Patents by Inventor Kenneth Gundry

Kenneth Gundry 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: 8693699
    Abstract: An electroacoustic channel soundfield is altered. An audio signal is applied by an electromechanical transducer to an acoustic space, causing air pressure changes therein. Another audio signal is obtained by a second electromechanical transducer, responsive to air pressure changes in the acoustic space. A transfer function estimate of the electroacoustic channel is established, responsive to the second audio signal and part of the first audio signal. The transfer function estimate is derived to be adaptive to temporal variations in the electroacoustic channel transfer function. Filters are obtained with transfer functions based on the transfer function estimate. Part of the first audio signal is filtered therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Fellers, Grant Davidson, Rongshan Yu, Eric Benjamin, Kenneth Gundry
  • Publication number: 20110142247
    Abstract: An electroacoustic channel soundfield is altered. An audio signal is applied by an electromechanical transducer to an acoustic space, causing air pressure changes therein. Another audio signal is obtained by a second electromechanical transducer, responsive to air pressure changes in the acoustic space. A transfer function estimate of the electroacoustic channel is established, responsive to the second audio signal and part of the first audio signal. The transfer function estimate is derived to be adaptive to temporal variations in the electroacoustic channel transfer function. Filters are obtained with transfer functions based on the transfer function estimate. Part of the first audio signal is filtered therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Fellers, Grant Davidson, Rongshan Yu, Eric Benjamin, Kenneth Gundry
  • Publication number: 20050102049
    Abstract: Methods for splicing PCM audio frames form modified frames by appending to each frame either a portion of the next preceding frame or the next following frame. According to a first approach, splices are obtained by fading up and fading down a frame end and a frame appendage only at a splice point, and overlapping and combining to provide a crossfade at the splice. Alternatively, every frame end and frame appendage is faded up and faded down, overlapped and combined. A subtractive method of providing complementary fade-up and fade-down reduces rounding errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Smithers, Kenneth Gundry