Patents by Inventor Bryce Tennant

Bryce Tennant 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: 20130156224
    Abstract: A method (100) for matching characteristics of two or more transducer systems (202, 208). The method involving: receiving input signals from a set of said transducer systems; determining if the input signals contain a pre-defined portion of a common signal which is the same at all of said transducer systems; and balancing the characteristics of the transducer systems when it is determined that the input signals contain the pre-determined portion of the common signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony R. A. Keane, Bryce Tennant
  • Patent number: 8229029
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a monitoring circuit for monitoring phase transitions of in-phase and quadrature components of an input phase modulated signal. A filter is downstream from the monitoring circuit for generating a filtered phase modulated signal within an allocated bandwidth. A transmit gain controller is downstream from the filter for adjusting an amplitude of the filtered phase modulated signal based on a dynamic reference envelope control signal. A control circuit cooperates with the monitoring circuit and the transmit gain controller for generating the dynamic reference envelope control signal so that phase transitions are suppressed in the filtered phase modulated signal and so that the filtered phase modulated signal remains within the allocated bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Scott Zeller, Bryce Tennant
  • Publication number: 20110182434
    Abstract: A system is provided to protect a loudspeaker (144) by controlling a level of an applied audio signal. A control signal is generated by applying an input audio signal (115) to the collective operations of a gain control system (100). The gain control system (100) uses the input audio signal (115) in conjunction with at least one parameter to derive an estimated stress associated with the loudspeaker (144). The estimated stress is compared with a protection threshold stress (127). If the protection threshold stress is exceeded, a gain applied by a gain component (134) is selectively adjusted to modify the input audio signal (115). The resulting gain-controlled audio signal (116) is employed to drive the loudspeaker (144).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Martz, Bryce Tennant, Anthony Richard Alan Keane
  • Publication number: 20100177848
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a monitoring circuit for monitoring phase transitions of in-phase and quadrature components of an input phase modulated signal. A filter is downstream from the monitoring circuit for generating a filtered phase modulated signal within an allocated bandwidth. A transmit gain controller is downstream from the filter for adjusting an amplitude of the filtered phase modulated signal based on a dynamic reference envelope control signal. A control circuit cooperates with the monitoring circuit and the transmit gain controller for generating the dynamic reference envelope control signal so that phase transitions are suppressed in the filtered phase modulated signal and so that the filtered phase modulated signal remains within the allocated bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Harris Corporation, Corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Scott Zeller, Bryce Tennant