US 12,406,151 B2
Neural translator
Michael Callahan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Thomas Coleman, Champaign, IL (US)
Assigned to Ambient Corporation, Newton, MA (US)
Filed by Michael Callahan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Thomas Coleman, Champaign, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,720.
Application 17/557,720 is a continuation of application No. 16/224,009, filed on Dec. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,205,054.
Application 16/224,009 is a continuation of application No. 15/587,121, filed on May 4, 2017, granted, now 10,162,818, issued on Dec. 25, 2018.
Application 15/587,121 is a continuation of application No. 14/611,696, filed on Feb. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,772,997, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Application 14/611,696 is a continuation of application No. 13/964,715, filed on Aug. 12, 2013, granted, now 8,949,129, issued on Feb. 3, 2015.
Application 13/964,715 is a continuation of application No. 13/560,675, filed on Jul. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,529,473, issued on Sep. 10, 2013.
Application 13/560,675 is a continuation of application No. 11/825,785, filed on Jul. 9, 2007, granted, now 8,251,924, issued on Aug. 28, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/819,050, filed on Jul. 7, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366148 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 13/02 (2013.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); A61B 5/394 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 40/40 (2020.01) [G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); A61B 5/394 (2021.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for communication, said method comprising:
detecting an electrical signal from a user's nervous system utilizing a sensor associated with the user's speech;
processing the detected electrical signal to extract information intended for speech communication but not spoken by the user,
wherein the processing comprises determining when the detected electrical signal indicates vocal activity by the user, and
wherein the determining comprises comparing the detected electrical signal or a sample generated based on the detected electrical signal with a threshold value; and
in response to a determination of vocal activity, generating, based on the extracted information, one or more outputs, wherein the one or more outputs comprise one or more of speech-based output, text-based output, and communication-based output.