Syntiant Neuromorphic IC Sensor Processing Patent Application
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260100186A1 assigned to Syntiant, covering sensor-processing systems with neuromorphic integrated circuits for keyword spotting. The application was filed December 11, 2025, with inventors Kurt F. Busch, Jeremiah H. Holleman III, Pieter Vorenkamp, Stephen W. Bailey, and David Christopher Garrett. The patent describes systems using neuromorphic ICs with neural networks to extract features from sensor data and arrive at actionable decisions for keyword spotting applications.
What changed
USPTO published patent application US20260100186A1 for Syntiant's sensor-processing system using neuromorphic integrated circuits. The application discloses systems with sample pre-processing modules, neuromorphic ICs containing neural networks, and microcontrollers configured for keyword spotting using PDM microphones. The technical approach involves extracting features from pre-processed sensor data and arriving at actionable decisions through neural network processing on neuromorphic hardware.
Competitors developing neuromorphic processing systems, edge AI devices, or keyword spotting technology should review this publication to assess potential IP implications. The published claims, once allowed, may affect freedom-to-operate for similar sensor-processing or speech recognition systems. Companies manufacturing neural network processors, microphones, or IoT sensor devices should monitor this application's prosecution through the USPTO examination process.
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- Monitor patent prosecution for allowed claims
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SENSOR-PROCESSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING NEUROMORPHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND METHODS THEREOF
Application US20260100186A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Assignee
SYNTIANT
Inventors
Kurt F. Busch, Jeremiah H. Holleman, III, Pieter Vorenkamp, Stephen W. Bailey, David Christopher Garrett
Abstract
Disclosed is a sensor-processing system including, in some embodiments, a sensor, one or more sample pre-processing modules, one or more sample-processing modules, one or more neuromorphic integrated circuits (“ICs”), and a microcontroller. The one or more sample pre-processing modules are configured to process raw sensor data for use in the sensor-processing system. The one or more sample-processing modules are configured to process pre-processed sensor data including extracting features from the pre-processed sensor data. Each of the neuromorphic ICs includes at least one neural network configured to arrive at actionable decisions of the neural network from the features extracted from the pre-processed sensor data. The microcontroller includes a CPU along with memory including instructions for operating the sensor-processing system. In some embodiments, the sensor is a pulse-density modulation (“PDM”) microphone, and the sensor-processing system is configured for keyword spotting. Also disclosed are methods of such a keyword spotting sensor-processing system.
CPC Classifications
G10L 15/16 G06N 3/08 G10L 15/02 G10L 15/22 G10L 2015/088
Filing Date
2025-12-11
Application No.
19417011
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