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
  • 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