Patents by Inventor Stefan Johannes Walter Marti
Stefan Johannes Walter Marti 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: 11810569Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20210304770Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Eric LIU, Stefan Johannes Walter MARTI, Seung Wook KIM
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Patent number: 11069360Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20190385612Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Eric LIU, Stefan Johannes Walter MARTI, Seung Wook KIM
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Patent number: 10381007Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20170116992Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
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Patent number: 9564131Abstract: Examples disclose a low power integrated circuit to receive and digitize an audio stream. Further, the examples provide the low power integrated circuit to compare the digitized audio stream to a keyword and store the digitized audio stream in a memory. Additionally, the examples also disclose upon recognition of the keyword in the digitized audio stream, the low power integrated circuit transmits a signal to a processor to increase power and analyze the digitized audio stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20150100875Abstract: Examples disclose a computing device comprising a processor to receive handwriting data from an electronic writing instrument describing written content provided on a surface off-screen from a display. Further, the examples provide the processor to analyze the handwriting data to determine an annotation corresponding to a portion of the written content. Additionally, the examples also disclose a display on the computing device to render the annotation at a position spatially related to a position of the portion of written content on the writing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Seung Wook Kim, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Davide Di Censo
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Patent number: 8135128Abstract: An animatronic telephone agent consisting of a communications subsystem connected to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving incoming telephone calls, and a robotic automaton coupled to the communications subsystem and responsive to incoming telephone calls for performing different movements that provide non-verbal visual cues to a human observer that are indicative of the status of each incoming call. The automaton preferably takes the form of an animatronic device that has movable appendages and a face with at least movable eyes or eyelids and which provides visual cues by making gestures and/or exhibiting facial expressions that are indicative of the receipt and progress of incoming calls.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Christopher Schmandt
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Patent number: 8121653Abstract: Apparatus for handling an incoming telephone call including a call processor coupled to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving an incoming telephone call directed to a called person, a conversation detector for determining whether a conversation is currently taking place between said called person and one or more other persons who are near to said called person, and a call inhibitor for inhibiting the delivery of, delaying or rerouting said incoming call if said conversation detector determines that a conversation is taking place. Each participant in the conversation is provided with a speech detector, and vibrator for producing a tactile alert when incoming calls directed to a participant arrive, and a manually operated control for issuing a veto command that inhibits the delivery of, delays, or reroutes the incoming call so that the conversation is not interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Christopher Schmandt