Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Berardi

Stephen A. Berardi 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).

  • Publication number: 20230386469
    Abstract: An example process includes: concurrently receiving an audio stream and a video stream; determining, based on a first portion of the audio stream received within a predetermined duration before a current time and a first portion of the video stream received within the predetermined duration before the current time, whether a visual attention of a user is directed to an electronic device while the user is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the visual attention of the user is directed to the electronic device while the user is speaking: identifying a second portion of the audio stream to include user speech intended for the electronic device; initiating, by a digital assistant operating on the electronic device, a task based the second portion of the audio stream; and providing an output indicative of the initiated task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Maxwell C. HORTON, Stephen A. BERARDI, Yanzi JIN, Sophie LEBRECHT, Richard P. MUFFOLETTO, Daniel TORMOEN
  • Patent number: 8150624
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking a moving person. The system comprises a controller configured to receive acceleration data that characterizes an acceleration of the moving person in three dimensions. The controller comprises a step rate component that determines a step rate for the person based on a vertical component of the acceleration data. The controller also comprises a body offset component that determines a body offset angle based on a spectral analysis of the acceleration data and the step rate. The controller further comprises a velocity component that determines a reference velocity vector based on the body offset angle and the step rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Berardi, Joseph A. Fax
  • Publication number: 20100121572
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking a moving person. The system comprises a controller configured to receive acceleration data that characterizes an acceleration of the moving person in three dimensions. The controller comprises a step rate component that determines a step rate for the person based on a vertical component of the acceleration data. The controller also comprises a body offset component that determines a body offset angle based on a spectral analysis of the acceleration data and the step rate. The controller further comprises a velocity component that determines a reference velocity vector based on the body offset angle and the step rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen A. Berardi, Joseph A. Fax