Patents by Inventor Olha Michelle TOWNSEND

Olha Michelle TOWNSEND 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).

  • AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240022869
    Abstract: A method may involve: receiving direction of arrival (DOA) data corresponding to sound emitted by at least a first smart audio device of the audio environment that includes a first audio transmitter and a first audio receiver, the DOA data corresponding to sound received by at least a second smart audio device of the audio environment that includes a second audio transmitter and a second audio receiver, the DOA data corresponding to sound emitted by at least the second smart audio device and received by at least the first smart audio device; receiving one or more configuration parameters corresponding to the audio environment, to one or more audio devices, or both; and minimizing a cost function based at least in part on the DOA data and the configuration parameter(s), to estimate a position and an orientation of at least the first smart audio device and the second smart audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Daniel ARTEAGA, Davide SCAINI, Mark R.P. THOMAS, Avery BRUNI, Olha Michelle TOWNSEND