Patents Issued in January 14, 2020
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Patent number: 10535303Abstract: The present application discloses an organic light emitting display panel, a driving method thereof and an organic light emitting display apparatus. The organic light emitting display panel comprises: a pixel array, comprising pixel regions in M rows and N columns; a plurality of pixel driving circuits each comprising a light emitting diode and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting diode, the light emitting diode being arranged in one of the pixel regions; and a plurality of pixel compensation circuits, each configured to provide a compensated light emitting control signal for a gate of the driving transistor to correct brightness of the light emitting diode in one of the plurality of pixel driving circuits. According to the present disclosure, the final light emitting current may be unrelated to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the carrier mobility and aging of the light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Tong Wu, Dong Qian, Zeyuan Chen, Gang Liu
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Patent number: 10535305Abstract: An AMOLED display panel includes data lines, scanning lines, a plurality of pixel units surrounded by the data lines and the scanning lines, a plurality of first driving circuits correspondingly arranged in pixel units arranged on predetermined positions, a plurality of second driving circuits arranged in the pixel units on another positions, and a temperature adjustment circuit. An input terminal of the temperature adjustment circuit is connected to the first pixel driving circuits, and an output terminal of the temperature adjustment circuit is connected to the data lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenling Wang, Tai-Jiun Hwang
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Patent number: 10535306Abstract: A pixel circuit, a display panel, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes: a light-emitting circuit including a plurality of light-emitting sub-circuits (111); and a compensation driving circuit including an output terminal and a driving transistor. The plurality of light-emitting sub-circuits are all electrically connected to the output terminal; and the compensation driving circuit is configured to receive a light-emitting data signal, compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and drive any one of the plurality of light-emitting sub-circuits to emit light according to an output signal output by the output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Jing Lv, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Yafeng Yang, Lei Wang, Dongni Liu, Li Xiao, Pengcheng Lu, Han Yue, Jie Fu
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Patent number: 10535307Abstract: A method and a device for driving an organic light emitting diode display device are provided. The method includes acquiring an equivalent voltage of pixels between a cathode and an input of a negative voltage of a power source according to a video signal; calculating a current voltage of a gate of a driving thin film transistor in a light emitting stage according to the equivalent voltage; and controlling a voltage value of a positive voltage of the power source according to the current voltage of the gate of the driving thin film transistor, so as to reduce power consumption of the organic light emitting diode display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pengfei Liang, Taijiun Hwang
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Patent number: 10535308Abstract: An electro-optical device that includes a display unit includes a scan line drive circuit, supplies a predetermined control signal including at least one scan signal to each row, and includes at least a logic circuit generates a control signal, and an output circuit outputs the control signal to the pixel circuit, a first power supply line supplies a first operation voltage to the pixel circuit, a second power supply line supplies a second operation voltage to the scan line drive circuit and is disposed separately from a portion of the first power supply line which is located within a pixel circuit, and a third power supply line supplies the first operation voltage to the output circuit from the first power supply line and is disposed separately from a portion of the second power supply line which is located within the scan line drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Ota
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Patent number: 10535309Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display including: a display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged thereon; a degradation reduction circuit configured to detect a highly luminous still image pattern by analyzing input image data, and change a correlated color temperature (CCT) of a vulnerable color having the shortest lifespan in still image data corresponding to pixels displaying the highly luminous still image pattern so as to modulate the input image data into a degradation reduced data; and a display panel driving circuit configured to provide an analog data voltage, corresponding to the degradation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hojin Ryu, Minchul Byun
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Patent number: 10535310Abstract: Disclosed is a gate driving unit and a driving circuit, the gate driving unit comprising a pull-up control unit for generating a scanning control signal; a pull-up cascade transmission unit for converting a scanning clock signal into a line scanning signal; a pull-down unit for pulling down the scanning control signal and the line scanning signal to a low level; and a pull-down maintaining unit for maintaining the scanning control signal and the line scanning signal at the low level. The gate driving unit increases the reliability of the gate driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xujun Liu
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Patent number: 10535311Abstract: A displaying method for a displaying apparatus having a liquid crystal display panel for displaying images thereon is used for displaying images in accordance with a periodic time sequence. The periodic time sequence includes a plurality of scanning time periods and a plurality of vertical blanking intervals. The scanning time periods and the vertical blanking intervals are staggered. The displaying method includes the steps of: providing a substantially identical frame image data by a control module of the displaying apparatus to the liquid crystal display panel for each scanning time period; and providing a back light by a backlight module of the displaying apparatus to the liquid crystal display panel after an end point of the first one of the scanning time periods. Therein, the back light has a light intensity. Further, the light intensity can be designed to be adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BenQ CorporationInventor: Hsin-Nan Lin
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Patent number: 10535312Abstract: A method for driving a display having a plurality of pixels, where each pixel is capable of displaying a first color or a second color and is sandwiched between a first electrode and a pixel electrode, the method including applying a driving sequence which includes: (a) for a first time period, applying a first voltage potential between the first electrode and each of the pixel electrodes of a first group of pixels, and applying no voltage potential between the first electrode and each of the pixel electrodes of a second group of pixels of the second color, thereby causing the display device to display an image of the first color with a background of the second color; and (b) for a second time period, applying no voltage potential between the first electrode and each of the pixel electrodes of the first group of pixels, and applying a second voltage potential to each of the pixel electrodes corresponding to the second group of pixels, to clear the onetime image created in step (a).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLCInventors: Robert A. Sprague, Andrew Ho, Yajuan Chen, HongMei Zang, Jialock Wong, Chein Wang
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Patent number: 10535313Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines, wherein the pixels include pixels h-th row pixels (h is a natural number) and (h+1)-th row pixels, which are adjacent to each other in the second direction, with a (k+1)-th gate line (k is a natural number) therebetween among the gate lines; and a first pixel displaying a first color and connected to the (k+1)-th gate line among the h-th row pixels and a second pixel displaying the first color and connected to the (k+1)-th gate line among the (h+1)-th row pixels are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and receive different polarities of data voltages.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seokha Hong, Taejin Kim, Ahyoung Son, Bonghyun You, Jai-Hyun Koh, Sang-Uk Lim
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Method for changing display mode of liquid crystal screen and LCD projection device using the method
Patent number: 10535314Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for changing a landscape signal of a liquid crystal screen to a portrait mode. The method comprises: adjusting the setting of a built-in driving TCON (time controller) IC (chipset) of the LCD so as to change the input signal interface of the LCD from an MIPI (mobile industry processor interface) to a TTL (transistor-transistor level) data/timing interface+SPI (serial peripheral interface) command control interface; controlling the initialization, turning-on and turning-off of the driving TCON IC via the SPI interface, and realizing the switching among four projection modes, desktop front projection, desktop rear projection, ceiling front projection, and ceiling rear projection, by adjusting the up, down, left and right display directions of a screen output image; receiving, in real time, the landscape image outputted by a front-end video processing chip through the TTL data interface, and then displaying same in real time.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LUXNPRO CHENGDU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Zhang -
Patent number: 10535315Abstract: A display device including a liquid crystal panel assembly including a plurality of pixels, a data driver applying a data voltage to a plurality of data lines which is connected to the plurality of pixels, and a common voltage generator providing a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel assembly, in which the common voltage is an optimal common voltage for a maximum grayscale at which a flicker is minimized while a data voltage with a maximum grayscale is applied to the plurality of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Hyung Park, Sun Young Kwon, Min-Hee Kim, Ji Hong Bae, Jong Ho Son, Keun Chan Oh, Kyung Hee Lee, Kang Seob Jeong, Kyung Seon Tak
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Patent number: 10535316Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an active area having a plurality of subpixels and a pad area disposed along the active area; a gate driver in the pad area of the display panel and having a plurality of gate-in-panel circuits; a first signal line outside of the gate driver; a second signal line between the gate driver and the active area; and a plurality of dummy gate-in-panel circuits adjacent to the plurality of gate-in-panel circuits.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: JaeHo Sim, SangMoo Song, Byongwook Shin
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Patent number: 10535317Abstract: Disclosed are a shift register and a display device including the same, in which a size of a circuit is reduced. The shift register includes a stage outputting a gate shift clock, supplied through a gate shift clock line, as a scan pulse and outputting a carry shift clock, supplied through a carry shift clock line, as a carry pulse. The carry shift clock line overlaps the gate shift clock line.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: YongHo Jang
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Patent number: 10535318Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an array substrate. The array substrate may include a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines, and a first gate driving circuit comprising a plurality of shift register circuits in a non-active area. The gate lines and the data lines may define a plurality of sub-pixels in an active area and a plurality of dummy sub-pixels in the non-active area adjacent to the active area. The first gate driving circuit may be farther away from the active area than the plurality of the dummy sub-pixels. At least one of the dummy sub-pixels may include an auxiliary capacitor. A shift register circuit in the first gate driving circuit may be coupled to the auxiliary capacitor. The auxiliary capacitor may form at least a part of a bootstrap capacitor in the shift register circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ruifang Du, Xiaoye Ma
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Patent number: 10535319Abstract: The disclosed display device may include a display screen having (1) a front surface and (2) at least one display region that emits image light from the front surface, the at least one display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns, the plurality of pixel rows and the plurality of pixel columns each extending obliquely relative to a peripheral edge of the front surface. The display device may also include a display driver circuit for driving the plurality of pixels of the at least one display region. The display driver circuit may be disposed adjacent to the peripheral edge of the front surface. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventor: Dong Chen
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Patent number: 10535320Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus and a method of controlling information output for the HMD apparatus. The HMD apparatus includes a frame in which one or more devices are installable, an interface unit to functionally connect to at least one of one or more devices installed in the frame and an external device, a detection unit to detect a user input, and a processor to perform a process of determining the one or more devices installed in the frame, controlling the interface unit according to the determination result, and controlling the one or more devices installed in the frame and the external device on the basis of user input detected through the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Joo Namkung, Mansu Han, Dongil Son, Chihyun Cho, Jongchul Choi, Changryong Heo, Jungeun Lee
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Patent number: 10535321Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display device and a driving method of a display panel, aiming to lower power consumption of display devices. The display panel operates in P pixel charging sub-phases, and P is a number of rows of pixels. Every two sequential pixel charging sub-phases form one pixel charging phase. In one pixel charging sub-phase of each pixel charging phase, switch group elements of each driving unit are switched on in a first sequence, and in the other pixel charging sub-phase of each pixel charging phase, the switch group elements of each driving unit are switched on in a second sequence. The first sequence and the second sequence are reversed. In the present disclosure, 1?P, 1?N, and P and N are positive integers. The above display panel is applicable to display devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenbin Yang
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Patent number: 10535322Abstract: Example implementations relate to a system for enabling compression of a video output. For example, the system can include a circuit board including a plurality of slots, each slot to receive a module, a multiplexor coupled between the plurality of slots, and a management controller, among other components. The management controller can detect a respective type of module coupled to each of the plurality of slots and instruct the multiplexor to transmit signals between a first slot among the plurality of slots and a second slot among the plurality of slots in response to detection of a graphics coprocessor module coupled to the first slot and an accelerator module coupled to the second slot. Similarly, the management controller can compress a video output from the first slot using the second slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LPInventors: Chanh V Hua, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Yuchen Xu
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Patent number: 10535323Abstract: Various embodiments provide a user device comprising a touch screen display having a touch screen input; a proximity detector arrangement comprising a plurality of sensors for detecting a location of an input device; and a control unit comprising a processor. The control unit is configured to receive data from the proximity detector to determine the location of the input device, including a value related to the distance of the input device to the display; and control the display to perform a zoom function to enlarge or reduce the size of content on a portion of the display based on the value related to the distance of the input device to the display. The proximity detector arrangement and control unit are configured to detect the location of the input device within a detection volume and to provide a gradual variation in enlargement or reduction of the size of content as the distance of the input device to the display varies.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Martyn Ross Ward, Antony Michael Dove
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Patent number: 10535324Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display device and a display method thereof. The display device includes: a display screen is configured to be switched between a landscape state and a portrait state; an information collection unit is configured to collect an image of a viewer; a sight concentration area determination unit is configured to determine a sight concentration area of the viewer before the display screen is switched between the landscape state and the portrait state; a to-be-displayed picture determination unit is configured to determine a to-be-displayed picture after the display screen is switched between the landscape state and the portrait state; and a central processing unit is configured to process the to-be-displayed picture, wherein the processed to-be-display picture may cover a whole display surface after the display screen is switched between the landscape state and the portrait state.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xinxin Mu
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Patent number: 10535325Abstract: A method for updating images displayed on an electronic display of a mobile device includes determining a time interval between successive updates of an image frame. The image frame is displayed on the electronic display, and the mobile device is configured to be in a low power mode between the successive updates. The method also includes receiving one or more application updates within the time interval after a first update of the image frame, and updating the image frame after the time interval based on the one or more application updates.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: FLEXTERRA, INC.Inventors: Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Justin Baum, Aubrey Anderson
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Patent number: 10535326Abstract: An illuminating musical bow for visually enhanced performance when playing stringed instruments is disclosed. The illuminating musical bow may include a light source disposed within a hollow or cavity that is disposed within a transparent or translucent stick of the bow.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Zachary G. Austad
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Patent number: 10535327Abstract: Structures and methods are provided for adjusting a size of a slide ring aperture for a musical instrument. Embodiments include a trumpet slide ring spacer adapted to be mounted on an instrument and retained within a valve slide ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Wichita State UniversityInventor: John David Hunsicker
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Patent number: 10535328Abstract: An automatic playing system may include a damper module for changing a sound generated by the automatic playing system. The damper module may include a damper board, a motion driver, and a supporter. The damper board may be configured to control at least one damper of the automatic playing system. The motion driver may be configured to drive the damper board and operated to perform at least one automatic playing function. The supporter may be configured to couple the damper board with the motion driver when the motion driver is operated.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SUNLAND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaolu Liu, Zhengchun Li
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Patent number: 10535329Abstract: The present invention discloses a magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand that is built in to a guitar to provide quick standing of the guitar without the need for a separate guitar stand. The magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand consists of a stand arm that pivots away from the guitar when opened to form a tripod-like footprint that allows the guitar to stand by itself. The reduced footprint of the guitar stand allows the guitar to stand in a relatively small area.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Sean Michael Berg
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Patent number: 10535330Abstract: While watching a movie, a user speaks lines of dialogue. The system records the speech, compares with the dialogue in the movie, and reports a score to the user. The system can share scores through an online service to create a community experience. In particular, the systems and methods disclosed implement a technique for matching user input to media content. A computer system receives audio input from a user (speech) and compares the received speech to dialogue in a movie or television program. For example, the computer system may convert the received speech to text and may compare the converted text against dialogue text using closed captioning or subtitle data. Alternatively, waveform data may be compared. The computer system generates a score for the speech based on how closely the speech matches the dialogue, and reports the score to the user through a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: CRACKLE, INC.Inventor: Robert Kushner
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Patent number: 10535331Abstract: An onboard electronic system and associated method enables a player of an acoustic stringed instrument to control an electronic signal for modifying and amplifying sound while playing an instrument. The onboard electronic system is embedded in the tailpiece and/or the chinrest portions and/or shoulder-rest portion of the stringed instrument, and includes at least one pickup, a battery-powered amplification unit and at least one controller. The method includes steps for controlling sound amplification and tonal modification onboard an acoustic stringed instrument. The steps include sensing vibration from strings with a pickup, generating an electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal to an amplification unit via an input cable, and modifying the electrical signal in response to one or more controllers located onboard the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: James Connell
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Patent number: 10535332Abstract: A method includes transmitting a focused ultrasound wave into a medium to form (i) an ultrasound intensity well within the medium that exhibits a first range of acoustic pressure and (ii) a surrounding region of the medium that surrounds the ultrasound intensity well and exhibits a second range of acoustic pressure that exceeds the first range of acoustic pressure. The method further includes confining an object within the ultrasound intensity well. Additionally, an acoustic lens is configured to be acoustically coupled to an acoustic transducer. The acoustic lens has a varying longitudinal thickness that increases proportionally with respect to increasing azimuth angle of the acoustic lens. Another acoustic lens is configured to be acoustically coupled to an acoustic that increases proportionally with respect to increasing azimuth angle of the segment.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: University of WashingtonInventors: Adam D. Maxwell, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Wayne Kreider, Michael R. Bailey
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Patent number: 10535333Abstract: The invention relates to a method for centralized control of multiple active noise cancellation devices. The method includes identifying a trigger event. Also, the method includes identifying at least one zone of a mapped area in response to identifying the trigger event. Further, the method includes identifying two or more devices based on the at least one zone of the mapped area, and transmitting a command to disable active noise cancellation on the two or more devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Cary Bran, Joe Burton, Philip Sherburne, John H Hart
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Patent number: 10535334Abstract: Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound within an ear canal, where the ear canal is at least partially occluded by an earpiece. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLCInventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, John Usher, Marc Andre Boillot
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Patent number: 10535335Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice synthesizing device includes a first operation receiving unit, a score transforming unit, and a voice synthesizing unit. The first operation receiving unit configured to receive a first operation specifying voice quality of a desired voice based on one or more upper level expressions indicating the voice quality. The score transforming unit configured to transform, based on a score transformation model that transforms a score of the upper level expression into a score of a lower level expression which is less abstract than the upper level expression, the score of the upper level expression corresponding to the first operation into a score of one or more lower level expressions. The voice synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic sound corresponding to a certain text based on the score of the lower level expression.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Kouichirou Mori, Yamato Ohtani
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Patent number: 10535336Abstract: A system and method of converting source speech to target speech using intermediate speech data is disclosed. The method comprises identifying intermediate speech data that match target voice training data based on acoustic features; performing dynamic time warping to match the second set of acoustic features of intermediate speech data and the first set of acoustic features of target voice training data; training a neural network to convert the intermediate speech data to target voice training data; receiving source speech data; converting the source speech data to an intermediate speech; converting the intermediate speech to a target speech sequence using the neural network; and converting the target speech sequence to target speech using the pitch from the target voice training data.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: OBEN, INC.Inventor: Seyed Hamidreza Mohammadi
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Patent number: 10535337Abstract: A method includes determining a content of a speech of a user on the basis of text data including a word string acquired as a recognition result of the speech, selecting a correction method suitable for the determined content of the speech from among multiple correction methods for correcting false recognition contained in the text data, and correcting the false recognition contained in the text data using the selected correction method.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mayu Yokoya, Katsuyoshi Yamagami
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Patent number: 10535338Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating representation of acoustic sequences. One of the methods includes: receiving an acoustic sequence, the acoustic sequence comprising a respective acoustic feature representation at each of a plurality of time steps; processing the acoustic feature representation at an initial time step using an acoustic modeling neural network; for each subsequent time step of the plurality of time steps: receiving an output generated by the acoustic modeling neural network for a preceding time step, generating a modified input from the output generated by the acoustic modeling neural network for the preceding time step and the acoustic representation for the time step, and processing the modified input using the acoustic modeling neural network to generate an output for the time step; and generating a phoneme representation for the utterance from the outputs for each of the time steps.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Hasim Sak, Andrew W. Senior
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Patent number: 10535339Abstract: According to an embodiment, a speech recognition result output device includes a storage and processing circuitry. The storage is configured to store a language model for speech recognition. The processing circuitry is coupled to the storage and configured to acquire a phonetic sequence, convert the phonetic sequence into a phonetic sequence feature vector, convert the phonetic sequence feature vector into graphemes using the language model, and output the graphemes.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hiroshi Fujimura
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Patent number: 10535340Abstract: Audio information defining audio content may be accessed. The audio content may have a duration. The audio content may be segmented into audio segments. Individual audio segments may correspond to a portion of the duration. Feature vectors of the audio segments may be determined. The feature vectors may be processed through a classifier. The classifier may output scores on whether the audio segments contain voice. One or more of the audio segments may be identified as containing voice based on the scores and a two-step hysteresis thresholding. Storage of the identification of the one or more of the audio segments as containing voice in one or more storage media may be effectuated.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventor: Gabriel Lema
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Patent number: 10535341Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a mood of a human driver of a vehicle and using the mood for generating a vehicle response, is provided. One example method includes capturing, by a camera of the vehicle, a face of the human driver. The capturing is configured to capture a plurality of images over a period of time, and the plurality of images are analyzed to identify a facial expression and changes in the facial expression of the human driver over the period of time. The method further includes capturing, by a microphone of the vehicle, voice input of the human driver. The voice input is captured over the period of time. The voice input is analyzed to identify a voice profile and changes in the voice profile of the human driver over the period of time. The method processes, by a processor of the vehicle, a combination of the facial expression and the voice profile captured during the period of time to predict the mood of the human driver.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Emerging Automotive, LLCInventors: Angel A. Penilla, Albert S. Penilla
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Patent number: 10535342Abstract: Techniques and systems are disclosed for context-dependent speech recognition. The techniques and systems described enable accurate recognition of speech by accessing sub-libraries associated with the context of the speech to be recognized. These techniques translate audible input into audio data at a smart device and determine context for the speech, such as location-based, temporal-based, recipient-based, and application based context. The smart device then accesses a context-dependent library to compare the audio data with phrase-associated translation data in one or more sub-libraries of the context-dependent library to determine a match. In this way, the techniques allow access to a large quantity of phrases while reducing incorrect matching of the audio data to translation data caused by organizing the phrases into context-dependent sub-libraries.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Christian Liensberger
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Patent number: 10535343Abstract: A method at an electronic device with an audio input system includes: receiving a verbal input at the device; processing the verbal input; transmitting a request to a remote system, the request including information determined based on the verbal input; receiving a response to the request, wherein the response is generated by the remote system in accordance with the information based on the verbal input; and performing an operation in accordance with the response, where one or more of the receiving, processing, transmitting, receiving, and performing are performed by one or more voice processing modules of a voice assistant library executing on the electronic device, the voice processing modules providing a plurality of voice processing operations that are accessible to one or more application programs and/or operating software executing or executable on the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: Kenneth Mixter
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Patent number: 10535344Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods relating to conversational system user experience. In an example, a conversational system may use one or more sensors of a user device to affect the topic or direction of a conversation or to identify a new conversation topic. The conversational system may also receive input from a user, wherein a GUI may enable the user to specify or alter semantic information used during the conversation. The GUI may comprise one or more skeuomorphic elements designed to provide a familiar or intuitive way for the user to interact with the conversational system. The GUI may also be used to disambiguate messages or convey emotion or sentiment to the user. In another example, haptic or audio feedback may be provided alongside a message to convey emotion to the user during the conversation.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Edwin Johnson, Jr., Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Donald Brinkman, Hailong Mu, Dustin Abramson, Hudong Wang, Dan Vann, Youssef Hammad
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Patent number: 10535345Abstract: An interactive method/system generates a fictional story. A user interface receives human speech and transmits machine-generated speech. A processor(s) is programmed to execute functions that include parsing the human speech into fragments thereof and identifying a primary fragment from the fragments wherein the primary fragment includes a verb. A generalized intent is associated with the verb and at least one object is associated with the generalized intent. The generalized intent and each object associated with the generalized intent are stored. An open-ended question is generated based on the generalized intent wherein the open-ended question is provided to the user interface for transmission as machine-generated speech. After the above steps are repeated for a number of cycles, a sequence of sentences is generated using each generalized intent and object(s) associated with the generalized intent. The sequence of sentences is transmitted as machine-generated speech from the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Yingjia Liu
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Patent number: 10535346Abstract: A collaborative speech processing computer receives packets of sampled audio streams. The sampled audio streams are forwarded to a speech-to-text conversion server via a data network. Packets are received via the data network that contain text strings converted from the sampled audio steams by the speech-to-text conversion server. Speakers are identified who are associated with the text strings contained in the data packets. The text strings and the identifiers of the associated speakers are added to a dialog data structure in a repository memory. Content of at least a portion of the dialog data structure is displayed on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Preethi Raja, Jagadeeshwaran Karunanithy, Shamayel Mohammed Farooqui, Jagadishwara Chary Sriramoju, Sai Kumar Bochkar
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Patent number: 10535347Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system sends a request in audio format to a user over a voice channel requesting a user data set. The information handling system receives utterances from the user over the voice channel and determines that the utterances do not provide enough information to complete the requested user data set. In turn, the information handling system establishes a messaging channel with the user and sends a request in digital format to the user over the messaging channel to provide additional data to complete the user data set.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott W. Graham, Lior Luker, Nitzan Nissim, Brian L. Pulito
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Patent number: 10535348Abstract: A system of multi-modal transmission of packetized data in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A natural language processor component can parse an input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. Based on the input audio signal, a direct action application programming interface can generate a first action data structure, and a content selector component can select a content item. An interface management component can identify first and second candidate interfaces, and respective resource utilization values. The interface management component can select, based on the resource utilization values, the first candidate interface to present the content item. The interface management component can provide the first action data structure to the client computing device for rendering as audio output, and can transmit the content item converted for a first modality to deliver the content item for rendering from the selected interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Gaurav Bhaya, Robert Stets
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Patent number: 10535349Abstract: Network connected devices are controlled. A command is received. A graph model is applied to identify a subset of nodes related to the command. The graph model includes a plurality of nodes that each correspond to a device and the graph model includes a plurality of edges that specify relationships between the plurality of nodes. The subset of nodes is activated in response to the command.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BrainofT Inc.Inventors: Ashutosh Saxena, Brendan Berman, Deng Deng, Lukas Kroc
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Patent number: 10535350Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of environmental factors that trigger a negative emotional state is provided. The method may include analyzing a plurality of user data when a user experiences a plurality of various environmental factors. The method may also include determining an emotional state experienced by the user when each of the plurality of various environmental factors is present based on the plurality of user data. The method may include receiving a plurality of calendar information associated with a user account. The method may also include identifying an upcoming event based on the plurality of calendar information. The method may include identifying an environmental factor within the plurality of various environmental factors is present at the upcoming event. The method may also include, in response to determining the environmental factor causes the user to experience a negative emotional state, executing an accommodation method based on the environmental factor.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu
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Patent number: 10535351Abstract: Aircraft instrumentation systems, aircraft, and controllers are provided for transcribing radio communications. An aircraft instrumentation system and an aircraft include a radio device, a display device, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled with the radio device and the display device. The controller is configured to monitor the radio device and recognize a voice communication received over the radio device. The controller is further configured to generate an electronic transcript of the voice communication and control the display device to display a transcript of the voice communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Randy Gaston, James Ward
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Patent number: 10535352Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes associating, using a processor, one or more words in an electronic agenda template to at least one agenda item indicative of a point for discussion. The processor captures a real-time interaction comprising speech from one or more participants of a plurality of discussion participants into a digital representation. The processor isolates a portion of the real-time interaction from the digital representation. The portion is associated with a single speaker of the plurality of discussion participants. The processor makes at least one match between an isolated portion of the real-time interaction and the at least one agenda item. The processor determines an intent of the single speaker from the isolated portion and matching the determined intent of the single speaker to the at least one agenda item on the electronic agenda template, and generates discussion minutes output based on the matched intent and agenda item.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Stefan Ravizza, Erik Rueger
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Patent number: 10535353Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry to determine whether to change a data amount of contents data including audio data, to be transmitted among a plurality of devices disposed in the information processing system, based on a communication delay time required for communication among the plurality of devices, and adjust a data amount of data other than the audio data among the contents data based on the communication delay time.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takuro Mano