Patents by Inventor William Redmann
William Redmann 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).
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Publication number: 20230291940Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for processing a program schedule to enable presentation of programs can involve obtaining a capabilities expression including at least one capability code indicating a characteristic associated with a program; determining that the characteristic is not required to present the program; and processing the capabilities expression without regard to the at least one capability code to enable presentation of the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: William REDMANN
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Publication number: 20230217066Abstract: Selection of a content presentation can involve obtaining a message representative of a plurality of terms including a first term and a second term, wherein the first term indicates a first capability required for a first content presentation and the second term indicates a second capability required for a second content presentation; and enabling selection of a content presentation from among at least the first and second content presentations available based on a content signal, wherein the selection is based on the message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventor: William REDMANN
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Publication number: 20230179833Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems associated with electronic devices can involve determining a plurality of available services providing content, wherein each service has an associated content format; determining an order of the plurality of available services, based on the content format of each service and a sequence of switching between the plurality of available services, to reduce a transition time when switching, based on the sequence, from a first one of the plurality of available services to a second one of the plurality of services different from the first one; generating, based on the order, a list of the plurality of available services representing a program guide, wherein the first and second services are adjacent in the program guide; and enabling, based on the program guide, switching from the first service to the second service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: William REDMANN, Alan STEIN
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Patent number: 11570566Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20220116727Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peter JAX, Johannes BOEHM, William REDMANN
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Patent number: 11228856Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20210051432Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peter JAX, Johannes BOEHM, William REDMANN
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Patent number: 10771912Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20190297446Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peter JAX, Johannes BOEHM, William REDMANN
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Patent number: 10299062Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20190014220Abstract: A method that generates notifications for mobile devices based on environmental factors includes detecting an event, determining at least one environmental factor value, and generating a notification based at least partly on the event and the at least one environmental factor value. Notifications for mobile devices are identified, generated, and/or modified based on environmental factors such as location, position, orientation, and proximity to other devices. User feedback may be received and used to generate and update notification profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Joel FOGELSON, William REDMANN
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Publication number: 20180007355Abstract: A method for transmitting video content segments includes providing Low Frame Rate (LFR) and High Frame Rate (HFR) encoding mode designations for video content segments having static scenes and scenes with motion, respectively. Each video content segment is encoded accordance with its encoding mode designation and then transmitted with its encoding mode designation to enable retrieval and decoding by a decoder. Encoded video content appears as LFR content for processing as LFR content by equipment unaware of the present encoding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Thierry BOREL, Pierre Hugues ROUTHIER, William REDMANN
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Publication number: 20170105019Abstract: A method for processing high frame rate source content includes tiling images of the source content into at least one image block having a second frame rate lower than the high frame rate of the source content. After tiling, at least one operation on the at least one image block is performed. Successive images tiled in the at least one image block are then selected for sequential display at the high frame rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: William REDMANN, Pierre Hugues Routhier
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Publication number: 20160337778Abstract: A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Patent number: 9451363Abstract: An advantage of Ambisonics representation is that the reproduction of the sound field can be adapted individually to nearly any given loudspeaker position arrangement. The invention allows systematic adaptation of the playback of spatial sound field-oriented audio to its linked visible objects, by applying space warping processing as disclosed in EP 11305845.7. The reference size (or the viewing angle from a reference listening position) of the screen used in the content production is encoded and transmitted as metadata together with the content, or the decoder knows the actual size of the target screen with respect to a fixed reference screen size. The decoder warps the sound field in such a manner that all sound objects in the direction of the screen are compressed or stretched according to the ratio of the size of the target screen and the size of the reference screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20130236039Abstract: An advantage of Ambisonics representation is that the reproduction of the sound field can be adapted individually to nearly any given loudspeaker position arrangement. The invention allows systematic adaptation of the playback of spatial sound field-oriented audio to its linked visible objects, by applying space warping processing as disclosed in EP 11305845.7. The reference size (or the viewing angle from a reference listening position) of the screen used in the content production is encoded and transmitted as metadata together with the content, or the decoder knows the actual size of the target screen with respect to a fixed reference screen size. The decoder warps the sound field in such a manner that all sound objects in the direction of the screen are compressed or stretched according to the ratio of the size of the target screen and the size of the reference screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Thomson LicensingInventors: Peter Jax, Johannes Boehm, William Redmann
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Publication number: 20070140510Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to permit real time, distributed acoustic performance by multiple musicians at remote locations. The latency of the communication channel is reflected in the audio monitor used by the performer. This allows a natural accommodation to be made by the musician. Simultaneous remote acoustic performances are played together at each location, though not necessarily simultaneously at all locations. This allows locations having low latency connections to retain some of their advantage. The amount of induced latency can be overridden by each musician. The method preferably employs a CODEC able to aesthetically synthesize packets missing from the audio stream in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: eJamming, Inc.Inventor: William Redmann
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Publication number: 20070044156Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that test the configuration of routers and firewalls interposed between a computer on which an application runs and a network, and determine if the configuration is suitable for the application to operate correctly. When the configuration is not correct, appropriate advice is given.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: eJamming, Inc.Inventor: William Redmann
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Publication number: 20070039449Abstract: An improved method and apparatus are disclosed to permit real time, distributed performance by multiple musicians at remote locations, and for recording that collaboration. The latency of the communication channel is transferred to the behavior of the local instrument so that a natural accommodation is made by the musician. This allows musical events that actually occur simultaneously at remote locations to be played together at each location, though not necessarily simultaneously at all locations. This allows locations having low latency connections to retain some of their advantage. Artifacts resulting from an unreliable communication channel, for instance dropouts and jitter, are eliminated in the recorded performance. Limitations of communications bandwidth are managed in real time, with full fidelity restored in the recording.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: eJamming, Inc.Inventor: William Redmann
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Publication number: 20060025282Abstract: An exercise computer monitors the exercises of a user, especially a child, and provides rewards for exercises done well and regularly, thereby motivating the user. Rewards take the form of video games, cartoons, music, and merchant coupons. The exercise computer also provides encouragement and advice as the user progresses in skill level. Exercises may be prescribed. A record of exercise performance can be produced, to track the user's progress over time. The system and method can readily utilize the current install base of handheld computers and video games pre-existing in the marketplace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventor: William Redmann