Patents Assigned to Vortant Technologies LLC
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Publication number: 20240171929Abstract: A system for rotating sound or selective listening to sound provides for the ability of the apparent direction of sound sources in a listening environment to remain in consistent orientations in space despite rotations of the microphones used to capture the sound and despite rotations of the head of the listener, even when wearing headphones. Modules are provided in the system to distinguish the sound sources and their apparent directions, as well as to optionally rotate the sound sources in response to detected rotations of the listener's head and/or detected rotations of the microphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Raymond Schaefer
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Patent number: 11914042Abstract: A system shines a series of light stripes across an area. A target object passes through the area and light is reflected to the system from the light stripes as it passes through. Based on the timing of the received light from each of the light stripes, the system calculates the position and velocity of the target object.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Raymond Schaefer
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Patent number: 11917394Abstract: A system for rotating sound or selective listening to sound provides for the ability of the apparent direction of sound sources in a listening environment to remain in consistent orientations in space despite rotations of the microphones used to capture the sound and despite rotations of the head of the listener, even when wearing headphones. Modules are provided in the system to distinguish the sound sources and their apparent directions, as well as to optionally rotate the sound sources in response to detected rotations of the listener's head and/or detected rotations of the microphones.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Raymond Schaefer
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Patent number: 11852493Abstract: A system provides feedback to a user to guide the user to point a part of the body at a target of interest. An angle sensor senses the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing, such as the head or the hand. The system computes the angle to a target and compares to the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing and the feedback indicates to the user how to point more closely to the direction of the target. Additional sensors allow the system to update the angle to the target as the position of the user changes. A walking sensor is disclosed to accurately measure the position of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Raymond Schaefer
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Patent number: 9308377Abstract: A system for transmitting a signal through an imperfectly-conducting medium includes a transmitter station and a receiver station. The transmitter station has a transmitter and at least one conductor (electrode). The receiving station has at least one conductor (electrode) and a receiver. The transmitter causes a current to flow from the transmitter conductor to the receiver conductor through the imperfectly-conducting medium. Associated with the current flow is an electric field. Because the current flow varies with the signal, the electric field varies with the signal. The receiving conductor senses the electric field and provides a signal to the receiver which detects the signal to be transmitted. The receiving station then passes the signal to an output device to be output.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip R. Schaefer
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Patent number: 8599147Abstract: A system for enabling a user to navigate a graphical user interface by touching pads on a touch surface. The arrangement of the pads on the touch surface is static, but the functions associated with each pad dynamically change in correspondence with functions in the graphical user interface. The functions are automatically and dynamically extracted from the software that creates the window display. Certain pads are regularly used for certain user options found in windows.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Schaefer
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Patent number: 7379053Abstract: A system for enabling a user to navigate a graphical user interface by touching pads on a touch surface. The arrangement of the pads on the touch surface is static, but the functions associated with each pad dynamically change in correspondence with functions in the graphical user interface. The functions are automatically and dynamically extracted from the software that creates the window display. Certain pads are regularly used for certain user options found in windows.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Vortant Technologies, LLCInventor: Philip Schaefer
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Patent number: 6972690Abstract: A system for transmitting a signal through an imperfectly-conducting medium includes a transmitter station and a receiver station. The transmitter station has a transmitter and at least one conductor. The receiving station has at least one conductor and a receiver. The transmitter causes a current to flow from the transmitter conductor to the receiver conductor through the imperfectly-conducting medium. Associated with the current flow is an electric field. Because the current flow varies with the signal, the electric field varies with the signal. The receiving conductor senses the electric field and provides a signal to the receiver which detects the signal to be transmitted. The receiving station then passes the signal to an output device to be output.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Vortant Technologies LLCInventor: Philip P. Schaefer