Patents by Inventor Brandon Stacey

Brandon Stacey 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).

  • Crowdsourced database for sound identification
    Patent number: 9830931
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a set of sound parameters associated with a sound type. The technique includes receiving, via a network and from each a first plurality of remote computing devices, an audio recording of a first sound type and a descriptor associated with the first sound type. The technique further includes processing the audio recordings via a processor to determine a first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type. The technique further includes receiving a request associated with the descriptor from at least one remote computing device and, in response, transmitting the first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type to the at least one remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Butts, Brandon Stacey
  • CROWDSOURCED DATABASE FOR SOUND IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20170194021
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for determining a set of sound parameters associated with a sound type. The technique includes receiving, via a network and from each a first plurality of remote computing devices, an audio recording of a first sound type and a descriptor associated with the first sound type. The technique further includes processing the audio recordings via a processor to determine a first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type. The technique further includes receiving a request associated with the descriptor from at least one remote computing device and, in response, transmitting the first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type to the at least one remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Butts, Brandon Stacey