Patents by Inventor Michael Hone

Michael Hone 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: 10409552
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying an audio indicator including a main portion having a width proportional to a volume of a particular phoneme of an utterance is described herein. In some embodiments, audio data representing an utterance may be received at a speech-processing system from a user device. The speech-processing system may determine a maximum volume amplitude for the utterance, and using the maximum volume amplitude, may determine a normalized amplitude value between 0 and 1 associated with a volume that phoneme's of an utterance are spoken. The speech-processing system may then map the normalized amplitude value(s) to widths for a main portion of an audio indicator, where larger normalized amplitude values may correspond to smaller main portion widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Adrian Jara, Timothy Thomas Gray, Kwan Ting Lee, Jae Pum Park, Michael Hone, Grant Hinkson, Richard Leigh Mains, Shilpan Bhagat
  • Publication number: 20070061750
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a software keyboard includes a software key with a first label and a second label, where both the first and the second label are visible. The first label may be displayed on the software key so as to indicate that the first label is active. In an embodiment, the user may provide an input so as to make the second label active and the change may be indicated on the software key. In an embodiment, the arrangement of the first and second labels may be adjusted in response to a resizing of the software keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Lindsey Noll, Judy Tandog, Michael Hone
  • Patent number: D508699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Adrian Garside
  • Patent number: D510361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis, Jeffrey W. Pettiross
  • Patent number: D512725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis
  • Patent number: D513009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hone
  • Patent number: D521018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis, Adrian Garside
  • Patent number: D522527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis, Tobiasz A. Zielinski
  • Patent number: D522528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Adrian Garside
  • Patent number: D523443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis
  • Patent number: D523444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hone, Shawna J. Davis
  • Patent number: D563973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Judy C. Tandog, Michael Hone, Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside