Patents by Inventor Patrick Alan Brouillette
Patrick Alan Brouillette 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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Publication number: 20260238831Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product aspects, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enhancing images and/or videos captured by a camera. An example aspect operates by receiving, by at least one computer processor on the camera, a video frame including a first set of pixels. The method further includes performing the video processing on the first set of pixels to generate a second set of pixels before compressing or encoding the received video frame. The method further includes compressing the second set of pixels and causing the compressed second set of pixels to be displayed on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2025Publication date: August 13, 2026Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Alan Brouillette, Soren Riise, Sunil Ramesh, Gregory Mack Garner, David Lee Stern
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Patent number: 12693914Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20250392168Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for energy harvesting, automatic recharging, and power consumption reduction for smart home sensors, devices, and networks. An example embodiment operates by determining an estimated or predicted future time that a device will have insufficient electrical energy in an energy storage of the device for the device to operate. The device can be, for example, an internet-of-things device, such as a sensor, actuator, and/or RF communications repeater, that includes a radio frequency communication transmitter and an energy harvester.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2024Publication date: December 25, 2025Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE, Robert Caston CURTIS, David Lee STERN, Sunil RAMESH, Gregory Mack GARNER
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Publication number: 20250118179Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for reducing and/or eliminating false positive alarm triggers. Detector devices positioned throughout an environment scan for known events that are likely indicative of an alarm condition. A source device that may generate such a sound or image may imprint a fingerprint on to the event that can be detectable by the detector devices but is imperceptible to humans. Additionally, the detector devices may use directionality and known locations of source devices to determine if a triggering event occurred at a known location of a source device. An alarm suppression decision may occur at the detector device and/or relevant information may be sent from the various detectors to a central console for a final alarm decision.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: ROKU, INC.Inventors: Sunil RAMESH, Michael Cutter, Gregory Mack Garner, Robert Caston Curtis, David Lee Stern, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20250028018Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: ROKU, INC.Inventors: Gregory Mack GARNER, Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 12153155Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20240231965Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Publication number: 20240168125Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Gregory Mack GARNER, Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 11922234Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Patent number: 11808875Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ROKU, INC.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20220260669Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Gregory Mack GARNER, Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 11327150Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20220012109Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 11132240Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20210049056Abstract: Embodiments included herein generally relate to processing data samples. More particularly, embodiments relate to processing a plurality of data samples using a multi-agent ring-buffer and a plurality of agents configured to communicate with the ring-buffer to process each of the plurality of data samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Patent number: 10827264Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and tangible computer readable medium for creating a desired audio effect for a user. The method includes operations including: causing a plurality of speakers to play test signals, each test signal being specific to one of the speakers; receiving from a remote device recorded frequency responses of the speakers resulting from the playing of the test signals; creating one or more filters to match an audio profile selected by a user; applying the filters to the recorded frequency responses to obtain filtered transformations of the speakers; and transmitting the filtered transformations to the speakers; wherein the filtered transformations are applied at the speakers to thereby achieve the user audio profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20190369206Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Gregory Mack GARNER, Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 10401473Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette
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Publication number: 20190037311Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and tangible computer readable medium for creating a desired audio effect for a user. The method includes operations including: causing a plurality of speakers to play test signals, each test signal being specific to one of the speakers; receiving from a remote device recorded frequency responses of the speakers resulting from the playing of the test signals; creating one or more filters to match an audio profile selected by a user; applying the filters to the recorded frequency responses to obtain filtered transformations of the speakers; and transmitting the filtered transformations to the speakers; wherein the filtered transformations are applied at the speakers to thereby achieve the user audio profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack GARNER, Patrick Alan BROUILLETTE
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Patent number: 10091581Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and tangible computer readable medium for creating a desired audio effect for a user. The method includes operations including: causing a plurality of speakers to play test signals, each test signal being specific to one of the speakers; receiving from a remote device recorded frequency responses of the speakers resulting from the playing of the test signals; creating one or more filters to match an audio profile selected by a user; applying the filters to the recorded frequency responses to obtain filtered transformations of the speakers; and transmitting the filtered transformations to the speakers; wherein the filtered transformations are applied at the speakers to thereby achieve the user audio profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mack Garner, Patrick Alan Brouillette