Patents by Inventor Damien Oliver Givernet

Damien Oliver Givernet 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: 8666085
    Abstract: An active noise reduction (ANR) component for provision in an earphone housing is disclosed. The device includes a driver and a sensing microphone, the driver and sensing microphone being housed in a component housing. The earphone housing has an outlet passageway from the ANR component to an auditory canal. The ANR component is adapted for use with a controller to provide active noise reduction to the auditory canal over a predetermined range of physical dimensions or acoustic parameters of the housing outlet passageway. The ANR component can thus be used with different housings which simplifies the design process for producing ANR earphone products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Phitek Systems Limited
    Inventors: Mark Donaldson, Andre Steyn, Pierre Victor Manuel Guiu, Damien Oliver Givernet, William James Sim
  • Patent number: 8571227
    Abstract: An active noise cancellation earphone (1) has an acoustic path including a cavity (36) and a pipe (20) leading to the auditory canal (40) which are arranged to form an oscillator in use which has the effect of recovering the open loop system phase characteristics at a selected frequency or frequency range. The earphone (1) also has two parts (5,18) which can be adjusted relative to each other to allow the earphone (1) to be comfortably and correctly positioned in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Phitek Systems Limited
    Inventors: Mark Donaldson, Damien Oliver Givernet
  • Publication number: 20090161885
    Abstract: An active noise reduction (ANR) component for provision in an earphone housing is disclosed. The device includes a driver and a sensing microphone, the driver and sensing microphone being housed in a component housing. The earphone housing has an outlet passageway from the ANR component to an auditory canal. The ANR component is adapted for use with a controller to provide active noise reduction to the auditory canal over a predetermined range of physical dimensions or acoustic parameters of the housing outlet passageway. The ANR component can thus be used with different housings which simplifies the design process for producing ANR earphone products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Donaldson, Andre Steyn, Pierre Victor Manuel Guiu, Damien Oliver Givernet, William James Sim