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raises hand Question for IP experts: now that I have heard of the existence of WaveNet and a rough idea of how it works (training a neural network to decode lo
by triangleman 8y ago
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Question for IP experts: now that I have heard of the existence of WaveNet and a rough idea of how it works (training a neural network to decode low-bitrate speech data with as much fidelity as possible to the original), would I be prohibited from selling a similar product built with the same technique? How about if I had never heard of WaveNet and went about doing the same thing?
- particleman2 8y agoWhy do you hate me?
- matt4077 8y agoYes, independent implementations of patented works are covered by the patent. BUT: patents are far more specific than just "a neural network to decode low-bitrate speech data with as much fidelity as possible to the original)". Starting with that goal, you are unlikely to recreate WaveNet's specific structure that is patented. In fact, WaveNet describes a more general method to efficiently work with sound signals, somewhat comparable to convolutions for images. It's also not impossible to work with sound using alternative MM structures that are not patented, and might actually perform better than WaveNet.
- c3534l 8y agoWaveNet is actually a bit more complicated than that. But its still probably recreatable if you read the paper.