Patents by Inventor Joseph Rudy Keller

Joseph Rudy Keller 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).

  • Speaker system with acoustic event detection, modification kit for speaker system and method of modifying a speaker system
    Patent number: 9813828
    Abstract: A speaker system with acoustic event detection, the speaker system including a number of speakers, a head unit including an output circuit structured to output an output signal to the speakers to cause the speakers to output an audible sound, and an acoustic event detection module structured to receive signals from the speakers and to detect an acoustic event based on the signals received from the speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Rudy Keller, Scott Case
  • SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH ACOUSTIC EVENT DETECTION, MODIFICATION KIT FOR SPEAKER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODIFYING A SPEAKER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160353219
    Abstract: A speaker system with acoustic event detection, the speaker system including a number of speakers, a head unit including an output circuit structured to output an output signal to the speakers to cause the speakers to output an audible sound, and an acoustic event detection module structured to receive signals from the speakers and to detect an acoustic event based on the signals received from the speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: JOSEPH RUDY KELLER, Scott Case
  • Method and apparatus for activating and controlling fire and mass notification visual devices
    Patent number: 9406205
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for activating a stimulus on a notification device includes encoding an instruction to activate the stimulus in a voltage dropout pulse of a synchronization protocol and sending the synchronization protocol, including the voltage dropout pulse, over a single two wire circuit to which a fire notification device and a mass notification device are coupled, where the notification device is the fire notification device or the mass notification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph Rudy Keller, Joseph Kosich, David John Salgueiro
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING AND CONTROLLING FIRE AND MASS NOTIFICATION VISUAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130194063
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for activating a stimulus on a notification device includes encoding an instruction to activate the stimulus in a voltage dropout pulse of a synchronization protocol and sending the synchronization protocol, including the voltage dropout pulse, over a single two wire circuit to which a fire notification device and a mass notification device are coupled, where the notification device is the fire notification device or the mass notification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph Rudy KELLER, Joseph KOSICH, David John SALGUEIRO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE STROBE
    Publication number: 20130193865
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for driving a light emitting diode strobe. One embodiment of a circuit for driving a current controlled light source includes an energy storage stage for storing a charge level and an energy delivery stage for drawing current from the energy storage stage and applying a fixed amount, of current to the current controlled light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph Rudy Keller, Joseph Kosich, David John Salgueiro, John Richard Celli