Patents by Inventor Brian Dutton

Brian Dutton 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).

  • Publication number: 20260020824
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, Mark SEELIG, Debra SARVIS, Raymond CHA
  • Patent number: 12390169
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: HUMAN RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, Mark Seelig, Debra Sarvis, Raymond Cha
  • Publication number: 20250246190
    Abstract: Systems and devices may receive an ambient noise signal and use that ambient noise signal to generate a distorted ambient noise signal that may be provided to a speaker that is proximate to a microphone of the audio-activated device so that the speaker may project sound corresponding to the distorted ambient noise into the microphone of the audio-activated device so that, for example, that the audio-activated device cannot decipher speech and other sounds in the ambient noise of an environment. While the distorted ambient noise is being projected into the microphone of the audio-activated device, it may be scanned and/or analyzed to determine whether an audio trigger (e.g., an audio trigger or phrase) is included therein and, if so, an undistorted ambient noise signal may be communicated to the speaker of the audio-activated device so that the audio-activated device may respond to a command included in the ambient noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, George RICE
  • Patent number: 12249329
    Abstract: Systems and devices may receive an ambient noise signal and use that ambient noise signal to generate a distorted ambient noise signal that may be provided to a speaker that is proximate to a microphone of the audio-activated device so that the speaker may project sound corresponding to the distorted ambient noise into the microphone of the audio-activated device so that, for example, that the audio-activated device cannot decipher speech and other sounds in the ambient noise of an environment. While the distorted ambient noise is being projected into the microphone of the audio-activated device, it may be scanned and/or analyzed to determine whether an audio trigger (e.g., an audio trigger or phrase) is included therein and, if so, an undistorted ambient noise signal may be communicated to the speaker of the audio-activated device so that the audio-activated device may respond to a command included in the ambient noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, George Rice
  • Publication number: 20240423552
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, Mark SEELIG, Debra SARVIS, Raymond CHA
  • Publication number: 20240056522
    Abstract: Systems and devices may receive an ambient noise signal and use that ambient noise signal to generate a distorted ambient noise signal that may be provided to a speaker that is proximate to a microphone of the audio-activated device so that the speaker may project sound corresponding to the distorted ambient noise into the microphone of the audio-activated device so that, for example, that the audio-activated device cannot decipher speech and other sounds in the ambient noise of an environment. While the distorted ambient noise is being projected into the microphone of the audio-activated device, it may be scanned and/or analyzed to determine whether an audio trigger (e.g., an audio trigger or phrase) is included therein and, if so, an undistorted ambient noise signal may be communicated to the speaker of the audio-activated device so that the audio-activated device may respond to a command included in the ambient noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, George RICE
  • Patent number: 11801015
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUMAN RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, Mark Seelig, Debra Sarvis, Raymond Cha
  • Publication number: 20220338817
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, Mark SEELIG, Debra SARVIS, Raymond CHA
  • Patent number: 11331053
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Human Resolution Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, Mark Seelig, Debra Sarvis, Raymond Cha
  • Publication number: 20190269371
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory O'KEEFFE, Brian DUTTON, Mark SEELIG, Debra SARVIS, Raymond CHA
  • Patent number: 10307110
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Human Resolution Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, Mark Seelig, Debra Sarvis, Raymond Cha
  • Publication number: 20190053769
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Human Resolution Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O'Keeffe, Brian Dutton, Mark Seelig, Debra Sarvis, Raymond Cha