Patents by Inventor Stephen VARNER

Stephen VARNER 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).

  • Device and method for generating text representative of lip movement
    Patent number: 10522147
    Abstract: A device and method for generating text representative of lip movement is provided. One or more portions of video data are determined that include: audio with an intelligibility rating below a threshold intelligibility rating; and lips of a human face. A lip-reading algorithm is applied to the one or more portions of the video data to determine text representative of detected lip movement in the one or more portions of the video data. The text representative of the detected lip movement is stored in a memory. A transcript that includes the text representative of the detected lip movement may be generated. Captioned video data may be generated from the video data and the text representative of detected lip movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Varner, Wei Lin, Randy L. Ekl, Daniel A. Law
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEXT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIP MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20190198022
    Abstract: A device and method for generating text representative of lip movement is provided. One or more portions of video data are determined that include: audio with an intelligibility rating below a threshold intelligibility rating; and lips of a human face. A lip-reading algorithm is applied to the one or more portions of the video data to determine text representative of detected lip movement in the one or more portions of the video data. The text representative of the detected lip movement is stored in a memory. A transcript that includes the text representative of the detected lip movement may be generated. Captioned video data may be generated from the video data and the text representative of detected lip movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen VARNER, Wei LIN, Randy L. EKL, Daniel A. LAW