Patents by Inventor Scott Wedge

Scott Wedge 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: 9706293
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous monaural radio broadcasts from different stations. A differentiation cue is added to at least one of the audio signals from the radio reception to allow the listener to more effectively focus on and differentiate between the broadcasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Donald Scott Wedge
  • Publication number: 20120275603
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous monaural radio broadcasts from different stations. A differentiation cue is added to at least one of the audio signals from the radio reception to allow the listener to more effectively focus on and differentiate between the broadcasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Donald Scott Wedge
  • Patent number: 8189827
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous monaural radio broadcasts from different stations. A differentiation cue is added to at least one of the audio signals from the radio reception to allow the listener to more effectively focus on and differentiate between the broadcasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Donald Scott Wedge
  • Patent number: 7260231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous monaural radio broadcasts from different stations. A differentiation cue is added to at least one of the audio signals from the radio reception to allow the listener to more effectively focus on and differentiate between the broadcasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Donald Scott Wedge
  • Patent number: 5430244
    Abstract: Dynamic correction of a musical instrument input data stream providing a transposed musical context in conjunction with local scale and harmony corrections. Local corrections are applied with respect to a reference sequence and the time delay of local corrections may be varied by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: E-mu Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ruffcorn, Robert C. Bliss, Scott Wedge
  • Patent number: 4699038
    Abstract: A touch sensitive electronic musical or sound generating instrument is disclosed. The invention utilizes digital techniques to sense how hard any one of a plurality of push buttons on a keyboard is depressed or actuated. The instrument generates a desired or particular sound (such as a musical note) at a desired parameter such as volume, corresponding to how hard a specific button was depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: E-Mu Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: D. Scott Wedge