Patents Assigned to Bang & Olufsen A/S
  • Patent number: 11581874
    Abstract: A signal conversion from an input signal to an output signal where the filter used is factorized so that the conversion comprises determining 1) only a first factor at each sampling time of the input signal, where this first factor is independent on the sampling times of the output signal, and 2) only a second factor at each sampling time of the output signal, where this second factor is independent of the sampling times of the input signal. This reduces the computational load for this conversion. In addition, for most filters, the factors may be calculated recursively further increasing the computational load and also reducing the storage requirements. This allows for instantaneous changes in the sampling rates or non-uniform sampling rates with low computational requirements and low memory usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Pablo Martinez-Nuevo
  • Patent number: 11579275
    Abstract: A method for estimating an acoustic influence of walls of a room, comprising emitting a known excitation sound signal, receiving a set of measurement signals, each measurement signal being received by one microphone in a microphone array and each measurement signal including a set of echoes caused by reflections by the walls, solving a linear system of equations to identify locations of image source and estimating the acoustic influence based these image sources. The signal model includes a convolution of: the excitation signal, a multichannel filter (M) representing the relative delays of the microphones in the microphone array, the relative delays determined based on a known geometry of the microphone array, and a directivity model ?(n, p) of the driver(s) in the form of an anechoic far-field impulse response as a function of transmit angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Vincenzo Zaccá
  • Patent number: 11505875
    Abstract: A method of providing a workpiece with an anodised aluminium surface with varying colour. The anodised surface is added colour, such as evenly, so that a colour concentration profile exists through the depth, where after a portion of the outer layer is removed to arrive at colour corresponding to a particular depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Martin Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220303687
    Abstract: A headset comprising a controller configured to receive wind information comprising information relating to a direction of wind in a predetermined coordinate system, direction information relating to a direction of the headset in the predetermined coordinate system, and an input audio signal and to generate an output audio signal based on the wind information, the direction information and the input audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Sven Ewan SHEPSTONE, Pablo Martinez NUEVO
  • Patent number: 11380317
    Abstract: An instruction forwarding system capable of receiving an instruction such as from a user, determining a corresponding command and outputting a corresponding sound command to a Voice Assistant, which will then react to the command. The instruction may be an activation of a push button or an output from a sensor, such as a temperature sensor. Different commands may be correlated to different instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Lyle Bruce Clarke, Petros Belimpasakis
  • Patent number: 11190894
    Abstract: A method for compensating for acoustic influence of a listening room on an acoustic output from an audio system including at least a left and a right loudspeaker, the method comprising determining a left frequency response and a right frequency response, designing a left compensation filter FL, and a right compensation filter FR, and during playback applying the left and right filters to left and right channel inputs. According to the invention, a target response in the listening position is simulated, and the left and right compensation filters are designed to filter transfer functions based on the simulated target function multiplied by an inverse of the left/right frequency responses. By relying on a simulated target instead of relying on an empirical approach, the general impact of a room can be more accurately captured by the target functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventor: Jakob Dyreby
  • Patent number: 11082772
    Abstract: Multimedia installation comprising a base to which base a video screen is mounted and where two movable loudspeaker assemblies are rotatably mounted to said base where the base has a stationary part and a movable part, such that by activating the multimedia installation the screen is elevated by the movable part, and the movable loudspeaker assemblies comprise means for rotating the movable loud-speaker assemblies from a first position where the loudspeaker assemblies cover at least a part of the screen as seen from a user's position, into a second position where at least a substantial and larger part of the screen is visible and if/when desirable back to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Jakob Bergstrøm Graabæk
  • Patent number: 10993023
    Abstract: Control unit for controlling a parameter in an multimedia system said control unit comprising a bracket where the multimedia system can be manipulated relative to the bracket from a neutral position to an unbalanced position, and where the bracket urges the multimedia system back to the neutral position, and a receiver in the multimedia system registering the manipulation of the multimedia system, whereby the control unit alters the parameter in response to the registration by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventor: Kaj Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20210118438
    Abstract: An instruction forwarding system capable of receiving an instruction such as from a user, determining a corresponding command and outputting a corresponding sound command to a Voice Assistant, which will then react to the command. The instruction may be an activation of a push button or an output from a sensor, such as a temperature sensor. Different commands may be correlated to different instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Lyle Bruce CLARKE, Petros BELIMPASAKIS
  • Patent number: 10939191
    Abstract: A device for radiating sound energy into the surroundings and receiving sound energy from the surroundings, where the device comprises a housing having a top portion, a side portion and a bottom portion wherein a loudspeaker unit is provided in the top portion configured to generate sound energy in the surroundings of the device and where the housing is further provided with a microphone having an inlet portion, where the microphone is configured to receive sound energy from a sound reception region that is in acoustic communication with said surroundings of the device, wherein the sound reception region is provided adjacent the bottom portion of the housing, such that the inlet portion of the microphone faces away from the top portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventors: Lars Goller, Nikolaj Conradsen Vejen
  • Patent number: 10873722
    Abstract: Modular audio/video entertainment system, said system comprising three modules: a screen unit, a loudspeaker unit and a control unit, where means are provided for assembling and disassembling the modules, where said means comprises one or more bracket assemblies, where one end of the one or more bracket assemblies is fastened in the loudspeaker unit, and another end of the one or more bracket assemblies engages means provided on the rear or bottom side of the screen, normally used for the screen's standard table or floor stand or wall mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventor: Jakob Bergstrøm Graabæk
  • Publication number: 20200370196
    Abstract: A method of providing a workpiece with an anodised aluminium surface with varying colour. The anodised surface is added colour, such as evenly, so that a colour concentration profile exists through the depth, where after a portion of the outer layer is removed to arrive at colour corresponding to a particular depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Martin SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20200313653
    Abstract: A signal conversion from an input signal to an output signal where the filter used is factorized so that the conversion comprises determining 1) only a first factor at each sampling time of the input signal, where this first factor is independent on the sampling times of the output signal, and 2) only a second factor at each sampling time of the output signal, where this second factor is independent of the sampling times of the input signal. This reduces the computational load for this conversion. In addition, for most filters, the factors may be calculated recursively further increasing the computational load and also reducing the storage requirements. This allows for instantaneous changes in the sampling rates or non-uniform sampling rates with low computational requirements and low memory usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Pablo Martinez NUEVO
  • Patent number: 10741166
    Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly enabled with means to control the directivity of sound emitted from the loudspeaker and the use of such an assembly in audio rendering equipment. The inventive assembly includes an acoustic lens having movable mechanical means enabling controlled directivity of the sound emitted from the loudspeaker by moving one or more of the movable mechanical means from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Dyreby, Martin Olsen
  • Patent number: 10720087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to configure an illuminated surface on a device, and to generate illuminated patterns on a hard surface and to disclose an embodiment in an apparatus that applies the invention. The graphical patterns may include text and/or symbols as illuminated surfaces on the device. The invention may be used in all types of equipment and apparatus, where there is a demand for a high quality user interaction surfaces including graphics patterns on the surface, with a very nice looking expression/display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventor: Jan Phuklin Prichystal
  • Patent number: D880454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Torsten Valeur
  • Patent number: D886769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Andre Poulheim
  • Patent number: D916682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Torsten Valeur
  • Patent number: D955360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Øivind Alexander Slaatto
  • Patent number: D978826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Mads Heje Fuglsang