Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Bastyr

Kevin J. Bastyr 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: 12375863
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for receiving a request to output audio at a first speaker and a second speaker of an electronic device, determining that the electronic device is oriented in a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation, identifying, based on the determined orientation, a first equalization setting for the first speaker and a second equalization setting for the second speaker, providing, for output at the first speaker, a first audio signal with the first equalization setting, and providing, for output at the second speaker, a second audio signal with the second equalization setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Adrian M. Schuster, Prabhu Annabathula, Kevin J. Bastyr, Andrew K. Wells, Wen Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12361919
    Abstract: An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving an anti-noise signal and at least one microphone to provide an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin. An adaptive filter controller is programmed to filter the error signal to obtain a noise reduction ratio, and to adjust a step size and/or leakage parameter based on a comparison of the noise reduction ratio to a noise threshold. A controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the adjusted step size and/or leakage parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tao Feng, Kevin J. Bastyr
  • Publication number: 20250191290
    Abstract: Techniques for image scaling using enrollment are described. In some embodiments, the techniques include acquiring one or more images of a user, and processing the one more images to determine three-dimensional positions of ears of the user based on a three-dimensional enrollment head geometry of the user. The three-dimensional enrollment head geometry is determined based on one or more enrollment images of the user. The techniques further include processing one or more audio signals to generate one or more processed audio signals based on the three-dimensional positions of the ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Vilayphone VILAYSOUK, Kevin J. BASTYR, Abdullah KUCUK, Kadagattur Gopinatha SRINIDHI
  • Publication number: 20250193623
    Abstract: Techniques for audio panning of a virtual sound source are described. In some embodiments, the techniques include determining a first distance between a first speaker and a virtual sound source; determining a second distance between a second speaker and the virtual sound source; generating a first audio output signal for the first speaker based on an input audio signal, the first distance, and the second distance; generating a second audio output signal for the second speaker based on the input audio signal, the first distance, and the second distance; transmitting the first audio output signal to the first speaker for output; and transmitting the second audio output signal to the second speaker for output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Kevin J. BASTYR, Jason RIGGS
  • Publication number: 20250191219
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for audio processing based on a head pose of a user comprises acquiring one or more images of a user, processing the one or more images to identify a plurality of face landmarks representing locations on a head of the user, selecting, from the plurality of face landmarks and based on an estimated head pose of the user, a set of one or more landmark pairs, determine, based on the set of landmark pairs, three-dimensional positions of ears of the user; and processing one or more audio signals to generate one or more processed audio signals based on the three-dimensional positions of the ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Abdullah KUCUK, Vilayphone VILAYSOUK, Kevin J. BASTYR
  • Publication number: 20250191291
    Abstract: Techniques for image scaling based on emotion detection are described. In some embodiments, the techniques include acquiring one or more images of a user, processing the one more images to generate emotion-specific three-dimensional (3D) positions of ears of the user based on a 3D head geometry and an emotion of the user, where the emotion is identified based on the one or more images of the user, and processing one or more audio signals to generate one or more processed audio signals based on the three-dimensional positions of the ears. Further embodiments include systems and non-transitory computer-readable media that perform the steps of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin J. BASTYR, Abdullah KUCUK, Vilayphone VILAYSOUK, Dariusz Jerzy RZESZOTARSKI
  • Publication number: 20250193595
    Abstract: Techniques for generating sound in a system that includes a compact audio reproduction device are described. In some embodiments, the techniques include determining a first distance between a first loudspeaker and the compact audio reproduction device; determining a first corner frequency for a first distance filter based on the first distance; generating a first modified audio signal for the first loudspeaker, wherein an amplitude of the first modified audio signal is based on an input audio signal and the first distance filter; and transmitting the first modified audio signal to the first loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin J. BASTYR, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN
  • Patent number: 12328570
    Abstract: An audio system is provided that includes a loudspeaker, at least one microphone, and at least one controller. The loudspeaker transmits an audio signal into a listening environment defined by at least one wall in a room. The at least one microphone is positioned on the loudspeaker and is configured to capture a reverberated audio signal including a plurality of reverberations and a plurality of peaks. The reverberated audio signal is indicative of the audio signal being reflected from the at least one wall. The at least one controller is programmed to apply a confidence score to the plurality of peaks to obtain a maximum score which is indicative of a maximum peak of the audio signal that is reflected from the at least one wall and determine a distance between the loudspeaker and the wall based at least on the maximum score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdullah Kucuk, Kadagattur Srinidhi, Kevin J. Bastyr
  • Patent number: 12293750
    Abstract: An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving an anti-noise signal. At least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin. An occupancy controller is programmed to modify a transfer function between the at least one microphone and at least one virtual microphone based on an occupancy signal indicative of occupant presence within the passenger cabin. An adaptive filter controller is programmed to filter the error signal using the transfer function to obtain an estimated virtual microphone error signal. A controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the estimated virtual microphone error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin J. Bastyr, Antonio Gomez
  • Publication number: 20250078797
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a stimulus signal as a solution for an adaptive secondary path component of an active noise cancellation (ANC) system having at least one audio signal source to provide an audio signal in a cabin of the vehicle, a shaped noise generator provides a shaped-noise signal in the cabin of the vehicle, at least one controller programmed to activate the shaped noise generator and add the shaped noise signal to the audio signal to generate a stimulus signal, and at least one loudspeaker to project the stimulus signal within the cabin of the vehicle for the ANC system to generate an anti-noise signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin J. Bastyr, Sattwik Basu, Jeffrey Charles Tackett, David Trumpy
  • Patent number: 12238488
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for receiving a request to output audio at a first speaker and a second speaker of an electronic device, determining that the electronic device is oriented in a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation, identifying, based on the determined orientation, a first equalization setting for the first speaker and a second equalization setting for the second speaker, providing, for output at the first speaker, a first audio signal with the first equalization setting, and providing, for output at the second speaker, a second audio signal with the second equalization setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Adrian M. Schuster, Prabhu Annabathula, Kevin J. Bastyr, Andrew K. Wells, Wen Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12230241
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided. An audio signal source provides an audio signal. At least one loudspeaker projects anti-noise sound within a cabin. At least one microphone provides a first error signal indicative of the noise, the audio signal, and the anti-noise sound and a second error signal indicative of an estimated anti-noise signal. At least one controller is programmed to receive the first error signal and the second error signal and to provide an estimated impulse response based at least on the first error signal and the second error signal. The at least one controller is further programmed to compare the estimated impulse response to one or more pre-stored impulse responses; and to select a first pre-stored impulse response that matches the estimated impulse response to filter one or more reference signals at an adaptive filter to generate the anti-noise signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Sattwik Basu, Kevin J. Bastyr, Jeffrey Charles Tackett, David Trumpy, Geon-Seok Kim, Tao Feng
  • Patent number: 12217733
    Abstract: A road noise cancellation (RNC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to an anti-noise signal; and a controller. The controller is programmed to: determine a coherence value between a noise signal indicative of road induced noise and an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin; estimate a noise reduction value based on the coherence value; filter the noise signal and the error signal based on the estimated noise reduction value; and generate the anti-noise signal based on the filtered noise signal and the filtered error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tao Feng, Kevin J. Bastyr
  • Publication number: 20240406668
    Abstract: An audio system is provided that includes a loudspeaker, at least one microphone, and at least one controller. The loudspeaker transmits an audio signal into a listening environment defined by at least one wall in a room. The at least one microphone is positioned on the loudspeaker and is configured to capture a reverberated audio signal including a plurality of reverberations and a plurality of peaks. The reverberated audio signal is indicative of the audio signal being reflected from the at least one wall. The at least one controller is programmed to apply a confidence score to the plurality of peaks to obtain a maximum score which is indicative of a maximum peak of the audio signal that is reflected from the at least one wall and determine a distance between the loudspeaker and the wall based at least on the maximum score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Abdullah KUCUK, Kadagattur SRINIDHI, Kevin J. BASTYR
  • Publication number: 20240406655
    Abstract: An audio system is provided. The audio system includes a plurality of loudspeakers and a mobile device. The plurality of loudspeakers is capable of being positioned in a listening environment and being arranged to transmit an audio signal in the listening environment. Each loudspeaker is programmed to determine angle information of the audio signal as received at the loudspeaker relative to other loudspeakers of the plurality of loudspeakers and to transmit a first signal indicative of the angle information. The mobile device is programmed to receive the first signal from each of the loudspeakers and to determine a location for each loudspeaker in the listening environment based at least on the angle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Abdullah KUCUK, Kadagattur SRINIDHI, Kevin J. BASTYR
  • Patent number: 12123659
    Abstract: A heat exchanger with a monocoque structure transfers heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger has a plurality of tubes through which the first fluid may flow in a direction, each of the plurality of tubes has a first mouth end, an opposing second mouth end and a waist region between the first mouth end and the second mouth end. The heat exchanger also has one or more intercom1ected fluid challllels through which the second fluid may flow. the one or more fluid chamlels lay generally in a plane, the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels interleave such that heat may be transferred between the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid challllels, and the direction of flow of the first fluid is generally perpendicular to the plane of the one or more fluid chamlels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert M. Keolian, Kevin J. Bastyr, Ray Scott Wakeland, John Feurman Brady
  • Publication number: 20240304172
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided. The system includes at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound in response to receiving a first anti-noise signal and at least one microphone to provide an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound. The system further includes a head tracker sensor to provide a first signal indicative of a position of a user's head and a first controllable filter programmed to modify a transfer function between the microphone and at least one remote microphone location to generate an estimated remote microphone error signal based at least on the error signal and the first signal. The system further includes a second controllable filter programmed to generate the first anti-noise signal to account for the position of the user's head at least based on the estimated remote microphone error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin J. BASTYR, Tao FENG
  • Publication number: 20240267691
    Abstract: An audio system for controlling and modifying an audio signal in a room having selectively reconfigurable architecture is disclosed. The audio system comprises a plurality of speakers mounted to an architecture configuration having one or more movable room-defining components and a control system in electronic communication with the plurality of speakers and the one or more movable room-defining components. The control system is configured to adjust one or more tuning parameters of one or more of the plurality of speakers based a position of the one or more movable room-defining components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin J. Bastyr, Joy Lyons, Jason Riggs
  • Publication number: 20240203392
    Abstract: An active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided with at least one loudspeaker to project anti-noise sound within a passenger cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving an anti-noise signal and at least one microphone to provide an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the passenger cabin. An adaptive filter controller is programmed to filter the error signal to obtain a noise reduction ratio, and to adjust a step size and/or leakage parameter based on a comparison of the noise reduction ratio to a noise threshold. A controllable filter generates the anti-noise signal based on the adjusted step size and/or leakage parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tao FENG, Kevin J. BASTYR
  • Publication number: 20240203395
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided. The ANC system includes at least one loudspeaker, at least one microphone and at least one controller. The at least one loudspeaker projects anti-noise sound within a cabin of a vehicle based at least on an anti-noise signal. The at least one microphone provides an error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the cabin. The at least one controller is programmed to receive the error signal and a reference signal indicative of a gear shift that occurs over a predetermined time interval and to adapt at least one adaptive filter with pre-stored filter coefficients for the predetermined time interval to generate the anti-noise signal based at least on the error signal and the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin J. BASTYR, James MAY