagged (e.g., using a Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) tag). TTS processing is then performed on the tagged text to create output audio including an emphasized portion corresponding to the tagged portion of the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Marco Nicolis, Adam Franciszek Nadolski
  • Patent number: 10339166
    Abstract: Methods and devices for generating unique and different responses to commands are described herein. Natural language generation techniques may be employed to formulate responses to commands that are tailored to particular users. These responses account for previously provided responses, previously commands that have been made, and/or geographic locations of the requesting individual, for example. In some embodiments, an audible command may be received by a backend system from a voice activated electronic device. Text data may be generated from the audible command, and a user intent of the command is determined. Based on the user intent, a response from a particular application may be obtained. The response may be compared with previously generated responses and, if a similar responses was determined to have been provided previously, one or more different words, or a different arrangement of words, may be used to generate a new response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Remus Razvan Mois, Marco Nicolis
  • Patent number: 10319365
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating output audio with emphasized portions are described. Spoken audio is obtained and undergoes speech processing (e.g., ASR and optionally NLU) to create text. It may be determined that the resulting text includes a portion that should be emphasized (e.g., an interjection) using at least one of knowledge of an application run on a device that captured the spoken audio, prosodic analysis, and/or linguistic analysis. The portion of text to be emphasized may be tagged (e.g., using a Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) tag). TTS processing is then performed on the tagged text to create output audio including an emphasized portion corresponding to the tagged portion of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Nicolis, Adam Franciszek Nadolski
  • Patent number: 10102844
    Abstract: Methods and devices for generating unique and different responses to commands are described herein. Natural language generation techniques may be employed to formulate responses to commands that are tailored to particular users. These responses account for previously provided responses, previously commands that have been made, and/or geographic locations of the requesting individual, for example. In some embodiments, an audible command may be received by a backend system from a voice activated electronic device. Text data may be generated from the audible command, and a user intent of the command is determined. Based on the user intent, a response from a particular application may be obtained. The response may be compared with previously generated responses and, if a similar responses was determined to have been provided previously, one or more different words, or a different arrangement of words, may be used to generate a new response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Remus Razvan Mois, Marco Nicolis