Inventor · Felton, CA, US

Steve Pearson

19Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 19, 1988 → Jan 11, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5850629A User interface controller for text-to-speech synthesizer Physics 329 Expired
US5924068A Electronic news reception apparatus that selectively retains sections and searches by keyword or index for text to speech conversion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 300 Expired
US5400434A Voice source for synthetic speech system Physics 255 Expired
US6144939A Formant-based speech synthesizer employing demi-syllable concatenation with independent cross fade in the filter parameter and source domains Physics 186 Expired
US6513008B2 Method and tool for customization of speech synthesizer databases using hierarchical generalized speech templates Physics 164 Expired
US5024657A Drug delivery apparatus and method preventing local and systemic toxicity Human Necessities 128 Expired
US6195632A Extracting formant-based source-filter data for coding and synthesis employing cost function and inverse filtering Physics 99 Expired
US4874366A Housing enabling passive mixing of a beneficial agent with a diluent Human Necessities 67 Expired
US6363342B1 System for developing word-pronunciation pairs Physics 60 Expired
US7908019B2 Taxonomy engine and dataset for operating an appliance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US5495754A Environmental wind tunnel Physics 29 Expired
US6202049A Identification of unit overlap regions for concatenative speech synthesis system Physics 27 Expired
US6496801B1 Speech synthesis employing concatenated prosodic and acoustic templates for phrases of multiple words Physics 10 Expired
USRE39336E1 Formant-based speech synthesizer employing demi-syllable concatenation with independent cross fade in the filter parameter and source domains General 4 Expired
US7472843B2 Air induction liquid spray nozzle assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US11600284B2 Voice morphing apparatus having adjustable parameters Physics 1 Active
US11100940B2 Training a voice morphing apparatus Physics 1 Active
US10008216B2 Method and apparatus for exemplary morphing computer system background Physics 1 Active
US9905218B2 Method and apparatus for exemplary diphone synthesizer Physics 0 Active

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