Patents Issued in January 15, 2019
  • Patent number: 10181291
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device having a pixel structure able to significantly improve threshold voltage compensation capability and range by compensating for a loss in a threshold voltage that would occur during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: InHyo Han, SangUk Yun
  • Patent number: 10181292
    Abstract: A compensation margin control device, an organic light emitting display device, and a driving method thereof according to the present disclosure provide an effect to improve the image quality by ensuring a margin of a negative bios shift compensation region of a driving transistor of a non-driven sub-pixel without affecting a gray level representation and positive compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimoon Jung, ChongHun Park, Geondo Park
  • Patent number: 10181293
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a backlight to generate light; a display panel to display an image by utilizing the light; a driving part to provide image signals corresponding to the image to the display panel; and a timing controller to drive the backlight, to drive the driving part at a first frequency when the image is a moving image, and to drive the driving part at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the image is a still image. The timing controller is to set the second frequency based on a value obtained by applying a reduction rate of a flicker index corresponding to a dimming index of the backlight to a flicker index of image signals of a previous frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoe-seok Na, Jaewan Park, Mun-san Park, Jang-hyun Yeo, Jinho Park, Bonghyun You
  • Patent number: 10181294
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling liquid crystal display brightness, and a liquid crystal display device, and relates to the field of liquid crystal display technologies, where the method includes: determining grayscale values of all pixels in a zone image data block under a predetermined rule according to a received image signal, and pre-obtaining a zone backlight value corresponding to the zone image data block according to the grayscale values; multiplying the pre-obtained zone backlight value with a backlight value gain coefficient to obtain a backlight value of a backlight zone corresponding to the zone image data block to which a gain is applied, wherein the backlight value gain coefficient is more than 1; and outputting the backlight value of the backlight zone to a driver circuit of backlight source in the backlight zone to control the brightness of the backlight source in the backlight zone as a result of driving, thus improving the effect of contrast quality of pictures
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuxin Zhang, Shunming Huang, Zhicheng Song
  • Patent number: 10181295
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display element, a first conductive film electrically connected to the first display element, a second conductive film including a region overlapping with the first conductive film, an insulating film including a region sandwiched between the second conductive film and the first conductive film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the second conductive film, a second display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and a third display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. In the structure, the insulating film has an opening, and the second conductive film is electrically connected to the first conductive film through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 10181296
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure is a display device capable of outputting, by a Carousel method, a visible light communication signal including a plurality of signal units. The display device includes a display panel that displays a video signal, a visible light communication processor that encodes the signal units, divides the encoded signal units into a plurality of blocks, generates a plurality of transmission frames by using the plurality of blocks, and uses the generated transmission frames as a backlight control signal, and a backlight that illuminates the display panel from the back surface of the display panel based on the backlight control signal. With regard to the plurality of transmission frames corresponding to one of the signal units generated by the visible light communication processor, an order of the plurality of blocks is different between at least two of the transmission frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ueki, Toshiyuki Maeda, Akira Shiokawa, Koji Aoto, Koji Nakanishi, Hideki Aoyama, Kengo Miyoshi, Mitsuaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10181297
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit, comprising first to fifth electrical switches, a driving electrical switch and a capacitor. The control end and second end of the first switch are coupled to a driving scan line and a driving switch second end. The control end, first end and second end of the driving switch are coupled to the capacitor, a second switch second end and a fourth switch first end. The control end of the second switch is coupled to the driving scan line. The control end of the third switch is coupled to a first compensation scan line. The control end and second end of the fourth switch are coupled to a fifth switch second end and an organic light emitting diode anode. The control end and first end of the fifth switch are coupled to a second compensation scan line and the third switch control end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Longqiang Shi
  • Patent number: 10181298
    Abstract: A method of reducing power consumption in computing devices with a back light display while maintaining image quality and user's experience includes reducing the native backlight intensity and increasing native pixel values. The reduction of the backlight intensity and the increase of native pixel values is adjusted so that the observed pixel value to the user is substantially the same as the native backlight intensity and the native pixel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yoel Shoshan, Boris Oicherman, Ron Weitzman
  • Patent number: 10181299
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, computer readable media, and devices that can generate and present a digital overlay over a view of a tangible object within a display case. In particular, the systems and methods described herein can synchronize a switchable diffuser element with a display screen and one or more light sources to alternate between a scatter state and a transparent state based on a display rate. In particular, the disclosed systems and methods can alternate the display screen between an emissive state (for displaying an emitted digital image) and an attenuating state (for displaying a transparency mask image). By synchronously toggling the display screen and the diffuser element between states, the disclosed systems can present a digital overlay superimposed over a view the inside of the display case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gavin S. P. Miller, Tenell Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10181300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a precompensation method and a device of adjusting luminance and chromaticity of a panel. The method comprises: step 10, adjusting the gamma voltage of the first sub pixel to make a first sub pixel gray scale luminance be LumT?; step 20, adjusting the gamma voltage of the second sub pixel to make a second sub pixel gray scale chromaticity be yT?; step 30, adjusting the gamma voltage of the third sub pixel to make a third sub pixel gray scale chromaticity be xT; step 40, judging whether specifications is met or not, and if they are, finishing the adjustment, and if they are not, then returning back to the step 10, and restart the adjustment. The present invention further provides a precompensation device of adjusting luminance and chromaticity of a panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian He
  • Patent number: 10181301
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a demultiplexer (Demux). The demultiplexer for the display comprises an integrated circuit unit and a logic unit electrically connected to the integrated circuit unit. The integrated circuit unit outputs three pulse signals including a first pulse signal, a second pulse signal, and a third pulse signal. The logic unit transforms the three pulse signals having different high and low voltage levels into at least four control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanghui Hong, Qiang Gong
  • Patent number: 10181302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drive method of a liquid crystal display panel, in which the counter (21), and the pulse modulation module (22) are located in the sequence controller (2), and the counter (21) in the sequence controller (2) pluses 1 as the sequence controller (2) outputs the display data of each row, and as the counter (21) in the sequence controller (2) pluses to i×M/N, the pulse modulation module (22) in the sequence controller (2) sends one pulse control signal (CS) to the i+1th gate drive IC correspondingly driving the i+1th pixel display region (Zone(i+1)) to control the i+1th gate drive IC (GD(i+1)) to output the target TFT activation voltage corresponding to the i+1th gate drive IC (GD(i+1)) after the internal calculation and the conversion, and thus the TFT activation voltage can be dynamically adjusted in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinhung Chen, Yu Wu, Anle Hu
  • Patent number: 10181303
    Abstract: A shift register circuit is disclosed. The shift register circuit includes a first gate driving module, a second gate driving module, a first discharging module, and a second discharging module. The first gate driving module has a first node and a first output terminal. The second gate driving module has a second node and a second output terminal. The first discharging module is coupled to the first node, the second node, and the first output terminal respectively. The second discharging module is coupled to the second node, the first node, and the second output terminal respectively. Both the first discharging module and the second discharging module include ten transistors respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: HANNSTAR DISPLAY (NANJING) CORPORATION, HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 10181304
    Abstract: The amplitude voltage of a signal input to a level shifter can be increased and then output by the level shifter circuit. Specifically, the amplitude voltage of the signal input to the level shifter can be increased to be output. This decreases the amplitude voltage of a circuit (a shift register circuit, a decoder circuit, or the like) which outputs the signal input to the level shifter. Consequently, power consumption of the circuit can be reduced. Alternatively, a voltage applied to a transistor included in the circuit can be reduced. This can suppress degradation of the transistor or damage to the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Koyama, Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 10181305
    Abstract: An electronic device, method and computer readable medium are disclosed herein. The electronic device may comprise memory, such as the computer readable medium. The memory may include program instructions executable to implement the method, including identifying, by a controller, load information of the electronic device including execution of an application, detecting screen display information based on the identified load information by the controller, and controlling a display of the electronic device to display an execution screen of the application on the based on the detected screen display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwon Chae, Insu Yu, Jungeun Lee
  • Patent number: 10181306
    Abstract: A peep proof display method adapted to a display apparatus including a first backlight module and a second backlight module. At a narrow view angle display mode, output a first data signal and a second data signal according to the first data signal. During a first sub-frame period, enable the first backlight module and disable the second backlight module so as to display the first data signal on the display apparatus. During a second sub-frame, enable the second backlight module and disable the first backlight module so as to display the second data signal on the display apparatus. A peak of a first light intensity distribution curve of the first backlight module is in a narrow viewing angle range. Peaks of a second light intensity distribution curve of the second backlight module are in a wide viewing angle range individual to the narrow viewing angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yiwen Chang, Super Liao
  • Patent number: 10181307
    Abstract: A display system comprises a display unit including a display screen, and a display control unit, wherein the display control unit sets at least one of luminance and a color map of the display screen based on wearing information indicating a wearing state of an eyewear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohtaro Umezawa, Takuro Miyasato
  • Patent number: 10181308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling the luminosity of a head-up display (36) of a vehicle, said display (36) being configured to display an image, said system comprising means (32) for assessing luminosity connected to means (34) for determining a luminosity instruction for the display (36). The system is characterized in that said means (32) for assessing luminosity are capable of assessing the external luminosity towards the front of the vehicle and beyond the image displayed on said display (36), and in that said determination means (34) are capable of determining the luminosity instruction in accordance with the external luminosity assessed and of transmitting same to the display (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Michael Irzyk
  • Patent number: 10181309
    Abstract: An electronic device control method and system are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first electronic device, a trigger event performed on a display content displayed by the first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is a mirror device of a mirror system; generating, by the first electronic device, control information according to the trigger event; sending, by the first electronic device, the control information to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is a source device of the mirror system; identifying, by the second electronic device, a target object according to the control information; and performing, by the second electronic device, an operation on the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Ji, Mei Xiang
  • Patent number: 10181310
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a mouse report rate with a screen refresh rate of a computer includes: utilizing the computer to inform the mouse of a time period of each screen refresh; and adjusting the mouse report rate in accordance with the time period so that an equal integer number of frames will be reported in each screen refresh. Another method includes: determining a screen refresh rate of the computer; setting a target number of frames to be reported to the computer in each screen refresh period; scaling a motion report count of the mouse to generate a post-processed motion report count which corresponds to the target number of frames; and utilizing the post-processed motion report count to add or subtract frames to the number of frames reported during the mouse report period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging (Penang) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Kevin Len-Li Lim, Willie Song
  • Patent number: 10181311
    Abstract: Electronic musical instruments as disclosed, include sensors to digitize and alter the sound using FSR sensors in the mouthpieces and other elements of the instrument to mimic the variations available in analog instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sensitronics, LLC
    Inventor: Franklin N. Eventoff
  • Patent number: 10181312
    Abstract: An acoustic system comprises an output unit, a communication unit, a first output control unit, and a second output control unit. The output unit is configured to be capable of outputting a sound and an image. The communication unit is configured to be capable of communicating with an external device. The first output control unit is configured to receive, from a communication device that transmits a reproduction signal for acoustic data, the reproduction signal via the communication unit and to cause the output unit to output a sound based on the reproduction signal, to thereby perform reproduction of a series of sounds represented by the acoustic data. The second output control unit is configured to cause the output unit to output, as the image, a word corresponding to the sound outputted by the output unit among the series of sounds represented by the acoustic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LYRIC ARTS INC.
    Inventor: Jin Saito
  • Patent number: 10181313
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic percussion instrument including a struck surface and strike sensors. The strike sensors include a central sensor; a plurality of peripheral sensors; a first position calculation device configured to, when an initial half wave of a strike waveform of the central sensor is detected within a first predetermined time after the central sensor detects a strike, calculate a first strike position from the central sensor based on the initial half wave; a second position calculation device configured to calculate a second strike position based on a difference in strike detection by the plurality of peripheral sensors; and a sound production instruction device configured to instruct production of a striking sound based on the first and second strike positions respectively calculated by the first and second position calculation devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takasaki, Ryo Susami
  • Patent number: 10181314
    Abstract: A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically modulating two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals according to output information to be transmitted as two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from two or more portable electronic device emitters of a portable electronic device; and electronically projecting said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from said portable electronic device emitters to produce a first set of one or more acoustic audio signals from a first set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a first location and to produce a second set of one or more second acoustic audio signals from of a second set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a second location. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10181315
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, an adaptive noise cancellation system may include a controller. The controller may be configured to determine a degree of convergence of an adaptive coefficient control block for controlling an adaptive response of the adaptive noise cancellation system. The controller may enable adaptation of the adaptive coefficient control block if the degree of convergence of the adaptive response is below a particular threshold and disable adaptation of the adaptive coefficient control block if the degree of convergence of the adaptive response is above a particular threshold, such that when the adaptive noise cancellation system is adequately converged, the adaptive noise cancellation system may conserve power by disabling one or more of its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Alderson, Jon D. Hendrix, Dayong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10181316
    Abstract: A maximum noise suppression level (Gmin) is not a single constant value for an entire frequency range, but is allowed to vary across frequencies. The amount of variation is dynamically computed based on the input noise characteristics. For example, if there is excess noise in the lower frequency region, the maximum noise suppression level in that region will increase to suppress the noise in that frequency region. This feature can be enabled all the time, and will be active when the input conditions warrant extra noise suppression in a particular frequency region. Thus, the effort involved in manually tuning an audio system (e.g., hands-free telephony, voice-controlled automotive head unit, etc.) can be significantly reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Kirsch, Guillaume Lamy, Bijal Joshi
  • Patent number: 10181317
    Abstract: A high frequency ultrasound analog beamformer comprises a linear array of surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices formed on a single crystal piezoelectric substrate, such as a PMN-PT single crystal piezoelectric substrate. Each SAW device comprises ultrasound input and output electrode structures separated by a variable delay structure. The beamformer further comprises a delay controller operably connected to each variable delay structure to control the delay of each SAW device to dynamically focus signals received at each input electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeremy Brown, Robert Bruce Alexander Adamson
  • Patent number: 10181318
    Abstract: A device is provided which adds a desired delay (echo) effect while suppressing increase in the cost with a simple structure. A CPU of an audio device activates a plurality of media players A, B, C, . . . for reproducing an audio file. The audio file is reproduced as an original sound by one of the plurality of media players, and a delay sound with respect to the original sound of the audio file is reproduced by another media player, and is added to the original sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventor: Kaname Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 10181319
    Abstract: An apparatus and method apparatus and/or computer software to automate testing of a voice self service platform. In its software embodiment, the present invention comprises software that runs on the windows platform to simulate all the components of an Interactive Voice Recognition Unit (VRU). In addition this embodiment can also be used as a helper unit to test individual components of an interactive voice recognition (IVR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Mahmood S. Akhwand
  • Patent number: 10181320
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a g2p model based on AI are provided. The method includes: during performing a grapheme-to-phoneme conversion training by a neural network on each word in training data, screening nodes in a hidden layer of the neural network randomly according to a preset node ratio so as to obtain retaining nodes for training each word; training each word with a sub-neural network corresponding to the retaining nodes and updating a weight of each retaining node of the sub-neural network; and performing a mean processing on the weights of the retaining nodes of respective sub-neural networks, so as to generate the grapheme-to-phoneme model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhijie Chen, Yongguo Kang
  • Patent number: 10181321
    Abstract: A portable terminal has a network interface that receives a set of instructions having a sequence of at least one location and audio properties associated with the at least one location from a server. An audio circuit receives audio signals picked up by a microphone and processes the audio signals in a manner defined by the audio properties associated with the at least one location. A speech recognition module receives processed signals from the audio circuit and carries out a speech recognition process thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: VOCOLLECT, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Charles Miller, Arthur McNair, Vanessa Cassandra Sanchez, Philip E. Russell, Allan Strane
  • Patent number: 10181322
    Abstract: A dialog system for use in a multi-user, multi-domain environment. The dialog system understands user requests when multiple users are interacting with each other as well as the dialog system. The dialog system uses multi-human conversational context to improve domain detection. Using interactions between multiple users allows the dialog system to better interpret machine directed conversational inputs in multi-user conversational systems. The dialog system employs topic segmentation to chunk conversations for determining context boundaries. Using general topic segmentation methods, as well as the specific domain detector trained with conversational inputs collected by a single user system, allows the dialog system to better determine the relevant context. The use of conversational context helps reduce the domain detection error rate, especially in certain domains, and allows for better interactions with users when the machine addressed turns are not recognized or are ambiguous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Gokhan Tur, Larry Paul Heck, Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 10181323
    Abstract: A first voice input is detected and a first measure of confidence associated with the first voice input is determined. A message is received comprising a second measure of confidence associated with detection of the first voice input by a network device. A determination is made whether the first measure of confidence is greater than the second measure of confidence. Based on the determination that the first measure of confidence is greater than the second measure of confidence, a second voice input is sent to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONOS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Beckhardt, Ted Lin
  • Patent number: 10181324
    Abstract: Embodiments may be implemented by a computing device, such as a head-mountable display, in order to use a single guard phrase to enable different voice commands in different interface modes. An example device includes an audio sensor and a computing system configured to analyze audio data captured by the audio sensor to detect speech that includes a predefined guard phrase, and to operate in a plurality of different interface modes comprising at least a first and a second interface mode. During operation in the first interface mode, the computing system may initially disable one or more first-mode speech commands, and respond to detection of the guard phrase by enabling the one or more first-mode speech commands. During operation in the second interface mode, the computing system may initially disable a second-mode speech command, and to respond to the guard phrase by enabling the second-mode speech command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, Mat Balez
  • Patent number: 10181325
    Abstract: Aspects described herein are directed towards methods, computing devices, systems, and computer-readable media that apply scattering operations to extracted visual features of audiovisual input to generate predictions regarding the speech status of a subject. Visual scattering coefficients generated according to one or more aspects described herein may be used as input to a neural network operative to generate the predictions regarding the speech status of the subject. Predictions generated based on the visual features may be combined with predictions based on audio input associated with the visual features. In some embodiments, the extracted visual features may be combined with the audio input to generate a combined feature vector for use in generating predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Etienne Marcheret, Josef Vopicka, Vaibhava Goel
  • Patent number: 10181326
    Abstract: An action item identification system automatically determines action items by analyzing conversations of representatives with customers. The action item identification system retrieves recordings of various conversations, extracts features of each of the conversations, and analyzes the features to determine a set of features that is indicative of an action item associated with the corresponding conversation. The set of features is further analyzed to generate the action item in an action item manifest (a) as a summary of what is discussed in the conversations or (b) verbatim from the conversations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AffectLayer, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Raanani, Russell Levy, Micha Yochanan Breakstone, Dominik Facher
  • Patent number: 10181327
    Abstract: A speech encoder that analyzes and classifies each frame of speech as being periodic-like speech or non-periodic like speech where the speech encoder performs a different gain quantization process depending if the speech is periodic or not. If the speech is periodic, the improved speech encoder obtains the pitch gains from the unquantized weighted speech signal and performs a pre-vector quantization of the adaptive codebook gain GP for each subframe of the frame before subframe processing begins and a closed-loop delayed decision vector quantization of the fixed codebook gain GC. If the frame of speech is non-periodic, the speech encoder may use any known method of gain quantization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nytell Software LLC
    Inventors: Yang Gao, Adil Benyassine
  • Patent number: 10181328
    Abstract: The present disclosure regards a hearing device configured to receive acoustical sound signals and to generate output sound signals comprising spatial cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Jensen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Mojtaba Farmani, Pauli Minnaar
  • Patent number: 10181329
    Abstract: An audio processing device includes a first microphone configured to receive a first signal a second microphone configured to receive a second signal, a noise reduction gain determination circuit configured to determine a noise reduction gain based on the first signal and the second signal, a noise reduction circuit configured to attenuate the first signal based on the determined noise reduction gain, and an output circuit configured to output the attenuated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Ludovick Lepauloux, Fabrice Plante, Christophe Beaugeant
  • Patent number: 10181330
    Abstract: A signal processing method and device are provided. At least two channel sound signals are acquired, and a frequency-domain audio signal corresponding to each channel sound signal is acquired; beam forming output signals of a beam group corresponding to an audio signal of each frequency point are acquired; an output direction of the beam group is acquired; and time-domain sound signals output after beam forming in the output direction are acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Han, Hao Yuan, Dongmei Huang
  • Patent number: 10181331
    Abstract: A method for transforming input information into outputs, preferably including: receiving input information; transforming the input information into a set of intermediary components; implementing a transformation model with the set of intermediary components, the transformation model operable to encode the set of intermediary components across a set of output parameters in a device domain associated with a device; and executing control signals operable to deliver outputs, based on the set of output parameters, to a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NEOSENSORY, INC.
    Inventors: David Eagleman, Scott Novich
  • Patent number: 10181332
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented herein for detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones. The system can include one or more UAS sensor nodes distributed about an area to be monitored. Each UAS sensor node can be communicably coupled to a central server but is able to conduct detection and identification procedures separate from the central server. The UAS sensor node can include a microphone that detects an audio signal generated within the area to be monitored. The node can convert the audio signal into a digital signal, can segment the audio signal, and can pass the signal through a bandpass filter. The node can also conduct a Fourier transform and smooth filtering on the digital audio signal before comparing the signal to multiple stored sample UAS audio signals for known UAS vehicles and motor stresses to determine a likelihood of a match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Aric Laag, Kiley Lauren Yeakel, Eric Bernard Wendoloski, Jason Laurence Tichy
  • Patent number: 10181333
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining speech based message data and biometric data of a speaker user of a messaging system, the speech based message data being input into a computer device by the speaker user and the biometric data indicating one or more aspect of a physical condition of the speaker user during the input of the speech based message data into the computer device; processing data to determine a truthfulness parameter of the speech based message data, the processing data to determine a truthfulness parameter including processing the biometric data; and associating the truthfulness parameter to the speech based message data, wherein the associating includes tagging the speech based message data with the truthfulness parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Sarbajit Rakshit, Gandhi Sivakumar
  • Patent number: 10181334
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a main pole, a spin Hall structure surrounding at least a portion of the main pole at a location that is recessed from a media facing surface (MFS), and a spin-torque structure surrounding at least a portion of the main pole at the MFS. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is generated from the spin Hall structure. The spin-torque structure magnetization switching (or precession) is induced by the SOT. The SOT based head with the spin-torque structure increases both track density (tracks per inch) and linear density (bit per inch). The areal density capability (ADC), which is the product of tracks per inch and bit per inch, can be further improved by removing the side shield and the leading shield, when the spin-torque structure is utilized in the SOT based head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Suping Song, Zhanjie Li, Michael Kuok San Ho
  • Patent number: 10181335
    Abstract: A method and system for cleaning and/or burnishing an article. The article is operated on by a burnishing object having one more cutting edges and one or more heating surfaces. The article rotates relative to the burnishing head and the cutting edges remove asperities from the article. The heating surface can be activated and can optionally protrude from the burnishing head to further reduce roughness of the surface of the article as the article is rotating relative to the head. The cutting edges and heating surfaces can be configured in shape and size (i.e., geometry) to accommodate the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Shashi Bhushan Agarwal, Huan Tang, Jing Gui
  • Patent number: 10181336
    Abstract: An optical data-recording system comprises a laser, a dynamic digital hologram, an electronic controller, and a scanning mechanism. The dynamic digital hologram includes a plurality of holographic zones, and is configured to direct the irradiance received thereon to an optical recording medium. The electronic controller is operatively coupled to the dynamic digital hologram and configured to control the irradiance directed from each of the holographic zones. The scanning mechanism is configured to change a relative positioning of the laser versus the dynamic digital hologram so that each of the holographic zones is irradiated in sequence by the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Joel Steven Kollin, Ariel Gomez Diaz
  • Patent number: 10181337
    Abstract: There is provided an information processor including circuitry configured to identify a part of a moving image in response to an audible sound input of a user, wherein the moving image is generated by a capturing of an imaging unit which is attached to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Itaru Shimizu, Ryosuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 10181338
    Abstract: A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a cache bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored program material and expands to the right when material is being recorded. Index and/or bookmark indicators are displayed next to the cache bar. A position indicator moves within the cache bar and tells the user visually where his current position is within the program material. Numeric time or counter mark of the current position is displayed in the vicinity of the cache bar. The trick play bar and its associated components are displayed for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vallone, Howard Look, Ain McKendrick
  • Patent number: 10181339
    Abstract: Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Tony F. Rodriguez, Eliot Rogers
  • Patent number: 10181340
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a storage device and a plurality of instruction units. The plurality of instruction units respectively instruct to turn off a power supply of the storage device. At least one instruction unit among the plurality of instruction units instructs to turn off power supply to the storage device in accordance with a total of the number of power supply off operations for the storage device respectively instructed by the plurality of instruction units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi Ono