Patents by Inventor Juergen Stark
Juergen Stark 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).
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Publication number: 20250203311Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. An example system may include one or more audio output components; one or more sensors configured to generate sensory data relating to a user; and one or more control circuits configured to control the one or more audio output components based on positioning information associated with positioning of the user. The positioning information may be generated or adjusted based on the sensory data, and the controlling may include providing a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Publication number: 20250048010Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 12219342Abstract: In a system that includes one or more audio output components, positioning information associated with positioning of a user within a three-dimensional space around the user maybe determined. The one or more audio output components may be controlled based on the determined positioning information, with the controlling including providing a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user. The controlling may include configuring least one audio output related parameter or function for optimizing, based on the determined positioning information, directionality of at least one of the one or more audio output components. The determined positioning information may be generated or adjusted based on sensory data relating to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: VOYETRA TURTLE BEACH, INC.Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 12192693Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 12032157Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Juergen Stark, Michael Stark
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Patent number: 11977224Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Juergen Stark, Michael Stark
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Publication number: 20240056716Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11805349Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Publication number: 20230324681Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Juergen STARK, Michael STARK
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Publication number: 20230300555Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. In a system that includes one or more audio output components, positioning information associated with positioning of a user within a three-dimensional space around the user maybe determined. The one or more audio output components may be controlled based on the determined positioning information, with the controlling including providing a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user. The controlling may include configuring least one audio output related parameter or function for optimizing, based on the determined positioning information, directionality of at least one of the one or more audio output components. The determined positioning information may be generated or adjusted based on sensory data relating to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11665497Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. In a system that includes one or more audio output components, positioning information associated with at least a part of a user's body may be determined, the positioning information including at least orientation related information. The one or more audio output components may be controlled based on the determined positioning information, with the determined positioning information corresponding to a positional nature of the user within a three-dimensional space around the user, and where the controlling includes providing a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: VOYETRA TURTLE BEACH, INC.Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11614619Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Juergen Stark, Michael Stark
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Publication number: 20220386010Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11451895Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc.Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Publication number: 20220038839Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. In a system that includes one or more audio output components, positioning information associated with at least a part of a user's body maybe determined, the positioning information including at least orientation related information. The one or more audio output components may be controlled based on the determined positioning information, with the determined positioning information corresponding to a positional nature of the user within a three-dimensional space around the user, and where the controlling includes providing a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11153705Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. An example audio device includes an orientation determination circuit configured to determine an orientation of at least a part of a user's body, a first audio output component, a second audio output component, and a controller configured to control the first audio output component and the second audio output component based on the determined orientation. The determined orientation may correspond to a positional nature of the user within a three-dimensional space around the user. The controller may be configured to provide a three-dimensional audio environment according to the user. The three-dimensional audio environment is aligned according to a visual input provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: VOYETRA TURTLE BEACH, INC.Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Publication number: 20210084430Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. A user of an audio system may be prompted to provide an audio input. Once received, the audio input may be processed, and based on processing of the audio input positioning related information associated with the user may be generated. Outputting of an audio output in the audio system may then be controlled based on the positioning related information. Controlling the outputting of the audio output may include configuring at least one audio output related parameter or function for optimizing directionality of the audio output based on the positioning related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Publication number: 20200329294Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 10757526Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations. A user of an audio system may be prompted to provide an audio input. Once received, the audio input may be processed, and based on processing of the audio input positioning related information associated with the user may be generated. Outputting of an audio output in the audio system may then be controlled based on the positioning related information. Controlling the outputting of the audio output may include configuring at least one audio output related parameter or function for optimizing directionality of the audio output based on the positioning related information.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: VOYETRA TURTLE BEACH, INC.Inventor: Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 10735843Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark