Patents by Inventor Kim Rishoj

Kim Rishoj 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).

  • Publication number: 20240365062
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for directionally reproducing an input audio signal by a transducer array comprising a plurality of transducers, the method comprising receiving said input audio signal and processing by signal processing to generate a processed audio signal, the processing comprising filtering harmonics in a directionally controllable frequency band, each of said harmonics corresponding to a lower order harmonic in a bass frequency band, wherein said bass frequency band comprises frequencies below said directionally controllable frequency band, generating a plurality of driving signals for said plurality of transducers, wherein said plurality of driving signals are generated on the basis of said processed audio signal by application of directional control filters, and reproducing directional sound representing said input audio signal based on said plurality of generated driver signals using said transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Soundfocus ApS
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20240323638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing an input audio signal to be perceived in an acoustical environment comprising at least a first sound zone and a second sound zone, comprising the steps of receiving an input audio signal, processing said input audio signal using signal processing to generate a processed audio signal, determining an expected loudness in a second sound zone of said acoustical environment, of acoustically reproducing said processed audio signal by a loudspeaker system for a first sound zone of said acoustical environment, wherein said determining an expected loudness is at least with respect to a bass frequency band; and automatically adjusting, on the basis of said determined expected loudness in said second sound zone, one or more level-dependent filters of said processing. The invention further relates to a loudspeaker system for processing an input audio signal to be perceived in an acoustical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Soundfocus ApS
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 9076416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring tuning as a part of a user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Soren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknaes-Pedersen, Kim Rishoj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 9070350
    Abstract: A musical instrument tuner for string instruments is provided which comprises a signal classifier for determining a signal class of an input signal from a number of monophonic signal classes and a number of polyphonic signal classes, a signal analyzer for determining at least one representation of a pitch frequency of the input signal, and an indicator for displaying an output established on the basis of the signal class and the representation of a pitch frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8373053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring different levels of detail for displaying monophonic and polyphonic characteristics of an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: The T/C Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8350141
    Abstract: A musical instrument tuner for string instruments is disclosed, which comprises a signal classifier for determining a signal class of an input signal from a number of monophonic signal classes and a number of polyphonic signal classes, a signal analyzer for determining at least one representation of a pitch frequency of the input signal, and an indicator for displaying an output established on the basis of the signal class and the representation of a pitch frequency, wherein the indicator includes at least a monophonic display mode and at least a polyphonic display; and wherein the display mode is selected in dependency of the signal class determined by the signal classifier. Tuning methods, computer program products, music instruments, amplifiers and audio processors relating to the above are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8338683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring tuning as a part of a user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8334449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring simultaneous display of monophonic and polyphonic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8299345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring different levels of detail for displaying monophonic and polyphonic characteristics of an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8299346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring tuning as a part of a user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20120204702
    Abstract: A musical instrument tuner for string instruments is disclosed, which comprises a signal classifier for determining a signal class of an input signal from a number of monophonic signal classes and a number of polyphonic signal classes, a signal analyzer for determining at least one representation of a pitch frequency of the input signal, and an indicator for displaying an output established on the basis of the signal class and the representation of a pitch frequency, wherein the indicator includes at least a monophonic display mode and at least a polyphonic display; and wherein the display mode is selected in dependency of the signal class determined by the signal classifier. Tuning methods, computer program products, music instruments, amplifiers and audio processors relating to the above are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Søren Henningsen NIELSEN, Esben SKOVENBORG, Lars ARKNÆS-PEDERSEN, Kim Rishøj PEDERSEN
  • Patent number: 8242941
    Abstract: The invention relates to an A/D converter comprising an input and an output, a D/A converting feedback and a pulse width modulating forward path, the D/A converting feedback comprising at least one feed-back path, the feed-back path establishing a D/A conversion based on at least two D/A conversions subject to uncorrelated errors. The invention further relates to a jitter consequence reducing D/A-converter comprising a jitter-robust intermediate signal established on the basis of a digital input signal. The invention further relates to a method for jitter consequence reduction in a pulse width modulated A/D-converter feedback, comprising establishing at least two D/A-conversions subject to uncorrelated errors, and combining, preferably by summing, said at least two D/A-conversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishoj Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20120067193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring tuning as a part of a user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Soren Henningsen Nielsen, Esben Skovenborg, Lars Arknaes-Pedersen, Kim Rishoj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8028013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hardware implemented filtering method including establishing a representation DIS of the derivative of at least a part of a time-quantized input signal IS, and establishing at least one sample of a time- and amplitude-quantized output signal OS by performing filtering on the basis of at least a part of a filter representation IFC1, IFC2, IFC3 and the representation DIS of the derivative of at least a part of the input signal IS. The invention further relates to a hardware implemented decimation method for decimating a time-quantized input signal IS including dividing the time-quantized input signal IS into intervals, for each of the intervals establishing a sample of a time- and amplitude-quantized output signal OS according to the above mentioned filtering method. The invention further relates to a fast filtering means FFM implementing the above-mentioned methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Kim Rishøj Pedersen, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20100272294
    Abstract: A two-channel amplifier with common signal including a splitter for establishing three intermediate signals on the basis of two input signals, wherein the three intermediate signals represent two channels, one of the three intermediate signals being a common signal common to both of the two channels and having a representation based on a sum of the two input signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Lars Arknaes-Pedersen, Kim Rishoj Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20100245139
    Abstract: The invention relates to an A/D converter comprising an input and an output, a D/A converting feedback and a pulse width modulating forward path, the D/A converting feedback comprising at least one feed-back path, the feed-back path establishing a D/A conversion based on at least two D/A conversions subject to uncorrelated errors. The invention further relates to a jitter consequence reducing D/A-converter comprising a jitter-robust intermediate signal established on the basis of a digital input signal. The invention further relates to a method for jitter consequence reduction in a pulse width modulated A/D-converter feedback, comprising establishing at least two D/A-conversions subject to uncorrelated errors, and combining, preferably by summing, said at least two D/A-conversions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: THE TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Lars Arknæs-Pedersen, Kim Rishoj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 7796766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of processing an input signal into a phantomized signal, including adding at least one attenuated delayed signal to the input signal, the phantomized signal having at least one delayed attenuated signal and the input signal. A phantomized signal according to the invention offers a new and impressive integration of a center channel signal of a multi channel audio system into the complete audio image provided by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventor: Kim Rishøj
  • Publication number: 20100194413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an impedance function IF of a load LS driven by an amplifier AM, said method comprising the steps of providing a digital audio signal DAS to said amplifier AM, measuring one of either a current signal representation CSR of current provided to said load LS by said amplifier AM or a voltage signal representation VSR of voltage provided to said load LS by said amplifier AM, determining a digital signal representation DSR on the basis of said digital audio signal DAS, and determining said impedance function IF of said load LS on the basis of said digital signal representation DSR and said measured one of either said current signal representation CSR or said voltage signal representation VSR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: LAB.GRUPPEN AB
    Inventors: Klas Åke Dalbjörn, Kim Rishøj Pedersen
  • Patent number: 7728689
    Abstract: The invention relates to pulse width modulator system (PWMS) comprising a modulator system input (MI),a modulator output (MO), an amplitude distribution filter (ADF) ,and a pulse width modulator (PMOD), wherein said amplitude distribution filter (ADF) establishes an intermediate output signal (OS) by modifying the level of the amplitude distribution of an input signal (IS) within at least one predetermined amplitude range of said input signal (IS), said input signal (IS) being received from said modulator system input (MI), and wherein said pulse width modulator (PMOD) provides a modulator output signal (MOS) on said modulator output(MO) on the basis of said intermediate output signal (OS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: The TC Group A/S
    Inventors: Kim Rishøj Pedersen, Lars Arknæs-Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20100052805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-mode self-oscillating pulse modulator. According to the invention, a complete rethinking of preconditions for oscillation and modulation in an oscillating modulator as all conventional thinking of how to apply oscillation in a modulator has been set aside. Thus, according to the invention, high-mode oscillation refers to an oscillation at a higher mode than the first mode, which is conventionally regarded as the one and only applicable mode in an oscillating modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: TC GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Kim Rishoj Pedersen, Lars Arknaes-Pedersen