Patents by Inventor Nicola Marcantonio

Nicola Marcantonio 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: 20230185847
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor to transform a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a constant Q transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution, transform the log-frequency spectrogram into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair, each frequency channel representing a corresponding quarter tone frequency channel in a range from C3-C8, generate a matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints, normalize the matrix product to form a similarity matrix, select an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities, and select a reference fingerprint based on the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer
  • Patent number: 11574008
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor to transform a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a constant Q transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution, transform the log-frequency spectrogram into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair, each frequency channel representing a corresponding quarter tone frequency channel in a range from C3-C8, generate a matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints, normalize the matrix product to form a similarity matrix, select an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities, and select a reference fingerprint based on the alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer
  • Publication number: 20210149954
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor to transform a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a constant Q transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution, transform the log-frequency spectrogram into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair, each frequency channel representing a corresponding quarter tone frequency channel in a range from C3-C8, generate a matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints, normalize the matrix product to form a similarity matrix, select an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities, and select a reference fingerprint based on the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer
  • Patent number: 10846334
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example method includes transforming a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution. The log-frequency spectrogram is transformed into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair. A matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints is computed. Based on a number of frequency ranges represented in the binary image, the matrix product to form a similarity matrix is computed. Selecting an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities. A reference fingerprint is selected based on the alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer
  • Publication number: 20180239818
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example method includes transforming a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution. The log-frequency spectrogram is transformed into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair. A matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints is computed. Based on a number of frequency ranges represented in the binary image, the matrix product to form a similarity matrix is computed. Selecting an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities. A reference fingerprint is selected based on the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer
  • Publication number: 20150302086
    Abstract: During a live performance of an audio piece, an audience member may use a network-based system to identify the audio piece during its performance. A machine may be configured to receive, from the audience member's device, a live fingerprint of a segment of a live performance of the audio piece being performed differently from a reference version of the audio piece recorded by an artist. The machine may identify a performer that is performing the live version and access a set of reference fingerprints based on the identified performer of the live version. The reference fingerprints may be generated from segments of reference versions of audio pieces recorded by the artist. The machine may compare the live fingerprint to the set of reference fingerprints, determine a match, and provide the identifier to the audience member's device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Bob Coover, Nicola Marcantonio, Markus K. Cremer