Patents by Inventor Maxwell Willis

Maxwell 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).

  • Systems and methods for adjusting activity control parameters
    Patent number: 11620100
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sounds in a vehicle or other location are presented. In one example, a single user input may be a basis for adjusting a sound level and a frequency of occurrence of a sound that is stored in controller memory and that is output via one or more speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig, Maxwell Willis
  • Systems and methods for providing nature sounds
    Patent number: 11485231
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sound elements in a vehicle are present. In one example, a method comprises selecting a sound element, the sound element corresponding to a natural environment; and broadcasting the sound element via one or more speakers of a vehicle. In this way, a sound environment may be provided to a vehicle user based on the at least one vehicle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Christopher Michael Trestain, Maxwell Willis, Chris Ludwig
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SENSING AND RENDERING
    Publication number: 20210345043
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sounds in a vehicle are presented. In one example, a sound or sounds generated external to a vehicle may facilitate generation of sounds within the vehicle. Sounds generated within the vehicle may be generated in a way to indicate a direction of the source of sounds generated external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Trestain, Maxwell Willis, Riley Winton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NATURE SOUNDS
    Publication number: 20210197667
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sound elements in a vehicle are present. In one example, a method comprises selecting a sound element, the sound element corresponding to a natural environment; and broadcasting the sound element via one or more speakers of a vehicle. In this way, a sound environment may be provided to a vehicle user based on the at least one vehicle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Christopher Michael Trestain, Maxwell Willis, Chris Ludwig
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING ACTIVITY CONTROL PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20210200506
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating sounds in a vehicle or other location are presented. In one example, a single user input may be a basis for adjusting a sound level and a frequency of occurrence of a sound that is stored in controller memory and that is output via one or more speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig, Maxwell Willis
  • Systems and methods for in-vehicle voice calls
    Patent number: 10999419
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for providing voice calls to users of a motor vehicle. As an example, a method comprises: responsive to a voice call, routing the voice call to at least one phone zone of a plurality of phone zones based on at least one of a user input and a source of the voice call, the plurality of phone zones included in a cabin of a motor vehicle. In this way, sonic interference with a voice call may be reduced, while a main system audio may continue to play for unselected phone zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Maxwell Willis, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig