Patents by Inventor Derek Barrentine
Derek Barrentine 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).
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Patent number: 10341764Abstract: Techniques associated with structures for dynamically tuned audio in a media device are described, including receiving data associated with an acoustic output, determining a target frequency response associated with an audio device, the audio device implemented with a hybrid radiator formed using a smart fluid or artificial muscle material, determining a value associated with a property of the smart fluid or artificial muscle material, calculating, using a dynamic tuning application, a magnitude of an external stimulus associated with the value, and sending a control signal to a source, the control signal configured to cause the source to apply the external stimulus, an application of the external stimulus of the determined magnitude configured to change the property of the smart fluid or artificial muscle material.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventors: Derek Barrentine, Michael Edward Smith Luna, Thomas Alan Donaldson
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Patent number: 9389729Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony M. Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman
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Publication number: 20150358767Abstract: Techniques associated with intelligent device connection for wireless media in an ad hoc acoustic network are described, including receiving a radio signal at an intelligent device connection unit implemented in a media device, determining a source of the radio signal to be outside of an acoustic network being associated with the media device, generating a location data associated with a location of the source, receiving an acoustic signal from the source, evaluating the acoustic signal and metadata associated with the acoustic signal to determine additional location data, updating the location data, generating acoustic network data using the location data, the acoustic network data associating the source with the acoustic network, and sending setup data to the source.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: AliphComInventors: Michael Edward Smith Luna, Thomas Alan Donaldson, Derek Barrentine
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Publication number: 20150264459Abstract: Techniques associated with a combination speaker and light source responsive to states of an environment based on sensor data are described, including a housing, a light source disposed within the housing and configured to be powered using a light socket connector coupled to the housing, a speaker coupled to the housing and configured to output audio, and a sensor device comprising a light and speaker controller, the sensor device configured to determine an environmental state and to generate environmental state data associated with the environmental state, the light and speaker controller configured to send a control signal to one or both of the light source and the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: AliphComInventors: Michael Edward Smith Luna, Scott Fullam, Patrick Alan Narron, Derek Barrentine, Sankalita Saha, Jeremiah Robison
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Publication number: 20140348351Abstract: Techniques associated with structures for dynamically tuned audio in a media device are described, including receiving data associated with an acoustic output, determining a target frequency response associated with an audio device, the audio device implemented with a hybrid radiator formed using a smart fluid or artificial muscle material, determining a value associated with a property of the smart fluid or artificial muscle material, calculating, using a dynamic tuning application, a magnitude of an external stimulus associated with the value, and sending a control signal to a source, the control signal configured to cause the source to apply the external stimulus, an application of the external stimulus of the determined magnitude configured to change the property of the smart fluid or artificial muscle material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: AliphComInventors: Derek Barrentine, Michael Edward Smith Luna, Thomas Alan Donaldson
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Publication number: 20140348350Abstract: Techniques associated with structures for dynamically tuned audio in a media device are described, including a housing, a driver mounted to the housing and configured to produce acoustic energy, a hybrid radiator mounted to the housing and formed at least in part using a material configured to change one or more properties in response to an application of an external stimulus, and a source configured to apply the external stimulus to the hybrid radiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: AliphComInventors: Derek Barrentine, Michael Edward Smith Luna, Thomas Alan Donaldson
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Publication number: 20140327515Abstract: Techniques associated with a combination speaker and light source responsive to states of an organism based on sensor data are described, including receiving state data from a wearable device configured to generate the state data using sensor data, generating light data using the state data, generating audio data using the state data, providing the light data and the audio data to a controller configured to generate one or more control signals using the light data and the audio data, the one or more control signals configured to adjust a light source and a speaker, the light source and the speaker implemented in a combination speaker and light source device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: AlipComInventors: Michael Edward Smith Luna, Scott Fullam, Patrick Alan Narron, Derek Barrentine, Sankalita Saha, Jeremiah Robison
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Publication number: 20140286011Abstract: Techniques associated with a combination speaker and light source powered using a light socket are described, including an acoustically sealed housing, a light socket connector coupled to the housing and configured to provide power to elements within the speaker and light source system when the light socket connector is coupled with a light socket, a light source housed within the housing and configured to be powered using the light socket connector, an optical diffuser on a front end of the housing, a parabolic reflector housed within the housing, the parabolic reflector configured to reflect light from the light source toward the optical diffuser, and a speaker coupled to the housing and configured to output audio.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: AliphComInventors: Michael Edward Smith Luna, Patrick Alan Narron, Derek Barrentine, Scott Fullam
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Publication number: 20140104241Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony M. Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman
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Patent number: 8614431Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony M. Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman
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Publication number: 20100048256Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony M. Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman
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Patent number: 7633076Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony M. Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman
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Publication number: 20070075965Abstract: The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Brian Huppi, Anthony Fadell, Derek Barrentine, Daniel Freeman