Patents by Inventor Todd D. Moore

Todd D. Moore 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).

  • Always-on low-power keyword spotting
    Patent number: 9703350
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device that includes a wake-up system that operates at a substantially low power level and is applied to wake up the electronic device from a sleep mode. The wake-up system comprises a sound transducer that converts a received sound signal to an electrical signal and a keyword detection logic that preliminarily identifies a speech energy profile that corresponds to at least one of a plurality of keywords in a part of the electrical signal. In some embodiments, a keyword finder is further activated to identify with an enhanced accuracy whether the at least one keyword exists in the part of the electrical signal, and generates a wake-up control to activate a host of the electronic device from its sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Nigam, Yadong Wang, Anthony Stephen Doy, Todd D. Moore
  • Always-On Low-Power Keyword spotting
    Publication number: 20140281628
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device that includes a wake-up system that operates at a substantially low power level and is applied to wake up the electronic device from a sleep mode. The wake-up system comprises a sound transducer that converts a received sound signal to an electrical signal and a keyword detection logic that preliminarily identifies a speech energy profile that corresponds to at least one of a plurality of keywords in a part of the electrical signal. In some embodiments, a keyword finder is further activated to identify with an enhanced accuracy whether the at least one keyword exists in the part of the electrical signal, and generates a wake-up control to activate a host of the electronic device from its sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Nigam, Yadong Wang, Anthony Stephen Doy, Todd D. Moore