Patents by Inventor Phillip L. Maness

Phillip L. Maness 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: 9837123
    Abstract: A computing device may receive or otherwise access a base audio layer and one or more enhancement audio layers. The computing device can reconstruct the retrieved base layer and/or enhancement layers into a single data stream or audio file. The local computing device may process audio frames in a highest enhancement layer retrieved in which the data can be validated (or a lower layer if the data in audio frames in the enhancement layer(s) cannot be validated) and build a stream or audio file based on the audio frames in that layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Publication number: 20170270968
    Abstract: A computing device may receive or otherwise access a base audio layer and one or more enhancement audio layers. The computing device can reconstruct the retrieved base layer and/or enhancement layers into a single data stream or audio file. The local computing device may process audio frames in a highest enhancement layer retrieved in which the data can be validated (or a lower layer if the data in audio frames in the enhancement layer(s) cannot be validated) and build a stream or audio file based on the audio frames in that layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Patent number: 9613660
    Abstract: A computing device may receive or otherwise access a base audio layer and one or more enhancement audio layers. The computing device can reconstruct the retrieved base layer and/or enhancement layers into a single data stream or audio file. The local computing device may process audio frames in a highest enhancement layer retrieved in which the data can be validated (or a lower layer if the data in audio frames in the enhancement layer(s) cannot be validated) and build a stream or audio file based on the audio frames in that layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Patent number: 9558785
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are described for generating layered audio such that computing devices can request a variable amount of data based on criteria such as their available bandwidth, device capability, or user selection. A base layer and one or more enhancement layers that incrementally enhance the previous layers may be generated. A computing device may retrieve the base layer and/or one or more enhancement layers, adjusting, in real-time or near real-time, which layers are retrieved based on fluctuations in the available bandwidth among other possible criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Publication number: 20140303984
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are described for generating layered audio such that computing devices can request a variable amount of data based on criteria such as their available bandwidth, device capability, or user selection. A base layer and one or more enhancement layers that incrementally enhance the previous layers may be generated. A computing device may retrieve the base layer and/or one or more enhancement layers, adjusting, in real-time or near real-time, which layers are retrieved based on fluctuations in the available bandwidth among other possible criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Publication number: 20140303762
    Abstract: A computing device may receive or otherwise access a base audio layer and one or more enhancement audio layers. The computing device can reconstruct the retrieved base layer and/or enhancement layers into a single data stream or audio file. The local computing device may process audio frames in a highest enhancement layer retrieved in which the data can be validated (or a lower layer if the data in audio frames in the enhancement layer(s) cannot be validated) and build a stream or audio file based on the audio frames in that layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rogers Johnson, Phillip L. Maness
  • Publication number: 20020038187
    Abstract: A vibration data processor and processing method uses a frequency domain filter having low pipeline delay and accurate time domain signal reconstruction. The filter may be user configurable, and the filter may receive input data from a variable number of decimation stages. Sequences of extracted vibrational features are routed to a variable length output buffer for event detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Phillip L. Maness, Johannes I. Boerhout
  • Patent number: 6275781
    Abstract: A vibration data processor and processing method uses a frequency domain filter having low pipeline delay and accurate time domain signal reconstruction. The filter may be user configurable, and the filter may receive input data from a variable number of decimation stages. Sequences of extracted vibrational features are routed to a variable length output buffer for event detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: SKF Condition Monitoring, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip L. Maness, Johannes I. Boerhout
  • Patent number: 6199422
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring the operational condition of a machine is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: SKF Condition Monitoring, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes I. Boerhout, Phillip L. Maness, Hoa Nguyen, Wane D. Wier
  • Patent number: 5854553
    Abstract: The output of an eddy current probe is demodulated and subsequently linearized using an analog to digital converter, a digital signal processor, and a memory. The linearized digital output signal is converted back to an analog signal, the voltage of which is preferably directly proportional to the position of the conductive target in relation to the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: SKF Condition Monitoring
    Inventors: John T. Barclay, Phillip L. Maness, Leroy R. Bannach