Patents by Inventor Elliot F. Mazer

Elliot F. Mazer 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 and apparatus for recognizing broadcast information using multi-frequency magnitude detection
    Patent number: 5437050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing broadcast information, the method including the steps of receiving a set of broadcast information; converting the set of broadcast information into a frequency representation of the set of broadcast information; dividing the frequency representation into a predetermined number of frequency segments, each frequency segment representing one of the frequency bands associated with the semitones of the music scale; forming an array, wherein the number of elements in the array correspond to the predetermined number of frequency segments, and wherein each frequency segment with a value greater than a threshold value is represented by binary 1 and all other frequency segments are represented by binary 0; comparing the array to a set of reference arrays, each reference array representing a previously identified unit of information; determining, based on the comparison, whether the set of broadcast information is the same as any of the previously identified units of broadcast info
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Inventors: Robert G. Lamb, Andrew M. Economos, Elliot F. Mazer