Patents by Inventor Eric Steven Penrod

Eric Steven Penrod 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).

  • Publication number: 20240107103
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240089653
    Abstract: An image capture device reduces noise floor using multiple microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains a front microphone signal from a front microphone, the front microphone signal having a noisy noise floor portion, obtains a rear microphone signal from a rear microphone, sets a splice point based on mitigation of the noisy noise floor portion relative to a speech frequency range, and combines a substantially clean noise floor portion of the rear microphone signal at or below the splice point with a remaining portion of the front microphone signal above the splice point to generate a microphone signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
  • Publication number: 20240077787
    Abstract: Wind processing performance is improved by the placement of one or more microphones on a device. The device includes one or more microphones on the front surface, one or more microphones on the top surface, and one or more microphones on the rear surface. The rear surface is a heatsink, and the one or more microphones on the rear surface are located in recesses created by two or more fins of the heatsink. The device includes a processor that performs wind processing based on signals from the one or more microphones on the front surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the top surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the rear surface, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
  • Publication number: 20240015437
    Abstract: An image capture device performs audio processing based on a detection of whether a wind sock is attached to the image capture device. When a wind sock is detected, the image capture device performs stereo processing. When a wind sock is not detected, the image capture device performs wind processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Ramesh Avudurthi, Eric Steven Penrod
  • Publication number: 20240015433
    Abstract: An image capture device includes a housing, a processor, and three or more microphones. The housing includes a forward wall including a sensor, a rearward wall located opposite the forward wall, and a top wall connecting the forward wall and the rearward wall. The three or more microphones are configured to capture sound. The three or more microphones include a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. The processor is configured to receive the sound from the three or more microphones and to estimate a direction of arrival, reduce or remove wind noise, perform beamforming, or a combination thereof. The first microphone is located on or within the forward wall, the second microphone is located on or within the top wall, and the third microphone is located on or within the top wall and spaced apart from the second microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 11843819
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20230199243
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 11553238
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch