Patents by Inventor Charles G. Seagrave

Charles G. Seagrave 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: 8613223
    Abstract: Two or more sound sensors are placed in a space of interest. Each sensor has a light-emitting output. Each sensor can be positioned at a specific location, such as at an ear location for a seated listener. An excitation source can provide a specified acoustical energy stimulus to the space. A user can obtain a visual impression of acoustical response of the space corresponding to the sound sensors' positions. An image acquisition system can acquire an image of the sound sensors responding to a stimulus. Acquired images can be analyzed to determine response characteristics. A presentation system can provide a display of response characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Charles G. Seagrave
  • Publication number: 20110209550
    Abstract: Two or more sound sensors are placed in a space of interest. Each sensor has a light-emitting output. Each sensor can be positioned at a specific location, such as at an ear location for a seated listener. An excitation source can provide a specified acoustical energy stimulus to the space. A user can obtain a visual impression of acoustical response of the space corresponding to the sound sensors' positions. An image acquisition system can acquire an image of the sound sensors responding to a stimulus. Acquired images can be analyzed to determine response characteristics. A presentation system can provide a display of response characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Charles G. Seagrave
  • Patent number: 7845233
    Abstract: Two or more sound sensors are placed in a space of interest. Each sensor has a light-emitting output. Each sensor can be positioned at a specific location, such as at an ear location for a seated listener. An excitation source can provide a specified acoustical energy stimulus to the space. A user can obtain a visual impression of acoustical response of the space corresponding to the sound sensors' positions. An image acquisition system can acquire an image of the sound sensors responding to a stimulus. Acquired images can be analyzed to determine response characteristics. A presentation system can provide a display of response characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Charles G. Seagrave
  • Publication number: 20080184803
    Abstract: A plurality of sound sensors is disposed in a space of interest. Each sensor comprises a light-emitting output. Each sensor can be positioned at a specific location, such as at an ear location for a seated listener. An excitation source can provide a specified acoustical energy stimulus to the space. A user can obtain a visual impression of acoustical response of the space corresponding to the sound sensors' positions. An image acquisition system can acquire an image of the sound sensors responding to a stimulus. Acquired images can be analyzed to determine response characteristics. A presentation system can provide a display of response characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Charles G. Seagrave
  • Patent number: 5544140
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a storage medium carrying symbols representing digital information, the recovery from a storage medium of symbols representing digital information and the determination of the digital information represented by such symbols. More particularly, the invention relates to storage media carrying the symbols in two dimensions and to the recovery of such symbols by oversampling in two dimensions. While the invention has many applications, the invention is described in connection with preferred embodiments in which the symbols are carried by and recovered from an optical-storage medium, namely, motion picture film, the symbols representing digital information into which motion picture soundtrack and related information is encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Charles G. Seagrave, Martin J. Richards, Douglas E. Mandell, Mark L. Atherton