Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Alexander Drane

Geoffrey Alexander Drane 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: 7756274
    Abstract: A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard Layton, David Stanley McGrath, Nigel Lloyd William Heyler, Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Geoffrey Alexander Drane
  • Patent number: 7116789
    Abstract: A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in said geographical environment; an audio track creation system for creating an audio track having a predetermined spatialization component dependent on an apparent location of an apparent source associated with said audio track in said geographical environment; an audio track rendering system adapted to render an audio signal based on said audio track to a series of speakers surrounding said listener such that said listener experiences an apparent preservation of said spatialization component; and an audio track playback system interconnected to said position locating system and said audio track creation system and adapted to forward a predetermined audio track to said audio rendering system for rendering depending on said current position and orientation of said listener in said geographical environ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard Layton, David Stanley McGrath, Nigel Lloyd William Heyler, Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Geoffrey Alexander Drane
  • Publication number: 20030031334
    Abstract: A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Lake Technology Limited
    Inventors: Leonard Layton, David Stanley McGrath, Nigel Lloyd William Heyler, Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Geoffrey Alexander Drane