Patents by Inventor Paul L. Sauk

Paul L. Sauk 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).

  • Method and apparatus for creating a multi-dimensional communication space for use in a binaural audio system
    Patent number: 7876903
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing, combining, and customizing virtual sound environments. A binaural sound system (400) includes a transceiver (492) configured for receiving a signal (600) containing at least a first type of information and a second type of information. The first type of information includes enunciated data (602). The enunciated data specifies certain information intended to be audibly enunciated to a user. The second type of information comprises first type of metadata (604-1) and a second type of metadata (604-2). The first type of metadata includes information which identifies a characteristic of the enunciated data exclusive of spatial position information. The second type of metadata identifies a spatial position information associated with the enunciated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Sauk
  • Method and apparatus for creating a multi-dimensional communication space for use in a binaural audio system
    Publication number: 20080008342
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing, combining, and customizing virtual sound environments. A binaural sound system (400) includes a transceiver (492) configured for receiving a signal (600) containing at least a first type of information and a second type of information. The first type of information includes enunciated data (602). The enunciated data specifies certain information intended to be audibly enunciated to a user. The second type of information comprises first type of metadata (604-1) and a second type of metadata (604-2). The first type of metadata includes information which identifies a characteristic of the enunciated data exclusive of spatial position information. The second type of metadata identifies a spatial position information associated with the enunciated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Paul L. Sauk