Patents by Inventor Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen

Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen 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).

  • System and method for generating an audio signal representing the speech of a user
    Patent number: 9812147
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating a signal representing the speech of a user, the method comprising obtaining a first audio signal representing the speech of the user using a sensor in contact with the user; obtaining a second audio signal using an air conduction sensor, the second audio signal representing the speech of the user and including noise from the environment around the user; detecting periods of speech in the first audio signal; applying a speech enhancement algorithm to the second audio signal to reduce the noise in the second audio signal, the speech enhancement algorithm using the detected periods of speech in the first audio signal; equalizing the first audio signal using the noise-reduced second audio signal to produce an output audio signal representing the speech of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Kechichian, Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen
  • Device comprising a plurality of audio sensors and a method of operating the same
    Patent number: 9538301
    Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a device, the device comprising a plurality of audio sensors and being configured such that when a first audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with a user of the device, a second audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the air, the method comprising obtaining respective audio signals representing the speech of a user from the plurality of audio sensors; and analyzing the respective audio signals to determine which, if any of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Kechichian, Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen
  • DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AUDIO SENSORS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140119548
    Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a device, the device comprising a plurality of audio sensors and being configured such that when a first audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with a user of the device, a second audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the air, the method comprising obtaining respective audio signals representing the speech of a user from the plurality of audio sensors; and analyzing the respective audio signals to determine which, if any of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the user of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Kechichian, Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AUDIO SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20130246059
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating a signal representing the speech of a user, the method comprising obtaining a first audio signal representing the speech of the user using a sensor in contact with the user; obtaining a second audio signal using an air conduction sensor, the second audio signal representing the speech of the user and including noise from the environment around the user; detecting periods of speech in the first audio signal; applying a speech enhancement algorithm to the second audio signal to reduce the noise in the second audio signal, the speech enhancement algorithm using the detected periods of speech in the first audio signal; equalizing the first audio signal using the noise-reduced second audio signal to produce an output audio signal representing the speech of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Kechichian, Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen