Patents by Inventor Milind A. BORKAR

Milind A. BORKAR 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).

  • Method and system for excursion protection of a speaker
    Patent number: 9837971
    Abstract: For protecting a speaker, an input signal is received, and an excursion of the speaker that would be caused by the input signal is predicted. In response to the predicted excursion exceeding a threshold, a targeted excursion of the speaker is determined by compressing the predicted excursion. The targeted excursion is translated into an output signal, which is output to the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chenchi Luo, Milind A. Borkar, Arthur J. Redfern
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPERATURE PROTECTION OF A SPEAKER
    Publication number: 20130022207
    Abstract: For protecting a speaker, an input signal is received and filtered into component signals. A sum of the component signals is approximately equal to the input signal. The component signals include at least first and second component signals. A perceived loudness to a human from the speaker is more sensitive to the first component signal than to the second component signal. A temperature of the speaker is estimated. In response to the estimated temperature, the second component signal is scaled. An output signal is output to the speaker in response to the first component signal and the scaled second component signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Chenchi Luo, Milind A. Borkar, Arthur J. Redfern
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXCURSION PROTECTION OF A SPEAKER
    Publication number: 20120281844
    Abstract: For protecting a speaker, an input signal is received, and an excursion of the speaker that would be caused by the input signal is predicted. In response to the predicted excursion exceeding a threshold, a targeted excursion of the speaker is determined by compressing the predicted excursion. The targeted excursion is translated into an output signal, which is output to the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Chenchi LUO, Milind A. BORKAR, Arthur J. REDFERN