Patents by Inventor Nicholas Bryan

Nicholas Bryan 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).

  • Patent number: 11074925
    Abstract: The disclosure describes one or more embodiments of an impulse response system that generates accurate and realistic synthetic impulse responses. For example, given an acoustic impulse response, the impulse response system can generate one or more synthetic impulse responses that modify the direct-to-reverberant ratio (DRR) of the acoustic impulse response. As another example, the impulse response system can generate one or more synthetic impulse responses that modify the reverberation time (e.g., T60) of the acoustic impulse response. Further, utilizing the synthetic impulse responses, the impulse response system can perform a variety of functions to improve a digital audio recording or acoustic measurement or prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Bryan
  • Publication number: 20210142815
    Abstract: The disclosure describes one or more embodiments of an impulse response system that generates accurate and realistic synthetic impulse responses. For example, given an acoustic impulse response, the impulse response system can generate one or more synthetic impulse responses that modify the direct-to-reverberant ratio (DRR) of the acoustic impulse response. As another example, the impulse response system can generate one or more synthetic impulse responses that modify the reverberation time (e.g., T60) of the acoustic impulse response. Further, utilizing the synthetic impulse responses, the impulse response system can perform a variety of functions to improve a digital audio recording or acoustic measurement or prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas Bryan
  • Publication number: 20210136510
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for rendering scene-aware audio based on acoustic properties of a user environment. For example, the disclosed system can use neural networks to analyze an audio recording to predict environment equalizations and reverberation decay times of the user environment without using a captured impulse response of the user environment. Additionally, the disclosed system can use the predicted reverberation decay times with an audio simulation of the user environment to optimize material parameters for the user environment. The disclosed system can then generate an audio sample that includes scene-aware acoustic properties based on the predicted environment equalizations, material parameters, and an environment geometry of the user environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Zhenyu Tang, Timothy Langlois, Nicholas Bryan, Dingzeyu Li
  • Patent number: 9792681
    Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining a probabilistic diagnosis based on medical images of a patient are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, such methods include the steps of scanning some or all of a patient to obtain a medical image; evaluating the medical image for one or more designated key features; assigning discrete values to the one or more designated key features to form a patient scan key feature pattern; and transmitting the values of the one or more designated key features to a processor programmed to match the patient scan key feature pattern to one or more known disease-specific key feature patterns to create a probabilistic diagnosis and transmit the probabilistic diagnosis to a user. Associated systems include a medical imaging device that is capable of producing a medical image of some or all of a patient and a processor programmed to create a probabilistic diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Bryan, Edward H. Herskovits
  • Publication number: 20160048956
    Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining a probabilistic diagnosis based on medical images of a patient are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, such methods include the steps of scanning some or all of a patient to obtain a medical image; evaluating the medical image for one or more designated key features; assigning discrete values to the one or more designated key features to form a patient scan key feature pattern; and transmitting the values of the one or more designated key features to a processor programmed to match the patient scan key feature pattern to one or more known disease-specific key feature patterns to create a probabilistic diagnosis and transmit the probabilistic diagnosis to a user. Associated systems include a medical imaging device that is capable of producing a medical image of some or all of a patient and a processor programmed to create a probabilistic diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas BRYAN, Edward H. HERSKOVITS