Patents by Inventor Jeffery Robert Vautin

Jeffery Robert Vautin 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).

  • Publication number: 20230254654
    Abstract: Various implementations include methods and related systems for controlling the audio output in a vehicle cabin. In one implementation, a method includes: receiving a first input indicative of a first audio output at a first location in the vehicle cabin; displaying a range of outputs available to a user in a second location in the vehicle cabin; receiving a second input indicative of a second audio output within the range of outputs at the second location; and outputting the first audio output and the second audio output in the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffery Robert Vautin, Nicholas K. Lade, Robert A. Warden
  • Publication number: 20210120357
    Abstract: Various implementations include computer-implemented methods and related systems for controlling the phantom center image of an audio output in an automobile. In one implementation, a method includes: receiving at least one user interface command to modify a phantom center image of audio output from the audio system in the automobile, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output includes a designated position of sound produced by a set of speakers in the audio system other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system; and adjusting a perceived location of the phantom center image of the audio output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the phantom center image of the audio output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Scott DUBLIN, Charles Terence Henrry Oswald, Eduard T. Salvado, Jeffery Robert Vautin
  • Patent number: 10681484
    Abstract: In some implementation, a method includes: receiving at least one user interface command to modify a phantom center image of audio output from the audio system in the automobile, wherein the user interface command comprises a user profile command or a preset command attributed to a user of the automobile, wherein the user profile command or the preset command is obtained from an identification file attributed to the user, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output comprises a designated position of sound produced by a set of speakers in the audio system other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system; and adjusting a perceived location of the phantom center image of the audio output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the phantom center image of the audio output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Scott Dublin, Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Eduardo T. Salvador, Jeffery Robert Vautin
  • Publication number: 20190387345
    Abstract: In some implementation, a method includes: receiving at least one user interface command to modify a phantom center image of audio output from the audio system in the automobile, wherein the user interface command comprises a user profile command or a preset command attributed to a user of the automobile, wherein the user profile command or the preset command is obtained from an identification file attributed to the user, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output comprises a designated position of sound produced by a set of speakers in the audio system other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system; and adjusting a perceived location of the phantom center image of the audio output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the phantom center image of the audio output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Scott Dublin, Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Eduardo T. Salvador, Jeffery Robert Vautin
  • Patent number: 10313819
    Abstract: Various implementations include computer-implemented methods and related systems for controlling the phantom center image of an audio output in an automobile. In one implementation, a method includes: receiving at least one user interface command to modify a phantom center image of audio output from the audio system in the automobile, wherein the phantom center image of the audio output includes a designated position of sound produced by a set of speakers in the audio system other than physical locations of the set of speakers in the audio system; and adjusting a perceived location of the phantom center image of the audio output from the audio system based upon the at least one user interface command to modify the phantom center image of the audio output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Scott Dublin, Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Eduardo T. Salvador, Jeffery Robert Vautin