Patents by Inventor Nicholas LaPenn
Nicholas LaPenn 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: 11469731Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Publication number: 20210234524Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Patent number: 10972065Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wiehern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Publication number: 20200403592Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Patent number: 10763812Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Publication number: 20190341898Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Patent number: 10396744Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
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Publication number: 20190158052Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: iZotope, Inc.Inventors: James McClellan, Gordon Wichern, Hannah Robertson, Aaron Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Matthew Hines, Nicholas LaPenn
