Patents by Inventor Brandon J. Rice
Brandon J. Rice 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: 11807896Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems, kits and methods related to preserving physical linkage information of isolated DNA subject to DNA damage, and identifying a nucleic acid preservative. Physical linkage information and DNA integrity may be preserved by methods relating to reassembly of chromatin onto isolated DNA molecules so as to protect the nucleic acids, preserve physical linkage information, or size select molecules of interest. Nucleic acid compositions produced by methods disclosed herein are preserved so as to be analyzed, for example, by high throughput sequencing methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Dovetail Genomics, LLCInventors: Brandon J. Rice, David Haussler
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Publication number: 20230178184Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Publication number: 20230104111Abstract: One or more acoustic parameters of a current acoustic environment of a user may be determined based on sensor signals captured by one or more sensors of the device. One or more preset acoustic parameters may be determined based on the one or more acoustic parameters of the current acoustic environment of the user and an acoustic environment of an audio file comprising audio signals that is determined based on the audio signals of the audio file or metadata of the audio file. The audio signals may be spatially rendered by applying spatial filters that include the one or more preset acoustic parameters to the audio signals, resulting in binaural audio signals. The binaural audio signals may be used to drive speakers of a headset. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Prateek Murgai, John E. Arthur, Joshua D. Atkins, Juha O. Merimaa, Dipanjan Sen, Brandon J. Rice, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Benjamin Bernard, David E. Romblom
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Patent number: 11600361Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Dovetail Genomics, LLCInventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Patent number: 10945090Abstract: A method performed by an audio system within a room that includes a first loudspeaker that has a first beamforming array and a second loudspeaker that has a second beamforming array. The method obtains a sound program as several input audio channels. The method performs a beamforming algorithm based on the input audio channels to cause each of the arrays to produce a front beam pattern and a side beam pattern when the loudspeakers are close to an object within the room, where the front beam patterns are directed away from the object and the side beam patterns are directed towards the object and the beam patterns contain different portions of the sound program. The method performs a cross-talk cancellation (XTC) algorithm based on a subset of the input audio channels to produce several XTC output signals for driving the arrays when the loudspeakers are far away from the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sylvain J. Choisel, Brandon J. Rice, Ismael H. Nawfal
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Publication number: 20190191257Abstract: A transition between a stereophonic presentation and a monophonic presentation of a stereophonic input signal that includes a left channel signal and a right channel signal extracts content that is present at similar levels but not in-phase between the left and right channel signals to produce at least one of a left enhancement signal and a right enhancement signal. The left channel signal, the right channel signal, and only one of the left and right enhancement signals are combined to produce a monophonic signal for the monophonic presentation. Cross-fading between the left channel signal and the monophonic signal and between the right channel signal and the monophonic signal may be used to transition between the stereophonic presentation and the monophonic presentation. The stereophonic input signal may be up-mixed to produce enhancement signal. A similar transition between a multichannel presentation and a monophonic presentation of a multichannel signal is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Sylvain J. Choisel, Afrooz Family, Brandon J. Rice
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Publication number: 20190180843Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Patent number: 10318706Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Dovetail Genomics, LLCInventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Patent number: 10306391Abstract: A transition between a stereophonic presentation and a monophonic presentation of a stereophonic input signal that includes a left channel signal and a right channel signal extracts content that is present at similar levels but not in-phase between the left and right channel signals to produce at least one of a left enhancement signal and a right enhancement signal. The left channel signal, the right channel signal, and only one of the left and right enhancement signals are combined to produce a monophonic signal for the monophonic presentation. Cross-fading between the left channel signal and the monophonic signal and between the right channel signal and the monophonic signal may be used to transition between the stereophonic presentation and the monophonic presentation. The stereophonic input signal may be up-mixed to produce enhancement signal. A similar transition between a multichannel presentation and a monophonic presentation of a multichannel signal is described.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sylvain J. Choisel, Afrooz Family, Brandon J. Rice
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Patent number: 10264355Abstract: An operating power level for a loudspeaker cabinet and a target power level for the loudspeaker cabinet are determined during output of an audio signal by the loudspeaker cabinet. The target power level is based on temperature data for the loudspeaker cabinet and varies as the temperature data changes. Based on the operating power level and the target power level, values of two or more control parameters for controlling audio output of the loudspeaker cabinet are generated, where at least one of the control parameters controls the gain of a specific audio frequency band. The audio signal is adjusted according to the generated values of the control parameters, where doing so reduces power consumption of the loudspeaker cabinet during the audio output. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel C. Klingler, Afrooz Family, Brandon J. Rice, James M. Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20180352329Abstract: An operating power level for a loudspeaker cabinet and a target power level for the loudspeaker cabinet are determined during output of an audio signal by the loudspeaker cabinet. The target power level is based on temperature data for the loudspeaker cabinet and varies as the temperature data changes. Based on the operating power level and the target power level, values of two or more control parameters for controlling audio output of the loudspeaker cabinet are generated, where at least one of the control parameters controls the gain of a specific audio frequency band. The audio signal is adjusted according to the generated values of the control parameters, where doing so reduces power consumption of the loudspeaker cabinet during the audio output. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Daniel C. Klingler, Afrooz Family, Brandon J. Rice, James M. Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20180119203Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems, kits and methods related to preserving physical linkage information of isolated DNA subject to DNA damage, and identifying a nucleic acid preservative. Physical linkage information and DNA integrity may be preserved by methods relating to reassembly of chromatin onto isolated DNA molecules so as to protect the nucleic acids, preserve physical linkage information, or size select molecules of interest. Nucleic acid compositions produced by methods disclosed herein are preserved so as to be analyzed, for example, by high throughput sequencing methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Brandon J. RICE, David HAUSSLER
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Publication number: 20170300615Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Patent number: 9715573Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: DOVETAIL GENOMICS, LLCInventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice
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Publication number: 20160246922Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods related to sequence assembly, such as nucleic acid sequence assembly of single reads and contigs into larger contigs and scaffolds through the use of read pair sequence information, such as read pair information indicative of nucleic acid sequence phase or physical linkage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Nicholas H. Putnam, Jonathan C. Stites, Brandon J. Rice