Patents by Inventor Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane

Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane 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: 20230298593
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, the present techniques generally relate to a system, computer-implemented method and apparatus for training a machine learning, ML, model to perform sound enhancement for a target user in real-time, and to a method and apparatus for using the trained ML model to perform sound enhancement of audio signals in real-time. Advantageously, the present techniques are suitable for implementation on resource-constrained devices that capture audio signals, such as smartphones and Internet of Things devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alberto Gil RAMOS, Carlos PURVES, Abhinvav MEHROTRA, Sourav BHATTACHARYA, Ravichander VIPPERLA, Syed Samin ISHTIAQ, Nicholas Donald Atkins LANE
  • Publication number: 20220101063
    Abstract: A method of predicting performance of a hardware arrangement or a neural network model includes: obtaining one or more of a first hardware arrangement or a first neural network model, obtaining a first graphical model comprising a first plurality of nodes corresponding to the obtained first hardware arrangement or the obtained first neural network model, wherein each node of the first plurality of nodes corresponds to a respective component or device of the first plurality of interconnected components or devices or a respective operation of the first plurality of operations; extracting, based on the first graphical model, a first graphical representation of the obtained first hardware arrangement or the obtained first neural network model; predicting, based on the first graphical representation, performance of the obtained first hardware arrangement or the obtained first neural network model; and outputting the predicted performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun Pong CHAU, Mohamed S. ABDELFATTAH, Lukasz DUDZIAK, Royson LEE, Hyeji KIM, Nicholas Donald Atkins LANE
  • Patent number: 10678852
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Brian Beckman, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Arjmand Micheal Samuel
  • Publication number: 20170286538
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Brian Beckman, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Arjmand Micheal Samuel
  • Patent number: 9721010
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Brian Beckman, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Arjmand Micheal Samuel
  • Patent number: 9009677
    Abstract: Application testing and analysis may include performing perturbations to affect an environment associated with the application executing on a user device without affecting other applications executing on the user device. The execution of the application may be traced while the perturbations are being performed to determine an amount of resources of the user device consumed by the application and to determine whether a performance of the application was degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Niels Brouwers, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Chieh-Jan Mike Liang, Ranveer Chandra
  • Publication number: 20140282425
    Abstract: Application testing and analysis may include performing perturbations to affect an environment associated with the application executing on a user device without affecting other applications executing on the user device. The execution of the application may be traced while the perturbations are being performed to determine an amount of resources of the user device consumed by the application and to determine whether a performance of the application was degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Niels Brouwers, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Chieh-Jan Mike Liang, Ranveer Chandra
  • Publication number: 20140172848
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Brian Beckman, Nicholas Donald Atkins Lane, Arjmand Micheal Samuel