Patents by Inventor Joy Lyons
Joy Lyons 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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Publication number: 20240163630Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for personalized three-dimensional audio. In one embodiment, a sound calibration system comprises a headrest having a first speaker, a second speaker, and one or more sensors, the headrest configured to engage a head of a user, and a controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory. The instructions, when executed, cause the controller to create customized spatial audio by utilizing a head-related impulse response (HRIR) that is modified based on an input audio signal, the location of the audio source and receiver, and the head position of the user. The resulting audio output is generated by applying the HRIR and interaural crosstalk cancellation filters to frequencies above a threshold frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Joy Lyons, Sean Olive, Christian Garcia, Todd Welti, Alfredo Fernandez Franco
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Publication number: 20240089690Abstract: It is described a computer implemented method for generating a personalized sound signal transfer function, the method comprising: determining first data, wherein the first data represents a first sound signal transfer function, wherein the first sound signal transfer function is associated with a user's ear and with a first sound signal direction relative to the user's ear; determining, based on the first data, second data, wherein the second data represents a second sound signal transfer function, wherein the second sound signal transfer function is associated with the user's ear and with a second sound signal direction relative to the user's ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Andrey Viktorovich FILIMONOV, Mikhail Sergeevich KLESHNIN, Andrey Igorevich EPISHIN, Joy LYONS
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Publication number: 20240089685Abstract: A headphone system includes a calibration microphone for performing a calibration routine with a user. The calibration microphone receives a stimulus signal emitted by the headphone system and generates a response signal indicating variations in the stimulus signal that arise due to physiological attributes of the user. Based on the stimulus signal and the response signal, the calibration engine generates response data. The calibration engine processes the response data based on a headphone transfer function (HPTF) associated with the headphone system in order to create an inverse filter that can reduce or remove acoustic variations caused by the headphone system. The calibration engine generates a personalized HRTF for the user based on the response data and the inverse filter. The personalized HRTF can be used to implement highly accurate 3D audio and is thereby well-suited for applications to immersive audio and audio-visual entertainment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Joy LYONS, Jason RIGGS, Alfredo Fernandez FRANCO
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Publication number: 20240089689Abstract: Computer-implemented method for determining a personalized head-related transfer function, the method comprising: receiving a training dataset comprising one or more training images of ears of one or more first users, a training input vector indicative of one or more first directions relative to the first user's head, and one or more values of the personalized head-related directional function related to the first users and the first directions; training an artificial neural network on the training dataset; receiving an inference dataset comprising an inference image of a second user's ear or a pair of inference images of the second user's ears, and an inference input vector indicative of a second direction relative to the second user's head; and processing the inference dataset by the artificial neural network to predict one or more personalized values of the directional function, the values related to the second user and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Andrey Igorevich EPISHIN, Anastasia Mikhaylovna FILCHENKOVA, Mikhail Sergeevich KLESHNIN, Joy LYONS
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Publication number: 20240089683Abstract: There is described a computer implemented method for generating a personalized sound signal transfer function, the method comprising: receiving, by a sound receiving means, a sound signal at or in a user's ear; determining, based on the received sound signal, first data, wherein the first data represents a first sound signal transfer function associated with the user's ear; determining, based on the first data, second data, wherein the second data represents a second sound signal transfer function associated with the user's ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Andrey Viktorovich FILIMONOV, Andrey Igorevich EPISHIN, Mikhail Sergeevich KLESHNIN, Joy LYONS
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Patent number: 11863959Abstract: A headphone system includes a calibration microphone for performing a calibration routine with a user. The calibration microphone receives a stimulus signal emitted by the headphone system and generates a response signal indicating variations in the stimulus signal that arise due to physiological attributes of the user. Based on the stimulus signal and the response signal, the calibration engine generates response data. The calibration engine processes the response data based on a headphone transfer function (HPTF) associated with the headphone system in order to create an inverse filter that can reduce or remove acoustic variations caused by the headphone system. The calibration engine generates a personalized HRTF for the user based on the response data and the inverse filter. The personalized HRTF can be used to implement highly accurate 3D audio and is thereby well-suited for applications to immersive audio and audio-visual entertainment.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Joy Lyons, Jason Riggs, Alfredo Fernandez Franco
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Publication number: 20230370805Abstract: In various embodiments, a method includes receiving a first audio channel signal; causing a first driver and a second driver of an audio output device to output a first frequency range of the first audio channel signal with a first power output; causing the first driver to output a second frequency range of the first audio channel signal with a second power output; and causing the second driver to output the second frequency range of the first audio channel signal with a third power output that is higher than the second power output, wherein the second frequency range is higher than the first frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Todd S. WELTI, Jason RIGGS, Joy LYONS
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Patent number: 11706582Abstract: Techniques for calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. The techniques include emitting a predetermined audio signal using an outward-facing transducer located on a first portion of a head-mounted device worn by the user, receiving the predetermined audio signal at a microphone located on a second portion of the head-mounted device, the second portion being different from the first portion, determining a transfer function for the user based on the received predetermined audio signal, and applying the transfer function to audio signals transmitted to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Nicholas Millias, Aderito Beltran
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Publication number: 20220167105Abstract: A headphone system includes a calibration microphone for performing a calibration routine with a user. The calibration microphone receives a stimulus signal emitted by the headphone system and generates a response signal indicating variations in the stimulus signal that arise due to physiological attributes of the user. Based on the stimulus signal and the response signal, the calibration engine generates response data. The calibration engine processes the response data based on a headphone transfer function (HPTF) associated with the headphone system in order to create an inverse filter that can reduce or remove acoustic variations caused by the headphone system. The calibration engine generates a personalized HRTF for the user based on the response data and the inverse filter. The personalized HRTF can be used to implement highly accurate 3D audio and is thereby well-suited for applications to immersive audio and audio-visual entertainment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Joy LYONS, Jason RIGGS, Alfredo Fernandez FRANCO
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Publication number: 20210211829Abstract: Techniques for calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. The techniques include emitting a predetermined audio signal using an outward-facing transducer located on a first portion of a head-mounted device worn by the user, receiving the predetermined audio signal at a microphone located on a second portion of the head-mounted device, the second portion being different from the first portion, determining a transfer function for the user based on the received predetermined audio signal, and applying the transfer function to audio signals transmitted to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Jason RIGGS, Joy LYONS, Nicholas MILLIAS, Aderito BELTRAN
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Patent number: 10993065Abstract: Systems and methods to calibrate listening devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method to calibrate earphones includes determining a Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of a user's anatomy (e.g., one or both of a listener's pinnae). The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF. In some embodiments, a first and a second HRTF are respectively determined for a first and second part of the user's anatomy. A composite HRTF of the user is generated by combining portions of the first and second HRTFs.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Nicholas Millias, Aderito Beltran
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Patent number: 10939225Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Jose Arjol Acebal, David Carr
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Publication number: 20190364378Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Jose Arjol Acebal, David Carr
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Publication number: 20190098431Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Jose Arjol Acebal, David Carr
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Publication number: 20190082283Abstract: Systems and methods to calibrate listening devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method to calibrate earphones includes determining a Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of a user's anatomy (e.g., one or both of a listener's pinnae). The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF. In some embodiments, a first and a second HRTF are respectively determined for a first and second part of the user's anatomy. A composite HRTF of the user is generated by combining portions of the first and second HRTFs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Nicholas Millias, Aderito Beltran
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Patent number: 10129681Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Ossic Corp.Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Jose Arjol Acebal, David Carr
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Patent number: 9955279Abstract: Systems and methods to calibrate listening devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method to calibrate earphones includes determining a Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of a user's anatomy (e.g., one or both of a listener's pinnae). The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF. In some embodiments, a first and a second HRTF are respectively determined for a first and second part of the user's anatomy. A composite HRTF of the user is generated by combining portions of the first and second HRTFs.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Ossic CorporationInventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Nicholas Millias, Aderito Beltran
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Publication number: 20170332186Abstract: Systems and methods to calibrate listening devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method to calibrate earphones includes determining a Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of a user's anatomy (e.g., one or both of a listener's pinnae). The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF. In some embodiments, a first and a second HRTF are respectively determined for a first and second part of the user's anatomy. A composite HRTF of the user is generated by combining portions of the first and second HRTFs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Nicholas Millias, Aderito Beltran
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Publication number: 20160269849Abstract: Systems and methods of calibrating listening devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a listening device (e.g., a headset) includes determining head related transfer functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of the user's anatomy. The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Jason Riggs, Joy Lyons, Jose Arjol Acebal, David Carr