For Storage Or Transmission Patents (Class 704/201)
  • Patent number: 11960762
    Abstract: A method for managing a memory buffer, a memory control circuit unit, and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps. Multiple consecutive first commands are received from a host system. A command ratio of read command among the first commands is calculated. The memory storage apparatus is being configured in a first mode or a second mode according to the command ratio and a ratio threshold. A first buffer is configured in a buffer memory to temporarily store a logical-to-physical address mapping table in response to the memory storage device being configured in the first mode, in which the first buffer has a first capacity. A second buffer is configured in the buffer memory in response to the memory storage device being configured in the second mode, in which the second buffer has a second capacity, which is greater than the first capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Hsiao, Chun Hao Lin
  • Patent number: 11955136
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for detecting and localizing gunshots are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Garth Paine
  • Patent number: 11908450
    Abstract: A conversation design is received for a conversation bot that enables the conversation bot to provide a service using a conversation flow specified at least in part by the conversation design. The conversation design specifies in a first human language at least a portion of a message content to be provided by the conversation bot. It is identified that an end-user of the conversation bot prefers to converse in a second human language different from the first human language. In response to a determination that the message content is to be provided by the conversation bot to the end-user, the message content of the conversation design is dynamically translated for the end-user from the first human language to the second human language. The translated message content is provided to the end-user in a message from the conversation bot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jebakumar Mathuram Santhosm Swvigaradoss, Satya Sarika Sunkara, Ankit Goel, Rajesh Voleti, Rishabh Verma, Patrick Casey, Rao Surapaneni
  • Patent number: 11887602
    Abstract: Techniques for performing audio-based device location determinations are described. A system may send, to a first device, a command to output audio requesting a location of the first device be determined. A second device may receive the audio and send, to the system, data representing the second device received the audio, where the received data includes spectral energy data representing a spectral energy of the audio as received by the second device. The system may, using the spectral energy data, determine attenuation data representing an attenuation experienced by the audio as it traveled from the first device to the second device. The system may generate, based on the attenuation data, spatial relationship data representing a spatial relationship between the first device and the second device, where the spatial relationship data is usable to determine a device for outputting a response to a subsequently received user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendon Jude Wilson, Henry Michael D Souza, Cindy Angie Hou, Christopher Evans, Sumit Garg, Ravina Chopra
  • Patent number: 11869098
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for presenting information associated with content creators. The techniques comprise receiving information about a first subset of users selected based on information about a first users, displaying information about a second user among the first subset of users in a first area of a user interface, displaying information about a plurality of users among a second subset of users in a second area of the user interface while displaying the information about the second user in the first area, determining that the first user has a desire to review information about a third user among the first subset of users based on user input, displaying information about the third user in the first area, and displaying information about a plurality of users among a third subset of users in the second area while displaying the information about the third user in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LEMON INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Privitelli, Chris Weigele, Michael Buzinover
  • Patent number: 11871205
    Abstract: A parametric stereo upmix method for generating a left signal and a right signal from a mono downmix signal based on spatial parameters includes predicting a difference signal comprising a difference between the left signal and the right signal based on the mono downmix signal scaled with a prediction coefficient. The prediction coefficient is derived from the spatial parameters. The method further includes deriving the left signal and the right signal based on a sum and a difference of the mono downmix signal and said difference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Erik G. P. Schuijers
  • Patent number: 11854564
    Abstract: A device capable of autonomous motion may move in an environment and may receive audio data from a microphone. A model may be trained to process the audio data to suppress noise from the audio data. The model may include an encoder that includes one or more convolutional layers, one or more recurrent layers, and a decoder that includes one or more convolutional layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Navin Chatlani, Amit Singh Chhetri
  • Patent number: 11836539
    Abstract: Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a communications subsystem having an interface module and a protocol module with the communications subsystem being configured to be coupled to an antenna. An applications subsystem includes a software applications module and an abstraction module. The software applications module is to execute an operating system and user applications; the abstraction module is to provide an interface with the software applications module. A controller interface module is coupled to the abstraction module and the interface module and is to convert signals from the applications subsystem into signals that are executable by the communications subsystem. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Danfeng Hong, Jose Guterman, Chris Hills
  • Patent number: 11800204
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing content to a user device. Content is provided to a user via an e-book transmission channel via a network for display on a first application, wherein pre-defined metadata associated with the content identifies a content event trigger at a point in the content, wherein the content event trigger is associated with a user accessing a pre-specified point of the e-book. When the content event trigger is reached, a trigger signal is received via the network and transmitting supplemental content that was not previously accessible on the device over the network from a server to the device for access on a second mobile device application that is different from the first mobile device application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IPAR, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph L Spears
  • Patent number: 11756542
    Abstract: An audio signal processing method receives, by a terminal, a backtalk input instruction from a performer, obtains, by a microphone connected to the terminal, voice information from the performer, and outputs, in a case where the backtalk input instruction has been received by the terminal, a backtalk signal corresponding to the voice information obtained by the microphone connected to the terminal to a monitor bus of a mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Aiso
  • Patent number: 11703821
    Abstract: A system for controlling automation includes a machine which collects data generated by performance of an operation by the machine. A user device displays a machine control interface (MCI) corresponding to the machine. The MCI displays the collected data to a touch interface of the user device, and defines at least one touch activated user interface element (UIE) for manipulating the data. The user device can be enabled as an automation human machine interface (HMI) device for controlling an operation performed by the machine, such that a touch action applied to a UIE of the MCI controls the operation. A prerequisite condition to enabling the user device as an automation HMI device can include activation of an enabling switch selectively connected to the user device. The MCI can be stored in a memory of the enabling switch and retrieved from the enabling switch by the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BEET, Inc.
    Inventor: David Jingqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11694054
    Abstract: A computer device (100), configured to encode identifiers by providing audio identifiers therefrom, is described. The computer device (100) is configured to provide a set of audio signals as respective bitstreams. Each audio signal of the set of audio signals is defined based, at least in part, on audio signal information including at least one of a type, a fundamental frequency, a time signature and a time. Each audio signal comprises a set of audio segments. Each audio segment of the set of audio segments is defined based, at least in part, on audio segment information including at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, a transform, a time duration and an envelope. The computer device (100) is configured to receive an identifier and select a subset of audio signals from the set of audio signals according to the received identifier based, at least in part, on the audio signal information and/or the audio segment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PLEASE HOLD (UK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick Lafferty, Alice Salmon, Lucy Drennan
  • Patent number: 11677725
    Abstract: A communications system between a source and a destination includes a transmitter at the source and a communication connectivity. The transmitter comprises a preprocessor and a candidate envelope folder to provide M known a priori digital envelopes, M?1. The preprocessor has N input ports and N output ports, N>M, performs at least one wavefront multiplexing (WFM) transform on N inputs received at the N input ports to generate N outputs at the N output ports. The preprocessor performs the at least one WFM transform by calculating, for each of the N outputs, a linear combination of the N inputs using one of the M digital envelopes such that a digital format of one of the N outputs appears to human sensors as having features substantially identical to a digital format of the one of the M digital envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SPATIAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald C. D. Chang, Juo-Yu Lee, Steve K. Chen
  • Patent number: 11670323
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for detecting impairment of an individual. The method involves operating a processor to: receive at least one image associated with the individual; and identify at least one feature in each image. The method further involves operating the processor to, for each feature: generate an intensity representation for that feature; apply at least one impairment analytical model to the intensity representation to determine a respective impairment likelihood; and determine a confidence level for each impairment likelihood based on characteristics associated with at least the applied impairment analytical model and that feature. The method further involves operating the processor to: define the impairment of the individual based on at least one impairment likelihood and the respective confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PredictMedix Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Kushwah, Sheldon Kales, Nandan Mishra, Himanshu Ujjawal Singh, Saurabh Gupta
  • Patent number: 11621004
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) is operative to generate CN (Comfort Noise) control parameters, e.g., as part of audio-decoding processing by the UE. A buffer of a predetermined size implemented in the UE is configured to store CN parameters for SID (Silence Insertion Descriptor) frames and active hangover frames. Processing circuitry of the UE is configured to determine a CN parameter subset relevant for SID frames based on the age of the stored CN parameters and on residual energies, and use the determined CN parameter subset to determine CN control parameters for a first SID frame following an active signal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Tomas Jansson Toftgård
  • Patent number: 11587578
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface for microphones, a separated source processor configured to analyze channels from the microphones, and a voice activity detector (VAD) circuit. The VAD circuit is configured to generate a voice estimate (VE) value. The VE value is to indicate a likelihood of human speech received by the microphones. Generating the VE value includes adjusting the VE value based upon a delay between two of the microphones. The VAD circuit is configured to provide the VE value to the separated source processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Xiao Lin
  • Patent number: 11581002
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication method, apparatus, and system for a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) base station. The method includes: determining, based on a communication connection request sent by a handset, whether a base station satisfies a wideband (WB) voice communication requirement of the handset, and returning communication acknowledgment information; and enabling the base station to perform WB voice communication with the handset if the communication acknowledgment information is a positive acknowledgment, or enabling the base station to perform narrowband (NB) voice communication with the handset if the communication acknowledgment information is a negative acknowledgment. The present disclosure can implement WB voice communication between a DECT base station and more than six handsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: YEALINK (XIAMEN) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wanjian Feng, Bingyang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11573993
    Abstract: Artificial intelligence is introduced into document review to identify content suggestions from input to generate suggested annotations for the reviewed document. An approach is provided for receiving an electronic document that contains original content from an original electronic document for review and electronic mark-ups provided by a first user. One or more electronic mark-ups that represent content suggestions proposed by the first user are identified from the electronic document. For each electronic mark-up of the one or more electronic mark-ups identified a document portion of the original content that corresponds to the electronic mark-up is identified, and an annotation is generated for the electronic mark-up comprising the electronic mark-up and a first user ID for the first user and associating the annotation to the document portion identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Steven A. Nelson, Hiroshi Kitada, Lana Wong
  • Patent number: 11568880
    Abstract: The application relates to HFR (High Frequency Reconstruction/Regeneration) of audio signals. In particular, the application relates to a method and system for performing HFR of audio signals having large variations in energy level across the low frequency range which is used to reconstruct the high frequencies of the audio signal. A system configured to generate a plurality of high frequency subband signals covering a high frequency interval from a plurality of low frequency subband signals is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventor: Kristofer Kjoerling
  • Patent number: 11568868
    Abstract: A voice control method can be applied to a first terminal, and include: receiving a user's voice operation instruction after the first terminal is activated, the voice operation instruction being used for controlling the first terminal to perform a target operation; sending an instruction execution request to a server after the voice operation instruction is received, the instruction execution request being used for requesting the server to determine whether the first terminal is to respond to the voice operation instruction according to device information of the terminal in a device network, wherein the first terminal is located in the device network; and performing the target operation in a case where a response message is received from the server, the response message indicating that the first terminal is to respond to the voice operation instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chizhen Gao
  • Patent number: 11516582
    Abstract: An audio processing system may split frequency-domain processing between multiple DSP cores. Processing multi-channel audio data—e.g., from devices with multiple speakers—may require more computing power than available on a single DSP core. Such processing typically occurs in the frequency domain; DSP cores, however, typically communicate via ports configured for transferring data in the time-domain. Converting frequency-domain data into the time domain for transfer requires additional resources and introduces lag. Furthermore, transferring frequency-domain data may result in scheduling issues due to a mismatch between buffer size, bit rate, and the size of the frequency-domain data chunks transferred. However, the buffer size and bit rate may be artificially configured to transfer a chunk of frequency-domain data corresponding to a delay in the communication mechanism used by the DSP cores. In this manner, frequency-domain data can be transferred with a proper periodicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar Dhanapalan, Nicola Zandona
  • Patent number: 11482019
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive video frames corresponding to an interior of a vehicle. The processor may be configured to perform video operations on the video frames to detect objects in the video frames, detect one or more passengers based on the objects detected in the video frames, determine a location of each of the passengers detected and generate a climate control signal for each of said passengers. The climate control signal may be implemented to control climate settings in a plurality of climate zones within the vehicle. The processor may correlate the location of each of the passengers to the climate zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Pier Paolo Porta
  • Patent number: 11462236
    Abstract: The disclosure describes one or more embodiments of an acoustic improvement system that accurately and efficiently determines and provides actionable acoustic improvement suggestions to users for digital audio recordings via an interactive graphical user interface. For example, the acoustic improvement system can assist users in creating high-quality digital audio recordings by providing a combination of acoustic quality metrics and actionable acoustic improvement suggestions within the interactive graphical user interface customized to each digital audio recording. In this manner, all users can easily and intuitively utilize the acoustic improvement system to improve the quality of digital audio recordings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Nick Bryan
  • Patent number: 11451664
    Abstract: A system and method configured to generate a simulated caller dialog including a caller intended issue for a scenario for testing a customer service representative (CSR). A simulated caller dialog is presented to the CSR and a CSR response to the simulated caller dialog is received and includes a CSR interpretation of the caller intended issue to the simulated caller dialog. An understanding determination result based on an intent determination recognition score is generated by an intent determination recognition model is generated in response to a comparison of the CSR interpretation of the caller intended issue matching the caller intended issue in the simulated caller dialog. A CSR score is generated for the scenario based on the understanding determination result. The CSR score is recorded to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Caron, Patrick J. Daniher, Christopher K. Hays, Joseph Livingston, Cadesha M. Prawl
  • Patent number: 11449223
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying a list of voicemail messages; detecting selection by a user of a respective voicemail message in the list; responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message by initiating playback of the user-selected voicemail message; displaying a progress bar for the user-selected voicemail message, wherein the progress bar indicates the portion of the user-selected voicemail message that has been played; detecting movement of a finger of the user from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar; and responding to the detection of the finger movement by restarting playback of the user-selected voicemail message at a position within the user-selected voicemail message corresponding substantially to the second position on the progress bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Gregory N. Christie, Scott Forstall, Gregory Novick, Steven P. Jobs, Imran Chaudhri, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick L. Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill
  • Patent number: 11430439
    Abstract: Method for providing assistance in conversation including recognizing, by recognition module, conversation between primary user and at least one secondary user, identifying, by recognition module, first and second context data for primary user and at least one secondary user based on conversation; generating, by response generation module, at least one response on behalf of primary user based on at least one of second context data derived from at least one secondary user, and first context data; analyzing, by determining module, at least one action of primary user in at least one response on second context data; determining, by determining module, intervening situation in conversation based on at least one action; selecting, by intervening response module, intervening response from at least one response for determined intervening situation based on at least one action; and delivering, by response delivery module, intervening response to at least one secondary user during determined intervening situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Ritesh Shreeshreemal, Gaurav Chaurasia
  • Patent number: 11418244
    Abstract: For Type-II codebook compression, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a reference signal and a processor that identifies a set of taps over a layer based on the reference signal, where the set of taps are selected from a set of Nsb indices, the value Nsb representing a number of sub-bands. The processor generates a combinatorial codeword representing the set of taps. The processor reports the combinatorial codeword for the set of taps as part of a CSI feedback report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Udar Mittal, Tyler Brown, Ahmed Hindy
  • Patent number: 11406001
    Abstract: An exemplary lighting system utilizes intelligent system elements, such as lighting devices, user interfaces for lighting control or the like and possibly sensors, and utilizes network communication amongst such intelligent system elements. Some processing functions performed within the system are implemented on a distributed processing basis, by two or more of the intelligent elements of the lighting system. Distributed processing, for example, may enable use of available processor and/or memory resources of a number of intelligent system elements to process a particular job. Another distributed processing approach might entail programming to configure two or more of the intelligent system elements to implement multiple instances of a server functionality with respect to client functionalities implemented on intelligent system elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Januk Aggarwal, Jason Rogers, David P. Ramer, Jack C. Rains, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11404044
    Abstract: A method for voice translation includes: receiving a voice signal of a first language; obtaining a plurality of voice segments forming the voice signal; determining integrity of a first voice segment with respect to a second voice segment based on a voice feature of the first voice segment and a voice feature of the second voice segment; obtaining an output voice segment based on the integrity of the first voice segment with respect to the second voice segment; and outputting a text in a second language corresponding to the voice signal of the first language based on the output voice segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mei Tu, Wei Liu, Fan Zhang, Song Liu
  • Patent number: 11393458
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for speech recognition. The method includes: determining, based on an acoustic score of a speech frame in a speech signal, a non-silence frame in the speech signal; determining a buffer frame between adjacent non-silence frames based on the acoustic score of the speech frame, a modeling unit corresponding to the buffer frame characterizing a beginning or end of a sentence; and decoding a speech frame after removing the buffer frame from the speech signal, to obtain a speech recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyao Shao, Sheng Qian
  • Patent number: 11347194
    Abstract: A system for controlling automation includes a machine which collects data generated by performance of an operation by the machine. A user device displays a machine control interface (MCI) corresponding to the machine. The MCI displays the collected data to a touch interface of the user device, and defines at least one touch activated user interface element (UIE) for manipulating the data. The user device can be enabled as an automation human machine interface (HMI) device for controlling an operation performed by the machine, such that a touch action applied to a UIE of the MCI controls the operation. A prerequisite condition to enabling the user device as an automation HMI device can include activation of an enabling switch selectively connected to the user device. The MCI can be stored in a memory of the enabling switch and retrieved from the enabling switch by the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: BEET, INC.
    Inventor: David Jingqiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11302317
    Abstract: Achieving voice utterance that can attract an interest of a target further effectively. There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes an utterance control unit that controls output of voice utterance. The utterance control unit determines a target on the basis of an analyzed context, and controls an output device to output an attracting utterance that attracts an interest of the target. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method that includes executing, by a processor, output control of voice utterance. The execution of the output control further includes determining a target on the basis of an analyzed context and controlling an output device to output an attracting utterance that attracts an interest of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari Saito, Hiro Iwase, Shinichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11272249
    Abstract: A disclosed example apparatus includes means for storing a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, means for communicating to send a third-party device identifier or a user identifier corresponding to the user to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, and receive user information from the database proprietor based on the third-party device identifier or the user identifier, and means for processing to log a demographic impression based on the media impression and the user information, and generate an impression report corresponding to the media based on the demographic impression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Adrian Swift
  • Patent number: 11263198
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for systematically finding and fixing automatic speech recognition (ASR) mistranscriptions and natural language understanding (NLU) misinterpretations and labeling data for machine learning. High similarity of non-identical consecutive queries indicates ASR mistranscriptions. Consecutive queries with close vectors in a semantic embedding space indicates NLU misinterpretations. Key phrases and barge-in also indicate errors. Only queries within a short amount of time are considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SOUNDHOUND, INC.
    Inventors: Olivia Bettaglio, Pranav Singh
  • Patent number: 11250870
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a communication circuitry configured to establish a voice call with an external electronic device; a microphone; a memory configured to store a first sound quality enhancement parameter; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: obtain an audio signal associated with speech through the microphone, during the voice call; transmit, to a server, voice data based on the audio signal when the ratio is within a first range; transmit, to the server, noise data based on the audio signal, when the ratio is within a second range; receive an updated sound quality enhancement parameter from the server with the communication circuit during the voice call; and adjust the first sound quality enhancement parameter stored in the memory, based on the updated sound quality enhancement parameter received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gunwoo Lee, Hangil Moon, Soonho Baek, Beakkwon Son, Jaemo Yang
  • Patent number: 11249718
    Abstract: What is described is a system for outputting audio signals having a first output device for outputting audio signals having predeterminable parameter values of a first set of settable parameters, a data storage for storing parameter values, and an administration device. Thus, the administration device accesses the data storage and searches for stored parameter values for a set of parameters which is equal or similar to the first set of parameters. In addition, in case of having found stored parameter values, the administration device transfers the parameter values and/or parameter values determined therefrom to the first output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventor: Jens Ekkehart Appell
  • Patent number: 11238876
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a new method and a new apparatus for enhancement of audio source coding systems utilising high frequency reconstruction (HFR). It utilises a detection mechanism on the encoder side to assess what parts of the spectrum will not be correctly reproduced by the HFR method in the decoder. Information on this is efficiently coded and sent to the decoder, where it is combined with the output of the HFR input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Kristofer Kjoerling, Per Ekstrand, Holger Hoerich
  • Patent number: 11221608
    Abstract: A device includes: a first acquiring unit to acquire context information corresponding to running operation among pieces of context information; a second acquiring unit to acquire detection information output from a detecting unit detecting a physical quantity of a target device; an extracting unit to extract, from the detection information, feature information indicating a feature of the detection information in an interval including a specific operation interval of the target device; a selecting unit to select reference feature information used as reference based on the feature information, and sequentially select pieces of target feature information; a calculating unit to calculate a likelihood of a process interval based on a comparison between the reference feature information and each piece of target feature information; a determining unit to determine whether the target feature information corresponding to the likelihood is included in the process interval based on the likelihood; and an estimating uni
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: RICOH COMPANY, LTD., FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Goto, Junichi Takami, Yasunobu Shirata, Tomoki Umezawa, Yohsuke Muramoto, Takafumi Horio, Yu Teshima
  • Patent number: 11170797
    Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information is disclosed. The audio decoder includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Guillaume Fuchs, Sascha Disch, Markus Multrus, Grzegorz Pietrzyk, Benjamin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11132177
    Abstract: CMOS-compatible high-speed and low power random number generator and techniques for use thereof are provided. In one aspect, a random number generator includes: a noise amplification unit configured to generate an amplified noise signal, wherein the noise amplification unit includes noise amplification unit transistors having a threshold voltage (Vt,amp) of about 0; and a computing unit configured to process the amplified noise signal from the noise amplification unit to generate a stream of random numbers, wherein the computing unit comprises computing unit transistors having absolute values of a Vt,compute that are larger than the Vt,amp of the noise amplification unit transistors in the noise amplification unit. For digital implementations, an analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize the amplified noise signal can be employed. For analog implementations, a sample and hold circuit configured to sample the amplified noise signal can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Ghavam Shahidi
  • Patent number: 11127411
    Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information is disclosed. The audio decoder includes a linear-prediction-domain decoder configured to provide a first decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a linear prediction domain, a frequency domain decoder configured to provide a second decoded audio information on the basis of an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain, and a transition processor. The transition processor is configured to obtain a zero-input-response of a linear predictive filtering, wherein an initial state of the linear predictive filtering is defined depending on the first decoded audio information and the second decoded audio information, and modify the second decoded audio information depending on the zero-input-response, to obtain a smooth transition between the first and the modified second decoded audio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Guillaume Fuchs, Sascha Disch, Markus Multrus, Grzegorz Pietrzyk, Benjamin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11069373
    Abstract: A speech processing method for estimating a pitch frequency includes: executing a conversion process that includes acquiring an input spectrum from an input signal by converting the input signal from a time domain to a frequency domain; executing a feature amount acquisition process that includes acquiring a feature amount of speech likeness for each band included in a target band based on the input spectrum; executing a selection process that includes selecting a selection band selected from the target band based on the feature amount of speech likeness for each band; and executing a detection process that includes detecting a pitch frequency based on the input spectrum and the selection band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Sayuri Nakayama, Taro Togawa, Takeshi Otani
  • Patent number: 11030995
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for adaptively selecting an acoustic feature extractor in an Artificial Intelligence system is provided. The present invention may include acquiring a frame of an acoustic signal. The present invention may include checking a status of a flag to be used to indicate a proper acoustic feature extractor to be selected. The present invention may include processing the frame of the acoustic signal by the selected acoustic feature extractor indicated by the checked status. The present invention may include determining, based on data generated in the processing of the frame of the acoustic signal, an actual status of the frame of the acoustic signal. The present invention may include updating the status of the flag according to the actual status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Xing Liang, Ning Zhang, Yu Ling Zheng, Yu Chen Zhou
  • Patent number: 11017769
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media that may be used to modify a voice action system to include voice actions provided by advertisers or users are provided. One method includes receiving electronic voice action bids from advertisers to modify the voice action system to include a specific voice action (e.g., a triggering phrase and an action). One or more bids may be selected. The method includes, for each of the selected bids, modifying data associated with the voice action system to include the voice action associated with the bid, such that the action associated with the respective voice action is performed when voice input from a user is received that the voice action system determines to correspond to the triggering phrase associated with the respective voice action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar
  • Patent number: 11019445
    Abstract: A parametric stereo upmix method for generating a left signal and a right signal from a mono downmix signal based on spatial parameters includes predicting a difference signal comprising a difference between the left signal and the right signal based on the mono downmix signal scaled with a prediction coefficient. The prediction coefficient is derived from the spatial parameters. The method further includes deriving the left signal and the right signal based on a sum and a difference of the mono downmix signal and said difference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers
  • Patent number: 10991362
    Abstract: Provided is a target speech signal extraction method for robust speech recognition including: receiving information on a direction of arrival of the target speech source with respect to the microphones; generating a nullformer by using the information on the direction of arrival of the target speech source to remove the target speech signal from the input signals and to estimate noise; setting a real output of the target speech source using an adaptive vector as a first channel and setting a dummy output by the nullformer as a remaining channel; setting a cost function for minimizing dependency between the real output of the target speech source and the dummy output using the nullformer by performing independent component analysis (ICA) or independent vector analysis (IVA); setting an auxiliary function to the cost function; and estimating the target speech signal by using the cost function and the auxiliary function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyung Min Park, Seoyoung Lee, Seung-Yun Kim, Byung Joon Cho, Uihyeop Shin
  • Patent number: 10984799
    Abstract: A speech interface device is configured with “hybrid” capabilities, which allows the speech interface device to perform actions in response to user speech, even when the speech interface device is unable to communicate with a remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). A hybrid request selector of the speech interface device sends audio data representing user speech to both a remote speech processing system and a local speech processing component executing on the speech interface device, and then waits for a response from either or both components. The local speech processing component may start execution based on the audio data and subsequently suspend the execution until further instruction from the hybrid request selector. The hybrid request selector can then determine which response to use, and, depending on which response is chosen, may instruct the local speech processing component to either continue or terminate the suspended execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Stanislaw Ignacy Pasko, Michal Papierski, Maciej Makowski, Marcin Fuszara
  • Patent number: 10971156
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for speech recognition are provided. A third-party application corresponding to a speech signal of a user can be determined according to the speech signal and by means of semantic analysis; and third-party application registry information is searched for and a third-party program is started, so that the user does not need to tap the third-party application to start the corresponding program, thereby providing more intelligent service for the user and facilitating use for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Teciinologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shanfu Li, Mingjie Dong
  • Patent number: 10891964
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) is operative to generate CN (Comfort Noise) control parameters, e.g., as part of audio-decoding processing by the UE. A buffer of a predetermined size implemented in the UE is configured to store CN parameters for SID (Silence Insertion Descriptor) frames and active hangover frames. Processing circuitry of the UE is configured to determine a CN parameter subset relevant for SID frames based on the age of the stored CN parameters and on residual energies, and use the determined CN parameter subset to determine CN control parameters for a first SID frame following an active signal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Tomas Jansson Toftgård
  • Patent number: 10878830
    Abstract: Described are an encoder for coding speech-like content and/or general audio content, wherein the encoder is configured to embed, at least in some frames, parameters in a bitstream, which parameters enhance a concealment in case an original frame is lost, corrupted or delayed, and a decoder for decoding speech-like content and/or general audio content, wherein the decoder is configured to use parameters which are sent later in time to enhance a concealment in case an original frame is lost, corrupted or delayed, as well as a method for encoding and a method for decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jérémie Lecomte, Benjamin Schubert, Michael Schnabel, Martin Dietz