Patents by Inventor Brian K. Fair

Brian K. Fair 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: 11863285
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method providing a maximum diversity scheme for improving coverage area and diversity performance of a media system. The method comprises, at an antenna module of the media system, wirelessly receiving, via a receiver antenna of the antenna module, broadband radio frequency (RF) signals from a transmitter of the media system, instantaneously converting, via a converter circuitry of the antenna module, the broadband RF signals into one or more digital baseband components, generating, via a processor unit of the antenna module, a single digital data stream by applying diversity processing to the digital baseband components, and outputting the single digital data stream over a network cable to another device of the media system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA U.S., INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Publication number: 20230095188
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method providing a maximum diversity scheme for improving coverage area and diversity performance of a media system. The method comprises, at an antenna module of the media system, wirelessly receiving, via a receiver antenna of the antenna module, broadband radio frequency (RF) signals from a transmitter of the media system, instantaneously converting, via a converter circuitry of the antenna module, the broadband RF signals into one or more digital baseband components, generating, via a processor unit of the antenna module, a single digital data stream by applying diversity processing to the digital baseband components, and outputting the single digital data stream over a network cable to another device of the media system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 11188446
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for inventory tracking and management in a cloud environment. The method comprises maintaining a plurality of on demand computing resources in the cloud environment. The computing resources include one or more cloud applications. The method further comprises creating a job-specific device by flexibly configuring an end user device connected to the cloud environment to execute a specific job, and tracking and managing usage of the job-specific device utilizing at least one of the computing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ALTEROS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 10893349
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a wireless microphone comprising a microphone body a plurality of antennas positioned at different locations of the microphone body. Each of the plurality of antennas is configured to wirelessly transmit data. The wireless microphone further comprises a sensor configured to detect an object within proximity of an antenna of the plurality of antennas that obstructs the antenna, and a controller configured to switch antenna operation of the wireless microphone from the antenna to another antenna of the plurality of antennas in response to the object detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Publication number: 20190340098
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for inventory tracking and management in a cloud environment. The method comprises maintaining a plurality of on demand computing resources in the cloud environment. The computing resources include one or more cloud applications. The method further comprises creating a job-specific device by flexibly configuring an end user device connected to the cloud environment to execute a specific job, and tracking and managing usage of the job-specific device utilizing at least one of the computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Publication number: 20190306602
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a wireless microphone comprising a microphone body a plurality of antennas positioned at different locations of the microphone body. Each of the plurality of antennas is configured to wirelessly transmit data. The wireless microphone further comprises a sensor configured to detect an object within proximity of an antenna of the plurality of antennas that obstructs the antenna, and a controller configured to switch antenna operation of the wireless microphone from the antenna to another antenna of the plurality of antennas in response to the object detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 10334377
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for multi-purpose user-definable wireless channel operation. The method comprises wirelessly receiving switch state information from a first wireless media device. The switch state information indicates a current switch position of a first switch corresponding to the first wireless media device. The method further comprises wirelessly receiving signals from the first wireless media device, and selectively routing the signals to one of multiple pre-determined destinations based on the switch state information and a first signal routing table corresponding to the first wireless media device. The first signal routing table maps different switch positions of the first switch to different pre-determined destinations of the multiple pre-determined destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ALTEROS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 10263720
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA U.S., INC.
    Inventors: Brian K. Fair, Robert T. Green, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 10177867
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Fair, Robert T. Green, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Publication number: 20170332169
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for multi-purpose user-definable wireless channel operation. The method comprises wirelessly receiving switch state information from a first wireless media device. The switch state information indicates a current switch position of a first switch corresponding to the first wireless media device. The method further comprises wirelessly receiving signals from the first wireless media device, and selectively routing the signals to one of multiple pre-determined destinations based on the switch state information and a first signal routing table corresponding to the first wireless media device. The first signal routing table maps different switch positions of the first switch to different pre-determined destinations of the multiple pre-determined destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. FAIR, Jacquelynn A. GREEN
  • Publication number: 20170332331
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for dynamic allocation of wireless channels for applications. The method comprises receiving first control data indicating a first wireless media device selected from multiple wireless media devices to activate at a first pre-determined time. The method further comprises, based on the first control data and information indicating transmission channels available for use by the multiple wireless media devices, dynamically assigning a first transmission channel to the first wireless media device, such that no two wireless media devices are active on the same transmission channel at the same time. The method further comprises wirelessly transmitting a first control command to the first wireless media device. The first control command comprises a first instruction for the first wireless media device to power on at the first pre-determined time and wirelessly transmit data on the first transmission channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert T. GREEN, III, Brian K. FAIR, Jacquelynn A. GREEN
  • Publication number: 20170085682
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising determining which network protocol of multiple types of network protocols to utilize. The method further comprises arbitrating and providing an adjusted set of operational conditions compatible with the network protocol determined, and generating a networked signal compatible with the network protocol determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jacquelynn A. Green, Robert T. Green, III, Brian K. Fair
  • Publication number: 20160269136
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Brian K. Fair, Robert T. Green, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Publication number: 20160211935
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Brian K. Fair, Robert T. Green, Jacquelynn A. Green
  • Patent number: 5896421
    Abstract: A transmitter in a base transceiver station in a wireless telephony network uses a direct up-conversion scheme to convert an input signal with in-phase and quadrature phase (I, Q) components to a radio frequency within a transmit band. A low-pass filter filters noise from the input signal components and a phase equalizer equalizes the phase distortions caused by the filtering in the input signal components. The signal components are then provided to an up-converter, such as a quadrature modulator, for conversion to a radio frequency signal within a transmit band. The transmitter of the present invention complies with the TIA'S 15-54 emission requirements.r connected to the first low pass filter and a second phase equalizer connected to the second low pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hassan Zamat, Kumud S. Patel, Brian K. Fair