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Harold I. Pitts

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2876
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2505, 2607, 2876, 2601, 2604, 2724, 2303, 2514, 2305, 2309
Total Applications
1939
Issued Applications
1668
Pending Applications
49
Abandoned Applications
222

Applications

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18/576322
Generating method, generating program, and generating device Jul 4, 2021 Issued
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17/348129
Audio processing apparatus and method for audio scene classification Jun 14, 2021 Issued
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17/344650
Computerized monitoring of digital audio signals Jun 9, 2021 Issued
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17/343431
Providing high quality speech recognition Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/908014
Speech synthesis method and system Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/337764
Systems and methods for comparing legal clauses Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/337182
Server side hotwording Jun 1, 2021 Issued
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17/331816
Real-time anomaly determination using integrated probabilistic system May 26, 2021 Issued
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17/331427
Multi-scale spectrogram text-to-speech May 25, 2021 Issued
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17/329972
Voice output device and voice output method May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/325676
Automated social agent interaction quality monitoring and improvement May 19, 2021 Issued
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17/921074
Beamforming method using online likelihood maximization combined with steering vector estimation for robust speech recognition, and apparatus therefor May 6, 2021 Issued
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17/245751
Electronic device for processing user utterance and controlling method thereof Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/243434
Mixed adaptive and fixed coefficient neural networks for speech enhancement Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/239894
Flexible-format voice command Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/231926
Conditional preparation for automated assistant input from a user in a vehicle Apr 14, 2021 Issued
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17/230810
Apparatus and method for processing an audio input recording to obtain a processed audio recording to address privacy issues Apr 13, 2021 Issued
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17/215446
Self-improving intent classification Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/205078
Abnormality degree calculation system and method Mar 17, 2021 Issued
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17/204852
Emitting word timings with end-to-end models Mar 16, 2021 Issued
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