Signal source separation

D Wingate, N Stein - US Patent 9,460,732, 2016 - Google Patents
In one aspect, a microphone with closely spaced elements is used to acquire multiple
signals from which a signal from a desired source is separated. The signal separation …

Time-frequency directional processing of audio signals

N Stein, J Traa, D Wingate - US Patent 9,420,368, 2016 - Google Patents
An approach to processing of acoustic signals acquired at a user's device include one or
both of acquisition of parallel signals from a set of closely spaced microphones, and use of a …

Data communication system

P Bergel, AJ Steed - US Patent 11,157,582, 2021 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to systems for communicating data. In particular, systems for
communicating data to and from mobile devices are described. One system involves the use …

Method and system for robust universal denoising of noisy data sets

E Ordentlich, M Weinberger, G Seroussi - US Patent 8,300,979, 2012 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invention provide context-class based universal denoising of
noisy images and other noise corrupted data sets. Prediction-error statistics for each pre …

Method and system for triggering events

J Nesfield, D Jones - US Patent 11,682,405, 2023 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method of triggering an event. The method includes
receiving a signal stream, detecting a trigger point within the signal stream using a …

Method and system for acoustic communication of data

DJ Jones, JA Nesfield - US Patent 11,410,670, 2022 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method for receiving data transmitted acoustically. The
method includes receiving an acoustically transmitted signal encoding data; processing the …

Method and system for denoising pairs of mutually interfering signals

E Ordentlich, G Seroussi - US Patent 7,623,725, 2009 - Google Patents
the present invention is related to data and signal processing, is more specifically related to
denoising noisy signals received from noise-introducing channels and, in particular, is …

Computationally efficient method for filtering noise

ND Stein - US Patent App. 15/102,623, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. One approach to processing of a signal. Such as an audio signal, to
select or extract a signal of interest from the original signal is to decompose the original …

Method and system for acoustic communication of data

DJ Jones, JA Nesfield - US Patent App. 18/507,933, 2024 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method for receiving data transmitted acoustically. The
method includes receiving an acoustically transmitted signal encoding data; processing the …

Detecting an audio signal with a microphone to determine presence of a playback device

D Jones, R Bannon, J Harwood, J Herbst… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
An example involves detecting, during a time period by a receiving device, an audio signal
comprising a superposition of a plurality of audio signals transmitted by a plurality of …