Patents by Inventor Daniel Winchell Tellier
Daniel Winchell Tellier 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: 11910173Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Publication number: 20220386027Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Patent number: 11412327Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Patent number: 11243739Abstract: A computer program product and method for sending sensor data, the computer program product including a set of non-transitory computer readable instructions stored on a memory and executable by a processor, the set of non-transitory computer readable instructions arranged to: obtain gesture data from at least one sensor of a first wearable audio device; determine a first gesture from the gesture data; and, assign the first gesture to a device-agnostic gesture comprising at least one of: an Augmented Reality (AR) input variable, an affirmative input variable, or a negative input variable.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Daniel Winchell Tellier, Christopher Gindel
-
Publication number: 20210044899Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Patent number: 10869154Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices and related methods for controlling such devices. In some particular implementations, a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output includes: receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message; providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message to a user of the wearable audio device; and initiating playback of the localized audio message at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Ilissa Brooke Bruser, Maura Elston Cass, Eric Eugene Dolecki, Andrew D. Dominijanni, Shaun Fisher, Andrew Porter Hlynsky, Maya Antara Mukhopadhaya, Carrie Ann Olson, Naganagouda Patil, Jason Robinson, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Lindsey Turner, Erich Andrew Wiernasz
-
Patent number: 10863277Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Publication number: 20200371600Abstract: A computer program product and method for sending sensor data, the computer program product including a set of non-transitory computer readable instructions stored on a memory and executable by a processor, the set of non-transitory computer readable instructions arranged to: send, via a first protocol, from a first peripheral device to a first wearable audio device, a set of desired firmware capabilities, or, send, via the first protocol, from a first wearable audio device to the first peripheral device, a first set of available firmware capabilities of the first wearable audio device; compare the set of desired firmware capabilities to the first set of available firmware capabilities; and, proceed to an operating mode of the computer program product when the set of desired firmware capabilities and the first set of available firmware capabilities match.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Daniel Winchell Tellier, Christopher Gindel
-
Publication number: 20200371739Abstract: A computer program product and method for sending sensor data, the computer program product including a set of non-transitory computer readable instructions stored on a memory and executable by a processor, the set of non-transitory computer readable instructions arranged to: obtain gesture data from at least one sensor of a first wearable audio device; determine a first gesture from the gesture data; and, assign the first gesture to a device-agnostic gesture comprising at least one of: an Augmented Reality (AR) input variable, an affirmative input variable, or a negative input variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Daniel Winchell Tellier, Christopher Gindel
-
Publication number: 20200288247Abstract: An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Buckley
-
Publication number: 20200280618Abstract: An audio system and method for sending sensor data including a first wearable audio device having a speaker, a first communication module arranged to establish a first connection with a first peripheral device and obtain a first data characteristic of the first wearable audio device, and obtain a second data characteristic of a first application running on a first peripheral device, and a sensor arranged to obtain a sensor data. The first wearable audio device or the first peripheral device are arranged to: compare the first data characteristic and the second data characteristic, and send or receive the sensor data obtained from the sensor to the first peripheral device for use with the first application if the first data characteristic and the second data characteristic match.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Christopher Gindel, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Michelle Gelberger, Laurie Jakubiak, Daniel Buckley, Todd Richard Reily, Paul W. Calnan, III, Carlos Guilherme Batista Heil, Naganagouda B. Patil, Tambet Ingo
-
Patent number: 10764406Abstract: An audio system and method for sending sensor data including a first wearable audio device having a speaker, a first communication module arranged to establish a first connection with a first peripheral device and obtain a first data characteristic of the first wearable audio device, and obtain a second data characteristic of a first application running on a first peripheral device, and a sensor arranged to obtain a sensor data. The first wearable audio device or the first peripheral device are arranged to: compare the first data characteristic and the second data characteristic, and send or receive the sensor data obtained from the sensor to the first peripheral device for use with the first application if the first data characteristic and the second data characteristic match.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Christopher Gindel, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Michelle Gelberger, Laurie Jakubiak, Daniel Buckley, Todd Richard Reily, Paul W. Calnan, III, Carlos Guilherme Batista Heil, Naganagouda B. Patil, Tambet Ingo
-
Patent number: 10638229Abstract: Audio systems and methods for establishing user controls including providing a first wearable audio device having a speaker, a first communication module, and a first user interface adapted to receive a first plurality of user inputs, associating the first plurality of user inputs with a default control setting state of the first wearable audio device, establishing, via circuitry of a first peripheral device, a first connection between the first wearable audio device and the first peripheral device, receiving, via the first communication module, a first indication that the first peripheral device is running a first application, and automatically associating one or more user inputs of the first plurality of user inputs with a first control setting state when the first wearable audio device receives the first indication from the first peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Michelle Gelberger, Michael Malone, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Laurie Jakubiak
-
Publication number: 20190246235Abstract: Various implementations include wearable audio devices and related methods for controlling such devices. In some particular implementations, a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output includes: receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message; providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message to a user of the wearable audio device; and initiating playback of the localized audio message at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: IIissa Brooke Bruser, Maura Elston Cass, Eric Eugene Dolecki, Andrew D. Dominijanni, Shaun Fisher, Andrew Porter Hlynsky, Maya Antara Mukhopadhaya, Carrie Ann Olson, Naganagouda Patil, Jason Robinson, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Lindsey Turner, Erich Andrew Wiernasz
-
Patent number: 10110982Abstract: A cover for a wearable personal acoustic device includes a fabric cover shaped to receive and enclose a wearable personal acoustic device, and an identification tag, such as an RFID tag or optical tag, secured to the fabric cover. The fabric cover includes a stretchable material that is acoustically transparent. The fabric cover may include a closure mechanism that can provide an opening through which the wearable personal acoustic device is received or removed and a closed state in which the wearable personal acoustic device is enclosed by the fabric cover. The identification tag stores an identifier associated with the fabric cover and communicates with the wearable personal acoustic device through an identification reader. The identifier may be associated with a physical property of the fabric cover or an operational parameter of the wearable personal acoustic device. The operational parameter optionally is definable by a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Joel H. Miller, Marcey Ann Mankosa, Michael Andrew Zalisk, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Bojan Rip
-
Publication number: 20180213314Abstract: A cover for a wearable personal acoustic device includes a fabric cover shaped to receive and enclose a wearable personal acoustic device, and an identification tag, such as an RFID tag or optical tag, secured to the fabric cover. The fabric cover includes a stretchable material that is acoustically transparent. The fabric cover may include a closure mechanism that can provide an opening through which the wearable personal acoustic device is received or removed and a closed state in which the wearable personal acoustic device is enclosed by the fabric cover. The identification tag stores an identifier associated with the fabric cover and communicates with the wearable personal acoustic device through an identification reader. The identifier may be associated with a physical property of the fabric cover or an operational parameter of the wearable personal acoustic device. The operational parameter optionally is definable by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Joel H. Miller, Marcey Ann Mankosa, Michael Andrew Zalisk, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Bojan Rip
-
Patent number: 9953629Abstract: A flexible waveguide band is provided for that may be worn by a user around their neck, for example. The flexible waveguide band includes a spine, such as a pliable rod; a plurality of vertebrae mounted on the spine, with each vertebra including at least one waveguide channel guide; and an encapsulating potting material. The flexible waveguide band may also be attached to an acoustic pod, including an acoustic driver that may radiate sound waves into said waveguide channels and exit via a sound outlet opening in the flexible band.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Andrew Zalisk, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Patrick Baker, Richard Arthur Grebe
-
Publication number: 20170236508Abstract: A flexible waveguide band is provided for that may be worn by a user around their neck, for example. The flexible waveguide band includes a spine, such as a pliable rod; a plurality of vertebrae mounted on the spine, with each vertebra including at least one waveguide channel guide; and an encapsulating potting material. The flexible waveguide band may also be attached to an acoustic pod, including an acoustic driver that may radiate sound waves into said waveguide channels and exit via a sound outlet opening in the flexible band.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Michael Andrew Zalisk, Daniel Winchell Tellier, Daniel Patrick Baker, Richard Arthur Grebe