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: 20210287105
    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: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Joel Praveen Pinto, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Publication number: 20210287659
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for extracting acoustic metadata from a signal. The signal may be converted from the time domain to the feature domain, thus defining feature-based voice data associated with the signal. The feature-based voice data associated with the signal may be processed based upon, at least in part, the acoustic metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Do Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11101023
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring a plurality of encounter participants is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter. The encounter information is processed to: associate at least a first portion of the encounter information with at least one known encounter participant, and associate at least a second portion of the encounter information with at least one unknown encounter participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Remi Marcel Gallopyn, Dushyant Sharma, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20210243412
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for rendering content is executed on a computing device and includes receiving a request to render content during a user encounter. If it is determined that the content includes sensitive content, a complete version of the content is rendered on a first device (wherein the complete version of the content includes the sensitive content) and a limited version of the content on a second device (wherein the limited version of the content excludes the sensitive content). A modular ACD system is configured to automate clinical documentation and includes a machine vision system configured to obtain machine vision encounter information concerning a user encounter. An audio recording system is configured to obtain audio encounter information concerning the user encounter. A compute system is configured to receive the machine vision encounter information and the audio encounter information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Donald E. Owen, Garret N. Erskine, Mehmet Mert Öz, Uwe Helmut Jost, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Guido Remi Marcel Gallopyn, Amr Nour-Eldin, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 11074996
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for source separation is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter, wherein the encounter information includes first audio encounter information obtained from a first encounter participant and at least a second audio encounter information obtained from at least a second encounter participant. The first audio encounter information and the at least a second audio encounter information are processed to eliminate audio interference between the first audio encounter information and the at least a second audio encounter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Remi Marcel Gallopyn, Dushyant Sharma, Uwe Helmut Jost, Donald E. Owen, Patrick A. Naylor, Amr Nour-Eldin, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Publication number: 20210210200
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring a plurality of encounter participants is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a user encounter. The encounter information is processed to: associate at least a first portion of the encounter information with at least one known encounter participant, and associate at least a second portion of the encounter information with at least one unknown encounter participant. A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for populating records via semantic frames is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a user encounter. The encounter information is processed to generate an encounter transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: GUIDO REMI MARCEL GALLOPYN, Dushyant Sharma, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Patrick A. Naylor, Paul Joseph Vozila, Brian W. Delaney, Neal Snider, Joel Praveen Pinto, Miguel Enrique Ruiz, Yi Zhang, Donald E. Owen
  • Patent number: 11043207
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for measuring, by a computing device, a plurality of Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) associated with a set of two or more microphones. At least a portion of the RIRs may be augmented. At least the portion of the RIRs may be converted to their respective Relative Transfer Function (RTF) representations. The RTF representations may be applied to training data to generate an acoustic model for automatic speech recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Sharmistha Sarkar Gray, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 10978187
    Abstract: A mixed-media ACD device is configured to monitor one or more encounter participants of a patient encounter and includes a machine vision system configured to obtain machine vision encounter information concerning the patient encounter. An audio recording system is configured to obtain audio encounter information concerning the patient encounter, wherein the audio recording system includes a plurality of discrete audio acquisition devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Owen, Dushyant Sharma, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20200395003
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for measuring, by a computing device, a plurality of Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) associated with a set of two or more microphones. At least a portion of the RIRs may be augmented. At least the portion of the RIRs may be converted to their respective Relative Transfer Function (RTF) representations. The RTF representations may be applied to training data to generate an acoustic model for automatic speech recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Sharmistha Sarka Gray, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 10847171
    Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems are directed to determining a best microphone pair and segmenting sound signals. The methods and systems may include receiving a collection of sound signals comprising speech from one or more audio sources (e.g., meeting participants) and/or background noise. The methods and systems may include calculating a TDOA and determining, based on the TDOA and via robust statistics, the best pair of microphones. The methods and systems may also include segmenting sound signals from multiple sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Peso Parada, Dushyant Sharma, Patrick Naylor
  • Patent number: 10809970
    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; processing the machine vision encounter information to identify one or more humanoid shapes; and steering one or more audio recording beams toward the one or more humanoid shapes to capture audio encounter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20200312349
    Abstract: A system for and method of characterizing a target application acoustic domain analyzes one or more speech data samples from the target application acoustic domain to determine one or more target acoustic characteristics, including a CODEC type and bit-rate associated with the speech data samples. The determined target acoustic characteristics may also include other aspects of the target speech data samples such as sampling frequency, active bandwidth, noise level, reverberation level, clipping level, and speaking rate. The determined target acoustic characteristics are stored in a memory as a target acoustic data profile. The data profile may be used to select and/or modify one or more out of domain speech samples based on the one or more target acoustic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20200184986
    Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems are directed to determining a best microphone pair and segmenting sound signals. The methods and systems may include receiving a collection of sound signals comprising speech from one or more audio sources (e.g., meeting participants) and/or background noise. The methods and systems may include calculating a TDOA and determining, based on the TDOA and via robust statistics, the best pair of microphones. The methods and systems may also include segmenting sound signals from multiple sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Pablo Peso Parada, Dushyant Sharma, Patrick Naylor
  • Patent number: 10580429
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for acoustic speech localization, comprising receiving, via a plurality of microphones, a plurality of audio signals. Modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals may be analyzed. Speech sounds may be localized from the plurality of audio signals based upon, at least in part, the modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Karimian-Azari, Dushyant Sharma, Amr Nour-Eldin, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20200066295
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for acoustic speech localization, comprising receiving, via a plurality of microphones, a plurality of audio signals. Modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals may be analyzed. Speech sounds may be localized from the plurality of audio signals based upon, at least in part, the modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sam Karimian-Azari, Dushyant Sharma, Amr Nour-Eldin, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Patent number: 10424317
    Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems are directed to determining a best microphone pair and segmenting sound signals. The methods and systems may include receiving a collection of sound signals comprising speech from one or more audio sources (e.g., meeting participants) and/or background noise. The methods and systems may include calculating a TDOA and determining, based on the TDOA and via robust statistics, the best pair of microphones. The methods and systems may also include segmenting sound signals from multiple sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Peso Parada, Dushyant Sharma, Patrick Naylor
  • Publication number: 20190272905
    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; processing the machine vision encounter information to identify one or more humanoid shapes; and steering one or more audio recording beams toward the one or more humanoid shapes to capture audio encounter information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20190272844
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: DUSHYANT SHARMA, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Publication number: 20190272901
    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 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma, Joel Praveen Pinto, Uwe Helmut Jost, Patrick A. Naylor
  • Publication number: 20190272145
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost