Patents by Inventor Brian David Mulcahey
Brian David Mulcahey 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: 20240015261Abstract: System (100) for accommodating mobile devices used for video teleconferencing, the system including a loudspeaker (120), a controller (190), and an elevated support (140) for the mobile device. The controller communicates with the mobile device and controls the loudspeaker to provide an audio interface with the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Alexander Decastro Calachan, Ethan J. Colburn, Lee M. Jones, Richard Lionel Lanoue, III, Lisa Lyman, Joel H. Miller, Matthew C. Smith, Sara Beth Ulius-Sabel, Tiantian Zhang, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 11617854Abstract: A method for helping a user awaken from sleep includes receiving information indicating a wake-up time frame; receiving a plurality of biometric readings of the user, each biometric reading including at least one of a heart rate or respiration rate; based on the plurality of biometric readings, determining that the user has had sufficient sleep; and arranging a wake-up sound after entering the wake-up time frame and after determining that the user has had sufficient sleep or at the end of the wake-up timeframe.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Freed, Laura Ware, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 11594111Abstract: A dynamic wake-up alarm is provided-for, including a clock, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may be configured to receive a wake-up rule based on at least two wake-up criteria including a time from the clock and data from the biometric sensor, and evaluate whether the criteria are met to activate an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Read, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 11532215Abstract: A dynamic wake-up alarm is provided-for, including a clock, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may be configured to receive a wake-up rule based on at least two wake-up criteria including a time from the clock and data from the biometric sensor, and evaluate whether the criteria are met to activate an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Read, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 11420011Abstract: A sleep assistance device includes a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor detects a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor. The processor may then initiate a wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state, including playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound. The processor may also play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that a user has fallen asleep and seamlessly transition between the sounds played during the wind-down routine and the noise-masking sounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Leela Keshavan, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 11197974Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that provide respiration entrainment cues to a user to encourage relaxation or a sleep state. The entrainment cues may be audible, visible, or tactile (or any combination). The entrainment cues include a rhythmic component associated with a target respiration rate and may include sub-components associated with a target breath architecture, such as an inhale-exhale cycle. The systems and methods detect the user's respiration to determine whether the user's respiration matches the entrainment cues or whether the user has fallen asleep.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Kathleen E. Kremer, Steven Carl Pletcher, Matthew Carpenter, Danielle Hicks, Marc Labbe, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10963146Abstract: A user controllable sleep system is provided-for, including at least one biometric sensor, a processor, memory in communication with the processor, a display in communication with the processor, and a user interface. The user interface provides landscape graphics relating to a selected soundscape comprising one or more related sounds. The user interface also has health indicia indicating health information from the biometric sensor and environmental indicia indicating environmental information received by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Eric Dolecki, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20200230348Abstract: A method for helping a user awaken from sleep includes receiving information indicating a wake-up time frame; receiving a plurality of biometric readings of the user, each biometric reading including at least one of a heart rate or respiration rate; based on the plurality of biometric readings, determining that the user has had sufficient sleep; and arranging a wake-up sound after entering the wake-up time frame and after determining that the user has had sufficient sleep or at the end of the wake-up timeframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Jonathan Freed, Laura Ware, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10653856Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a housing, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in heartrate, body movement, or respiration. The processor may also arrange a soundscape including individual sound records representing sounds associated with the selected soundscape based, at least in part, on the detected sleep state of a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Freed, Laura Ware, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20200069244Abstract: A sleep assessment device is provided for, including biometric sensors for detecting a heart rate, respiration, or movement of a user. The device detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the biometric sensor and logs detected information in a sleep record. The device then compares the logged information to a thumbprint of sleep patterns indicative of sleep disorders and outputs an indication of potential sleep disorders based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Debra Reich, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10561362Abstract: A sleep assessment device is provided for, including biometric sensors for detecting a heart rate, respiration, or movement of a user. The device detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the biometric sensor and logs detected information in a sleep record. The device then compares the logged information to a thumbprint of sleep patterns indicative of sleep disorders and outputs an indication of potential sleep disorders based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Debra Reich, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20200038623Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a processor, communications hardware, memory, and a speaker. The processor receives information from an other device via the communications hardware. The processor may then provide a wake up alarm to a first user via the speaker based on the information received from the other device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Martin James Dalgleish, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10517527Abstract: A sleep scoring device is provided for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a microphone. The sleep scoring device may detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in heartrate, body movement, or respiration, and log the biometric information. The sleep scoring device may also generate a sleep score for a sleep session based on the latency of the sleep session, the number of detected waking events, the amount of REM sleep, the amount of deep sleep, or the number of times the snooze button was pressed during the sleep session.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20190381270Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor detects a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor. The processor may then initiate a wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state, including playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound. The processor may also play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that a user has fallen asleep and seamlessly transition between the sounds played during the wind-down routine and the noise-masking sounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Leela Keshavan, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10478590Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor detects a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor. The processor may then initiate a wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state, including playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound. The processor may also play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that a user has fallen asleep and seamlessly transition between the sounds played during the wind-down routine and the noise-masking sounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Martin James Dalgleish, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10434279Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor detects a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor. The processor may then initiate a wind-down routine upon detecting a sleep-readiness state, including playing relaxing sounds or playing a respiration entrainment sound. The processor may also play noise-masking sounds upon detecting that a user has fallen asleep and seamlessly transition between the sounds played during the wind-down routine and the noise-masking sounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Leela Keshavan, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20190030278Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that provide respiration entrainment cues to a user to encourage relaxation or a sleep state. The entrainment cues may be audible, visible, or tactile (or any combination). The entrainment cues include a rhythmic component associated with a target respiration rate and may include sub-components associated with a target breath architecture, such as an inhale-exhale cycle. The systems and methods detect the user's respiration to determine whether the user's respiration matches the entrainment cues or whether the user has fallen asleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Kathleen E. Kremer, Steven Carl Pletcher, Matthew Carpenter, Danielle Hicks, Marc Labbe, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10075624Abstract: A portable camera is provided for, including a camera section, a body section, and an attachment portion, wherein the camera section and the body section are configured to contact one another along an angled surface that allows the camera section to swivel with respect to the body section. The attachment portion may also be connected to the body section via a magnet and may further include ports for attaching to a charging and/or data cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Gustavo Fontana, Mark A. Zeh, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20180078733Abstract: A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a housing, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in heartrate, body movement, or respiration. The processor may also arrange a soundscape including individual sound records representing sounds associated with the selected soundscape based, at least in part, on the detected sleep state of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Freed, Laura Ware, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Publication number: 20180082550Abstract: A dynamic wake-up alarm is provided-for, including a clock, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may be configured to receive a wake-up rule based on at least two wake-up criteria including a time from the clock and data from the biometric sensor, and evaluate whether the criteria are met to activate an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Jack Read, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey