Patents by Inventor Ed W. West

Ed W. West 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).

  • Method for modeling effects of anthropogenic noise on an animal's perception of other sounds
    Patent number: 8223980
    Abstract: The invention is a software program which estimates the effect of environmental noise on hearing and acoustic communication in birds and other animals. The calculation uses information about the acoustic characteristics of the environmental noise, the acoustic characteristics of the vocalization or bioacoustic signal, and information about species specific hearing capabilities to provide a quantitative estimate of the impact on auditory perception. The program will operate in two modes. It will make ball park estimates of noise and signal transmission through a particular type of environment for its calculations of audibility. Or, it will take as input, estimates of the noise and the signal at the bird as generated from existing commercial software and use these estimates in the calculation of audibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventors: Robert J. Dooling, Marjorie R. Leek, Ed W. West
  • CONCEPTUAL AND COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE ON AN ANIMAL'S PERCEPTION OF OTHER SOUNDS
    Publication number: 20100246835
    Abstract: The invention is a software program which estimates the effect of environmental noise on hearing and acoustic communication in birds and other animals. The calculation uses information about the acoustic characteristics of the environmental noise, the acoustic characteristics of the vocalization or bioacoustic signal, and information about species specific hearing capabilities to provide a quantitative estimate of the impact on auditory perception. The program will operate in two modes. It will make ball park estimates of noise and signal transmission through a particular type of environment for its calculations of audibility. Or, it will take as input, estimates of the noise and the signal at the bird as generated from existing commercial software and use these estimates in the calculation of audibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Robert J. DOOLING, Marjorie R. LEEK, Ed W. WEST