Patents by Inventor Yaniv Zigel

Yaniv Zigel 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).

  • Method and apparatus for speaker spotting
    Patent number: 8078463
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for spotting a target speaker within a call interaction by generating speaker models based on one or more speaker's speech; and by searching for speaker models associated with one or more target speaker speech files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nice Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moshe Wasserblat, Yaniv Zigel, Oren Pereg
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING P-WAVES IN THE SURFACE ECG SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20110137190
    Abstract: The invention provides an ECG system and apparatus for detecting P-waves even in the patients with arrhythmia. The system is capable of obtaining sufficient data from eight leads and to display an ECG construct with marked or emphasized P-waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
    Inventors: Amos Katz, Nahum Noam Weissman, Yaniv Zigel
  • Method and apparatus for large population speaker identification in telephone interactions
    Patent number: 7822605
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining whether a speaker uttering an utterance belongs to a predetermined set comprising known speakers, wherein a training utterance is available for each known speaker. The method and apparatus test whether features extracted from the tested utterance provide a score exceeding a threshold when matched against one or more of models constructed upon voice samples of each known speaker. The method and system further provide optional enhancements such as determining, using, and updating model normalization parameters, a fast scoring algorithm, summed calls handling, or quality evaluation for the tested utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Nice Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaniv Zigel, Moshe Wasserblat
  • System for automatic fall detection for elderly people
    Publication number: 20090224925
    Abstract: Apparatus for detection of human falls, comprises: an acceleration detector, for detecting vibration events, typically placed on a floor, a microphone, located in association with the acceleration detector for detection of corresponding sound events, and a classification unit to classify concurrent events from the microphone and the acceleration detector, thereby to determine whether a human fall is indicated. If the event appears to be a human fall, then an alarm is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicants: Ramot At Tel Aviv University Ltd., Ben Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
    Inventors: Israel Gannot, Dimitry Litvak, Yaniv Zigel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LARGE POPULATION SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION IN TELEPHONE INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20080195387
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining whether a speaker uttering an utterance belongs to a predetermined set comprising known speakers, wherein a training utterance is available for each known speaker. The method and apparatus test whether features extracted from the tested utterance provide a score exceeding a threshold when matched against one or more of models constructed upon voice samples of each known speaker. The method and system further provide optional enhancements such as determining, using, and updating model normalization parameters, a fast scoring algorithm, summed calls handling, or quality evaluation for the tested utterance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: NICE SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Yaniv ZIGEL, Moshe WASSERBLAT
  • Method and apparatus for speaker spotting
    Publication number: 20060111904
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for spotting a target speaker within a call interaction by generating speaker models based on one or more speaker's speech; and by searching for speaker models associated with one or more target speaker speech files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Moshe Wasserblat, Yaniv Zigel, Oren Pereg