Patents by Inventor Margaret HEILE

Margaret HEILE 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: 11134339
    Abstract: Various implementations include microphone arrays and related speaker systems. In one implementation, a microphone array is mounted in a housing having a primary X axis, a primary Y axis perpendicular to the primary X axis, and a primary Z axis perpendicular to the primary X axis and the primary Y axis. The microphone array can include: a set of microphones positioned in a single plane perpendicular to the primary Z axis of the housing and axially asymmetric with respect to both the primary X axis of the housing and the primary Y axis of the housing. In some cases, all microphones in the set of microphones are stationary relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Avi Dick, Sarah Margaret Heile
  • Patent number: 10349169
    Abstract: Various implementations include microphone arrays and related speaker systems. In one implementation, a microphone array is mounted in a housing having a primary X axis, a primary Y axis perpendicular to the primary X axis, and a primary Z axis perpendicular to the primary X axis and the primary Y axis. The microphone array can include a set of microphones positioned in a single plane perpendicular to the primary Z axis, and axially asymmetric with respect to both the primary X axis and the primary Y axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Avi Dick, Sarah Margaret Heile
  • Publication number: 20190149913
    Abstract: Various implementations include microphone arrays and related speaker systems. In one implementation, a microphone array is mounted in a housing having a primary X axis, a primary Y axis perpendicular to the primary X axis, and a primary Z axis perpendicular to the primary X axis and the primary Y axis. The microphone array can include: a set of microphones positioned in a single plane perpendicular to the primary Z axis of the housing and axially asymmetric with respect to both the primary X axis of the housing and the primary Y axis of the housing. In some cases, all microphones in the set of microphones are stationary relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: David Avi Dick, Sarah Margaret Heile
  • Publication number: 20190132672
    Abstract: Various implementations include microphone arrays and related speaker systems. In one implementation, a microphone array is mounted in a housing having a primary X axis, a primary Y axis perpendicular to the primary X axis, and a primary Z axis perpendicular to the primary X axis and the primary Y axis. The microphone array can include a set of microphones positioned in a single plane perpendicular to the primary Z axis, and axially asymmetric with respect to both the primary X axis and the primary Y axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: David Avi Dick, Sarah Margaret Heile
  • Publication number: 20160140581
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for determining an expected market share for a generic product, are provided. A market share simulator receives a selected category for a selected attribute of a generic product. Based on the selected category and the selected attribute for the product, the market share simulator determines the utility of the selected attribute, and a sum of a plurality of utilities for the selected attribute associated with a plurality of products, wherein the generic product and the plurality of products compete for a portion of a market share. Market share simulator then compares the utility of the selected attribute to the sum of the plurality of utilities to generate an expected market share for the generic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret HEILE, Jeffery Clark STRONG, Sandra C. SHIFRIN