Patents by Inventor Joshua Alan Johnson

Joshua Alan Johnson 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: 11374546
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Publication number: 20200067474
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Patent number: 10469047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: E.F. JOHNSON COMPANY
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Publication number: 20180205354
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Patent number: 9923534
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: E.F. Johnson Company
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Publication number: 20160087597
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Christian K. Barker, Joshua Alan Johnson, Stephen Joseph Borer, Marshall Pommier Schiring
  • Patent number: 8499199
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing devices that will be connected to a computer storage media device by generating a complex test waveform that emulates operation of the computer storage media device using at least one Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and applying the generated complex test waveform to the device(s) being tested. The complex test waveform may be generated by calculating a plurality of discrete individual portions of the complex test waveform in parallel, in real-time, and continuously using the parallel processing features of the GPU(s). The discrete individual portions of the complex test waveform may be representative of various characteristics of the emulated computer storage media device operation such as operational characteristics of the computer storage media device, environmental effects on the computer storage media device, application of filters to the computer storage media device signal, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Alan Johnson, Robert W. Warren, Jr., Kyle L. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20120060059
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing devices that will be connected to a computer storage media device by generating a complex test waveform that emulates operation of the computer storage media device using at least one Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and applying the generated complex test waveform to the device(s) being tested. The complex test waveform may be generated by calculating a plurality of discrete individual portions of the complex test waveform in parallel, in real-time, and continuously using the parallel processing features of the GPU(s). The discrete individual portions of the complex test waveform may be representative of various characteristics of the emulated computer storage media device operation such as operational characteristics of the computer storage media device, environmental effects on the computer storage media device, application of filters to the computer storage media device signal, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Alan Johnson, Robert W. Warren, JR., Kyle L. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20100023308
    Abstract: A method for increasing simulation speed is achieved by implementing a sequence of executable embodiments of digital, analog, mixed-signal or full-wave components are substituted during the process. The substituted embodiments represent more optimal instruction sequences, reconfigurable logic configurations or combinations thereof which may only be a valid representation of the model being simulated, subject to specific operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: FTL Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Christopher Willis, Joshua Alan Johnson, Ruth Ann Betcher
  • Publication number: 20030149962
    Abstract: A means of increasing the steady-state simulation speed of a design comprising digital, analog, mixed-signal and full-wave components is taught using general purpose processors and electronically re-configurable logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: John Christopher Willis, Joshua Alan Johnson, Ruth Ann Betcher