Patents by Inventor Erich Tisch

Erich Tisch 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: 12244887
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12207050
    Abstract: An image capture device with a housing, a drainage microphone, processor, and drainage channel. The housing defining an audio depression. The drainage microphone coupled to the housing at a location of the audio depression and configured to capture audio. The processor coupled with a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to apply a set of tuned beamforming parameters to the captured audio. The drainage channel within the housing to drain moisture from the drainage microphone. The drainage channel defining a channel entrance having a channel entrance width and a channel entrance height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Kielan C. Crow, Adrian Santos
  • Patent number: 12167211
    Abstract: An image capture device reduces noise floor using multiple microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains a front microphone signal from a front microphone, the front microphone signal having a noisy noise floor portion, obtains a rear microphone signal from a rear microphone, sets a splice point based on mitigation of the noisy noise floor portion relative to a speech frequency range, and combines a substantially clean noise floor portion of the rear microphone signal at or below the splice point with a remaining portion of the front microphone signal above the splice point to generate a microphone signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
  • Publication number: 20240406631
    Abstract: Microphones are disposed on different surfaces of an image capture device to generate different microphone capture patterns. A microphone with three microphone elements is disposed on the top surface of the image capture device. The three microphone elements are arranged in an equilateral triangular configuration. A second microphone with at least two microphone elements is disposed on the front surface of the image capture device. The at least two microphone elements are disposed on the front surface of the image capture device in a vertical configuration. A third microphone with at least one microphone element is disposed on a back surface of the image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
  • Publication number: 20240406652
    Abstract: Devices and methods for determining a direction of audio arrival from Ambisonics channels using azimuth and elevation segments is described herein. A method includes generating multiple blocks of samples from Ambisonics signals for a time interval, determining an azimuth angle estimate and an elevation angle estimate for the time interval when a defined number of blocks in the multiple blocks of samples are valid, generating the azimuth angle estimate based on maximum number of azimuth angle estimates present in an azimuth segment amongst a defined number of azimuth segments, and generating the elevation angle estimates based on maximum number of elevation angle estimates present in an elevation segment amongst a defined number of elevation segments, where the direction of arrival of the Ambisonics signals is based on the azimuth angle estimate and the elevation angle estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hakim Mesiwala, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Mark Hardin, Timothy Dick, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 12153331
    Abstract: Wind processing performance is improved by the placement of one or more microphones on a device. The device includes one or more microphones on the front surface, one or more microphones on the top surface, and one or more microphones on the rear surface. The rear surface is a heatsink, and the one or more microphones on the rear surface are located in recesses created by two or more fins of the heatsink. The device includes a processor that performs wind processing based on signals from the one or more microphones on the front surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the top surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the rear surface, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
  • Publication number: 20240373163
    Abstract: An image capture device with beamforming for wind noise optimized microphone placements is described. The image capture device includes a front facing microphone configured to capture an audio signal. The front facing microphone co-located with at least one optical component. The image capture device further includes at least one non-front facing microphone configured to capture an audio signal. The image capture device further includes a processor configured to generate a forward-facing beam using the audio signal captured by the front facing microphone and the audio signal captured by the at least one non-front facing microphone, generate an omni beam using the audio signal captured by the at least one non-front facing microphone, and output an audio signal based on the forward facing beam and the omni beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240357282
    Abstract: An image capture device with dynamic wind noise compression tuning techniques is described. A technique includes detecting of the presence of wind noise by measuring coherence between at least two microphones. For a compressor, adjusting a default compression threshold and default compression parameters based on the coherence measurements. For each microphone, applying by the compressor the adjusted compression parameters when an audio signal is above the adjusted compression threshold and applying the default compression parameters when the audio signal is below the adjusted compression threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12126977
    Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. The field of view of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of the visual content with the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick
  • Patent number: 12108224
    Abstract: An image capture device includes a processor for wind noise processing. The processor receives signals from microphones. The processor may segment the signals into low frequency bins and high frequency bins. The processor may select a minimum level signal bin for the low frequency bins. The processor may select a minimum level signal bin for the high frequency bins. The processor may generate a composite signal by combining the selected minimum level signal bins for the low frequency bins and the selected minimum level signal bins for the high frequency bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240321316
    Abstract: An apparatus including a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The speaker is configured to produce a sound that audibly communicates information to a user. The microphone is configured to receive the sound. The processor is configured to produce the sound through the speaker to audibly communicate information to the user; capture a video that includes audio; initiate a sound removal process to remove the sound from the audio; and after the sound is produced, stop the sound removal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Paul Finkel
  • Patent number: 12088894
    Abstract: A camera includes a first microphone, a second microphone, one or more drains, and a processor. The processor determines a correlation metric between portions of audio signals obtained from the first and second microphones. The one or more drains drain water away from the first microphone, the second microphone, or both. The camera includes a memory to store the portions of the audio signals as portions of an output audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhinian Jing, Ke Li, Erich Tisch, Joyce Rosenbaum, Magnus Hansson
  • Patent number: 12069447
    Abstract: An image capture device with beamforming for wind noise optimized microphone placements is described. The image capture device includes a front facing microphone configured to capture an audio signal. The front facing microphone co-located with at least one optical component. The image capture device further includes at least one non-front facing microphone configured to capture an audio signal. The image capture device further includes a processor configured to generate a forward facing beam using the audio signal captured by the front facing microphone and the audio signal captured by the at least one non-front facing microphone, generate an omni beam using the audio signal captured by the at least one non-front facing microphone, and output an audio signal based on the forward facing beam and the omni beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240265906
    Abstract: An image capture device detects a wind whistle using two or more microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains microphone signals from the two or more microphones and determines coherence values between the microphone signals across a frequency band. The processor determines a coherence value for each frequency bin of the frequency band. Based on a detection of an elevated coherence value in a frequency bin, the processor determines the presence of a whistle. The processor attenuates the frequency bin based on a determination that the elevated coherence value is above a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12052542
    Abstract: An image capture device with dynamic wind noise compression tuning techniques is described. A technique includes detecting of the presence of wind noise by measuring coherence between at least two microphones. For a compressor, adjusting a default compression threshold and default compression parameters based on the coherence measurements. For each microphone, applying by the compressor the adjusted compression parameters when an audio signal is above the adjusted compression threshold and applying the default compression parameters when the audio signal is below the adjusted compression threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12014116
    Abstract: An audio capture device selects between multiple microphones to generate an output audio signal depending on detected conditions. The audio capture device determines whether one or more microphones are wet or dry and selects one or more audio signals from the one or more microphones depending on their respective conditions. The audio capture device generates a mono audio output signal or a stereo output signal depending on the respective conditions of the one or more microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Joyce Rosenbaum, Magnus Hansson, Ke Li, David Wurtz
  • Patent number: 12002492
    Abstract: An apparatus including a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The speaker is configured to produce a sound that indicates an image capture device including the microphone is recording. The microphone is configured to receive the sound. The processor is configured to initiate a sound removal process to remove the sound, produce the sound through the speaker to indicate that the image capture device is recording a video that includes audio, and, after the sound is produced, stop the sound removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Paul Finkel
  • Patent number: 11984109
    Abstract: An image capture device detects a wind whistle using two or more microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains microphone signals from the two or more microphones and measures coherence values between the microphone signals across a frequency band. The frequency band includes frequency bins, and the processor measures a coherence value for each frequency bin. Based on a detection of an elevated coherence value in a frequency bin, the processor determines the presence of a whistle. The processor attenuates the frequency bin based on a determination that the elevated coherence value is above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240144972
    Abstract: An apparatus including a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The speaker is configured to produce a sound that indicates an image capture device including the microphone is recording. The microphone is configured to receive the sound. The processor is configured to initiate a sound removal process to remove the sound, produce the sound through the speaker to indicate that the image capture device is recording a video that includes audio, and, after the sound is produced, stop the sound removal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Paul Finkel
  • Publication number: 20240129662
    Abstract: A handheld image stabilization device with a housing, a gimbal, a motor, a printed circuit board (PCB), a microphone, and a dampener. The gimbal has three arms. The motor assembly has multiple motors such that respective ones of the multiple motors are located on respective ones of the three arms. The microphone is attached to a surface of the PCB and configured to detect audio waves, wherein the audio waves include acoustic noise from the motor assembly. The dampener is disposed between the motor assembly and the PCB, wherein the dampener is configured to reduce the acoustic noise from the motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Himay Shukla, Erich Tisch, Joyce Gorny, Eric Penrod, Kielan Crow