Brian L Allen

US Patent:

D513623, Jan 17, 2006

Filed:

Jun 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

29/207934

Inventors:

Jim Wasco - Pacifica CA, US
Carl Crossgrove - San Francisco CA, US
Brian Allen - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

1803

US Classification:

D18 26, D18 24

US Patent:

20230046658, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Feb 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/792012

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Brian F. Allen - San Francisco CA, US
Nida Zada - San Jose CA, US
Julie Anne Seguin - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 13/04
G10L 13/10

Abstract:

Generating synthesized speech audio data on behalf of a given user in a conversation. The synthesized speech audio data includes synthesized speech that incorporates textual segment(s). The textual segment(s) can include recognized text that results from processing spoken input, of the given user, using a speech recognition model and/or can include a selection of a rendered suggestion that conveys the textual segment(s). Some implementations dynamically determine one or more prosodic properties for use in speech synthesis of the textual segment, and generate the synthesized speech with the one or more determined prosodic properties. The prosodic properties can be determined based on the textual segment(s) used in speech synthesis, textual segment(s) corresponding to recent spoken input of additional participant(s), attribute(s) of relationship(s) between the given user and additional participant(s) in the conversation, and/or feature(s) of a current location for the conversation.

US Patent:

20230040015, Feb 9, 2023

Filed:

Aug 7, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/444663

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Brian Foster Allen - San Francisco CA, US
Howard Mullings - Mountain View CA, US
Ralph Leith - Mountain View CA, US
Sheenam Maheshwari - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google LLC - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G10L 13/027
G10L 13/04
G10L 13/08

Abstract:

A method includes receiving a voice request to generate synthesized voiceover speech for a target advertisement having one or more advertising campaign attributes. The method also includes generating, based on the one or more advertising campaign attributes, a voiceover script that includes a sequence of text for the synthesized voiceover speech. The method also includes generating, using a text-to-speech (TTS) system, the synthesized voiceover speech. The TTS system is configured to receive, as input, the sequence of text for the voiceover script and generate, as output, the synthesized voiceover speech. Here, the synthesized voiceover speech has speech characteristics specified by a target TTS vertical. The method also includes overlaying the synthesized voiceover speech on the target advertisement.

US Patent:

20190130192, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 31, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/798733

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Andrew Dahley - San Francisco CA, US
Phuong Le - Sunnyvale CA, US
Mark Bowers - Mountain View CA, US
Ignacio Garcia Dorado - Mountain View CA, US
Robin Debreuil - Mountain View CA, US
William Lindmeier - Mountain View CA, US
Brian Allen - Mountain View CA, US
Ashley Ma - San Francisco CA, US
Pascal Getreuer - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
H04N 5/14
G11B 27/036
H04N 5/262

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides systems and methods that generate a summary storyboard from a plurality of image frames. An example computer-implemented method can include inputting a plurality of image frames into a machine-learned model and receiving as an output of the machine-learned model, object data that describes the respective locations of a plurality of objects recognized in the plurality of image frames. The method can include generating a plurality of image crops that respectively include the plurality of objects and arranging two or more of the plurality of image crops to generate a storyboard.