Patents Examined by A. Siegel
  • Orientation-aware surround sound playback
    Patent number: 11902762
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to orientation-aware surround sound playback. A method for processing audio on an electronic device that includes a plurality of loudspeakers is disclosed, the loudspeakers arranged in more than one dimension of the electronic device. The method includes, responsive to receipt of a plurality of received audio streams, generating a rendering component associated with the plurality of received audio streams, determining an orientation dependent component of the rendering component, processing the rendering component by updating the orientation dependent component according to an orientation of the loudspeakers and dispatching the received audio streams to the plurality of loudspeakers for playback based on the processed rendering component. Corresponding system and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Xuejing Sun, Guilin Ma, Xiguang Zheng
  • Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of directional sound sources
    Patent number: 11887608
    Abstract: Some disclosed methods involve encoding or decoding directional audio data. Some encoding methods may involve receiving a mono audio signal corresponding to an audio object and a representation of a radiation pattern corresponding to the audio object. The radiation pattern may include sound levels corresponding to plurality of sample times, a plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of directions. The methods may involve encoding the mono audio signal and encoding the source radiation pattern to determine radiation pattern metadata. Encoding the radiation pattern may involve determining a spherical harmonic transform of the representation of the radiation pattern and compressing the spherical harmonic transform to obtain encoded radiation pattern metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Nicolas R. Tsingos, Mark R. P. Thomas, Christof Fersch
  • Head for a golf club
    Patent number: D1013079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Jimmy Kuan
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1013811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert, Daniel C. Kirtley
  • Domed and dimpled golf ball marker
    Patent number: D1013812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ON POINT BALL MARKER LLC
    Inventors: Briston Peterson, James Joseph Verna
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1014673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventor: Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Head for a golf club
    Patent number: D1014674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Jimmy Kuan
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1014675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventor: Jose Miraflor, III
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1014676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventor: Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1014677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventor: Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1014678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventor: Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Golf tee holder with built-in attachment for a golf cart
    Patent number: D1014679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Valle
  • Head for a golf club
    Patent number: D1014680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Darius Cyrulik
  • Mesh for lacrosse stick pocket
    Patent number: D1015456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Gilroy
  • Mesh for lacrosse stick pocket
    Patent number: D1015457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Gilroy
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D1015459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Kirtley, Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Mesh for lacrosse stick pocket
    Patent number: D1015463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Gilroy
  • Mesh for lacrosse stick pocket
    Patent number: D1015464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Gilroy
  • Golf club sensor housing
    Patent number: D1015466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Les J. Bryant, Rick D. MacMillan, Kelsey E. McGinty, Paul D. Wood
  • Inflatable slide
    Patent number: D1015473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SDS ASIA LIMITED, BVI #1748971
    Inventor: Robert Bruce