Patents by Inventor Shehryar Lasi

Shehryar Lasi 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).

  • Hybrid routing for hands-free voice assistant, and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 11735187
    Abstract: An appliance can include a microphone transducer configured to receive sound from an environment and to convert the received sound into an audio signal. The appliance can be configured to receive an input audio signal via the microphone transducer, responsive to an activation input. The appliance can be configured to initiate a bi-directional, wireless communication connection with an external device in parallel with receiving the input audio signal, and responsive to the activation input. The appliance can be configured to transmit an output audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal over the communication connection when the wireless communication connection is established. Related aspects also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Myra C. Lukens, Shehryar Lasi, Kisun You
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AUDIO DUCKING FOR HEADSETS
    Publication number: 20220103948
    Abstract: A method performed by an audio source device. The method receives a first audio signal and a second, different audio signal and encodes the first audio signal and the second audio signal, wherein the first audio signal is encoded differently than the second audio signal. The method generates a first data packet that comprises the first encoded audio signal and a first volume level and a second data packet that comprises the second encoded audio signal and a second volume level, wherein the first volume level is lower than the second volume level and transmits, over a wireless connection, the first and second data packets as a dual audio stream to an audio output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Aarti Kumar, Shehryar Lasi, Baptiste P. Paquier, Brian Clark
  • HYBRID ROUTING FOR HANDS-FREE VOICE ASSISTANT, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200380992
    Abstract: An appliance can include a microphone transducer configured to receive sound from an environment and to convert the received sound into an audio signal. The appliance can be configured to receive an input audio signal via the microphone transducer, responsive to an activation input. The appliance can be configured to initiate a bi-directional, wireless communication connection with an external device in parallel with receiving the input audio signal, and responsive to the activation input. The appliance can be configured to transmit an output audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal over the communication connection when the wireless communication connection is established. Related aspects also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Myra C. Lukens, Shehryar Lasi, Kisun You