Patents by Inventor Alan Bithell

Alan Bithell 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: 9414156
    Abstract: Techniques are described for processing an audio signal to reduce the total harmonic distortion caused when it is reproduced by a loudspeaker, which is located within an audio reproduction device having an enclosure with an associated resonant frequency. After receiving the input audio signal, which includes the resonant frequency of the enclosure, the level of the input audio signal at the resonant frequency is reduced, thereby producing a first processed signal. In addition, the level of said input audio signal is reduced at all frequencies, producing a second processed signal. The first and second processed signals are combined to produce an output audio signal. The degree to which the level of the audio signal at both the resonant frequency and at all frequencies is reduced may be dependent upon the current volume level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sontia Logic Limited
    Inventors: Alan Bithell, James Hedges, Weiming Li, Christopher David Vernon
  • Publication number: 20140321666
    Abstract: Techniques are described for processing an audio signal to reduce the total harmonic distortion caused when it is reproduced by a loudspeaker, which is located within an audio reproduction device having an enclosure with an associated resonant frequency. After receiving the input audio signal, which includes the resonant frequency of the enclosure, the level of the input audio signal at the resonant frequency is reduced, thereby producing a first processed signal. In addition, the level of said input audio signal is reduced at all frequencies, producing a second processed signal. The first and second processed signals are combined to produce an output audio signal. The degree to which the level of the audio signal at both the resonant frequency and at all frequencies is reduced may be dependent upon the current volume level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: SONTIA LOGIC LTD, SONTIA LOGIC LTD
    Inventors: Alan Bithell, James Hedges, Weiming Li, Christopher David Vernon