Patents by Inventor Kevin S. Culwell

Kevin S. Culwell 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).

  • System and method to monitor audio loudness and provide audio automatic gain control
    Patent number: 9917564
    Abstract: An audio loudness data collection module collects and stores audio data. The data can be stored for a first time period. A monitoring system can access and store the audio data collected and stored by the loudness data collection module according to a second time period. The stored audio data can be processed and displayed to a user in a number of ways. The data can also be used to provide loudness data control. For example, a loudness data control module can perform an audio AGC function to control audio loudness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Culwell, Daniel M. Miner, Heather N. Truong, Uy X. Nguyen, Leon J. Stanger, James A. Michener
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR AUDIO LOUDNESS AND PROVIDE AUDIO AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170359047
    Abstract: An audio loudness data collection module collects and stores audio data. The data can be stored for a first time period. A monitoring system can access and store the audio data collected and stored by the loudness data collection module according to a second time period. The stored audio data can be processed and displayed to a user in a number of ways. The data can also be used to provide loudness data control. For example, a loudness data control module can perform an audio AGC function to control audio loudness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin S. Culwell, Daniel M. Miner, Heather N. Truong, Uy X. Nguyen, Leon J. Stanger, James A. Michener
  • System and method to monitor audio loudness and provide audio automatic gain control
    Patent number: 9729120
    Abstract: An audio loudness data collection module collects and stores audio data. The data can be stored for a first time period. A monitoring system can access and store the audio data collected and stored by the loudness data collection module according to a second time period. The stored audio data can be processed and displayed to a user in a number of ways. The data can also be used to provide loudness data control. For example, a loudness data control module can perform an audio AGC function to control audio loudness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Culwell, Daniel M. Miner, Heather N. Truong, Uy X. Nguyen, Leon J. Stanger, James A. Michener
  • System and method to detect garbled closed captioning
    Patent number: 9426521
    Abstract: A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Miner, Kevin S. Culwell
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT GARBLED CLOSED CAPTIONING
    Publication number: 20160007081
    Abstract: A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: DANIEL M. MINER, KEVIN S. CULWELL
  • System and method to detect garbled closed captioning
    Patent number: 9154816
    Abstract: A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Miner, Kevin S. Culwell
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT GARBLED CLOSED CAPTIONING
    Publication number: 20150245080
    Abstract: A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: DANIEL M. MINER, KEVIN S. CULWELL
  • System and method to detect garbled closed captioning
    Patent number: 8913187
    Abstract: A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Miner, Kevin S. Culwell