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Howard Richman

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311
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278
Pending Applications
5
Abandoned Applications
28

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/884143
SIGNAL PLAYING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Sep 12, 2024 Pending
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18/818610
NON-COHERENT NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND NON-COHERENT NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE Aug 28, 2024 Pending
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18/790528
SPECTROGRAM BASED TIME ALIGNMENT FOR INDEPENDENT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS Jul 30, 2024 Pending
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18/679083
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING GESTURE CONTROL SYSTEM USING FREQUENCY-HOPPING SPREAD SPECTRUM TRANSMISSION May 29, 2024 Pending
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18/676834
SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM May 28, 2024 Pending
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18/666237
SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM May 15, 2024 Pending
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18/665069
Directionality Induced Robust Acoustic Echo Canceler Adaptation May 14, 2024 Pending
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18/635582
IMAGING APPARATUS, SOUND COLLECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM Apr 14, 2024 Pending
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18/625253
MICROPHONE SIGNALBEAMFORMING PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 2, 2024 Pending
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18/623752
Microphone device with adjustable aiming angle and voice recognition system and voice recognition method using the same Mar 31, 2024 Issued
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18/616627
Determination of noise presence in recorded sounds Mar 25, 2024 Issued
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18/607898
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MICROPHONE WITH CALIBRATED ALGORITHM TO WIDEN SPEECH OUTPUT RANGE FOR A HEADSET DEVICE Mar 17, 2024 Pending
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18/605935
Audio Signal Processing Method and Audio Signal Processing System Mar 14, 2024 Pending
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18/593369
AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AND AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD Feb 29, 2024 Pending
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18/589768
Audio signal playing method and apparatus, and electronic device Feb 27, 2024 Issued
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18/582932
Method and apparatus for adaptive control of decorrelation filters Feb 20, 2024 Issued
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18/442521
Method and device for determining a microphone status Feb 14, 2024 Issued
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18/438681
Image capture apparatus Feb 11, 2024 Issued
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18/438883
IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD Feb 11, 2024 Pending
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18/438660
Image capturing apparatus Feb 11, 2024 Issued
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