Patents by Inventor Maxwell B. WILLIS

Maxwell B. WILLIS 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: 11902767
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems for combining a prerecorded performance with a live performance within a space (such as a vehicle) are disclosed. A first performance (which may be a prerecorded performance) may be started within the space, and a second performance (such as a live performance) may subsequently be initiated within the space as well. The second performance may be detected, and based upon the detection, one or more volume parameters of the first performance may be modified. One or more properties of the second performance may also be modified, and the modified first performance may then be combined with the modified second performance to create a combined performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Maxwell B. Willis, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20230269435
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling aspects of a virtual concert is provided. The apparatus includes one or more controllers and at least one computing device. The one or more controllers are positioned in a venue and are configured to control features of a live performance at the venue based on at least one first signal. The at least one computing device is programmed to receive a second signal indicative of a command to control at least a portion of the live performance from directly from a user that is remote from the venue and to transmit the at least one first signal to the one or more controllers to control the features of the live performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kyle David KRAMER, Maxwell B. WILLIS, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Chris LUDWIG, Riley WINTON
  • Publication number: 20230262271
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for remotely creating an audio and video mix of a live performance is provided. A media controller is positioned in a venue and being programmed to transmit one or more audio streams and one or more video streams for a live performance at the venue. A server is programmed to receive the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams from the venue and to transmit the one or more audio streams and the one or more video streams to a streaming platform. A computing device being programmed to play back the modified at least one of the audio properties of the one or more audio streams and the video properties of the one or more video streams for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Maxwell B. WILLIS, Kyle David KRAMER, Chris LUDWIG, Riley WINTON
  • Publication number: 20230214171
    Abstract: Various embodiments also include a computer-implemented method comprising determining a communications mode for a plurality of consoles operating within a vehicle, based on the determined communications mode, initiating an in-vehicle communication between a set of consoles included in the plurality of consoles, where the set of consoles includes at least a first console and a second console, in response to the in-vehicle communication, causing each of the set of consoles to attenuate volumes of a set of content items playing on each of the set of consoles, and receiving a speech signal generated by a first user of the set of consoles, and causing the set of consoles to reproduce the speech signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Riley WINTON, Christopher LUDWIG, Gorm Haldor JORGENSEN, Carl Alexander SANDSTROM, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Maxwell B. WILLIS, Brian DAGG, Peter BUTH
  • Publication number: 20230216897
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a set of two or more first media signals from two or more consoles included in a vehicle, where each of the two or more consoles are included in a common communication session, combining the set of two or more first media signals to generate a composite media signal, transmitting, via a communication link, the composite media signal to a remote destination, receiving, via the communication link, a remote media signal from the remote destination, and causing the two or more first media signals and the remote media signal to be reproduced at the two or more consoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Riley WINTON, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Maxwell B. WILLIS, Carl Alexander SANDSTROM, Christopher LUDWIG
  • Patent number: 11627394
    Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle includes a loudspeaker mounted in the vehicle, the loudspeaker having a first side facing an interior of the vehicle and an opposed second side. The loudspeaker is configured to generate an acoustical signal having a front wave directed into the interior of the vehicle and a rear wave directed away from the interior of the vehicle. An acoustic coupler is disposed on the second side of the loudspeaker and extending toward an exterior of the vehicle, the acoustic coupler arranged to transmit the rear wave to the exterior of the vehicle such that the acoustical signal is audible in the interior of the vehicle and at the exterior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Chris Ludwig, Christopher Michael Trestain, Maxwell B. Willis
  • Patent number: 11595780
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for providing an immersive audio experience at an entertainment venue is provided. The system includes at least one loudspeaker and a server. The at least one loudspeaker is attached to the entertainment venue. The server is associated with the entertainment venue and is programmed to communicate with a mobile device associated with a vehicle occupant and to enable access to the at least one loudspeaker to position the at least one loudspeaker in a vehicle in response to the mobile device being authenticated with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyle David Kramer, Maxwell B. Willis, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig, Riley Winton
  • Publication number: 20230004342
    Abstract: A computing device for adjusting audio output in a listening environment having a user interface to select a source, from a plurality of sources, to be played at a sound zone in a plurality of sound zones; A processor receives user input source selections to determine combined sources for the plurality of sound zones and adjust audio parameters for the sound zones having combined sources based on combined sources and individual inputs for audio settings from each sound zone. The processor applies adjusted audio parameters to a sound zone algorithm for the sound zones having combined sources, and outputs audio based on the adjusted sound zone algorithm. A designated occupant may select the sound zones to which the adjusted sound zone algorithm is to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Trestain, Maxwell B. Willis, Riley Winton
  • Publication number: 20220210593
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems for combining a prerecorded performance with a live performance within a space (such as a vehicle) are disclosed. A first performance (which may be a prerecorded performance) may be started within the space, and a second performance (such as a live performance) may subsequently be initiated within the space as well. The second performance may be detected, and based upon the detection, one or more volume parameters of the first performance may be modified. One or more properties of the second performance may also be modified, and the modified first performance may then be combined with the modified second performance to create a combined performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Maxwell B. Willis, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20220046379
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for providing an immersive audio experience at an entertainment venue is provided. The system includes at least one loudspeaker and a server. The at least one loudspeaker is attached to the entertainment venue. The server is associated with the entertainment venue and is programmed to communicate with a mobile device associated with a vehicle occupant and to enable access to the at least one loudspeaker to position the at least one loudspeaker in a vehicle in response to the mobile device being authenticated with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle David KRAMER, Maxwell B. WILLIS, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Chris LUDWIG, Riley WINTON
  • Publication number: 20210204046
    Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle includes a loudspeaker mounted in the vehicle, the loudspeaker having a first side facing an interior of the vehicle and an opposed second side. The loudspeaker is configured to generate an acoustical signal having a front wave directed into the interior of the vehicle and a rear wave directed away from the interior of the vehicle. An acoustic coupler is disposed on the second side of the loudspeaker and extending toward an exterior of the vehicle, the acoustic coupler arranged to transmit the rear wave to the exterior of the vehicle such that the acoustical signal is audible in the interior of the vehicle and at the exterior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Riley WINTON, Chris LUDWIG, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, Maxwell B. WILLIS