Patents by Inventor Travis Grizzel

Travis Grizzel 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: 20210035552
    Abstract: A system and method for associating motion data with utterance audio data for use with a speech processing system. A device, such as a wearable device, may be capable of capturing utterance audio data and sending it to a remote server for speech processing, for example for execution of a command represented in the utterance. The device may also capture motion data using motion sensors of the device. The motion data may correspond to gestures, such as head gestures, that may be interpreted by the speech processing system to determine and execute commands. The device may associate the motion data with the audio data so the remote server knows what motion data corresponds to what portion of audio data for purposes of interpreting and executing commands. Metadata sent with the audio data and/or motion data may include association data such as timestamps, session identifiers, message identifiers, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Travis Grizzel
  • Patent number: 10692489
    Abstract: A system and method for incorporating motion into a speech processing system. A wearable device that is capable of both capturing spoken utterances and capturing motion data may be used to interact with a speech processing system. In certain circumstances, such as when voice communication are unreliable (due to noise) or when controlling the system by motion is desired, motion of a device may be used to provide input to a speech processing system. For example, sensor data or gesture data resulting from movement of a device may be processed and input into a natural language system as representative of a spoken command portion or other input. The motion information may be interpreted to provide prompts to the system (e.g., “yes,” “no,” etc.), to perform certain commands (skip, forward, back, cancel) or to otherwise control the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Grizzel
  • Patent number: 10692485
    Abstract: A system and method for associating motion data with utterance audio data for use with a speech processing system. A device, such as a wearable device, may be capable of capturing utterance audio data and sending it to a remote server for speech processing, for example for execution of a command represented in the utterance. The device may also capture motion data using motion sensors of the device. The motion data may correspond to gestures, such as head gestures, that may be interpreted by the speech processing system to determine and execute commands. The device may associate the motion data with the audio data so the remote server knows what motion data corresponds to what portion of audio data for purposes of interpreting and executing commands. Metadata sent with the audio data and/or motion data may include association data such as timestamps, session identifiers, message identifiers, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Grizzel
  • Patent number: 10515623
    Abstract: A system and method for a wearable device capable of detecting a wake gesture for purposes of capturing and forwarding audio data corresponding to a spoken utterance. The device may wake for purposes of capturing utterance audio data in response to a combination of a wake gesture and wakeword. The wake gesture may enable a wakeword detector. The device may also attempt to detect a wakeword utterance in a noisy environment. In response to determining the noisy environment, the device may receive motion data from a motion sensor; determining the motion data corresponds to a wake gesture, and send the audio data corresponding to an utterance to a remote device for processing. The device may also wake based on a combined confidence of wakeword and wake gesture detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Grizzel