Patents by Inventor Steve Goldstein

Steve Goldstein 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: 20140119553
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a communication device that includes a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal from an acoustic environment, and a processor, configured to detect an acoustical dampening between the acoustic environment and the microphone, based on a change in a characteristic of the acoustic signal and, responsive to the acoustical dampening, apply a compensation filter to the acoustic signal to form a compensated acoustic signal that is reproduced. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Personics Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Usher, Steve Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20140095157
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method and device for voice operated control with learning. The method can include measuring a first sound received from a first microphone, measuring a second sound received from a second microphone, detecting a spoken voice based on an analysis of measurements taken at the first and second microphone, learning from the analysis when the user is speaking and a speaking level in noisy environments, training a decision unit from the learning to be robust to a detection of the spoken voice in the noisy environments, mixing the first sound and the second sound to produce a mixed signal, and controlling the production of the mixed signal based on the learning of one or more aspects of the spoken voice and ambient sounds in the noisy environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Personics Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Usher, Steve Goldstein, Marc Boillot
  • Publication number: 20140081644
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method and device for voice operated control. The method can include measuring a first sound received from a first microphone, measuring a second sound received from a second microphone, detecting a spoken voice based on an analysis of measurements taken at the first and second microphone, mixing the first sound and the second sound to produce a mixed signal, and controlling the production of the mixed signal based on one or more aspects of the spoken voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Personics Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Usher, Steve Goldstein, Marc Boillot