Patents by Inventor Raymond C. Kurzweil
Raymond C. Kurzweil 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).
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Patent number: 11810219Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20210097740Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 10825218Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 10758140Abstract: An arrangement may include a first system provided for processing physiological data representative of a beating heart. The first system may be adapted to execute a process for using at least one pattern to detect a notable finding in the physiological data and for sending the notable finding to a second system. The second system may be adapted to execute a process for analyzing the notable finding, for determining at least one new pattern to send to the first system, and for sending the at least one new pattern to the first system. The at least one new pattern may also include a rule that includes a set of conditions and an action to perform if the set of conditions is met.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Medicomp, Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
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Patent number: 10741167Abstract: Controlling a reading machine while reading a document to a user by receiving an image of a document, accessing a knowledge base that provides data that identifies sections in the document and processing user commands to select a section of the document. The reading machine applies text-to-speech to a text file that corresponds to the selected section of the document, to read the selected section of the document aloud to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: KNFB READER, LLCInventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
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Publication number: 20200152168Abstract: Controlling a reading machine while reading a document to a user by receiving an image of a document, accessing a knowledge base that provides data that identifies sections in the document and processing user commands to select a section of the document. The reading machine applies text-to-speech to a text file that corresponds to the selected section of the document, to read the selected section of the document aloud to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson
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Patent number: 10645338Abstract: A virtual encounter system includes a mannequin coupled to a camera for receiving a video image. The camera sends the video image to a communications network. The virtual encounter system also includes a processor for overlaying a virtual environment over one or more portions of the video image to form a virtual scene and a set of goggles to render the virtual scene.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20190256550Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for synthesizing biological material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20190224050Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is a sleep device. The sleep-aide device includes a soft housing adapted to be disposed over a user's head, a microphone positioned on the housing to receive an ambient sound signal, a suppression circuit that receives the ambient sound signal and produces a suppression sound signal, and a set of transducers, arranged in the soft housing, which receive the suppression sound signal. The suppression sound signal has a magnitude and phase to substantially cancel the ambient sound signal at the user's ear. In another aspect, the sleep-aide device includes a microphone to receive an ambient sound signal, a suppression circuitry, which receives the ambient sound signal and transmits a suppression sound signal based on the ambient sound signal, and a transducer which receives the suppression sound signal, which has a magnitude and phase to substantially cancel the ambient sound signal at the user's ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Sonya Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20190196666Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
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Publication number: 20190188894Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 10223821Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 10182944Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is a sleep device. The sleep-aide device includes a soft housing adapted to be disposed over a user's head, a microphone positioned on the housing to receive an ambient sound signal, a suppression circuit that receives the ambient sound signal and produces a suppression sound signal, and a set of transducers, arranged in the soft housing, which receive the suppression sound signal. The suppression sound signal has a magnitude and phase to substantially cancel the ambient sound signal at the user's ear. In another aspect, the sleep-aide device includes a microphone to receive an ambient sound signal, a suppression circuitry, which receives the ambient sound signal and transmits a suppression sound signal based on the ambient sound signal, and a transducer which receives the suppression sound signal, which has a magnitude and phase to substantially cancel the ambient sound signal at the user's ear.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Sonya Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20180316889Abstract: A virtual encounter system includes a mannequin coupled to a camera for receiving a video image. The camera sends the video image to a communications network. The virtual encounter system also includes a processor for overlaying a virtual environment over one or more portions of the video image to form a virtual scene and a set of goggles to render the virtual scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20180308268Abstract: A virtual reality encounter system is described. A first surrogate supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location and a second surrogate supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location. Aliasing substitution processing has a computing system including a processor receive the first image data and detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image data and replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 10088976Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: EM Acquisition Corp., Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Peter Chapman
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Patent number: 9971398Abstract: A virtual encounter system includes a humanoid robot having tactile sensors positioned along the exterior of the humanoid robot. The tactile sensors send tactile signals to a communications network. The virtual encounter system also includes a body suit having tactile actuators. The tactile actuators receive the tactile signals from the communications network.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Beyond Imagination Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Patent number: 9959476Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KNFB READER, LLCInventors: Paul Albrecht, Raymond C. Kurzweil, Lucy Gibson, Rafael Maya Zetune, Lev Lvovsky
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Patent number: 9948885Abstract: A virtual encounter system includes a mannequin coupled to a camera for receiving a video image. The camera sends the video image to a communications network. The virtual encounter system also includes a processor for overlaying a virtual environment over one or more portions of the video image to form a virtual scene and a set of goggles to render the virtual scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Raymond C. Kurzweil
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Publication number: 20180008157Abstract: An arrangement may include a first system provided for processing physiological data representative of a beating heart. The first system may be adapted to execute a process for using at least one pattern to detect a notable finding in the physiological data and for sending the notable finding to a second system. The second system may be adapted to execute a process for analyzing the notable finding, for determining at least one new pattern to send to the first system, and for sending the at least one new pattern to the first system. The at least one new pattern may also include a rule that includes a set of conditions and an action to perform if the set of conditions is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Medicomp, Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Kurzweil, Paul Albrecht, Lucy Gibson