Circuitry for analyte measurement

    公开(公告)号:US12253487B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-18

    申请号:US18685979

    申请日:2022-08-25

    Abstract: Circuitry for and methods of analyte measurement Circuitry for measuring a characteristic of an electrochemical cell, the circuitry comprising: a hysteretic comparator having a first comparator input, a second comparator input and a comparator output; a feedback path between the comparator output and the second comparator input configured to provide a feedback signal to the second comparator input; and a loop filter configured to apply filtering to the feedback path to generate the feedback signal, wherein the loop filter comprises the electrochemical cell.

    Detection of live speech
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12142259B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US18318269

    申请日:2023-05-16

    Abstract: A method of detecting live speech comprises: receiving a signal containing speech; obtaining a first component of the received signal in a first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band includes audio frequencies; and obtaining a second component of the received signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. Then, modulation of the first component of the received signal is detected; modulation of the second component of the received signal is detected; and the modulation of the first component of the received signal and the modulation of the second component of the received signal are compared. It may then be determined that the speech may not be live speech, if the modulation of the first component of the received signal differs from the modulation of the second component of the received signal.

    Driver circuitry for piezoelectric transducers

    公开(公告)号:US11998948B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US16921369

    申请日:2020-07-06

    CPC classification number: B06B1/0261 B06B2201/55

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to driver circuitry for driving a piezoelectric transducer. The circuitry comprises: a power supply; a reservoir capacitance; switch network circuitry; and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to control operation of the switch network circuitry so as to charge the reservoir capacitance from the power supply and to transfer charge between the reservoir capacitance and the piezoelectric transducer.

    Class D amplifier circuit
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11804813B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US17386287

    申请日:2021-07-27

    Abstract: This application relates to Class D amplifier circuits. A modulator controls a Class D output stage based on a modulator input signal (Dm) to generate an output signal (Vout) which is representative of an input signal (Din). An error block, which may comprise an ADC, generates an error signal (ε) from the output signal and the input signal. In various embodiments the extent to which the error signal (ε) contributes to the modulator input signal (Dm) is variable based on an indication of the amplitude of the input signal (Din). The error signal may be received at a first input of a signal selector block. The input signal may be received at a second input of the signal selector block. The signal selector block may be operable in first and second modes of operation, wherein in the first mode the modulator input signal is based at least in part on the error signal; and in the second mode the modulator input signal is based on the digital input signal and is independent of the error signal. The error signal can be used to reduce distortion at high signal levels but is not used at low signal levels and so the noise floor at low signal levels does not depend on the component of the error block.

    Artificial neural networks
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11790220B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US18089020

    申请日:2022-12-27

    Inventor: John Paul Lesso

    CPC classification number: G06N3/065 G06F7/16 G06N3/04

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a neuron for an artificial neural network. The neuron comprises a dot product engine operative to: receive a set of weights; receive a set of data inputs based on a set of input data signals; and calculate the dot product of the set of data inputs and the set of weights to generate a dot product engine output. The neuron further comprises an activation function module arranged to apply an activation function to a signal indicative of the dot product engine output to generate a neuron output; and gain control circuitry. The gain control circuitry is operative to control: an input gain applied to the input data signals to generate the set of data inputs; and an output gain applied to the dot product engine output or by the activation function module. The output gain is selected to compensate for the applied input gain.

    Biometric authentication
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11748462B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17113917

    申请日:2020-12-07

    Inventor: John Paul Lesso

    CPC classification number: G06F21/32 G10L15/1815 G10L15/22 G10L15/30

    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user of an electronic device is disclosed. The method comprises: responsive to detection of a trigger event indicative of a user interaction with the electronic device, generating an audio probe signal to play through an audio transducer of the electronic device; receiving a first audio signal comprising a response of the user's ear to the audio probe signal; receiving a second audio signal comprising speech of the user; and applying an ear biometric algorithm to the first audio signal and a voice biometric algorithm to the second audio signal to authenticate the user as an authorised user.

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