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Talivaldis Ivars Smits

Examiner (ID: 10633)

Most Active Art Unit
2741
Art Unit(s)
2641, 2654, 2658, 2626, 2741, 2655, 2308
Total Applications
649
Issued Applications
562
Pending Applications
29
Abandoned Applications
62

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 1404696 [patent_doc_number] => 06560577 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-05-06 [patent_title] => 'Process for encoding audio from an analog medium into a compressed digital format using attribute information and silence detection' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/531175 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-03-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 2513 [patent_no_of_claims] => 30 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 139 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/560/06560577.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09531175 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/531175
Process for encoding audio from an analog medium into a compressed digital format using attribute information and silence detection Mar 20, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1328353 [patent_doc_number] => 06606600 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-08-12 [patent_title] => 'Scalable subband audio coding, decoding, and transcoding methods using vector quantization' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/528777 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-03-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 11413 [patent_no_of_claims] => 31 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 108 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/606/06606600.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09528777 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/528777
Scalable subband audio coding, decoding, and transcoding methods using vector quantization Mar 16, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1579871 [patent_doc_number] => 06470316 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-10-22 [patent_title] => 'Speech synthesis apparatus having prosody generator with user-set speech-rate- or adjusted phoneme-duration-dependent selective vowel devoicing' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/518275 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-03-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 10080 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 180 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/470/06470316.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09518275 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/518275
Speech synthesis apparatus having prosody generator with user-set speech-rate- or adjusted phoneme-duration-dependent selective vowel devoicing Mar 2, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1508637 [patent_doc_number] => 06466911 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-10-15 [patent_title] => 'Electrotactile vocoder using handset with stimulating electrodes' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/424771 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-02-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 4600 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/466/06466911.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09424771 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/424771
Electrotactile vocoder using handset with stimulating electrodes Feb 1, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1414062 [patent_doc_number] => 06549887 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-04-15 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus capable of processing sign language information' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/488076 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2000-01-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 18 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 8443 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 227 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/549/06549887.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09488076 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/488076
Apparatus capable of processing sign language information Jan 19, 2000 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1412940 [patent_doc_number] => 06538666 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-03-25 [patent_title] => 'Image processing device using speech recognition to control a displayed object' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/458671 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-12-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 25 [patent_figures_cnt] => 25 [patent_no_of_words] => 12279 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 173 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/538/06538666.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09458671 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/458671
Image processing device using speech recognition to control a displayed object Dec 9, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1355669 [patent_doc_number] => 06591239 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-07-08 [patent_title] => 'Voice controlled surgical suite' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/458175 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-12-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 5718 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 183 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/591/06591239.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09458175 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/458175
Voice controlled surgical suite Dec 8, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1307561 [patent_doc_number] => 06629070 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-09-30 [patent_title] => 'Voice activity detection using the degree of energy variation among multiple adjacent pairs of subframes' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/451864 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-12-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5618 [patent_no_of_claims] => 6 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 133 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/629/06629070.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09451864 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/451864
Voice activity detection using the degree of energy variation among multiple adjacent pairs of subframes Nov 30, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1489797 [patent_doc_number] => 06366880 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-04-02 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for suppressing acoustic background noise in a communication system by equaliztion of pre-and post-comb-filtered subband spectral energies' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/451074 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 6787 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 70 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/366/06366880.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09451074 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/451074
Method and apparatus for suppressing acoustic background noise in a communication system by equaliztion of pre-and post-comb-filtered subband spectral energies Nov 29, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7631697 [patent_doc_number] => 06665640 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-12-16 [patent_title] => 'Interactive speech based learning/training system formulating search queries based on natural language parsing of recognized user queries' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/439173 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 31 [patent_figures_cnt] => 28 [patent_no_of_words] => 22594 [patent_no_of_claims] => 38 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 11 [patent_words_short_claim] => 8 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/665/06665640.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09439173 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/439173
Interactive speech based learning/training system formulating search queries based on natural language parsing of recognized user queries Nov 11, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1443746 [patent_doc_number] => 06496801 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-12-17 [patent_title] => 'Speech synthesis employing concatenated prosodic and acoustic templates for phrases of multiple words' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/432876 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 3142 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 174 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/496/06496801.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09432876 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/432876
Speech synthesis employing concatenated prosodic and acoustic templates for phrases of multiple words Nov 1, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1481251 [patent_doc_number] => 06345248 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-02-05 [patent_title] => 'Low bit-rate speech coder using adaptive open-loop subframe pitch lag estimation and vector quantization' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/433002 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-11-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4167 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 178 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/345/06345248.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09433002 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/433002
Low bit-rate speech coder using adaptive open-loop subframe pitch lag estimation and vector quantization Nov 1, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4151206 [patent_doc_number] => 06148286 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2000-11-14 [patent_title] => 'Method and apparatus for database search with spoken output, for user with limited language skills' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/428201 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 9773 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 102 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/148/06148286.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 428201 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/428201
Method and apparatus for database search with spoken output, for user with limited language skills Oct 26, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1432270 [patent_doc_number] => 06505162 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-01-07 [patent_title] => 'Apparatus and method for portable dialogue management using a hierarchial task description table' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/426275 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 18 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 5891 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 114 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/505/06505162.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09426275 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/426275
Apparatus and method for portable dialogue management using a hierarchial task description table Oct 24, 1999 Issued
09/420670 Remote Voice Activation System Oct 18, 1999 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 1480395 [patent_doc_number] => 06389389 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-05-14 [patent_title] => 'Speech recognition using unequally-weighted subvector error measures for determining a codebook vector index to represent plural speech parameters' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/417371 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 4127 [patent_no_of_claims] => 50 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 92 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/389/06389389.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09417371 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/417371
Speech recognition using unequally-weighted subvector error measures for determining a codebook vector index to represent plural speech parameters Oct 12, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1422299 [patent_doc_number] => 06539353 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2003-03-25 [patent_title] => 'Confidence measures using sub-word-dependent weighting of sub-word confidence scores for robust speech recognition' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/417173 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 4325 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 82 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/539/06539353.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09417173 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/417173
Confidence measures using sub-word-dependent weighting of sub-word confidence scores for robust speech recognition Oct 11, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6084199 [patent_doc_number] => 20020082829 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-06-27 [patent_title] => 'TWO-TIER NOISE REJECTION IN SPEECH RECOGNITION' [patent_app_type] => new [patent_app_number] => 09/417172 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3753 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 101 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0082/20020082829.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09417172 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/417172
Two-tier noise rejection in speech recognition Oct 11, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 1601526 [patent_doc_number] => 06385578 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2002-05-07 [patent_title] => 'Method for eliminating annoying noises of enhanced variable rate codec (EVRC) during error packet processing' [patent_app_type] => B1 [patent_app_number] => 09/413767 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-10-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 3926 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 139 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/385/06385578.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 09413767 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/413767
Method for eliminating annoying noises of enhanced variable rate codec (EVRC) during error packet processing Oct 6, 1999 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4402576 [patent_doc_number] => 06263310 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => NA [patent_issue_date] => 2001-07-17 [patent_title] => 'Method for producing remotely a commemorative device having an audio message circuit' [patent_app_type] => 1 [patent_app_number] => 9/399127 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 1999-09-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6672 [patent_no_of_claims] => 78 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 175 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/06/263/06263310.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 399127 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
09/399127
Method for producing remotely a commemorative device having an audio message circuit Sep 19, 1999 Issued
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