Patents by Inventor Naomi D. Black-Bilodeau

Naomi D. Black-Bilodeau 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).

  • GENERATION OF TIMED TEXT USING SPEECH-TO-TEXT TECHNOLOGY, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140142941
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generation of timed text in web video. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method generates timed text for online video. In the method, a request to play a timed text track of a video incorporated into a web video service is received from a client computing device. Prior to receipt of the request, audio of the video is processed to determine intermediate timed text data. The intermediate timed text data lacks a complete text transcription of the audio, but includes data to enable the complete text transcription to be generated when playing the video. In response to receipt of the request, a text transcription of the audio is determined using the intermediate data with an automated speech-to-text algorithm. Finally, the text transcription of the audio is sent to the client computing device for display along with the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Harrenstien, Toliver Jue, Christopher Alberti, Naomi D. Black-Bilodeau
  • Generation of timed text using speech-to-text technology and applications thereof
    Patent number: 8645134
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generation of timed text in web video. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method generates timed text for online video. In the method, a request to play a timed text track of a video incorporated into a web video service is received from a client computing device. Prior to receipt of the request, audio of the video is processed to determine intermediate timed text data. The intermediate timed text data lacks a complete text transcription of the audio, but includes data to enable the complete text transcription to be generated when playing the video. In response to receipt of the request, a text transcription of the audio is determined using the intermediate data with an automated speech-to-text algorithm. Finally, the text transcription of the audio is sent to the client computing device for display along with the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Harrenstien, Toliver Jue, Christopher Alberti, Naomi D. Black-Bilodeau