Patents by Inventor Peter Lacy

Peter Lacy 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).

  • Telephone pathology assessment
    Patent number: 7457753
    Abstract: A system for remote assessment of a user is disclosed. The system comprises application software resident on a server and arranged to interact across a network with a user operating a client device to obtain one or more sample signals of the user's speech. A datastore is arranged to store the user speech samples in association with details of the user. A feature extraction engine is arranged to extract one or more first features from respective speech samples. A comparator is arranged to compare the first features extracted from a speech sample with second features extracted from one or more reference samples and to provide a measure of any differences between the first and second features for assessment of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: University College Dublin National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Rosalyn Moran, Richard Reilly, Philip De Chazal, Brian O'Mullane, Peter Lacy
  • Telephone pathology assessment
    Publication number: 20070005357
    Abstract: A system for remote assessment of a user is disclosed. The system comprises application software resident on a server and arranged to interact across a network with a user operating a client device to obtain one or more sample signals of the user's speech. A datastore is arranged to store the user speech samples in association with details of the user. A feature extraction engine is arranged to extract one or more first features from respective speech samples. A comparator is arranged to compare the first features extracted from a speech sample with second features extracted from one or more reference samples and to provide a measure of any differences between the first and second features for assessment of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Rosalyn Moran, Richard Reilly, Philip Chazal, Brian O' Mullane, Peter Lacy