Patents by Inventor Paul Albrecht

Paul Albrecht 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: 20100324895
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems for synchronizing an audio file with a sequence of words displayed on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100318364
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for generating an audible output in which different portions of a text are narrated using voice models associated with different characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • Publication number: 20100318362
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices where the portions of the text narrated using the different voices are selected by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • Publication number: 20100318363
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for processing indicia in a document to determine a portion of words and associating a particular a voice model with the portion of words based on the indicia. During a readback process, an audible output corresponding to the words in the portion of words is generated using the voice model associated with the portion of words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • Publication number: 20100299149
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices where the portions of the text narrated using the different voices are selected by a user. Also disclosed are techniques and systems for associating characters with portions of a sequence of words selected by a user. Different characters having different voice models can be associated with different portions of a sequence of words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
  • Patent number: 7840033
    Abstract: A reading machine has processing for detecting common text between a pair of individual images. The reading machine combines the text from the pair of images into a file or data structure if common text is detected, and determines if incomplete text phrases are present in the common text. If incomplete text phrases are present, the machine signals a user to move an image input device in a direction to capture more of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • Publication number: 20100266205
    Abstract: A device for assisting a user to perform a transaction on a machine is described. The device receives data that specifies a transaction mode to use for processing an image and accesses a knowledge base to provide data to configure the device for the transaction mode, the data including data specific to the transaction mode. The device receives an image or images of a portion of a machine that the user will use to perform the transaction and processes the image or images to identify a pattern of controls on the machine and to detect the presence of a user-controlled pointing item over controls on the machine. The device announces to the user the name or function of the control closest to an end of the user-controlled pointing item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100222689
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a mobile device executing a process to detect an episode in electrical signals representative of a beating heart. The mobile device determines that the detected episode is a notable finding and sends data corresponding to the notable finding to a second system. The second system analyzes the data corresponding to the notable finding using one or more additional computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100201793
    Abstract: A reading device includes a computing device and an image input device coupled to the computing device for capturing low resolution images and high resolution images. The reading machine also includes a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium. The medium is in communication with the computing device and includes instructions to operate in a plurality of modes to optimize performance for specific uses of the reading device and process low and high resolution images during operation of at least one of the plurality of modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson
  • Patent number: 7715905
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a mobile device executing a process to detect an episode in electrical signals representative of a beating heart. The mobile device determines that the detected episode is a notable finding and sends data corresponding to the notable finding to a second system. The second system analyzes the data corresponding to the notable finding using one or more additional computing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100088099
    Abstract: A portable reading device includes a computing device and a computer readable medium storing a computer program product to receive an image and select a section of the image to process. The product processes the section of the image with a first process and when the first process is finished processing the section of the image, process a result of the first process with a second process. While the second process is processing, repeats the first process on another section of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100074471
    Abstract: A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image and a high resolution image of a scene and processing the low resolution image to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item that indicates a command from the user to the reading machine and the high resolution image to recognize text in the image of the scene, according to the command from the user to the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • Patent number: 7659915
    Abstract: A reading device includes a computing device and an image input device coupled to the computing device for capturing low resolution images and high resolution images. The reading machine also includes a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium. The medium is in communication with the computing device and includes instructions to operate in a plurality of modes to optimize performance for specific uses of the reading device and process low and high resolution images during operation of at least one of the plurality of modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100010360
    Abstract: Atrial fibrillation is detected in an electrical signal representative of a beating heart by measuring atrial activity over a time window of three or more beats, measuring beat interval variation over the time window and combining the measures of atrial activity and beat interval variation to produce an indication of an atrial fibrillation condition in the electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Lucy Gibson, Paul Albrecht, Paul Grimshaw
  • Patent number: 7641108
    Abstract: A device for assisting a user to perform a transaction on a machine is described. The device receives data that specifies a transaction mode to use for processing an image and accesses a knowledge base to provide data to configure the device for the transaction mode, the data including data specific to the transaction mode. The device receives an image or images of a portion of a machine that the user will use to perform the transaction and processes the image or images to identify a pattern of controls on the machine and to detect the presence of a user-controlled pointing item over controls on the machine. The device announces to the user the name or function of the control closest to an end of the user-controlled pointing item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson
  • Patent number: 7629989
    Abstract: A portable reading device includes a computing device and a computer readable medium storing a computer program product to receive an image and select a section of the image to process. The product processes the section of the image with a first process and when the first process is finished processing the section of the image, process a result of the first process with a second process. While the second process is processing, repeats the first process on another section of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
  • Patent number: 7627142
    Abstract: A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image and a high resolution image of a scene and processing the low resolution image to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item that indicates a command from the user to the reading machine and the high resolution image to recognize text in the image of the scene, according to the command from the user to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, James Gashel, Lucy Gibson, Lev Lvovsky
  • Patent number: 7596405
    Abstract: Atrial fibrillation is detected in an electrical signal representative of a beating heart by measuring atrial activity over a time window of three or more beats, measuring beat interval variation over the time window and combining the measures of atrial activity and beat interval variation to produce an indication of an atrial fibrillation condition in the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Lucy Gibson, Paul Albrecht, Paul Grimshaw
  • Publication number: 20090237660
    Abstract: A reading machine includes an image input device including a lens and a polarizer disposed over the lens, a flash and a second polarizer disposed over the flash. The image input device also includes a computing device coupled to the image input device for capturing images, the computing device, including a processor to execute instructions and a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to process the captured images to recognize features in the captured images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Albrecht, Raymond C. Kurzweil, Lucy Gibson, Rafael Maya Zetune, Lev Lvovsky
  • Publication number: 20090190838
    Abstract: A user of an accessibility device is taught to properly use the device with a test image such that the accessibility device captures the entirety of or a large portion of a test image. In training the user, the device processes test image's information located within the device's field of view. Based on this processed information, the device indicates to the user if the device should be re-positioned such that a larger portion of the test image comes within the device's field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Albrecht, Rafael Maya Zetune, Lucy Gibson, Raymond C. Kurzwell, Srivathsan Krishnamachari