Patents by Inventor Michael Jessup

Michael Jessup 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: 20240030882
    Abstract: An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 11791790
    Abstract: An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 11334314
    Abstract: In an audio setup comprising at least one audio headset configurable to process audio for a user (e.g., when participating in an online multiplayer game), input audio and/or output audio in the audio headset may be monitored, and when the audio matches triggering criteria, one or more update messages may be triggered via a social networking service. The triggering criteria may comprise (or be set based on) identity of the speaker, content of the audio, and/or conditions association with the audio. Different triggering criteria may be associated with different applications (e.g., different video games). The update messages may be made available to one or more other users, who may be selected based on matching particular user selection criteria and/or based on successful user validation. The user selection criteria may comprise participation in the same online multiplayer game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup, Kevin Arthur Robertson
  • Publication number: 20210399707
    Abstract: An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 11128275
    Abstract: An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 10403952
    Abstract: A surface wave launcher for launching electromagnetic surface waves, the launcher comprising: a waveguide comprising a planar conductive layer; a feed structure comprising a first conductor, the first conductor coupled to the waveguide at a coupling; wherein the waveguide is arranged to be positioned adjacent to a surface suitable for guiding electromagnetic surface waves; and wherein the planar conductive layer comprises one or more slots each having a pair of longitudinal edge, the one or more slots extending through the conductive layer and arranged such that an axis radially extending from the coupling intersects each pair of longitudinal edges of the one or more slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 10258887
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game, determines an identity and/or an age of a gamer that is wearing the gaming headset, and configures operation of the gaming headset based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer. The gaming headset logs into the particular game using credentials associated with the determined identity and/or age, and selects settings based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. One or more sensors communicatively coupled to the gaming headset may be activated and information received from the sensors is utilized to determine the identity and/or the age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. The sensors determine, for example, the head size, ear size, voice characteristics and/or biometric information for the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 10262679
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game. The gaming headset monitors the received audio channels for predefined words that are associated with particular sounds in a data structure, and in response to detecting predefined words, filters out at least a portion of the detected predefined words from the received plurality of audio channels. The monitoring compares sounds on the received audio channels with the particular sounds in the data structure and also performs signal analysis on the audio channels during game play to detect the occurrence of the predefined words. The filtering mutes one or more of the plurality of audio channels so that the detected occurrence of the one of the predefined words is not output via speakers of the gaming headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20180053519
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game. The gaming headset monitors the received audio channels for predefined words that are associated with particular sounds in a data structure, and in response to detecting predefined words, filters out at least a portion of the detected predefined words from the received plurality of audio channels. The monitoring compares sounds on the received audio channels with the particular sounds in the data structure and also performs signal analysis on the audio channels during game play to detect the occurrence of the predefined words. The filtering mutes one or more of the plurality of audio channels so that the detected occurrence of the one of the predefined words is not output via speakers of the gaming headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 9799347
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game. The gaming headset monitors the received audio channels for predefined words that are associated with particular sounds in a data structure, and in response to detecting predefined words, filters out at least a portion of the detected predefined words from the received plurality of audio channels. The monitoring compares sounds on the received audio channels with the particular sounds in the data structure and also performs signal analysis on the audio channels during game play to detect the occurrence of the predefined words. The filtering mutes one or more of the plurality of audio channels so that the detected occurrence of the one of the predefined words is not output via speakers of the gaming headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20160372812
    Abstract: A surface wave launcher for launching electromagnetic surface waves, the launcher comprising: a waveguide comprising a planar conductive layer; a feed structure comprising a first conductor, the first conductor coupled to the waveguide at a coupling; wherein the waveguide is arranged to be positioned adjacent to a surface suitable for guiding electromagnetic surface waves; and wherein the planar conductive layer comprises one or more slots each having a pair of longitudinal edge, the one or more slots extending through the conductive layer and arranged such that an axis radially extending from the coupling intersects each pair of longitudinal edges of the one or more slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Jessup
  • Patent number: 9337895
    Abstract: An apparatus for radio communication using surface waves, the apparatus comprising: a guiding medium having a first surface suitable for the propagation of surface waves, the first surface having a reactive impedance; at least one communication node, the node having a transmitter and/or receiver coupled to a transducer, the transducer positioned on or adjacent the first surface of said guiding medium; wherein the at least one communication node is arranged to launch and/or receive surface waves, over the first surface of said guiding medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
    Inventors: Janice Emily Turner, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20150117662
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game. The gaming headset monitors the received audio channels for predefined words that are associated with particular sounds in a data structure, and in response to detecting predefined words, filters out at least a portion of the detected predefined words from the received plurality of audio channels. The monitoring compares sounds on the received audio channels with the particular sounds in the data structure and also performs signal analysis on the audio channels during game play to detect the occurrence of the predefined words. The filtering mutes one or more of the plurality of audio channels so that the detected occurrence of the one of the predefined words is not output via speakers of the gaming headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20150119136
    Abstract: A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game, determines an identity and/or an age of a gamer that is wearing the gaming headset, and configures operation of the gaming headset based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer. The gaming headset logs into the particular game using credentials associated with the determined identity and/or age, and selects settings based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. One or more sensors communicatively coupled to the gaming headset may be activated and information received from the sensors is utilized to determine the identity and/or the age of the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset. The sensors determine, for example, the head size, ear size, voice characteristics and/or biometric information for the gamer that is wearing the gaming headset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20150121230
    Abstract: In an audio setup comprising at least one audio headset configurable to process audio for a user (e.g., when participating in an online multiplayer game), input audio and/or output audio in the audio headset may be monitored, and when the audio matches triggering criteria, one or more update messages may be triggered via a social networking service. The triggering criteria may comprise (or be set based on) identity of the speaker, content of the audio, and/or conditions association with the audio. Different triggering criteria may be associated with different applications (e.g., different video games). The update messages may be made available to one or more other users, who may be selected based on matching particular user selection criteria and/or based on successful user validation. The user selection criteria may comprise participation in the same online multiplayer game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup, Kevin Arthur Robertson
  • Publication number: 20150104041
    Abstract: An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
  • Publication number: 20150024679
    Abstract: A communications system, comprising: a surface wave channel for guiding electromagnetic surface waves; a transmitter, coupled to said surface wave channel for transmitting signals along said surface wave channel; one or more disrupters, arranged to be positioned at arbitrary locations on or adjacent said surface wave channel, and arranged to convert said surface wave signals to space wave signals; and one or more receiver terminals, arranged to be positioned at locations corresponding to said disrupters, each terminal comprising an antenna for receiving said space wave signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Jessup, Janice Turner
  • Publication number: 20150008995
    Abstract: A guiding medium for guiding radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic surface waves, comprising: a first surface, the first surface having an electrical impedance suitable for the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves; and a protection layer positioned on or adjacent the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Jessup, Janice Turner
  • Publication number: 20150008996
    Abstract: A surface wave launcher for launching electromagnetic surface waves, the launcher comprising: a waveguide having a feed end and a launch end; a feed structure coupled to the feed end of the waveguide; wherein the feed structure includes a first conductor; the waveguide comprises a first planar conductive layer having a feed end and a launch end, the feed end being coupled to the first conductor; and the waveguide is arranged to be positioned adjacent a surface suitable for guiding electromagnetic surface waves, wherein the width of the first planar conductive layer tapers from the launch end towards the feed end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Jessup, Janice Turner
  • Publication number: 20130064311
    Abstract: An apparatus for radio communication using surface waves, the apparatus comprising: a guiding medium having a first surface suitable for the propagation of surface waves, the first surface having a reactive impedance; at least one communication node, the node having a transmitter and/or receiver coupled to a transducer, the transducer positioned on or adjacent the first surface of said guiding medium; wherein the at least one communication node is arranged to launch and/or receive surface waves, over the first surface of said guiding medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Janice Emily Turner, Michael Jessup