Patents by Inventor Samuel Sonning

Samuel Sonning 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).

  • Patent number: 11848023
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing audio noise are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving first audio data of a user utterance. The actions further include determining an energy level of second audio data being outputted by the loudspeaker. The actions further include selecting a model from among (i) a first model that is trained using first audio data samples that each encode speech from one speaker and (ii) a second model that is trained using second audio data samples that each encode speech from either one speaker or two speakers. The actions further include providing the first audio data as an input to the selected model. The actions further include receiving processed first audio data. The actions further include outputting the processed first audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tore Rudberg, Marcus Wirebrand, Samuel Sonning, Christian Schuldt
  • Patent number: 11694706
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes aspects of adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression. In some aspects, an adaptive energy limiter sets a limiter ceiling for an audio signal to full scale and receives a portion of the audio signal. For the portion of the audio signal, the adaptive energy limiter determines a maximum amplitude and evaluates the portion with a neural network to provide a voice likelihood estimate. Based on the maximum amplitude and the voice likelihood estimate, the adaptive energy limiter determines that the portion of the audio signal includes noise. In response to determining that the portion of the audio signal includes noise, the adaptive energy limiter decreases the limiter ceiling and provides the limiter ceiling to a limiter module effective to limit an amount of energy of the audio signal. This may be effective to prevent audio signals from carrying full energy transient noise into conference audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: John Fredric Lindstrom, Carl Samuel Sonning
  • Publication number: 20220122625
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes aspects of adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression. In some aspects, an adaptive energy limiter sets a limiter ceiling for an audio signal to full scale and receives a portion of the audio signal. For the portion of the audio signal, the adaptive energy limiter determines a maximum amplitude and evaluates the portion with a neural network to provide a voice likelihood estimate. Based on the maximum amplitude and the voice likelihood estimate, the adaptive energy limiter determines that the portion of the audio signal includes noise. In response to determining that the portion of the audio signal includes noise, the adaptive energy limiter decreases the limiter ceiling and provides the limiter ceiling to a limiter module effective to limit an amount of energy of the audio signal. This may be effective to prevent audio signals from carrying full energy transient noise into conference audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: John Fredric Lindstrom, Carl Samuel Sonning
  • Patent number: 11217262
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes aspects of adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression. In some aspects, an adaptive energy limiter sets a limiter ceiling for an audio signal to full scale and receives a portion of the audio signal. For the portion of the audio signal, the adaptive energy limiter determines a maximum amplitude and evaluates the portion with a neural network to provide a voice likelihood estimate. Based on the maximum amplitude and the voice likelihood estimate, the adaptive energy limiter determines that the portion of the audio signal includes noise. In response to determining that the portion of the audio signal includes noise, the adaptive energy limiter decreases the limiter ceiling and provides the limiter ceiling to a limiter module effective to limit an amount of energy of the audio signal. This may be effective to prevent audio signals from carrying full energy transient noise into conference audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: John Fredric Lindstrom, Carl Samuel Sonning
  • Publication number: 20210151065
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes aspects of adaptive energy limiting for transient noise suppression. In some aspects, an adaptive energy limiter sets a limiter ceiling for an audio signal to full scale and receives a portion of the audio signal. For the portion of the audio signal, the adaptive energy limiter determines a maximum amplitude and evaluates the portion with a neural network to provide a voice likelihood estimate. Based on the maximum amplitude and the voice likelihood estimate, the adaptive energy limiter determines that the portion of the audio signal includes noise. In response to determining that the portion of the audio signal includes noise, the adaptive energy limiter decreases the limiter ceiling and provides the limiter ceiling to a limiter module effective to limit an amount of energy of the audio signal. This may be effective to prevent audio signals from carrying full energy transient noise into conference audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: John Fredric Lindstrom, Carl Samuel Sonning
  • Publication number: 20200388297
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing audio noise are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving first audio data of a user utterance. The actions further include determining an energy level of second audio data being outputted by the loudspeaker. The actions further include selecting a model from among (i) a first model that is trained using first audio data samples that each encode speech from one speaker and (ii) a second model that is trained using second audio data samples that each encode speech from either one speaker or two speakers. The actions further include providing the first audio data as an input to the selected model. The actions further include receiving processed first audio data. The actions further include outputting the processed first audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Tore Rudberg, Marcus Wirebrand, Samuel Sonning, Christian Schuldt