Patents by Inventor Markus Mimer

Markus Mimer 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: 8306231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable device with an enhanced stereo image, and more particularly a device in which an unsymmetrical placement of loudspeakers is compensated by means of electronic adjustment of the phase and level of the sound. The present invention provides a device (1) comprising a sound source outputting audio channels in stereo, a sound reproduction system delivering electronic sound signals based on the audio channels to at least two loudspeakers (2, 3) for sound reproduction with a stereo image. The device further comprises means for adjusting the level and phase of one of the sound signals to one loudspeaker (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Stefan Gustavsson, Markus Mimer, Dag Glebe
  • Patent number: 7957541
    Abstract: A speaker arrangement is described, suitable for improving the sound quality of a small size first speaker. The arrangement comprises a cavity, to which the first speaker is acoustically coupled. A second speaker is also acoustically coupled to the cavity, and the first and second speakers are excited in phase with each other. The first speaker may be an earphone speaker tuned to be held to a user's ear, whereas the second speaker may be a larger ring alert speaker with lower compliance than the first speaker, both of which are incorporated in the same mobile phone. By exciting the second speaker in phase with the first speaker, the second speaker will aid the smaller first speaker's reproduction of sound, particularly in the lower frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Dan Anders Edgren, Markus Mimer
  • Publication number: 20090003610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable device with an enhanced stereo image, and more particularly a device in which an unsymmetrical placement of loudspeakers is compensated by means of electronic adjustment of the phase and level of the sound. The present invention provides a device (1) comprising a sound source outputting audio channels in stereo, a sound reproduction system delivering electronic sound signals based on the audio channels to at least two loudspeakers (2, 3) for sound reproduction with a stereo image. The device further comprises means for adjusting the level and phase of one of the sound signals to one loudspeaker (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Gustavsson, Markus Mimer, Dag Glebe
  • Publication number: 20070177742
    Abstract: A speaker arrangement is described, suitable for improving the sound quality of a small size first speaker. The arrangement comprises a cavity, to which the first speaker is acoustically coupled. A second speaker is also acoustically coupled to the cavity, and the first and second speakers are excited in phase with each other. The first speaker may be an earphone speaker tuned to be held to a user's ear, whereas the second speaker may be a larger ring alert speaker with lower compliance than the first speaker, both of which are incorporated in the same mobile phone. By exciting the second speaker in phase with the first speaker, the second speaker will aid the smaller first speaker's reproduction of sound, particularly in the lower frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Dan Edgren, Markus Mimer