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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Cha Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paul A. Viola, Kirkland, WA (US);
Pei Yin, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ross G. Cutler, Redmond, WA (US);
Xinding Sun, Redmond, WA (US);
Yong Rui, Beijing, CN;
Cha Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paul A. Viola, Kirkland, WA (US);
Pei Yin, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ross G. Cutler, Redmond, WA (US);
Xinding Sun, Redmond, WA (US);
Yong Rui, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting people or speakers in an automated fashion are disclosed. A pool of features including more than one type of input (like audio input and video input) may be identified and used with a learning algorithm to generate a classifier that identifies people or speakers. The resulting classifier may be evaluated to detect people or speakers.