Patents by Inventor Mark R.P. Thomas

Mark R.P. Thomas 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: 9877136
    Abstract: The derivation of personalized HRTFs for a human subject based on the anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject involves obtaining multiple anthropometric feature parameters and multiple HRTFs of multiple training subjects. Subsequently, multiple anthropometric feature parameters of a human subject are acquired. A representation of the statistical relationship between the plurality of anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject and a subset of the multiple anthropometric feature parameters belonging to the plurality of training subjects is determined. The representation of the statistical relationship is then applied to the multiple HRTFs of the plurality of training subjects to obtain a set of personalized HRTFs for the human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Piotr Tadeusz Bilinski, Jens Ahrens, Mark R. P. Thomas, Ivan J. Tashev, John C. Platt, David E. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20170208413
    Abstract: The derivation of personalized HRTFs for a human subject based on the anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject involves obtaining multiple anthropometric feature parameters and multiple HRTFs of multiple training subjects. Subsequently, multiple anthropometric feature parameters of a human subject are acquired. A representation of the statistical relationship between the plurality of anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject and a subset of the multiple anthropometric feature parameters belonging to the plurality of training subjects is determined. The representation of the statistical relationship is then applied to the multiple HRTFs of the plurality of training subjects to obtain a set of personalized HRTFs for the human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Piotr Tadeusz Bilinski, Jens Ahrens, Mark R. P. Thomas, Ivan J. Tashev, John C. Platt, David E. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20170070840
    Abstract: Spherical microphone arrays capture a three-dimensional sound field (P(?c, t)) for generating an Ambisonics representation (Anm(t)), where the pressure distribution on the surface of the sphere is sampled by the capsules of the array. The impact of the microphones on the captured sound field is removed using the inverse microphone transfer function. The equalisation of the transfer function of the microphone array is a big problem because the reciprocal of the transfer function causes high gains for small values in the transfer function and these small values are affected by transducer noise. The invention minimises that noise by using a Wiener filter processing in the frequency domain, which processing is automatically controlled per wave number by the signal-to-noise ratio of the microphone array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Sven KORDON, Johann-Markus BATKE, Alexander KRUEGER, Mark R. P. THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20150312694
    Abstract: The derivation of personalized HRTFs for a human subject based on the anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject involves obtaining multiple anthropometric feature parameters and multiple HRTFs of multiple training subjects. Subsequently, multiple anthropometric feature parameters of a human subject are acquired. A representation of the statistical relationship between the plurality of anthropometric feature parameters of the human subject and a subset of the multiple anthropometric feature parameters belonging to the plurality of training subjects is determined. The representation of the statistical relationship is then applied to the multiple HRTFs of the plurality of training subjects to obtain a set of personalized HRTFs for the human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Piotr Tadeusz Bilinski, Jens Ahrens, Mark R.P. Thomas, Ivan J. Tashev, John C. Platt, David E. Johnston