Patents by Inventor Matthew V. Kotvis

Matthew V. Kotvis 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: 20240014792
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11863942
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Nicholas William Metzar, Iain Alexander McCowan, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jason Damori, Scott Wieser
  • Publication number: 20230370037
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Publication number: 20230361739
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include applying a set of initial power and gain parameters for a speaker, playing a stimulus signal via the speaker, determining a sound level at a microphone location and a sound level at a predefined distance from the speakers, determining a gain at the microphone location based on a difference of the sound level at the microphone location and the sound level at the predefined distance from the speaker, and applying the gain to the speaker output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11804815
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11782674
    Abstract: One example may include a method that includes receiving, at a server, a data set from one or more mobile devices located in a presentation space, combining the received data set with additional data to create a combined data set, creating a presentation signal based on the combined data set, subtracting a portion of one or more of the data set and the additional data set from the combined data set to create a modified presentation signal, forwarding the modified presentation signal to one or more of a display and a loudspeaker located in the presentation space, and playing the modified presentation signal via one or more of the loudspeaker and the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas William Metzar, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jason E. Damori
  • Patent number: 11742815
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include applying a set of initial power and gain parameters for a speaker, playing a stimulus signal via the speaker, determining a sound level at a microphone location and a sound level at a predefined distance from the speakers, determining a gain at the microphone location based on a difference of the sound level at the microphone location and the sound level at the predefined distance from the speaker, and applying the gain to the speaker output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Publication number: 20230268901
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Publication number: 20230247351
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include initializing a microphone array in a defined space to receive one or more sound instances based on a preliminary beamform tracking configuration, detecting the one or more sound instances within the defined space via the microphone array, modifying the preliminary beamform tracking configuration, based on a location of the one or more sound instances, to create a modified beamform tracking configuration, and saving the modified beamform tracking configuration in a memory of a microphone array controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Iain Alexander McCowan, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Nicholas William Metzar, Matthew V. Kotvis
  • Patent number: 11711061
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Publication number: 20230208375
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include identifying speakers and microphones connected to a network controlled by a controller, assigning a preliminary output gain to the speakers used to apply test signals, measuring ambient noise detected from the microphones, recording chirp responses from all microphones simultaneously based on the test signals, deconvolving all chirp responses to determine a corresponding number of impulse responses, and measuring average sound pressure levels (SPLs) of each of the microphones to obtain a SPL level based on an average of the SPLs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11676618
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include designating sub-regions which collectively provide a defined reception space, receiving audio signals at a controller from the microphone arrays in the defined reception space, configuring the controller with known locations of each of the microphone arrays, assigning each of the sub-regions to at least one of the microphone arrays based on the known locations, and creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Iain Alexander McCowan, Stefano Davolio, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Nicholas William Metzar, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jeffrey William Sondermeyer, Jason Damori
  • Patent number: 11671065
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11650790
    Abstract: One example may include a method that includes receiving, at a presentation server, an audio data signal from a mobile device located in a presentation space, identifying a mobile device identification characteristic of the mobile device based on the received audio data signal, determining a mobile device location via a location determination procedure, and playing the audio signal via a loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas William Metzar, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jason E. Damori
  • Publication number: 20230146772
    Abstract: An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Zach Snook, Eugene F. Goff, Raymond J. Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11638091
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include initializing a microphone array in a defined space to receive one or more sound instances based on a preliminary beamform tracking configuration, detecting the one or more sound instances within the defined space via the microphone array, modifying the preliminary beamform tracking configuration, based on a location of the one or more sound instances, to create a modified beamform tracking configuration, and saving the modified beamform tracking configuration in a memory of a microphone array controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Iain Alexander McCowan, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Nicholas William Metzar, Matthew V. Kotvis
  • Patent number: 11626850
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include identifying speakers and microphones connected to a network controlled by a controller, assigning a preliminary output gain to the speakers used to apply test signals, measuring ambient noise detected from the microphones, recording chirp responses from all microphones simultaneously based on the test signals, deconvolving all chirp responses to determine a corresponding number of impulse responses, and measuring average sound pressure levels (SPLs) of each of the microphones to obtain a SPL level based on an average of the SPLs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Goff, Ray Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Publication number: 20230079741
    Abstract: A process may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring audio performance levels of the one or more microphones and the one or more speakers to identify one or more of a noise floor and a reverberation level, identifying an initial room performance rating based on the audio performance levels, applying optimized speaker tuning levels to the one or more speakers and the one or more microphones, measuring, via the one or more microphones, optimized audio performance levels of the one or more speakers based on the applied optimized speaker tuning levels, and generating a report to identify an optimized room performance rating based on the applied optimized speaker tuning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Zach Snook, Eugene F. Goff, Raymond J. Dippert, Matthew V. Kotvis, Samarth Behura
  • Patent number: 11606656
    Abstract: An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Nicholas William Metzar, Iain Alexander McCowan, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jason Damori, Scott Wieser
  • Publication number: 20220417684
    Abstract: One example may include a method that includes initiating an audio recording to capture audio data, comparing the audio data received from a microphone of a mobile device to an audio data range, determining whether the audio data is above an optimal level based on a result of the comparison, and queuing the audio data in an audio data queue when the audio data is above the optimal level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas William Metzar, Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Matthew V. Kotvis, Jason E. Damori