Patent №
US 11,024,328
Granted
2021-06-01
Filed 2019
Owner
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Lab
AI components
4
ml · nlp · vision · speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16393944
The systems and techniques disclosed here feature a device including an audio analyzer connected to microphone(s) monitoring a conversation between one or more individuals. The audio analyzer can identify auditory expressions from audio captured by the microphone, where the auditory expressions can include linguistic expressions and nonlinguistic expressions. The audio analyzer can analyze the linguistic expressions to identify a topic and a time period when the topic was discussed. A video analyzer can be connected to camera(s) monitoring the conversation. The video analyzer can identify non-auditory expressions by the individuals from video captured by the camera. A sentiment analyzer can analyze auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed and non-auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed to determine sentiments to the topic. A processor can analyze the determined sentiments to the topic to determine a group sentiment to the topic.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
assignment · 489880154
Assignors
JUNG, CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS, SMITH, BENJAMIN DAVID, GIL, EREZ KIKIN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.