Patents by Inventor Patrick Naylor

Patrick Naylor 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: 20220262342
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a model representative of a plurality of acoustic variations to a speech signal, thus defining a plurality of time-varying spectral modifications. The plurality of time-varying spectral modifications may be applied to a reference signal using a filtering operation, thus generating a time-varying spectrally-augmented signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick A. Naylor, Dushyant Sharma, Uwe Helmut Jost, William F. Ganong, III
  • Publication number: 20220254357
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions associated with a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system deployed in an acoustic environment. Acoustic relative transfer functions of at least a pair of audio acquisition devices of the plurality of audio acquisition devices may be compared. Location information associated with an acoustic source within the acoustic environment may be determined based upon, at least in part, the comparison of the acoustic relative transfer functions of the at least a pair of audio acquisition devices of the plurality of audio acquisition devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220254359
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions for a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system deployed in an acoustic environment. The plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions may be encoded into a first embedding of acoustic relative transfer functions and at least a second embedding of acoustic relative transfer functions. Information may be extracted from at least the first embedding of acoustic relative transfer functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220254360
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for encoding audio encounter information of a reference audio acquisition device of a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system, thus defining encoded reference audio encounter information. Location information may be estimated, via a machine vision system, for an acoustic source within an acoustic environment. One or more acoustic relative transfer functions may be selected from a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions for the plurality of audio acquisition devices of the audio recording system based upon, at least in part, the location information. The encoded reference audio encounter information and a representation of the selected one or more acoustic relative transfer function may be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220254358
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions between a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system based upon, at least in part, one or more of a predefined speech processing application and a predefined acoustic environment. An acoustic relative transfer function codebook may be generated using the plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions. One or more channels from the plurality of audio acquisition devices of the audio recording system may be encoded using the acoustic relative transfer function codebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220254356
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for selecting a reference audio acquisition device from a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system. Audio encounter information of the reference microphone may be encoded, thus defining encoded reference audio encounter information. A plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions between the reference microphone and the plurality of audio acquisition devices of the audio recording system may be generated. The encoded reference audio encounter information and a representation of the plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions may be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220256303
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions associated with a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system deployed in an acoustic environment. At least a pair of the plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions from time frames may be compared. A change in the acoustic environment may be detected based upon, at least in part, the comparison of the plurality of acoustic relative transfer functions from at least the pair of time frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220254361
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining machine vision encounter information using one or more machine vision systems. Audio encounter information may be obtained using a plurality of audio acquisition devices of an audio recording system. The audio encounter information may be encoded using an audio codec. The encoding of the audio encounter information by the audio codec may be adapted based upon, at least in part, the machine vision encounter information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20220246131
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining calibration information for a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system; and processing the calibration information to calibrate the ACI system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Joel Praveen Pinto, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Patent number: 11398216
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system via a video recording subsystem of an ACI calibration platform; and generating one or more audio calibration signals for receipt by an audio recording system included within the ACI system via an audio generation subsystem of the ACI calibration platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATION, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Joel Praveen Pinto, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Patent number: 11361749
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining calibration information for a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system; and processing the calibration information to calibrate the ACI system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Joel Praveen Pinto, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Publication number: 20220180318
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter, wherein the encounter information includes machine vision encounter information; and processing the encounter information to generate an encounter transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 11335344
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array. A plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array may be received. One or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams or one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls may be selected. A microphone array may obtain audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 11295272
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter, wherein the encounter information includes machine vision encounter information; and processing the encounter information to generate an encounter transcript.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20220051772
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for source separation is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a user encounter, wherein the encounter information includes first audio encounter information obtained from a first encounter participant and at least second audio encounter information obtained from at least a second encounter participant. The first audio encounter information and the at least second audio encounter information are processed to eliminate audio interference between the first audio encounter information and the at least second audio encounter information. A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for compartmentalizing a virtual assistant is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information via a compartmentalized virtual assistant during a user encounter, wherein the compartmentalized virtual assistant includes a core functionality module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guido Remi Marcel Gallopyn, Dushyant Sharma, Uwe Helmut Jost, Donald E. Owen, Patrick Naylor, Amr Nour-Eldin, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Mehmet Mert Öz, Garret N. Erskine
  • Patent number: 11250382
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for initially aligning two or more audio signals to address coarse temporal misalignment between the two or more audio signals. The two or more audio signals are detected by two or more audio detection systems within a monitored space. The two or more audio signals are subsequently realigned to address ongoing temporal signal drift between the two or more audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Patent number: 11250383
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for determining a time delay between a first audio signal received on a first audio detection system and a second audio signal received on a second audio detection system. The first and second audio detection systems are located within a monitored space. The first audio detection system is located with respect to the second audio detection system within the monitored space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Patent number: 11232794
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving audio encounter information from a microphone array. Speech activity within one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be identified based upon, at least in part, a correlation among the audio encounter information received from the microphone array. Location information for the one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be determined based upon, at least in part, the correlation among the signals received by each microphone of the microphone array. The one or more portions of the audio encounter information may be labeled with the speech activity and the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210352406
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. Harmonic distortion associated with at least one microphone may be determined. One or more harmonic distortion-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the harmonic distortion associated with the at least one microphone, thus defining one or more harmonic distortion-based augmented signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Rong Gong, Stanislav Kruchinin, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Publication number: 20210350809
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of predefined beams associated with a microphone array. A plurality of predefined nulls associated with the microphone array may be received. One or more predefined beams from the plurality of predefined beams or one or more predefined nulls from the plurality of predefined nulls may be selected. A microphone array may obtain audio encounter information, via the microphone array, using at least one of the one or more selected beams and the one or more selected nulls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor