Samsung Files Patent to Separate Dialogue From Background Sound on TVs Without Lag
Pulling a voice out of a movie soundtrack takes a few milliseconds, and on a TV even that can push the sound…
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Voice & speech AI patents
Machines that listen and talk back: transcription, translation, synthetic voices, and the systems that clean up how we sound.
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A New Google Patent Covers How AI Software Handles Sentences of Any Length
Every sentence you dictate has a different length, and the AI listening has to cope with that. A new Google patent covers…
Apple Files Patent to Help a Voice Assistant Tell When You're Talking to It
Your voice assistant hears everything, including the sentence you meant for your roommate. Apple's filing describes a way to judge, before answering,…
Adobe Files Patent for an AI That Finds the Right Table Before Editing Your PDF
Adobe describes an AI that finds the exact table, bullet or title you mean in a PDF from one typed or spoken…
IBM Wins a Patent for Sorting Confidential Documents Without Reading Them
IBM has been granted a patent for an AI that tells an invoice from a utility bill by writing a plain-English description…
Wing Files Patent for Drone Deliveries That Tell You in Words Where Your Package Landed
When a drone drops off your package, the proof of delivery is usually a photo, and that photo can show your neighbor's…
Sony Files Patent for a Narration Voice Picked to Match Your Video's Topic
Sony's filing picks a computer narrator for your video by listening to who narrates similar shows. Write about soccer, and you get…
A New Samsung Patent Lets Your TV Borrow Another Device's Memory of Your Voice
Your TV could greet you personally even if it has never heard your voice, because Samsung's filing has it ask another device…
Samsung Files Patent for Typing in a Custom Wake Word for Home Appliances
Samsung's filing lets you pick a wake word by typing it, then has your device speak that word to itself to learn…
Adobe Files Patent for an AI That Shows Where in a Document It Found Its Answer
Ask an AI about a scanned invoice and it may hand you a confident answer you can't verify. Adobe's patent has the…
Apple Files Patent for an AI That Answers Your Voicemail and Books the Appointment for You
Apple is describing a voicemail inbox that doesn't just record messages but answers some of them for you, replying to the caller…
Microsoft Files Patent for an AI That Decides Whether to Answer You in Text, Voice or Images
Ask a chatbot something while your hands are full, then switch to typing on your phone, and today's AI often keeps talking…
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