Inventor
KRISTJANSSON TRAUSTI THOR
US42 patents
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AMAZON TECH INC
34 patentsUS10622009B1Apr 14, 2020
Methods for detecting double-talk
AMAZON TECH INC123 citations98
US10304475B1May 28, 2019
Trigger word based beam selection
AMAZON TECH INC161 citations98
US11218802B1Jan 4, 2022
Beamformer rotation
AMAZON TECH INC24 citations94
US10622004B1Apr 14, 2020
Acoustic echo cancellation using loudspeaker position
AMAZON TECH INC22 citations94
US10553236B1Feb 4, 2020
Multichannel noise cancellation using frequency domain spectrum masking
AMAZON TECH INC20 citations94
US10522167B1Dec 31, 2019
Multichannel noise cancellation using deep neural network masking
AMAZON TECH INC48 citations94
US10147439B1Dec 4, 2018
Volume adjustment for listening environment
AMAZON TECH INC55 citations94
US10959018B1Mar 23, 2021
Method for autonomous loudspeaker room adaptation
AMAZON TECH INC52 citations93
US10777214B1Sep 15, 2020
Method for efficient autonomous loudspeaker room adaptation
AMAZON TECH INC28 citations93
US10127918B1Nov 13, 2018
Methods for reconstructing an audio signal
AMAZON TECH INC25 citations93
US9947338B1Apr 17, 2018
Echo latency estimation
AMAZON TECH INC23 citations91
US10937441B1Mar 2, 2021
Beam level based adaptive target selection
AMAZON TECH INC9 citations86
US10755728B1Aug 25, 2020
Multichannel noise cancellation using frequency domain spectrum masking
AMAZON TECH INC19 citations86
US12288566B1Apr 29, 2025
Beamforming using multiple sensor data
AMAZON TECH INC10 citations85
US10685664B1Jun 16, 2020
Analyzing noise levels to determine usability of microphones
AMAZON TECH INC13 citations85
US11727926B1Aug 15, 2023
Systems and methods for noise reduction
AMAZON TECH INC10 citations84
US10863296B1Dec 8, 2020
Microphone failure detection and re-optimization
AMAZON TECH INC8 citations84
US11044567B1Jun 22, 2021
Microphone degradation detection and compensation
AMAZON TECH INC7 citations82
US10911881B1Feb 2, 2021
Inter-channel level difference based acoustic tap detection
AMAZON TECH INC6 citations82
US10937418B1Mar 2, 2021
Echo cancellation by acoustic playback estimation
AMAZON TECH INC9 citations81
US12456469B1Oct 28, 2025
Beamforming using image data
AMAZON TECH INC3 citations73
US11982737B1May 14, 2024
Controlling sensitivity of presence detection using ultrasonic signals
AMAZON TECH INC4 citations73
US11727912B1Aug 15, 2023
Deep adaptive acoustic echo cancellation
AMAZON TECH INC4 citations73
US11437057B2Sep 6, 2022
Detection of TV state using sub-audible signal
AMAZON TECH INC2 citations71
US11234039B2Jan 25, 2022
Voice-controlled multimedia device
AMAZON TECH INC2 citations71
US10847176B2Nov 24, 2020
Detection of TV state using sub-audible signal
AMAZON TECH INC5 citations71
US10560737B2Feb 11, 2020
Voice-controlled multimedia device
AMAZON TECH INC5 citations71
US12487356B1Dec 2, 2025
Method for wall direction estimation
AMAZON TECH INC1 citations64
US12300261B1May 13, 2025
Neural sidelobe canceller for target speech separation
AMAZON TECH INC1 citations63
US11785406B2Oct 10, 2023
Inter-channel level difference based acoustic tap detection
AMAZON TECH INC0 citations61
US12072413B1Aug 27, 2024
Method for wall detection and localization
AMAZON TECH INC1 citations60
US11921187B1Mar 5, 2024
Monitoring non-stationary object distance using ultrasonic signals
AMAZON TECH INC1 citations59
US12436276B1Oct 7, 2025
Coordinating presence detection and proximity sensing using ultrasonic signals
AMAZON TECH INC0 citations50
US12455372B1Oct 28, 2025
Presence detection based on multiple sensors
AMAZON TECH INC0 citations47
MICROSOFT CORP
4 patentsUS7458029B2Nov 25, 2008
System and process for controlling a shared display given inputs from multiple users using multiple input modalities
MICROSOFT CORP39 citations92
US7269560B2Sep 11, 2007
Speech detection and enhancement using audio/video fusion
MICROSOFT CORP16 citations92
US7689413B2Mar 30, 2010
Speech detection and enhancement using audio/video fusion
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations84
US7596494B2Sep 29, 2009
Method and apparatus for high resolution speech reconstruction
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations62
KRISTJANSSON TRAUSTI THOR
3 patentsUS9892731B2Feb 13, 2018
Methods for speech enhancement and speech recognition using neural networks
KRISTJANSSON TRAUSTI THOR2 citations71
US7827297B2Nov 2, 2010
Multimedia linking and synchronization method, presentation and editing apparatus
KRISTJANSSON TRAUSTI THOR4 citations60
US9679581B2Jun 13, 2017
Sign-language video processor
KRISTJANSSON TRAUSTI THOR0 citations39