Patents by Inventor Mikaela A. Shannon

Mikaela A. Shannon 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 SOUND SOURCE VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20230209295
    Abstract: A system and method for externalizing sound. The system includes a headphone assembly and a localizer configured to collect information related to a location of the user and of an acoustically reflective surface in the environment. A controller is configured to determine a location of at least one virtual sound source, and generate head related transfer functions that simulate characteristics of sound from the virtual sound source directly to the user and to the user via a reflection by the reflective surface. A signal processing assembly is configured to create one or more output signals by filtering the sound signal respectively with the HRTFs. Each speaker of the headphone assembly is configured to produce sound in accordance with the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, Daniel R. Tengelsen, Mikaela A. Shannon, Cedrik Bacon, Carl Jensen, Eric Raczka Bernstein
  • Systems and methods for sound source virtualization
    Patent number: 11617050
    Abstract: A system and method for externalizing sound. The system includes a headphone assembly and a localizer configured to collect information related to a location of the user and of an acoustically reflective surface in the environment. A controller is configured to determine a location of at least one virtual sound source, and generate head related transfer functions that simulate characteristics of sound from the virtual sound source directly to the user and to the user via a reflection by the reflective surface. A signal processing assembly is configured to create one or more output signals by filtering the sound signal respectively with the HRTFs. Each speaker of the headphone assembly is configured to produce sound in accordance with the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, Daniel R. Tengelsen, Mikaela A. Shannon, Cedrik Bacon, Carl Jensen, Eric Raczka Bernstein
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOUND SOURCE VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20200037097
    Abstract: A system and method for externalizing sound. The system includes a headphone assembly and a localizer configured to collect information related to a location of the user and of an acoustically reflective surface in the environment. A controller is configured to determine a location of at least one virtual sound source, and generate head related transfer functions that simulate characteristics of sound from the virtual sound source directly to the user and to the user via a reflection by the reflective surface. A signal processing assembly is configured to create one or more output signals by filtering the sound signal respectively with the HRTFs. Each speaker of the headphone assembly is configured to produce sound in accordance with the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, Daniel R. Tengelsen, Mikaela A. Shannon, Cedrik Bacon, Carl Jensen, Eric Raczka Bernstein
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOUND EXTERNALIZATION OVER HEADPHONES
    Publication number: 20190313201
    Abstract: A system and method for externalizing sound. The system includes a headphone assembly and a localizer configured to collect information related to a location of the user and of an acoustically reflective surface in the environment. A controller is configured to determine a location of a virtual sound source, and generate head related transfer functions that simulate characteristics of sound from the virtual sound source directly to the user and to the user via a reflection by the reflective surface. A signal processing assembly is configured to create one or more output signals by filtering the sound signal respectively with the HRTFs. Each speaker of the headphone assembly is configured to produce sound in accordance with the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wade P. Torres, Daniel R. Tengelsen, Mikaela A. Shannon