Patents by Inventor Adam Christopher NOEL

Adam Christopher NOEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10587982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for an adaptive audio system that renders reflected sound for adaptive audio systems in different ways depending on the orientation of at least one speaker in a set of speakers. A speaker of the system may comprise an integrated speaker having front-firing and upward-firing drivers, a sensor to determine the orientation of the speaker (e.g., horizontal or vertical) and a transceiver and control unit that transmits the orientation to a decoder and receives updated speaker feeds from the renderer based on the orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: David Matthew Fischer, Warren Mansfield, Adam Christopher Noel, Timothy James Eggerding, Philip Nicol
  • Publication number: 20180367939
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for an adaptive audio system that renders reflected sound for adaptive audio systems in different ways depending on the orientation of at least one speaker in a set of speakers. A speaker of the system may comprise an integrated speaker having front-firing and upward-firing drivers, a sensor to determine the orientation of the speaker (e.g., horizontal or vertical) and a transceiver and control unit that transmits the orientation to a decoder and receives updated speaker feeds from the renderer based on the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Matthew FISCHER, Warren MANSFIELD, Adam Christopher NOEL, Timothy James EGGERDING, Philip NICOL
  • Patent number: 9875751
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed processing adaptive audio content by determining an audio type as one of channel-based audio and object-based audio for each audio segment of an adaptive audio bitstream, tagging the each audio segment with a metadata definition indicating the audio type of the corresponding audio segment, processing audio segments tagged as channel-based audio in a channel audio renderer component, and processing audio segments tagged as object-based audio in an object audio renderer component that is distinct from the channel audio renderer component. Object-based audio is rendered through an object audio renderer interface that dynamically adjusts processing block sizes of the object audio segments based on timing and alignment of metadata updates and maximum/minimum block size parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy James Eggerding, Christian Wolff, Adam Christopher Noel, David Matthew Fischer, Sergio Martinez
  • Publication number: 20170243596
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed processing adaptive audio content by determining an audio type as one of channel-based audio and object-based audio for each audio segment of an adaptive audio bitstream, tagging the each audio segment with a metadata definition indicating the audio type of the corresponding audio segment, processing audio segments tagged as channel-based audio in a channel audio renderer component, and processing audio segments tagged as object-based audio in an object audio renderer component that is distinct from the channel audio renderer component. Object-based audio is rendered through an object audio renderer interface that dynamically adjusts processing block sizes of the object audio segments based on timing and alignment of metadata updates and maximum/minimum block size parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy James EGGERDING, Christian WOLFF, Adam Christopher NOEL, David Matthew FISCHER, Sergio MARTINEZ
  • Patent number: 9723425
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices for processing low-frequency audio data are provided. A bass extraction process may involve applying low-pass filters to received audio object signals, to produce extracted low-frequency audio signals. The bass extraction process may be performed prior to a process of rendering audio objects into speaker feed signals. A bass management process may involve routing the extracted low-frequency audio signals to the one or more speakers capable of reproducing low-frequency audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: David Matthew Fischer, Timothy James Eggerding, Eugene Edward Radzik, Adam Christopher Noel, David S. McGrath
  • Publication number: 20160150347
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices for processing low-frequency audio data are provided. A bass extraction process may involve applying low-pass filters to received audio object signals, to produce extracted low-frequency audio signals. The bass extraction process may be performed prior to a process of rendering audio objects into speaker feed signals. A bass management process may involve routing the extracted low-frequency audio signals to the one or more speakers capable of reproducing low-frequency audio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Matthew FISCHER, Timothy James EGGERDING, Eugene Edward RADZIK, Adam Christopher NOEL, David S. MCGRATH