Patents by Inventor Weibo Ni

Weibo Ni 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).

  • Audio metadata smoothing
    Patent number: 11416208
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for smoothing audio gaps using adaptive metadata identifies an initial audio segment and a subsequent audio segment that follows the initial audio segment. The method accesses a first set of metadata that corresponds to a last audio frame of the initial audio segment and accesses a second set of metadata that corresponds to the first audio frame of the subsequent audio segment. The first and second sets of metadata include audio characteristic information for the two audio segments. The method then generates a new set of metadata that is based on both sets of audio characteristics. The method further inserts a new audio frame between the last audio frame of the initial audio segment and the first audio frame of the subsequent audio segment and applies the new set of metadata to the new audio frame. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Weiguo Zheng, Rex Ching, Weibo Ni, Kensuke Miyagi, Sean Munday, Teresa Tao
  • AUDIO METADATA SMOOTHING
    Publication number: 20210089259
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for smoothing audio gaps using adaptive metadata identifies an initial audio segment and a subsequent audio segment that follows the initial audio segment. The method accesses a first set of metadata that corresponds to a last audio frame of the initial audio segment and accesses a second set of metadata that corresponds to the first audio frame of the subsequent audio segment. The first and second sets of metadata include audio characteristic information for the two audio segments. The method then generates a new set of metadata that is based on both sets of audio characteristics. The method further inserts a new audio frame between the last audio frame of the initial audio segment and the first audio frame of the subsequent audio segment and applies the new set of metadata to the new audio frame. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Weiguo Zheng, Rex Ching, Weibo Ni, Kensuke Miyagi, Sean Munday, Teresa Tao