Patents by Inventor Pieter J. Verneulen

Pieter J. Verneulen 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).

  • Background speech recognition assistant
    Patent number: 8996381
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives an acoustic input signal at a speech recognizer configured to recognize the acoustic input signal in an always on mode. A set of responses based on the recognized acoustic input signal is determined and ranked based on criteria. A computing device determines if the response should be output based on a ranking of the response. The method determines an output method in a plurality of output methods based on the ranking of the response and outputs the response using the output method if it is determined the response should be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sensory, Incorporated
    Inventors: Todd F. Mozer, Pieter J. Verneulen
  • BACKGROUND SPEECH RECOGNITION ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20130080171
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives an acoustic input signal at a speech recognizer configured to recognize the acoustic input signal in an always on mode. A set of responses based on the recognized acoustic input signal is determined and ranked based on criteria. A computing device determines if the response should be output based on a ranking of the response. The method determines an output method in a plurality of output methods based on the ranking of the response and outputs the response using the output method if it is determined the response should be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SENSORY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd F. Mozer, Pieter J. Verneulen