Patents by Inventor Vahid MONTAZERI

Vahid MONTAZERI 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).

  • Patent number: 11805360
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to receive audio data including a first audio frame corresponding to a first output of a first microphone and a second audio frame corresponding to a second output of a second microphone. The one or more processors are also configured to execute the instructions to provide the audio data to a first noise-suppression network and a second noise-suppression network. The first noise-suppression network is configured to generate a first noise-suppressed audio frame and the second noise-suppression network is configured to generate a second noise-suppressed audio frame. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to provide the noise-suppressed audio frames to an attention-pooling network. The attention-pooling network is configured to generate an output noise-suppressed audio frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vahid Montazeri, Van Nguyen, Hannes Pessentheiner, Lae-Hoon Kim, Erik Visser, Rogerio Guedes Alves
  • Publication number: 20230326477
    Abstract: A device to perform speech enhancement includes one or more processors configured to process image data to detect at least one of an emotion, a speaker characteristic, or a noise type. The one or more processors are also configured to generate context data based at least in part on the at least one of the emotion, the speaker characteristic, or the noise type. The one or more processors are further configured to obtain input spectral data based on an input signal. The input signal represents sound that includes speech. The one or more processors are also configured to process, using a multi-encoder transformer, the input spectral data and the context data to generate output spectral data that represents a speech enhanced version of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kyungguen BYUN, Shuhua ZHANG, Lae-Hoon KIM, Erik VISSER, Sunkuk MOON, Vahid MONTAZERI
  • Patent number: 11715480
    Abstract: A device to perform speech enhancement includes one or more processors configured to obtain input spectral data based on an input signal. The input signal represents sound that includes speech. The one or more processors are also configured to process, using a multi-encoder transformer, the input spectral data and context data to generate output spectral data that represents a speech enhanced version of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyungguen Byun, Shuhua Zhang, Lae-Hoon Kim, Erik Visser, Sunkuk Moon, Vahid Montazeri
  • Patent number: 11705147
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for speech enhancement using a hybrid neural network. An example process can include receiving, by a first neural network portion of the hybrid neural network, audio data and reference data, the audio data including speech data, noise data, and echo data; filtering, by the first neural network portion, a portion of the audio data based on adapted coefficients of the first neural network portion, the portion of the audio data including the noise data and/or echo data; based on the filtering, generating, by the first neural network portion, filtered audio data including the speech data and an unfiltered portion of the noise data and/or echo data; and based on the filtered audio data and the reference data, extracting, by a second neural network portion of the hybrid neural network, the speech data from the filtered audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Erik Visser, Vahid Montazeri, Shuhua Zhang, Lae-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11676571
    Abstract: A device for speech generation includes one or more processors configured to receive one or more control parameters indicating target speech characteristics. The one or more processors are also configured to process, using a multi-encoder, an input representation of speech based on the one or more control parameters to generate encoded data corresponding to an audio signal that represents a version of the speech based on the target speech characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyungguen Byun, Sunkuk Moon, Shuhua Zhang, Vahid Montazeri, Lae-Hoon Kim, Erik Visser
  • Publication number: 20230026735
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to receive audio data including a first audio frame corresponding to a first output of a first microphone and a second audio frame corresponding to a second output of a second microphone. The one or more processors are also configured to execute the instructions to provide the audio data to a first noise-suppression network and a second noise-suppression network. The first noise-suppression network is configured to generate a first noise-suppressed audio frame and the second noise-suppression network is configured to generate a second noise-suppressed audio frame. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to provide the noise-suppressed audio frames to an attention-pooling network. The attention-pooling network is configured to generate an output noise-suppressed audio frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Vahid MONTAZERI, Van NGUYEN, Hannes PESSENTHEINER, Lae-Hoon KIM, Erik VISSER, Rogerio Guedes ALVES
  • Publication number: 20220310108
    Abstract: A device to perform speech enhancement includes one or more processors configured to obtain input spectral data based on an input signal. The input signal represents sound that includes speech. The one or more processors are also configured to process, using a multi-encoder transformer, the input spectral data and context data to generate output spectral data that represents a speech enhanced version of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungguen BYUN, Shuhua ZHANG, Lae-Hoon KIM, Erik VISSER, Sunkuk MOON, Vahid MONTAZERI
  • Publication number: 20220230623
    Abstract: A device for speech generation includes one or more processors configured to receive one or more control parameters indicating target speech characteristics. The one or more processors are also configured to process, using a multi-encoder, an input representation of speech based on the one or more control parameters to generate encoded data corresponding to an audio signal that represents a version of the speech based on the target speech characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyungguen BYUN, Sunkuk MOON, Shuhua ZHANG, Vahid MONTAZERI, Lae-Hoon KIM, Erik VISSER
  • Publication number: 20210343306
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for speech enhancement using a hybrid neural network. An example process can include receiving, by a first neural network portion of the hybrid neural network, audio data and reference data, the audio data including speech data, noise data, and echo data; filtering, by the first neural network portion, a portion of the audio data based on adapted coefficients of the first neural network portion, the portion of the audio data including the noise data and/or echo data; based on the filtering, generating, by the first neural network portion, filtered audio data including the speech data and an unfiltered portion of the noise data and/or echo data; and based on the filtered audio data and the reference data, extracting, by a second neural network portion of the hybrid neural network, the speech data from the filtered audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Erik VISSER, Vahid MONTAZERI, Shuhua ZHANG, Lae-Hoon KIM