Patents by Inventor Kenneth Pearce

Kenneth Pearce 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: 11972087
    Abstract: A method may include generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a canvas visually displaying a virtual audio environment representing an arrangement of speakers in a real-world audio environment. The virtual audio environment may include an audio object that represents sounds that are grouped together to provide a particular sound effect. The method may include obtaining, via the GUI, a selection of a particular audio object displayed in the virtual audio environment and user input relating to the audio properties associated with the selected audio object. The method may include performing an audio computation based on the user input and updating the selected audio object represented in the canvas. The method may include displaying, via the GUI, the updated audio object in the canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Brodersen, John Trudeau, Robert Aric Marshall, Kenneth Pearce, Michael Plitkins, Calin Pacurariu
  • Patent number: 11902771
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, operations may include obtaining a virtual space that includes a virtual speaker distribution of virtual speakers within the virtual space. The operations may further include obtaining an audio file that includes audio corresponding to an audio object of an audio scene and generating one or more audio signals based on the virtual speaker distribution and the audio file. In these or other embodiments, the operations may include mapping each respective virtual speaker to a respective point source in an audio localization environment that corresponds to the virtual space. In addition, the operations may include providing the one or more audio signals to an audio localization system according to the mapping of the virtual speakers to their respective point sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SPATIALX INC.
    Inventors: Rainer Brodersen, Michael Plitkins, Calin Pacurariu, Xavier Prospero, Robert Aric Marshall, Kristin Miltner, Kenneth P. Felton, Kenneth Pearce
  • Patent number: 10368536
    Abstract: A compact insect trap providing a liquid attractant to lure insects and a fan to draw insects into a container. The container is detachable for ease of cleaning and filling with the attractant. Insects converge near the fumes at a narrow annular passage on the perimeter of the device. An internal fan is activated by a timing circuit and provides intermittent bursts of air directed inside and towards the container. Airflow continues upwards through a screen, the fan, and expelled past a unidirectional valve near the top of the device. Nearby insects are suctioned into the container and are retained within due to the screen, thus preventing contamination of moving parts. As airflow is paused, insects are released from the screen where they fall or fly into the attractant. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua Kenneth Pearce
  • Publication number: 20180310542
    Abstract: A compact insect trap providing a liquid attractant to lure insects and a fan to draw insects into a container. The container is detachable for ease of cleaning and filling with the attractant. Insects converge near the fumes at a narrow annular passage on the perimeter of the device. An internal fan is activated by a timing circuit and provides intermittent bursts of air directed inside and towards the container. Airflow continues upwards through a screen, the fan, and expelled past a unidirectional valve near the top of the device. Nearby insects are suctioned into the container and are retained within due to the screen, thus preventing contamination of moving parts. As airflow is paused, insects are released from the screen where they fall or fly into the attractant. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua Kenneth Pearce
  • Publication number: 20070091178
    Abstract: A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Tim Cotter, Stephen Perlman, John Speck, Roger Van der Laan, Kenneth Pearce, Greg LaSalle
  • Publication number: 20060203096
    Abstract: A method is described comprising: applying phosphorescent paint to specified regions of a performer's face and/or body; strobing a light source on and off, the light source charging the phosphorescent paint when on; and strobing the shutters of a first plurality of cameras synchronously with the strobing of the light source to capture images of the phosphorescent paint, wherein the shutters are open when the light source is off and the shutters are closed when the light source is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Greg LaSalle, Roger Laan, Stephen Periman, John Speck, Timothy Cotter, Kenneth Pearce
  • Publication number: 20060192854
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are described for improving marker identification within a motion capture system. For example, a system according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: a plurality of cameras configurable for a motion capture session, each of the cameras having an illuminating device for generating light and a lens for capturing light reflected off of one or more retro-reflective markers used for the motion capture session; and a plurality of pieces of polarized material coupled over the illuminating device and the lens of each of the cameras, wherein for each individual camera, either a first orientation or a second orientation for the polarized material is selected based on which other cameras are within the individual camera's field of view and the orientation of the polarized material used for the other cameras, the first orientation being perpendicular to the second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Perlman, Greg LaSalle, Kenneth Pearce, John Speck
  • Publication number: 20060055699
    Abstract: A method is described comprising: applying a series of curves on specified regions of a performer's face; tracking the movement of the series of curves during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the performer's face using the tracked movement of the series of curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Perlman, Kenneth Pearce, Tim Cotter, Greg LaSalle, John Speck
  • Publication number: 20060055706
    Abstract: A method is described comprising: positioning a plurality of color-coded motion capture markers at a plurality of points on a performer's body, wherein the color-coded motion capture markers are colored with at least two or more different colors; and tracking the color-coded motion capture markers during a motion capture session using two or more color cameras and a color-coded motion capture subsystem, the color-coded motion capture subsystem identifying each individual color-coded motion capture element based on its color and/or its relationship to the other color-coded motion capture markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Perlman, Kenneth Pearce, Tim Cotter, Greg LaSalle, John Speck
  • Publication number: 20050181362
    Abstract: A method of modifying a test nuclear receptor (NR) polypeptide is disclosed. The method provides a test NR polypeptide sequence having a characteristic that is targeted for modification; aligning the test NR polypeptide sequence with at least one reference NR polypeptide sequence for which an X-ray structure is available; building a three-dimensional model for the test NR polypeptide using the three-dimensional coordinates of the X-ray structure(s) of at least one reference polypeptide and its sequence alignment with the test NR polypeptide sequence; examining the three-dimensional model of the test NR polypeptide sequence for characteristic differences with the reference polypeptide; and mutating at least one amino acid residue in the test NR polypeptide sequence at a characteristic difference, whereby the test NR polypeptide is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Apolito, Randy Bledsoe, Millard Lambert III, David McKee, Valerie Montana, Kenneth Pearce, Thomas Stanley, Huaqiang Xu, Christopher Delves