Patents by Inventor DALE LOTT

DALE LOTT 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).

  • Hearing enhancement system and components thereof
    Patent number: 8416959
    Abstract: A circuit includes a microphone circuit, an audio processing module, a digital audio processing module, and an active noise reduction (ANR) circuit. The microphone circuit receives acoustic vibrations and generates an audio signal therefrom. The audio processing module generates a representation of the audio signal. The digital audio processing module compensates the representation of the audio signal based on hearing compensation data to produce a hearing compensated audio signal. The ANR circuit receives the hearing compensated audio signal and an ANR signal. The ANR circuit further functions to adjust the hearing compensated audio signal based on the ANR signal to produce an output audio signal, wherein the ANR signal is generated based on the output audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: SPEAR Labs, LLC.
    Inventors: Dale Lott, William T. Newton
  • HEARING PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR USE WITHIN A HELMET
    Publication number: 20120102629
    Abstract: An ear seal assembly comprises a front panel, an outer panel, a hidden panel, a rear panel, and an acoustic transparent fabric inner panel, wherein a front edge of the acoustic transparent fabric inner panel is positioned at a right angle along an inside circumference of the front panel and a rear edge of the acoustic transparent fabric inner panel is positioned at a right angle along an inside circumference of the hidden panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SPEAR LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Lott, Chad R. Thornton, James A. Gee, III, Kevin S. Divers
  • HEARING ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110038496
    Abstract: A circuit includes a microphone circuit, an audio processing module, a digital audio processing module, and an active noise reduction (ANR) circuit. The microphone circuit receives acoustic vibrations and generates an audio signal therefrom. The audio processing module generates a representation of the audio signal. The digital audio processing module compensates the representation of the audio signal based on hearing compensation data to produce a hearing compensated audio signal. The ANR circuit receives the hearing compensated audio signal and an ANR signal. The ANR circuit further functions to adjust the hearing compensated audio signal based on the ANR signal to produce an output audio signal, wherein the ANR signal is generated based on the output audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SPEAR LABS, LLC
    Inventors: DALE LOTT, WILLIAM T. NEWTON