Patents by Inventor Eric D. Scheirer

Eric D. Scheirer 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).

  • Content-aware audio modes
    Patent number: 9578436
    Abstract: An audio system for manipulating audio material for playback based on the content of the material includes an input for receiving input audio signals, an output for providing output audio signals to loudspeakers, and an audio processor that processes the input audio signals to produce the output audio signals. The audio processor determines a type of content represented by the input audio signals, selects a set of processing instructions to control the spatial presentation of the audio material based on the determined type, and applies the selected set of processing instructions to the input audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Scheirer, William Berardi, Mike Arthur Derrenberger, Clark Don Woolstenhulme
  • CONTENT-AWARE AUDIO MODES
    Publication number: 20150237454
    Abstract: An audio system for manipulating audio material for playback based on the content of the material includes an input for receiving input audio signals, an output for providing output audio signals to loudspeakers, and an audio processor that processes the input audio signals to produce the output audio signals. The audio processor determines a type of content represented by the input audio signals, selects a set of processing instructions to control the spatial presentation of the audio material based on the determined type, and applies the selected set of processing instructions to the input audio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Scheirer, William Berardi, Mike Arthur Derrenberger, Clark Don Woolstenhulme
  • Audio system surround acoustic driver powering
    Patent number: 8952824
    Abstract: An audio system including wireless speakers. The wireless speakers include rechargeable batteries and are interchangeable so that two loudspeakers may be recharged while two loudspeakers are operating wirelessly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Laszlo Otto Drimusz, Eric D. Scheirer, Brendan M. Welch
  • AUDIO SYSTEM SURROUND ACOUSTIC DRIVER POWERING
    Publication number: 20140022084
    Abstract: An audio system including wireless speakers. The wireless speakers include rechargeable batteries and are interchangeable so that two loudspeakers may be recharged while two loudspeakers are operating wirelessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Laszlo Otto Drimusz, Eric D. Scheirer, Brendan M. Welch
  • Multi-feature speech/music discrimination system
    Patent number: 6570991
    Abstract: A speech/music discriminator employs data from multiple features of an audio signal as input to a classifier. Some of the feature data is determined from individual frames of the audio signal, and other input data is based upon variations of a feature over several frames, to distinguish the changes in voiced and unvoiced components of speech from the more constant characteristics of music. Several different types of classifiers for labeling test points on the basis of the feature data are disclosed. A preferred set of classifiers is based upon variations of a nearest-neighbor approach, including a K-d tree spatial partitioning technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Scheirer, Malcolm Slaney