Patents by Inventor SrinivasaRao Katuri
SrinivasaRao Katuri 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).
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Patent number: 10510343Abstract: Speech recognition methods, devices, and systems are described herein. One system includes a number of microphones configured to capture sound in an area, a digital signal processor configured to segregate the captured sound into a plurality of signals, wherein each respective signal corresponds to a different portion of the area, and an automatic speech recognition engine configured to separately process each of the plurality of signals to recognize a speech command in the captured sound.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: ADEMCO INC.Inventors: Soumitri N. Kolavennu, SrinivasaRao Katuri, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 10062379Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for adaptive beam forming are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for adaptive beam forming, comprising: receiving a voice command at a number of microphones, determining an instruction based on the received voice command, calculating a confidence level of the determined instruction, determining feedback based on the confidence level of the determined instruction, and altering a beam of the number of microphones based on the feedback.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9689583Abstract: A method for occupancy based energy optimization can include determining a size and speed of a number of objects within an area, determining a number of human occupants within the area based on the size and speed of the number of objects within the area, and altering a number of environmental settings for the area based on the determined number of human occupants.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9551784Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for an intrusion detection system are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include transmitting a DSSS signal, receiving a reflected DSSS signal from a target, correlating the reflected DSSS signal and the transmitted DSSS signal, and determining a distance to the target based on the correlation between the reflected DSSS signal and the transmitted DSSS signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20170004826Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for adaptive beam forming are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for adaptive beam forming, comprising: receiving a voice command at a number of microphones, determining an instruction based on the received voice command, calculating a confidence level of the determined instruction, determining feedback based on the confidence level of the determined instruction, and altering a beam of the number of microphones based on the feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9530407Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions for spatial audio database based noise discrimination are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include comparing a sound received from a plurality of microphones to a spatial audio database, discriminating a speech command and a background noise from the received sound based on the comparison to the spatial audio database, and determining an instruction based on the discriminated speech command.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri N. Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9451362Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for adaptive beam forming are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for adaptive beam forming, comprising: receiving a voice command at a number of microphones, determining an instruction based on the received voice command, calculating a confidence level of the determined instruction, determining feedback based on the confidence level of the determined instruction, and altering a beam of the number of microphones based on the feedback.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri N. Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9443516Abstract: A method for far-field speech recognition can include determining a location for a plurality of sound recognition devices, communicatively coupling each of the plurality of sound recognition devices, adjusting a sound reception for the plurality of sound recognition devices to receive a voice command from a particular direction, and sending instructions to a device based on the voice command.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9395436Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for cooperative intrusion detection are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include completing a radar scan with a network of outer perimeter radar nodes, detecting an intrusion event with the network of outer perimeter radar nodes, notifying at least one inner perimeter radar node in a network of inner perimeter radar nodes of the intrusion event, activating the at least one inner perimeter radar node from an idle mode in response to the notification of the intrusion event, and completing a radar scan with the at least one inner perimeter radar node upon activation.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20150364136Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for adaptive beam forming are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for adaptive beam forming, comprising: receiving a voice command at a number of microphones, determining an instruction based on the received voice command, calculating a confidence level of the determined instruction, determining feedback based on the confidence level of the determined instruction, and altering a beam of the number of microphones based on the feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri N. Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20150364135Abstract: Speech recognition methods, devices, and systems are described herein. One system includes a number of microphones configured to capture sound in an area, a digital signal processor configured to segregate the captured sound into a plurality of signals, wherein each respective signal corresponds to a different portion of the area, and an automatic speech recognition engine configured to separately process each of the plurality of signals to recognize a speech command in the captured sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Soumitri N. Kolavennu, SrinivasaRao Katuri, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20150364137Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions for spatial audio database based noise discrimination are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include comparing a sound received from a plurality of microphones to a spatial audio database, discriminating a speech command and a background noise from the received sound based on the comparison to the spatial audio database, and determining an instruction based on the discriminated speech command.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Soumitri N. Kolavennu, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20150194152Abstract: A method for far-field speech recognition can include determining a location for a plurality of sound recognition devices, communicatively coupling each of the plurality of sound recognition devices, adjusting a sound reception for the plurality of sound recognition devices to receive a voice command from a particular direction, and sending instructions to a device based on the voice command.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20150068721Abstract: A method for occupancy based energy optimization can include determining a size and speed of a number of objects within an area, determining a number of human occupants within the area based on the size and speed of the number of objects within the area, and altering a number of environmental settings for the area based on the determined number of human occupants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20140361920Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for cooperative intrusion detection are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include completing a radar scan with a network of outer perimeter radar nodes, detecting an intrusion event with the network of outer perimeter radar nodes, notifying at least one inner perimeter radar node in a network of inner perimeter radar nodes of the intrusion event, activating the at least one inner perimeter radar node from an idle mode in response to the notification of the intrusion event, and completing a radar scan with the at least one inner perimeter radar node upon activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20140063257Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for an intrusion detection system are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include transmitting a DSSS signal, receiving a reflected DSSS signal from a target, correlating the reflected DSSS signal and the transmitted DSSS signal, and determining a distance to the target based on the correlation between the reflected DSSS signal and the transmitted DSSS signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: SrinivasaRao Katuri, Steve Huseth, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 8583067Abstract: An apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit wireless signals to and receive wireless signals from wireless nodes associated with an industrial process. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to initiate transmission of the wireless signals and to process data contained in the received wireless signals. The transceiver includes a diversity receiver configured to process the wireless signals from the wireless nodes. The transceiver may be further configured to perform beam-shaping in order to transmit a directional beam to at least one of the wireless nodes. Also, the controller may be configured to perform spatial routing by identifying a target of a wireless transmission and to initiate transmission of the directional beam towards a known or estimated location associated with the identified target.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishna S. Budampatl, Arun V. Mahasenan, SrinivasaRao Katuri, Sharath Babu Malve, Guhapriyan Thanikachalam
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Patent number: 8374221Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, where each antenna is configured to receive wireless signals transmitted using adaptive beam forming. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wireless radios, where each wireless radio is configured to output signals representing the wireless signals received by one of the antennas. The apparatus further includes a plurality of first diversity combiner units, where each first diversity combiner unit is configured to perform spread spectrum diversity combining using the signals output by one of the wireless radios. In addition, the apparatus includes a second diversity combiner unit configured to perform antenna diversity combining using signals output by the first diversity combiner units, where the second diversity combiner unit is configured to output recovered wireless signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishna S. Budampati, Arun V. Mahasenan, SrinivasaRao Katuri
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Publication number: 20120319903Abstract: A system includes a three dimensional antenna and mobile devices that wirelessly communicate with the antenna. A phase of arrival and a phase difference of arrival are calculated, and a distance between the three dimensional antenna and the mobile device is calculated. A direction between the three dimensional antenna and the mobile device is calculated. The direction calculation includes an angular spread function of multipath scattering in the communication between the three dimensional antenna and the mobile device. The direction calculation further includes an estimation of a propagation delay and an angle in the communication between the three dimensional antenna and the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Steve D. Huseth, Soumitri N. Kolavennu, SrinivasaRao Katuri, Abhishek Kumar Singh
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Patent number: 8327232Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for improved reliability of wireless communications using packet combination-based error correction. For example, a method includes receiving a first message transmitted wirelessly, where the first message contains a first copy of a data packet and has at least one error. The method also includes receiving a second message transmitted wirelessly, where the second message contains a second copy of the data packet and has at least one error. The method further includes identifying a set of bit positions based on where the first and second copies of the data packet differ and modifying the set of bit positions to produce a modified set of bit positions. In addition, the method includes modifying one or more bit values in the modified set of bit positions to produce at least one modified copy of the data packet and determining if the at least one modified copy of the data packet is error-free.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishna S. Budampati, Arun V. Mahasenan, SrinivasaRao Katuri, Alexander Chernoguzov