Patents by Inventor Jack E. READ

Jack E. READ 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: 10575777
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product includes at least two electrodes, a processor, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to receive at least one signal affected by an action of the user obtained via the first electrode or the second electrode and take one or more actions based on the at least one signal. The at least one action may control another device, in an effort to provide hands-free control of the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tegan M. Ayers, Lifun Lin, Romain Kirszenblat, Mikhail Ioffe, Dale McElhone, Christopher R. Paetsch, Jack E. Read, Andrew Farrell
  • Publication number: 20190239772
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a system including an earphone and a processor. The earphone includes at least one of a microphone or accelerometer/gyroscope. The system is configured to determine a user's respiration rate (breath rate per minute) either directly by measuring the breath rate or indirectly based on the user's heartrate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Victoria A. GRACE, Harsh A. MANKODI, Jack E. READ
  • Patent number: 10213157
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wearable audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product comprises a first electrode placed over the user's auditory cortex on a first side of the user's body, a second electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a first reference electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a processor coupled to the first, second, and first reference electrode, the processor configured to take one or more actions based on signals received from the first, second, and first reference electrodes, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. Any or all of the electrodes described herein may include any integer number of electrodes clustered in the specified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Farrell, Christopher R. Paetsch, Tegan M. Ayers, Jack E. Read
  • Publication number: 20190053756
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product includes at least two electrodes, a processor, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to receive at least one signal affected by an action of the user obtained via the first electrode or the second electrode and take one or more actions based on the at least one signal. The at least one action may control another device, in an effort to provide hands-free control of the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tegan M. AYERS, Lifun LIN, Romain KIRSZENBLAT, Mikhail IOFFE, Dale MCELHONE, Christopher R. PAETSCH, Jack E. READ, Andrew FARRELL
  • Publication number: 20180353128
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wearable audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product comprises a first electrode placed over the user's auditory cortex on a first side of the user's body, a second electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a first reference electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a processor coupled to the first, second, and first reference electrode, the processor configured to take one or more actions based on signals received from the first, second, and first reference electrodes, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. Any or all of the electrodes described herein may include any integer number of electrodes clustered in the specified location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew FARRELL, Christopher R. PAETSCH, Tegan M. AYERS, Jack E. READ