Patents by Inventor Mirjana Spasojevic
Mirjana Spasojevic 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).
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Patent number: 11172281Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for adjusting a head-mounted audio device. The technique includes determining that the head-mounted audio device has been placed on a head of a user. The technique further includes, in response to determining that the head-mounted audio device has been placed on the head of the user, causing the head-mounted audio device to transition from a first state to a second state. The first state corresponds to a first set of physical parameters associated with the head-mounted audio device, and the second state corresponds to a second set of physical parameters associated with the head-mounted audio device.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Davide Di Censo, Stefan Marti, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Patent number: 10948514Abstract: A system for exerting forces on a user. The system includes a user-mounted device including one or more masses, one or more sensors configured to acquire sensor data, and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to determine at least one of an orientation and a position associated with the user-mounted device based on the sensor data. The processor is further configured to compute a force to be exerted on the user via the one or more masses based on a force direction associated with a force event and at least one of the orientation and the position. The processor is further configured to generate, based on the force, a control signal to change a position of the one or more masses relative to the user-mounted device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Patent number: 10850746Abstract: A notification control system (NCS) is configured to coordinate the delivery of notifications issued from a set of devices to the driver of a vehicle. The NCS registers all interactive devices residing in a vehicle and causes those devices to conform to specific directives generated by the NCS. The NCS analyzes and predicts the cognitive and emotional load on the driver and also estimates the cognitive and emotional impact on the driver potentially caused by any incoming notifications. The NCS then coordinates the delivery of notifications to the driver in a manner that avoids overwhelming the cognitive and/or emotional capacity of the driver. Accordingly, the NCS may avoid situations where device notifications cause the driver to unsafely divert attention away from driving.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Stefan Marti, Adam Boulanger, Joseph Verbeke, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic, Jaime Elliot Nahman
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Patent number: 10838690Abstract: An audio sharing system is configured to operate in at least two modes of operation. In a private mode, the audio sharing system outputs sound only to a user and may isolate the user from the surrounding acoustic environment. In a public mode of operation, the audio sharing system broadcasts sound to the user and to any other listeners in proximity to the user, thereby sharing sound in a social manner. The audio sharing system may also operate in other modes of operation that allow the selective sharing of sounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic, Joseph Verbeke
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Publication number: 20200117420Abstract: An audio sharing system is configured to operate in at least two modes of operation. In a private mode, the audio sharing system outputs sound only to a user and may isolate the user from the surrounding acoustic environment. In a public mode of operation, the audio sharing system broadcasts sound to the user and to any other listeners in proximity to the user, thereby sharing sound in a social manner. The audio sharing system may also operate in other modes of operation that allow the selective sharing of sounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Jaime Elliot NAHMAN, Stefan MARTI, Davide DI CENSO, Mirjana SPASOJEVIC, Joseph VERBEKE
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Publication number: 20200084534Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for adjusting a head-mounted audio device. The technique includes determining that the head-mounted audio device has been placed on a head of a user. The technique further includes, in response to determining that the head-mounted audio device has been placed on the head of the user, causing the head-mounted audio device to transition from a first state to a second state. The first state corresponds to a first set of physical parameters associated with the head-mounted audio device, and the second state corresponds to a second set of physical parameters associated with the head-mounted audio device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Davide Di Censo, Stefan Marti, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Publication number: 20200031365Abstract: A notification control system (NCS) is configured to coordinate the delivery of notifications issued from a set of devices to the driver of a vehicle. The NCS registers all interactive devices residing in a vehicle and causes those devices to conform to specific directives generated by the NCS. The NCS analyzes and predicts the cognitive and emotional load on the driver and also estimates the cognitive and emotional impact on the driver potentially caused by any incoming notifications. The NCS then coordinates the delivery of notifications to the driver in a manner that avoids overwhelming the cognitive and/or emotional capacity of the driver. Accordingly, the NCS may avoid situations where device notifications cause the driver to unsafely divert attention away from driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Stefan MARTI, Adam BOULANGER, Joseph VERBEKE, Davide DI CENSO, Mirjana SPASOJEVIC, Jaime Elliot NAHMAN
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Patent number: 10540138Abstract: An audio sharing system is configured to operate in at least two modes of operation. In a private mode, the audio sharing system outputs sound only to a user and may isolate the user from the surrounding acoustic environment. In a public mode of operation, the audio sharing system broadcasts sound to the user and to any other listeners in proximity to the user, thereby sharing sound in a social manner. The audio sharing system may also operate in other modes of operation that allow the selective sharing of sounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic, Joseph Verbeke
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Patent number: 10399575Abstract: In one embodiment, a cognitive load driving assistant increases driving safety based on cognitive loads. In operation, the cognitive load driving assistant computes a current cognitive load of a driver based on sensor data. If the current cognitive load exceeds a threshold cognitive load, then the cognitive load driving assistant modifies the driving environment to reduce the cognitive load required to perform the primary driving task and/secondary task(s), such as texting via a cellular phone. The cognitive load driving assistant may modify the driving environment indirectly via sensory feedback to the driver or directly through reducing the complexity of the primary driving task and/or secondary tasks.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Mirjana Spasojevic, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Jaime Elliot Nahman
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Publication number: 20190227766Abstract: An audio sharing system is configured to operate in at least two modes of operation. In a private mode, the audio sharing system outputs sound only to a user and may isolate the user from the surrounding acoustic environment. In a public mode of operation, the audio sharing system broadcasts sound to the user and to any other listeners in proximity to the user, thereby sharing sound in a social manner. The audio sharing system may also operate in other modes of operation that allow the selective sharing of sounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Jaime Elliot NAHMAN, Stefan MARTI, Davide DI CENSO, Mirjana SPASOJEVIC, Joseph VERBEKE
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Patent number: 10296018Abstract: A system for exerting forces on a user. The system includes a user-mounted device having one or more masses disposed along one or more tracks. The system further includes a processor configured to generate a first actuator control signal to configure a first actuator to move a first mass included in the one or more masses at a first acceleration in a first direction along a first track included in the one or more tracks. The processor is further configured to generate a second actuator control signal to configure at least one of the first actuator and a second actuator to move the first mass at a second acceleration in the first direction along the first track. A magnitude of the first acceleration is above a threshold acceleration, and a magnitude of the second acceleration is below the threshold acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Publication number: 20180270571Abstract: An amplification system selectively amplifies acoustic signals derived from a particular direction or a particular acoustic source. A user of the amplification system may indicate the direction of interest by facing a specific direction or looking in a particular direction, among other possibilities. The amplification system identifies the direction of interest and may then amplify acoustic signals originating from that direction. The amplification system may alternatively identify a particular acoustic source within the direction of interest, and then amplify acoustic signals originating from that source, continuously tracking the source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Davide DI CENSO, Stefan MARTI, Jaime Elliot NAHMAN, Mirjana SPASOJEVIC
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Publication number: 20180266842Abstract: A navigation system is configured to monitor various contextual data associated with the driving and navigation of a vehicle, and to scale the level of detail of driving instructions based on that contextual data. In doing so, the navigation system may estimate a level of familiarity that a driver of the vehicle has with a current route, and then identify and/or determine a degree to which the driver of the vehicle diverges from the current driving instructions. Based on either one of, or both, of the familiarity level and the divergence level, the navigation system scales the level of detail of the driving instructions so that the driver is provided with an appropriate amount of information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Davide DI CENSO, Stefan MARTI, Jaime Elliot NAHMAN, Mirjana SPASOJEVIC
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Patent number: 10053036Abstract: A system for changing the shape of a vehicle component includes one or more actuators coupled to the vehicle component and a processor coupled to the one or more actuators. The processor is configured to determine that a software application has switched from a first mode to a second mode and cause the one or more actuators to transition a surface of the vehicle component from a first shape associated with the first mode to a second shape associated with the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Davide Di Censo, Stefan Marti, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Patent number: 9937839Abstract: A system for modifying a stiffness of at least a portion of a vehicle component includes one or more devices coupled to the vehicle component and a processor coupled to the one or more devices. The processor is configured to determine that a software application has switched from a first mode to a second mode and cause the one or more devices to modify the stiffness of the at least a portion of the vehicle component from a first stiffness associated with the first mode to a second stiffness associated with the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Publication number: 20180009442Abstract: In one embodiment, a cognitive load driving assistant increases driving safety based on cognitive loads. In operation, the cognitive load driving assistant computes a current cognitive load of a driver based on sensor data. If the current cognitive load exceeds a threshold cognitive load, then the cognitive load driving assistant modifies the driving environment to reduce the cognitive load required to perform the primary driving task and/secondary task(s), such as texting via a cellular phone. The cognitive load driving assistant may modify the driving environment indirectly via sensory feedback to the driver or directly through reducing the complexity of the primary driving task and/or secondary tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Mirjana SPASOJEVIC, Stefan MARTI, Davide DI CENSO, Jaime Elliot NAHMAN
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Publication number: 20170371358Abstract: A system for exerting forces on a user. The system includes a user-mounted device having one or more masses disposed along one or more tracks. The system further includes a processor configured to generate a first actuator control signal to configure a first actuator to move a first mass included in the one or more masses at a first acceleration in a first direction along a first track included in the one or more tracks. The processor is further configured to generate a second actuator control signal to configure at least one of the first actuator and a second actuator to move the first mass at a second acceleration in the first direction along the first track. A magnitude of the first acceleration is above a threshold acceleration, and a magnitude of the second acceleration is below the threshold acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Patent number: 9836124Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a haptic engine dynamically configures a haptic controller to provide information regarding the state of an interactive system via sensations of texture. In operation, as the state of the interactive system changes, the haptic engine dynamically updates a haptic state that includes texture characteristics, such as texture patterns, that are designed to reflect the state of the interactive system in an intuitive fashion. The haptic engine then generates signals that configure touch surfaces included in the haptic controller to convey these texture characteristics. Advantageously, providing information regarding the correct state and/or operation of the interactive system based on sensations of texture reduces distractions attributable to many conventional audio and/or visual interactive systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Publication number: 20170153268Abstract: A system for exerting forces on a user. The system includes a user-mounted device including one or more masses, one or more sensors configured to acquire sensor data, and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to determine at least one of an orientation and a position associated with the user-mounted device based on the sensor data. The processor is further configured to compute a force to be exerted on the user via the one or more masses based on a force direction associated with a force event and at least one of the orientation and the position. The processor is further configured to generate, based on the force, a control signal to change a position of the one or more masses relative to the user-mounted device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Jaime Elliot Nahman, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Mirjana Spasojevic
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Patent number: D773433Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Mirjana Spasojevic, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo, Jaime Elliot Nahman, Alexandra Ju