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Shaun A. Roberts

Examiner (ID: 5918, Phone: (571)270-7541 , Office: P/2657 )

Most Active Art Unit
2657
Art Unit(s)
RD00, 2626, 2655, 2657
Total Applications
815
Issued Applications
620
Pending Applications
67
Abandoned Applications
156

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/377157
Method of encoding and decoding audio signal using linear predictive coding and encoder and decoder performing the method Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/343433
Removal of audio noise Jun 8, 2021 Issued
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17/303783
Masterbot architecture in a scalable multi-service virtual assistant platform Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/307704
Speaker verification May 3, 2021 Issued
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17/237258
Systems, methods and interfaces for multilingual processing Apr 21, 2021 Issued
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17/234916
Inaudible frequency transmission in interactive content Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/233253
Voice shortcut detection with speaker verification Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/215501
Online target-speech extraction method based on auxiliary function for robust automatic speech recognition Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/209621
Context-based speech enhancement Mar 22, 2021 Issued
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17/210415
Apparatus and method for reducing noise in an audio signal Mar 22, 2021 Issued
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17/190835
In-vehicle speech processing apparatus Mar 2, 2021 Issued
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17/181013
Action agent architecture in a scalable multi-service virtual assistant platform Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/178868
INTERACTIVE VOICE CONTROLLED ENTERTAINMENT Feb 17, 2021 Abandoned
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18/274775
SCENE ESTIMATE METHOD, SCENE ESTIMATE APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/155825
Automatic speech recognition word error rate estimation applications, including foreign language detection Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/149224
Real-time speech to singing conversion Jan 13, 2021 Issued
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17/145437
Speech filtering in a vehicle Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/146160
Speech synthesis unit selection Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/129188
Digital assistant and a corresponding method for voice-based interactive communication based on detected user gaze indicating attention Dec 20, 2020 Issued
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17/123087
User-perceived latency while maintaining accuracy Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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