Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Hoskins

Kevin R. Hoskins 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).

  • Piezoelectric contact microphone with mechanical interface
    Patent number: 10462578
    Abstract: A piezoelectric contact microphone with a mechanical vibration conduction interface provides an improved mobile electronic device microphone. In an embodiment, the mechanical vibration conduction interface is placed on a bone structure and conducts vibration from the bone structure to the piezoelectric contact microphone. Because of the direct contact, this use of piezoelectric contact microphone reduces or eliminates interferences effects due to wind and other airflow over the microphone. The mechanical vibration conduction interface materials and structure are selected to provide effective transmission of vibration from the bone structure to the piezoelectric element within the piezoelectric contact microphone. This piezoelectric contact microphone enables mobile electronic devices to provide improved voice communication, voice transcription, and voice command recognition in the presence of wind noise and other noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Hoskins, Arun P. Jose, David Harkness, Georgios C. Dogiamis, Rajashree Raji Baskaran
  • PIEZOELECTRIC CONTACT MICROPHONE WITH MECHANICAL INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20180324530
    Abstract: A piezoelectric contact microphone with a mechanical vibration conduction interface provides an improved mobile electronic device microphone. In an embodiment, the mechanical vibration conduction interface is placed on a bone structure and conducts vibration from the bone structure to the piezoelectric contact microphone. Because of the direct contact, this use of piezoelectric contact microphone reduces or eliminates interferences effects due to wind and other airflow over the microphone. The mechanical vibration conduction interface materials and structure are selected to provide effective transmission of vibration from the bone structure to the piezoelectric element within the piezoelectric contact microphone. This piezoelectric contact microphone enables mobile electronic devices to provide improved voice communication, voice transcription, and voice command recognition in the presence of wind noise and other noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin R. Hoskins, Arun P. Jose, David Harkness, Georgios C. Dogiamis, Rajashree Raji Baskaran
  • Managing and using headset profiles for different headsets
    Patent number: 9277320
    Abstract: A user device prompts a user to provide button input to use for causing the user device or an application on a user device to perform a function. The user device associates the button input with the function and store the association in a headset profile. When the button input is later received from the headset, the user device accesses the headset profile and identifies the function associated with the button input. The user device performs the identified function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Hoskins
  • Product display
    Patent number: D654726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa J. Nealon, Kevin R. Hoskins, Fawn M. Uhl, Brandon Robinson, Patricia M. Harms-Andray