Patents by Inventor Andrew Healy
Andrew Healy 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).
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Patent number: 11882421Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew Healy, Edward John Neary, Erich Hubert Vogel, Andrew Michael Poulain, Gregory J. Long, Joel A. Butler, Angela Williams, Luca Revelli, Dossym Nurmukhanov, Tanner James Cook, Marcelo Traverso M., Kenneth Schindler
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Publication number: 20230209267Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew HEALY, Edward John NEARY, Erich Hubert VOGEL, Andrew Michael POULAIN, Gregory J. LONG, Joel A. BUTLER, Angela WILLIAMS, Luca REVELLI, Dossym NURMUKHANOV, Tanner James COOK, Marcelo TRAVERSO M., Kenneth SCHINDLER
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Patent number: 11689860Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Healy, Edward John Neary, Erich Hubert Vogel, Andrew Michael Poulain, Gregory J. Long, Joel A. Butler, Angela Williams, Luca Revelli, Dossym Nurmukhanov, Tanner James Cook, Marcelo Traverso M., Kenneth Schindler
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Patent number: 11601759Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew Healy, Edward John Neary, Erich Hubert Vogel, Andrew Michael Poulain, Gregory J. Long, Joel A. Butler, Angela Williams, Luca Revelli, Dossym Nurmukhanov, Tanner James Cook, Marcelo Traverso M., Kenneth Schindler
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Patent number: 11585234Abstract: Systems, program products, and methods for detecting thermal stability within gas turbine systems are disclosed. The systems may include a computing device(s) in communication with a gas turbine system, and a plurality of sensors positioned within or adjacent the gas turbine system. The sensor(s) may measure operational characteristics of the gas turbine system. The computing device(s) may be configured to detect thermal stability within the gas turbine system by performing processes including calculating a lag output for each of the plurality of measured operational characteristics. The calculated lag output may be based on a difference between a calculated lag for the measured operational characteristics and the measured operational characteristic itself. The calculated lag output may be also be based on a time constant for the measured operational characteristics. The computing device(s) may also determine when each of the calculated lag outputs are below a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Veerappan Muthaiah, Timothy Andrew Healy, Randy Scott Rosson, Harold Lamar Jordan, Jr., Kowshik Narayanaswamy
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Patent number: 11519292Abstract: A method of detecting flame state of a combustor of a turbine engine. The method includes determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a compressor discharge pressure of a compressor of the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a gas turbine exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust gases output by the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a gas turbine shaft/rotor speed of the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of combustor dynamic pressure monitoring; and determining a flame state of a combustor of the turbine engine based on the combustor dynamic pressure monitoring, the determined derivatives of the combustion dynamics, compressor discharge pressure, gas turbine shaft/rotor speed, and gas turbine exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust gases.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Andrew Healy, Abhijit Prabhakar Kulkarni, Scott Arthur Day, John Rogers Huey
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Publication number: 20220360901Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew HEALY, Edward J. NEARY, Erich H. VOGEL, Andrew M. POULAIN, Gregory J. LONG, Joel A. BUTLER, Angela S. WILLIAMS, Luca REVELLI, Dossym NURMUKHANOV, Tanner COOK, Marcelo TRAVERSO M., Kenneth SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20220353617Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew HEALY, Edward J. NEARY, Erich H. VOGEL, Andrew M. POULAIN, Gregory J. LONG, Joel A. BUTLER, Angela S. WILLIAMS, Luca REVELLI, Dossym NURMUKHANOV, Tanner COOK, Marcelo TRAVERSO M., Kenneth SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20220307385Abstract: A method of detecting flame state of a combustor of a turbine engine. The method includes determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a compressor discharge pressure of a compressor of the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a gas turbine exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust gases output by the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of a gas turbine shaft/rotor speed of the turbine engine; determining at least one of a first derivative and a second derivative of combustor dynamic pressure monitoring; and determining a flame state of a combustor of the turbine engine based on the combustor dynamic pressure monitoring, the determined derivatives of the combustion dynamics, compressor discharge pressure, gas turbine shaft/rotor speed, and gas turbine exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Timothy Andrew Healy, Abhijit Prabhakar Kulkarni, Scott Arthur Day, John Rogers Huey
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Patent number: 11418109Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Healy, Edward J. Neary, Erich H. Vogel, Andrew M. Poulain, Gregory J. Long, Joel A. Butler, Angela S. Williams, Luca Revelli, Dossym Nurmukhanov, Tanner Cook, Marcelo Traverso M., Kenneth Schindler
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Patent number: 11290819Abstract: Embodiments include a power source outputting power to drive speakers and lights in a venue; a control unit coupled to the power source and outputting multi-channel digital audio data to the speakers and light control data to the lights; and a unitary transmission bus coupling the output of the power source to the speakers and the lights and transmitting the power, the digital audio data, and the light control data to the speakers and the lights. The lighting control data comprises metadata superimposed over the digital audio data and power. Other actuators besides lights may also be used such as e.g. steam/water generators, smell/aroma generators, prop movements, LCD displays, hologram generators, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew Healy, Andrew Michael Poulain, Joel A. Butler, Dossym Nurmukhanov, James Tanner Cook
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Publication number: 20210376711Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew HEALY, Edward J. NEARY, Erich H. VOGEL, Andrew M. POULAIN, Gregory J. LONG, Joel A. BUTLER, Angela S. WILLIAMS, Luca REVELLI, Dossym NURMUKHANOV, Tanner COOK, Marcelo M. TRAVERSO, Kenneth Schindler
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Patent number: 11149654Abstract: Systems, program products, and methods for adjusting operating limit (OL) thresholds for compressors of gas turbine systems based on mass flow loss are disclosed herein. The systems may include at least one computing device in communication with the gas turbine system, sensor(s) measuring operational characteristic(s) of the gas turbine system, and a pressure sensor measuring an ambient fluid pressure surrounding the gas turbine system. The computing device(s) may be configured to adjust operational parameters of the gas turbine system by performing processes including determining a mass flow loss between an estimated, first mass flow rate and a calculated, second mass flow rate for the compressor of the gas turbine system, and adjusting an OL threshold for the compressor of the gas turbine system based on the mass flow loss. The OL threshold for the compressor may be below a predetermined surge threshold for the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Veerappan Muthaiah, Ajay Keshava Rao, Timothy Andrew Healy
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Patent number: 11121620Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew Healy, Edward J. Neary, Erich H. Vogel, Andrew M. Poulain, Gregory J. Long, Joel A. Butler, Angela S. Williams, Luca Revelli, Dossym Nurmukhanov, Tanner Cook, Marcelo Traverso M., Kenneth Schindler
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Publication number: 20210277833Abstract: Systems, program products, and methods for adjusting operating limit (OL) thresholds for compressors of gas turbine systems based on mass flow loss are disclosed herein. The systems may include at least one computing device in communication with the gas turbine system, sensor(s) measuring operational characteristic(s) of the gas turbine system, and a pressure sensor measuring an ambient fluid pressure surrounding the gas turbine system. The computing device(s) may be configured to adjust operational parameters of the gas turbine system by performing processes including determining a mass flow loss between an estimated, first mass flow rate and a calculated, second mass flow rate for the compressor of the gas turbine system, and adjusting an OL threshold for the compressor of the gas turbine system based on the mass flow loss. The OL threshold for the compressor may be below a predetermined surge threshold for the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Veerappan Muthaiah, Ajay Keshava Rao, Timothy Andrew Healy
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Publication number: 20210277794Abstract: Systems, program products, and methods for detecting thermal stability within gas turbine systems are disclosed. The systems may include a computing device(s) in communication with a gas turbine system, and a plurality of sensors positioned within or adjacent the gas turbine system. The sensor(s) may measure operational characteristics of the gas turbine system. The computing device(s) may be configured to detect thermal stability within the gas turbine system by performing processes including calculating a lag output for each of the plurality of measured operational characteristics. The calculated lag output may be based on a difference between a calculated lag for the measured operational characteristics and the measured operational characteristic itself. The calculated lag output may be also be based on a time constant for the measured operational characteristics. The computing device(s) may also determine when each of the calculated lag outputs are below a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Veerappan Muthaiah, Timothy Andrew Healy, Randy Scott Rosson, Harold Lamar Jordan, JR., Kowshik Narayanaswamy
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Publication number: 20210235192Abstract: Embodiments include a power source out-putting power to drive speakers and lights in a venue; a control unit coupled to the power source and outputting multi-channel digital audio data to the speakers and light control data to the lights; and a unitary transmission bus coupling the output of the power source to the speakers and the lights and transmitting the power, the digital audio data, and the light control data to the speakers and the lights. The lighting control data comprises metadata super-imposed over the digital audio data and power. Other actuators besides lights may also be used such as e.g. steam/water generators, smell/aroma generators, prop movements, LCD displays, hologram generators, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Andrew HEALY, Andrew Michael POULAIN, Joel A. BUTLER, Dossym NURMUKHANOV, James Tanner COOK
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Patent number: D963936Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Twisted Foot, LLCInventor: Robert Andrew Healy
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Patent number: D984729Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Twisted Foot, LLCInventor: Robert Andrew Healy
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Patent number: D987889Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Twisted Foot, LLCInventor: Robert Andrew Healy