Patents by Inventor Faruk Bursal
Faruk Bursal 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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Publication number: 20230217198Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20230199415Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 11627424Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 11622180Abstract: A commercial lighting system, the system comprising, an integral housing adapted to be coupled to a ceiling of a building, a lighting unit mounted to the integral housing and a loudspeaker assembly mounted to the integral housing, the loudspeaker assembly comprising a low directivity index, and oriented to provide an acoustic sound signal from the integral housing to a listener in an area of the building comprising the ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Cambridge Sound Management, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming, Gregory Saunders, Gordon V. Cook
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Patent number: 11582570Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20210377681Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20210368283Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 11102599Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 11082787Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLCInventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20200128344Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20200128345Abstract: Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming
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Publication number: 20200000301Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Russell Walter Morin, Harold Boeschenstein, Faruk Bursal, Chris Grace
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Publication number: 20200007968Abstract: A commercial lighting system, the system comprising, an integral housing adapted to be coupled to a ceiling of a building, a lighting unit mounted to the integral housing and a loudspeaker assembly mounted to the integral housing, the loudspeaker assembly comprising a low directivity index, and oriented to provide an acoustic sound signal from the integral housing to a listener in an area of the building comprising the ceiling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Faruk Bursal, Robert Fleming, Gregory Saunders, Gordon V. Cook
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Patent number: 10463215Abstract: An evacuation station includes a base and a canister removably attached to the base. The base includes a ramp having an inclined surface for receiving a robotic cleaner having a debris bin. The ramp defines an evacuation intake opening arranged to pneumatically interface with the debris bin. The base also includes a first conduit portion pneumatically connected to the evacuation intake opening, an air mover having an inlet and an exhaust, and a particle filter pneumatically the exhaust of the air mover. The canister includes a second conduit portion arranged to pneumatically interface with the first conduit portion to form a pneumatic debris intake conduit, an exhaust conduit arranged to pneumatically connect to the inlet of the air mover when the canister is attached to the base, and a separator in pneumatic communication with the second conduit portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Russell Walter Morin, Faruk Bursal, Harold Boeschenstein
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Patent number: 10405718Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Russell Walter Morin, Harold Boeschenstein, Faruk Bursal, Chris Grace
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Publication number: 20180177369Abstract: An evacuation station includes a base and a canister removably attached to the base. The base includes a ramp having an inclined surface for receiving a robotic cleaner having a debris bin. The ramp defines an evacuation intake opening arranged to pneumatically interface with the debris bin. The base also includes a first conduit portion pneumatically connected to the evacuation intake opening, an air mover having an inlet and an exhaust, and a particle filter pneumatically the exhaust of the air mover. The canister includes a second conduit portion arranged to pneumatically interface with the first conduit portion to form a pneumatic debris intake conduit, an exhaust conduit arranged to pneumatically connect to the inlet of the air mover when the canister is attached to the base, and a separator in pneumatic communication with the second conduit portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Russell Walter Morin, Faruk Bursal, Harold Boeschenstein
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Publication number: 20180008111Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Russell Walter Morin, Harold Boeschenstein, Faruk Bursal, Chris Grace
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Patent number: 9788698Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Russell Walter Morin, Harold Boeschenstein, Faruk Bursal, Chris Grace
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Publication number: 20160166126Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Russell Walter Morin, Harold Boeschenstein, Faruk Bursal, Chris Grace
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Publication number: 20120074712Abstract: Compact and highly efficient multi-rotor fluid turbine drive with speed converter for provision of a coaxial arrangement of multiple rotors driving one or more input shafts of the turbine. The relative speed of the various rotors can be predetermined and regulated during operation. Synkdrives are used with the blades to allow the blades to rotate at different speeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: SYNKINETICS,INC.Inventor: Faruk Bursal