Patents by Inventor Bruce G. Spicer

Bruce G. Spicer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array
    Patent number: 8155926
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method and apparatus for improving noise discrimination in multiple sensor pairs
    Patent number: 8155927
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method And Apparatus For Improving Noise Discrimination In Multiple Sensor Pairs
    Publication number: 20110029288
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method and apparatus for improving noise discrimination in multiple sensor pairs
    Patent number: 7788066
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method & Apparatus For Accommodating Device And/Or Signal Mismatch In A Sensor Array
    Publication number: 20090234618
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array
    Patent number: 7472041
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Step Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method and apparatus for improving noise discrimination in multiple sensor pairs
    Patent number: 7415372
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Step Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer
  • Spring actuated contact for high voltage bushing
    Patent number: 4116515
    Abstract: A high voltage bushing having a bore contact mounted for axial movement within the bushing housing, the bore contact being biased for movement into engagement with a rod contact and a magnetically responsive trip mechanism releasably engaging the bore contact and being responsive to a magnetic field produced under fault current conditions to release the bore contact for movement into engagement with the rod contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: RTE Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce G. Spicer
  • Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array
    Patent number: RE47535
    Abstract: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon C. Taenzer, Bruce G. Spicer