Inventor
ACERO ALEJANDRO
US158 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
42 patentsUS6959276B2Oct 25, 2005
Including the category of environmental noise when processing speech signals
MICROSOFT CORP190 citations99
US6163769ADec 19, 2000
Text-to-speech using clustered context-dependent phoneme-based units
MICROSOFT CORP285 citations99
US8385557B2Feb 26, 2013
Multichannel acoustic echo reduction
MICROSOFT CORP296 citations98
US7640272B2Dec 29, 2009
Using automated content analysis for audio/video content consumption
MICROSOFT CORP85 citations98
US7634407B2Dec 15, 2009
Method and apparatus for indexing speech
MICROSOFT CORP60 citations98
US7107210B2Sep 12, 2006
Method of noise reduction based on dynamic aspects of speech
MICROSOFT CORP92 citations98
US7080004B2Jul 18, 2006
Grammar authoring system
MICROSOFT CORP65 citations98
US6985858B2Jan 10, 2006
Method and apparatus for removing noise from feature vectors
MICROSOFT CORP180 citations98
US5913193AJun 15, 1999
Method and system of runtime acoustic unit selection for speech synthesis
MICROSOFT CORP421 citations98
US7548847B2Jun 16, 2009
System for automatically annotating training data for a natural language understanding system
MICROSOFT CORP51 citations97
US8005238B2Aug 23, 2011
Robust adaptive beamforming with enhanced noise suppression
MICROSOFT CORP86 citations96
US7478038B2Jan 13, 2009
Language model adaptation using semantic supervision
MICROSOFT CORP70 citations96
US7117148B2Oct 3, 2006
Method of noise reduction using correction vectors based on dynamic aspects of speech and noise normalization
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations96
US7047047B2May 16, 2006
Non-linear observation model for removing noise from corrupted signals
MICROSOFT CORP50 citations96
US7028325B1Apr 11, 2006
Annotating programs for automatic summary generation
MICROSOFT CORP47 citations96
US6505152B1Jan 7, 2003
Method and apparatus for using formant models in speech systems
MICROSOFT CORP46 citations96
US6226606B1May 1, 2001
Method and apparatus for pitch tracking
MICROSOFT CORP91 citations96
US5604839AFeb 18, 1997
Method and system for improving speech recognition through front-end normalization of feature vectors
MICROSOFT CORP86 citations96
US9519859B2Dec 13, 2016
Deep structured semantic model produced using click-through data
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations94
US7634406B2Dec 15, 2009
System and method for identifying semantic intent from acoustic information
MICROSOFT CORP54 citations94
US6879952B2Apr 12, 2005
Sound source separation using convolutional mixing and a priori sound source knowledge
MICROSOFT CORP44 citations94
US8351589B2Jan 8, 2013
Spatial audio for audio conferencing
MICROSOFT CORP26 citations93
US7725314B2May 25, 2010
Method and apparatus for constructing a speech filter using estimates of clean speech and noise
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations93
US7383181B2Jun 3, 2008
Multi-sensory speech detection system
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations93
US7289955B2Oct 30, 2007
Method of determining uncertainty associated with acoustic distortion-based noise reduction
MICROSOFT CORP20 citations93
US7266494B2Sep 4, 2007
Method and apparatus for identifying noise environments from noisy signals
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations93
US7181390B2Feb 20, 2007
Noise reduction using correction vectors based on dynamic aspects of speech and noise normalization
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations93
US7174292B2Feb 6, 2007
Method of determining uncertainty associated with acoustic distortion-based noise reduction
MICROSOFT CORP30 citations93
US7165026B2Jan 16, 2007
Method of noise estimation using incremental bayes learning
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations93
US7139703B2Nov 21, 2006
Method of iterative noise estimation in a recursive framework
MICROSOFT CORP50 citations93
US7103540B2Sep 5, 2006
Method of pattern recognition using noise reduction uncertainty
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations93
US7003455B1Feb 21, 2006
Method of noise reduction using correction and scaling vectors with partitioning of the acoustic space in the domain of noisy speech
MICROSOFT CORP16 citations93
US6944590B2Sep 13, 2005
Method of iterative noise estimation in a recursive framework
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations93
US6708154B2Mar 16, 2004
Method and apparatus for using formant models in resonance control for speech systems
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations93
US6253182B1Jun 26, 2001
Method and apparatus for speech synthesis with efficient spectral smoothing
MICROSOFT CORP52 citations93
US8005237B2Aug 23, 2011
Sensor array beamformer post-processor
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations92
US7941316B2May 10, 2011
Combined speech and alternate input modality to a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP28 citations92
US7856351B2Dec 21, 2010
Integrated speech recognition and semantic classification
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations92
US7565288B2Jul 21, 2009
Spatial noise suppression for a microphone array
MICROSOFT CORP25 citations92
US7451083B2Nov 11, 2008
Removing noise from feature vectors
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations92
US7447630B2Nov 4, 2008
Method and apparatus for multi-sensory speech enhancement
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations92
US7379867B2May 27, 2008
Discriminative training of language models for text and speech classification
MICROSOFT CORP37 citations92
APPLE INC
3 patentsAPPLE COMPUTER
2 patentsTASHEV IVAN J
1 patentTASHEV IVAN
1 patentZHANG ZHENGYOU
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