Patents Issued in April 9, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200111436
    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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jun KOYAMA, Atsushi UMEZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200111437
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel includes the steps of: using a timing controller chip to receive a first data signal of a control board; using the timing controller chip to convert the first data signal into a second data signal; using the timing controller chip to generate a variable-frequency first clock signal, and to transmit the second data signal and the first clock signal to a source driving chip; and using the timing controller chip to obtain the first clock signal and generate a second clock signal by frequency multiplication, the second clock signal being a preset multiple of that of the first clock signal; wherein the second clock signal serves as an internal clock signal of a power supply chip circuit, and the second clock signal is inputted to the power supply chip circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: MINGLIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20200111438
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display driving method and device, and a display device. The display driving method outputs a first data signal to a display pixel scanned to the near end and a second data signal to a display pixel scanned to the far end when the display pixel is scanned and driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20200111439
    Abstract: A display device may include a driving controller which may receive a first image signal and output a second image signal, a voltage and clock generator may receive a gate pulse signal and may generate a driving voltage and a gate clock signal to drive a data driver and a gate driver. A frame period may include an active period in which the second image signal is applied to the pixels and a blank period, and the driving controller changes a frequency of the first control signal and the gate pulse signal such that the blank period becomes longer during the frame period when the first image signal corresponds to a set image pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dongkeon KIM, Wonjong OHN, Seonghyeon KIM, Taehoon KIM, Moah CHOI, Suji HAN
  • Publication number: 20200111440
    Abstract: An anti-glare display system is provided, including: at least one camera unit disposed on a moving device, at least disposed on a rear side of the moving device, and photographing a major image in a direction opposite to a moving direction; a processing unit electrically connected to the at least one camera unit to receive the major image and dividing the major image to obtain at least one sub-image; at least one display unit comprising an electrochromic element and electrically connected to the processing unit to receive and display the sub-image from the processing unit; and a microcontroller electrically connected to the processing unit and the at least one display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming CHANG, Chien-Hsun LAI, Yi-Chi CHENG, Shou-Chih CHENG, Tzu-Hsuan WEI, Yao-Wei LIU
  • Publication number: 20200111441
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: detecting two or more users, and determining a location of each of the two or more users with respect to a current configuration of a curved display screen by determining a distance between each user and a respective reference point on the curved display screen, and determining, for each user, an angle between a radius of curvature which extends from the respective reference point on the curved display screen and a line extending between the user and the reference point. The locations of the two or more users are further used to determine an optimal configuration of the curved display screen. One or more instructions to rotate the curved display screen according to the optimal angular position are sent. Moreover, one or more instructions to adjust a curvature of the curved display screen according to the optimal curvature are also sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Su Liu, Jinho Lee, Eric J. Rozner, Inseok Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200111442
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel and a plurality of common voltage generators is provided. The display panel has a plurality of pixel regions. The plurality of common voltage generators are coupled to the plurality of pixel regions respectively and generate a plurality of common voltages, wherein each of the plurality of common voltage generators respectively maintains each of the plurality of common voltages at a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage in a plurality of first timing periods in a first polarity period and respectively maintains each of the plurality of common voltages at a fifth voltage, a fourth voltage, and the third voltage in a plurality of second timing periods in a second polarity period in a narrow view mode, wherein the first voltage>the second voltage>the third voltage>the fourth voltage>the fifth voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Chien Liao, Meng-Chieh Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200111443
    Abstract: An image display method includes: obtaining a composite image that was displayed immediately prior to when a video signal is lost, the composite image being an image in which a first image of an on-screen display (OSD) menu is combined with a display image that is based on the video signal before lost; after the video signal is lost, combining a second image of the OSD menu with the composite image to obtain a combined composite image; and displaying the combined composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200111444
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device, and a source driver and a packet recognition method thereof. In the display device, when check information of a control data packet of transmitted transmission data is normal, a control data packet of to be restored is updated with a control data packet of a current cycle, and when the check information is abnormal, the control data packet to be restored is maintained, so that it is possible to normally drive a source signal even through there is an error or a change in the control data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Young SHIN, Sang Min LEE, Su Hun YANG, Jeung Hie CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200111445
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement is fix a motor vehicle having a human driver. A light source emits a light field including a first color such that the light field is visible to the driver as a virtual image. A light sensor detects a second color that is visible to the driver in a forward direction of the vehicle in an ambient environment outside of the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to both the light source and the light sensor. The processor changes the first color in the light field to a third color. The third color is dependent upon the second color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: ANDREW BIANCHI, SACHIKO KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200111446
    Abstract: Embodiments for implementing a fault tolerant color palette in a device having potential hardware faults by a processor. A fault tolerant color palette, assistive of user color interpretation for a display, may be generated according to a set of colors in a predetermined color palette and one or more user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michele BERLINGERIO, Michele GAZZETTI, Marco Luca SBODIO
  • Publication number: 20200111447
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for converting image frames from one color space to another while predicting artistic choices that a director, colorist, or others would make. In one configuration, a color conversion application receives image frames, an indication of color spaces to convert between, and metadata associated with the image frames and/or regions therein. The conversion application determines a global, base color conversion for the image frames using a predefined color space transformation. Then, the conversion application (optionally) extracts image regions depicting objects of interest in the image frames, after which the color conversion application processes each of the extracted image regions and the remaining image frames (after the extracted regions have been removed) using one or more functions determined using machine learning. The processed extracted regions and remainders of the image frames are then combined by the color conversion application for output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yazmaliza YAACOB, Nimesh C. NARAYAN, Kari M. GRUBIN, Andrew J. WAHLQUIST
  • Publication number: 20200111448
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and storage media for dimming a display screen. The method includes: acquiring a parameter value of the display screen to be adjusted, wherein the parameter value has a correspondence with a brightness of the display screen; and comparing the parameter value with a set threshold to obtain a comparison result, and determining a corresponding dimming mode according to the comparison result, and performing dimming on the display screen via the corresponding dimming mode. The above method for dimming a display screen that determines a dimming mode according to a comparison result may overcome the deficiency caused by determining only one dimming mode, and may further mitigate impacts on the display quality while dimming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yuqing WANG
  • Publication number: 20200111449
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to an information terminal, comprising a display screen and a communication device, and also comprising a camera, a photo capturing unit, a photo gray level analysis unit and a display screen display parameter adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ziping Chen, Mengzhen Chen, Jiehui Liu
  • Publication number: 20200111450
    Abstract: When a display query is received, the display query is evaluated and sensor data is transmitted to a display control in a vehicle computer via a first data path and displayed on a display device. A graphical user interface is loaded and transmitted to the display control unit via a second data path. The graphical user interface is synchronized with the display of the sensor data and the synchronized graphical user interface is displayed with the sensor data on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Martin BOEGEL, Chavdar ILIEV
  • Publication number: 20200111451
    Abstract: A virtual reality effects accessory can include a virtual reality headset, an accessory attachment for a virtual reality headset, or a tabletop accessory for providing a fully immersive virtual user experience for a user using a virtual reality entertainment system. The virtual reality headset can include effects emitted from an outlet on the headset such as mist or wind. The accessory attachment for the virtual reality headset can provide for adding additional effects to the virtual reality experience, such as mist. The tabletop accessory can be utilized in addition to an entertainment system to provide for additional effects for the virtual reality experience. All provide for a more immersive virtual reality experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mitchell C. Angeloni, Jose Betancourt
  • Publication number: 20200111452
    Abstract: A display system and vehicle that have novel structures are provided. The display system includes a display panel, a correction circuit, and a memory circuit. The display panel is flexible. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The memory circuit has a function of storing first data about the display region and second data about the non-display region. The non-display region has a region which overlaps with the display region when the display panel is bent. The correction circuit has a function of generating image data to be written to pixels in the display region on the basis of the first data and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20200111453
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of flexible display modules and systems of flexible display modules. Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. Modules and systems have features that permit installation and removal from the front side or the back side of the display. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Cross, Jorge Perez-Bravo
  • Publication number: 20200111454
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating using of a shared local memory for register spilling/filling relating to graphics processors at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes reserving one or more spaces of a shared local memory (SLM) to perform one or more of spilling and filling relating to registers associated with a graphics processor of a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Altug Koker, Balaji Vembu, Murali Ramadoss, Guei-Yuan Lueh, James A. Valerio, Prasoonkumar Surti, Abhishek R. Appu, Vasanth Ranganathan, Kalyan K. Bhiravabhatla, Arthur D. Hunter, JR., Wei-Yu Chen, Subramaniam M. Maiyuran
  • Publication number: 20200111455
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels, and an image shifter that corrects an image corresponding to input image data to be shifted based on age data with respect to the plurality of pixels and an input grayscale of input image data and outputs corrected image data, wherein a shift range of the image is reduced when an age value of the age data exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: SE KEUN LEE, JAE WOO RYU
  • Publication number: 20200111456
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method for controlling display of a screen of a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. In the method for controlling the display of the screen of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal can detect whether a beam emitted by a recognition apparatus arrives. When the mobile terminal detects that a beam arrives, the mobile terminal can determine whether the detected beam is in an inclined state. Once the mobile terminal detects that the beam is in the inclined state, the mobile terminal can adjust a display direction of interface content on a screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Lindong LIU
  • Publication number: 20200111457
    Abstract: A carbon fiber sound board is disclosed with breaks in the fibers to improve the sound quality and timber of the carbon fiber instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ian Klosowiak
  • Publication number: 20200111458
    Abstract: An light weight injection molded neck block with stanchions that guide a bolts form the back of the body to the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ian Klosowiak
  • Publication number: 20200111459
    Abstract: A magnetic resistance system for use with drum sets that allows for various levels of magnetic repulsion between a drum beater and a batter head. A drum beater having a beater magnet is used in conjunction with an impact pad having an impact magnet. The drum beater is attached to a drum pedal, while the impact pad is integrated with the batter head of the drum, either directly or through a suspension bracket. The beater magnet and the impact magnet are oriented to repel each other as the drum beater is driven towards the batter head, thus creating an additional bounce back of the drum beater from the batter head of the drum. One or more subsequent impact pads may be interchanged or stacked with the impact pad in order to further increase the bounce back of the drum beater from the batter head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Thino Cacciolo
  • Publication number: 20200111460
    Abstract: A guitar gig bag with multiple configurations to safely store a guitar that is either assembled or disassembled. When storing a guitar in disassembled mode the neck section of the bag is stuffed into the main storage body and the disassembled neck is stored in a separate sleeve. In the disassembled configuration the complete guitar should easily fit within an airplane's overhead compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ian Klosowiak
  • Publication number: 20200111461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a removable electronic device for emulating at least one sound of a drum-type percussion instrument, said device being intended to instrumentalise a striking element. A defining means defines a striking area on a tangible support. An allocating means allocates a drum element associated with a predetermined sound to the striking area, in a database. At least one sensor generates a stroke signal having at least one piece of stroke information on a stroke of a user with the striking element in the striking area. A computer processing means implements a processing algorithm configured to process the stroke signal to spatially locate said stroke in order to detect the area struck and to determine the drum element corresponding to this area struck. A generating means is configured to generate a sound signal comprising information on the sound virtually generated by said stroke of the striking element in said area struck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jerome Dron
  • Publication number: 20200111462
    Abstract: A sound signal generation device comprises a first signal generation instructor and a second signal generation instructor. The first signal generation instructor provides an instruction for generating a key depression sound signal corresponding to a key depression at the time of the key depression based on key operation information corresponding to an operation of each key of a keyboard. The second signal generation instructor provides an instruction for generating a key release sound signal according to a manner of a key release at the time of the key release based on the key operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Masahiko HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20200111463
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a playing operator, and a sound source which performs processing of receiving, in response to a user operation on the playing operator, a sound generation instruction according to playing operation information including the pitch information indicating the certain pitch and sound volume information indicating a certain volume, and generating sound according to the certain pitch and the certain volume, based on excitation data generated by multiplying partial data by a window function, the partial data being included in excitation signal waveform data generated based on a plurality of waveform data items which are respectively different from each other in sound intensity in the certain pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Goro SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20200111464
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a keyboard device and an electronic musical instrument. The keyboard device includes: a plurality of keys 60 arranged in a left-right direction (scale direction); a base member 50 supporting the keys 60; a vibration transmission member 70 being in contact with the base member 50 across an arrangement region of the keys 60 in the left-right direction; and a vibrator 72 fixed to the vibration transmission member 70 and vibrating based on pressing of the key 60. Therefore, the vibration of the vibrator 72 is transmitted to each of the keys 60 (base member 50) arranged on the left and right via the vibration transmission member 70. As the vibration transmission member 70 has higher rigidity than the base member 50 made of resin, the vibration of the vibrator 72 is easily transmitted in the left-right direction through the vibration transmission member 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Tateki Yamamura, Yoshiki Takaki, Yukihide Takata, Hitoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20200111465
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument includes at least one panel supporting member which supports a panel, the at least one panel supporting member is disposed in spaces formed on an upper surface of a chassis, and the spaces are spaces generated behind rear ends of white keys between two adjacent black keys by arranging a plurality of keys in a manner that rear ends of a plurality of black keys are positioned behind rear ends of a plurality of white keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yukihide Takata
  • Publication number: 20200111466
    Abstract: A pedal device of electronic keyboard instrument is provided. The pedal device of an electronic keyboard instrument includes a damper which applies resistance forces against rotation of pedals to the pedals during rotation of the pedals toward at least one of a first direction and a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Goto, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20200111467
    Abstract: An electronic musical interface performs the following: displaying a chord function progression of a first segment of a musical piece that is to be played by a user in a first region of a display via identifiers specifying respective chord functions; playing back an automatic accompaniment of the first segment; receiving user performance data as the user plays the musical note input device along with the playback of the automatic accompaniment; analyzing each chord contained in the obtained user performance data to determine the chord function of each chord the user played; and displaying, in a second region of the display alongside the first region, an identifier that identifies the determined chord function of the chord the user plays so that the user can determine whether the chord function of each chord the user played matches the chord function of the chord displayed in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki HOFUKU
  • Publication number: 20200111468
    Abstract: A device is provided for capturing vibrations produced by an object such as a musical instrument such as a cymbal of a drum kit. The device comprises a detectable element, such as a ferromagnetic element, such as a metal shim and a sensor spaced apart from and located relative to the musical instrument. The detectable element is located between the sensor and the musical instrument. When the musical instrument vibrates, the sensor remains stationary and the detectable element is vibrated relative to the sensor by the musical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Tlacaelel Miguel Esparza
  • Publication number: 20200111469
    Abstract: Methods and digital circuits providing frequency correction to frequency synthesizers are disclosed. Dual switched-capacitor peak detectors connected to an input signal periodically sample the voltage of the input signal, and then determine a fundamental frequency of the input signal from the output of the dual switched-capacitor peak detectors. Both the sample period and the decay time of the dual switched-capacitor peak detectors are proportional to a time period between a previous pair of voltage peaks detected in the input signal. This makes the peak detectors immune to lower-amplitude oscillations which are often present within a single fundamental cycle in musical signals with strong harmonic components which might otherwise cause errors in frequency estimation. This is done without causing unwanted sluggishness in the transient response of the frequency detection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Second Sound, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Kaczynski
  • Publication number: 20200111470
    Abstract: Methods and digital circuits provide frequency correction to frequency synthesizers. Dual switched-capacitor voltage detectors connected to an input signal periodically sample the voltage of the input signal, and then determine a fundamental frequency of the input signal from the output of the dual switched-capacitor voltage detectors. The sample period of the dual switched-capacitor voltage detectors is proportional to a time period between a previous pair of voltage peaks detected in the input signal, thereby eliminating harmonic components in the original signal which might otherwise cause errors in frequency estimation without causing unwanted sluggishness in the transient response of the frequency detection process. The time period between the previous pair of detected voltage peaks is used to create a decay signal that initiates a capacitor decay time for each voltage detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Brian J. Kaczynski
  • Publication number: 20200111471
    Abstract: A system for controlling noise of a vehicle includes: an engine speed sensor configured for detecting a speed of an engine of the vehicle; a microphone detecting noise of the vehicle; an engine state sensor configured for detecting an operating state of the engine; a signal processing controller receiving the speed of the engine, the noise of the vehicle, and the engine operating state and generating amplified noise based on at least one of the received engine speed, the received noise of the vehicle, and the received engine operating state; a signal processing amplifier receiving the engine speed and the amplified noise and generating output noise by amplifying the amplified noise as much as amplification degree based on the speed of the engine; and a sound transmitting device receiving the output noise and transmitting the output noise or a separate sound source corresponding to the output noise to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In Soo JUNG, Dongchul LEE
  • Publication number: 20200111472
    Abstract: An adaptive noise filtering system and method detect sounds using a sensor onboard a vehicle system. A value of a signal associated with operation of the vehicle system is determined. One or more sounds detected by the sensor are filtered out based on the value of the signal that is determined. Operation of the vehicle system may be controlled using the remaining sound(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Brian E. Kurz
  • Publication number: 20200111473
    Abstract: A method for transmitting audio is disclosed that includes transmitting, by a sending terminal, a sending audio signal to a receiving terminal after a connection between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal is established, the sending audio signal comprises a sending audio, receiving a playing audio played by the receiving terminal; and determining that the sending audio is not played by the receiving terminal based on the sending audio and the playing audio, notifying that the sending audio transmitted to the receiving terminal is not played by the receiving terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yumin TANG, Cunshou Qiu
  • Publication number: 20200111474
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for generating alternate audio for a media stream. The media system receives media that is requested by the user. The media comprises a video and audio. The audio includes words spoken in a first language. The media system stores the received media in a buffer as it is received. The media system separates the audio from the buffered media and determines an emotional state expressed by spoken words of the first language. The media system translates the words spoken in the first language into words spoken in a second language. Using the translated words of the second language, the media system synthesizes speech having the emotional state previously determined. The media system then retrieves the video of the received media from the buffer and synchronizes the synthesized speech with the video to generate the media content in a second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar, Rajendran Pichaimurthy, Madhusudhan Seetharam
  • Publication number: 20200111475
    Abstract: [Object] To more reliably allow a user to perceive the contents of an information notificationissued through a spoken utterance even during the reproduction of content including an utterance, while maintaining the completeness of the information notification. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including an output control unit that controls an output of a spoken utterance during reproduction of content including an utterance section. The output control unit extends a non-utterance section in the content, and causes the spoken utterance to be outputted during reproduction of the extended non-utterance section. In addition, there is provided an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, an output of a spoken utterance during reproduction of content including an utterance section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: YUHEI TAKI, HIRO IWASE, MARI SAITO, SHINICHI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20200111476
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program for causing a computer to execute processing including: converting a speech recognition result of speech recognition performed on an input voice for each of a plurality of languages into a phoneme string; calculating a phoneme count for each of the plurality of languages from the corresponding one of the phoneme strings obtained by the conversion for the respective languages; and identifying a type of language matched with the input voice based on the phoneme counts calculated for the respective languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Kamano, Yohei KISHI, Chisato Shioda, Nobuyuki WASHIO, Masanao SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200111477
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of voice commands in a device, the commands including a first trigger phrase and a command phrase, identifying a plurality of occurrences of a particular command phrase in the plurality of voice commands, configuring a second trigger phrase in the device based on the particular command phrase, identifying a subsequent voice command including the second trigger phrase in the device, and executing the particular command phrase on the device responsive to the second trigger phrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Boby Iyer, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20200111478
    Abstract: A method includes receiving initial training data associated with a trigger phrase in a device and training a voice model in the device using the initial training data. The voice model is used to identify a plurality of voice commands in the device initiated using the trigger phrase. Collection of additional training data from the plurality of voice commands and retraining of the voice model in the device are iteratively performed using the additional training data. A device includes a microphone and a processor to receive initial training data associated with a trigger phrase using the microphone, train a voice model device using the initial training data, use the voice model to identify a plurality of voice commands initiated using the trigger phrase, and iteratively collect additional training data from the plurality of voice commands and retrain the voice model in the device using the additional training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Boby Iyer, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20200111479
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for speaker recognition personalization. The method recognizes speech received from a speaker interacting with a speech interface using a set of allocated resources, the set of allocated resources including bandwidth, processor time, memory, and storage. The method records metrics associated with the recognized speech, and after recording the metrics, modifies at least one of the allocated resources in the set of allocated resources commensurate with the recorded metrics. The method recognizes additional speech from the speaker using the modified set of allocated resources. Metrics can include a speech recognition confidence score, processing speed, dialog behavior, requests for repeats, negative responses to confirmations, and task completions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Andrej LJOLJE, Alistair D. CONKIE, Ann K. SYRDAL
  • Publication number: 20200111480
    Abstract: A method for confirming a trigger in an audio input detected by a voice-activated intelligent device that listens for and detects a trigger in the audio input, confirms whether the trigger in the audio input is intended to wake the device, and if confirmed, the device is instructed to activate. If the trigger cannot be confirmed, the device is instructed to ignore the trigger. The step of confirming whether the trigger is intended to activate the device may include determining whether the audio input is human generated speech, which may also include detecting a fingerprint in the audio input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kevin Hague
  • Publication number: 20200111481
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition using neural networks. A feature vector that models audio characteristics of a portion of an utterance is received. Data indicative of latent variables of multivariate factor analysis is received. The feature vector and the data indicative of the latent variables is provided as input to a neural network. A candidate transcription for the utterance is determined based on at least an output of the neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew W. Senior, Ignacio Lopez Moreno
  • Publication number: 20200111482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein an artificial intelligence apparatus for recognizing speech in consideration of an utterance style including a microphone, and a processor configured to obtain, via the microphone, speech data including speech of a user, extract an utterance feature vector from the obtained speech data, determine an utterance style corresponding to the speech based on the extracted utterance feature vector, and generate a speech recognition result using a speech recognition model corresponding to the determined utterance style.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200111483
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition using complex evolution recurrent neural networks. In some implementations, audio data indicating acoustic characteristics of an utterance is received. A first vector sequence comprising audio features determined from the audio data is generated. A second vector sequence is generated, as output of a first recurrent neural network in response to receiving the first vector sequence as input, where the first recurrent neural network has a transition matrix that implements a cascade of linear operators comprising (i) first linear operators that are complex-valued and unitary, and (ii) one or more second linear operators that are non-unitary. An output vector sequence of a second recurrent neural network is generated. A transcription for the utterance is generated based on the output vector sequence generated by the second recurrent neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Izhak Shafran, Thomas E. Bagby, Russell John Wyatt Skerry-Ryan
  • Publication number: 20200111484
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for cross-lingual speech recognition are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining a context of a second computing device. The actions further include identifying, by a first computing device, an additional pronunciation for a term of multiple terms. The actions further include including the additional pronunciation for the term in the lexicon. The actions further include receiving audio data of an utterance. The actions further include generating a transcription of the utterance by using the lexicon that includes the multiple terms and the pronunciation for each of the multiple terms and the additional pronunciation for the term. The actions further include after generating the transcription of the utterance, removing the additional pronunciation for the term from the lexicon. The actions further include providing, for output, the transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Petar Aleksic, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar
  • Publication number: 20200111485
    Abstract: Customer relationship management (“CRM”) implemented in a computer system, including parsing a word, from call notes of a conversation between a tele-agent of a call center and a customer representative, into a parsed triple of a description logic; determining whether the parsed triple is recorded in a semantic CRM triple store of the computer system; if the parsed triple is not recorded in the semantic CRM triple store, recording the parsed triple as a call note in the semantic CRM triple store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: N3, LLC
    Inventor: Shannon L. Copeland