Patents by Inventor Onur Kurt

Onur Kurt 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).

  • Digital assistant and a corresponding method for voice-based interactive communication based on detected user gaze indicating attention
    Patent number: 11699439
    Abstract: Method for voice-based interactive communication using a digital assistant, wherein the method comprises, an attention detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a user attention and as a result is set into a listening mode; a speaker detection step, in which the digital assistant detects the user as a current speaker; a speech sound detection step, in which the digital assistant detects and records speech uttered by the current speaker, which speech sound detection step further comprises a lip movement detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a lip movement of the current speaker; a speech analysis step, in which the digital assistant parses said recorded speech and extracts speech-based verbal informational content from said recorded speech; and a subsequent response step, in which the digital assistant provides feed-back to the user based on said recorded speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Erland George-Svahn, Sourabh Pateriya, Onur Kurt, Deepak Akkil
  • DUAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220100455
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for interaction with devices containing dual displays, and in particular, to systems and methods for enabling or altering the functionality of a secondary display based on a user's attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Sourabh PATERIYA, Deepak Akkil, Onur Kurt, Erland George-Svahn
  • Turn-taking
    Publication number: 20210256980
    Abstract: Method for voice-based interactive communication using a digital assistant, wherein the method comprises, an attention detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a user attention and as a result is set into a listening mode; a speaker detection step, in which the digital assistant detects the user as a current speaker; a speech sound detection step, in which the digital assistant detects and records speech uttered by the current speaker, which speech sound detection step further comprises a lip movement detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a lip movement of the current speaker; a speech analysis step, in which the digital assistant parses said recorded speech and extracts speech-based verbal informational content from said recorded speech; and a subsequent response step, in which the digital assistant provides feed-back to the user based on said recorded speech
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Erland George-Svahn, Sourabh PATERIYA, Onur Kurt, Deepak Akkil