Patents by Inventor Roberto Spagnolo

Roberto Spagnolo 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transmitting speech data to a remote device in a distributed speech recognition system
    Patent number: 8494849
    Abstract: A method of transmitting speech data to a remote device in a distributed speech recognition system, includes the steps of: dividing an input speech signal into frames; calculating, for each frame, a voice activity value representative of the presence of speech activity in the frame; grouping the frames into multiframes, each multiframe including a predetermined number of frames; calculating, for each multiframe, a voice activity marker representative of the number of frames in the multiframe representing speech activity; and selectively transmitting, on the basis of the voice activity marker associated with each multiframe, the multiframes to the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ivano Salvatore Collotta, Donato Ettorre, Maurizio Fodrini, Pierluigi Gallo, Roberto Spagnolo
  • Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Speech Data To a Remote Device In a Distributed Speech Recognition System
    Publication number: 20090222263
    Abstract: A method of transmitting speech data to a remote device in a distributed speech recognition system, includes the steps of: dividing an input speech signal into frames; calculating, for each frame, a voice activity value representative of the presence of speech activity in the frame; grouping the frames into multiframes, each multiframe including a predetermined number of frames; calculating, for each multiframe, a voice activity marker representative of the number of frames in the multiframe representing speech activity; and selectively transmitting, on the basis of the voice activity marker associated with each multiframe, the multiframes to the remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Ivano Salvatore Collotta, Donato Ettorre, Maurizio Fodrini, Pierluigi Gallo, Roberto Spagnolo
  • Packaging bag
    Patent number: D1007325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FLAT SYSTEMS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ronnie Pallaro, Marco Zanchin, Roberto Spagnolo
  • Packaging bag
    Patent number: D1007326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FLAT SYSTEM S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ronnie Pallaro, Marco Zanchin, Roberto Spagnolo