Patents by Inventor Sravana K. Reddy

Sravana K. Reddy 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).

  • Masking systems and methods
    Patent number: 11574627
    Abstract: Term masking is performed by generating a time-alignment value for a plurality of units of sound in vocal audio content contained in a mixed audio track, force-aligning each of the plurality of units of sound to the vocal audio content based on the time-alignment value, thereby generating a plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound, identifying from the plurality of force-aligned units of sound a force-aligned unit of sound to be altered, and altering the identified force-aligned unit of sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Andreas Jansson, Eric J. Humphrey, Rachel Malia Bittner, Sravana K. Reddy
  • MASKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220044672
    Abstract: Term masking is performed by generating a time-alignment value for a plurality of identifiable units of sound in vocal audio content contained in a mixed audio track, force-aligning each of the plurality of identifiable units of sound to the vocal audio content based on the time-alignment value, thereby generating a plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound, identifying from the plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound a force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled, and audio muddling the force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Andreas Jansson, Eric J. Humphrey, Rachel Malia Bittner, Sravana K. Reddy
  • Masking systems and methods
    Patent number: 11087744
    Abstract: Term masking is performed by generating a time-alignment value for a plurality of identifiable units of sound in vocal audio content contained in a mixed audio track, force-aligning each of the plurality of identifiable units of sound to the vocal audio content based on the time-alignment value, thereby generating a plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound, identifying from the plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound a force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled, and audio muddling the force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Andreas Jansson, Eric J. Humphrey, Rachel Malia Bittner, Sravana K. Reddy
  • MASKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210183372
    Abstract: Term masking is performed by generating a time-alignment value for a plurality of identifiable units of sound in vocal audio content contained in a mixed audio track, force-aligning each of the plurality of identifiable units of sound to the vocal audio content based on the time-alignment value, thereby generating a plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound, identifying from the plurality of force-aligned identifiable units of sound a force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled, and audio muddling the force-aligned identifiable unit of sound to be muddled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Jansson, Eric J. Humphrey, Rachel Malia Bittner, Sravana K. Reddy