Patents by Inventor Norrie K. Taylor

Norrie K. Taylor 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).

  • Dynamic real-time cross-fading of voice prompts
    Patent number: 7571104
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for creating shorter more natural sounding voice messages and prompts from a plurality of pre-recorded sound segments, the prerecorded sound segments are dynamically cross faded in order to produce a more natural blended sound, various cross fade parameters such as the fade length and the shape of the cross fade amplitude envelopes are determined based on characteristics of the various sound segments being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Escott, Norrie K. Taylor