Patents by Inventor Paul G. Yamkovoy

Paul G. Yamkovoy 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).

  • Publication number: 20120014531
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer or a device into which an electro-acoustic transducer is incorporated has at least two audio signal conductors through which the electro-acoustic transducer or device may be coupled to another device to convey analog audio signals representing sounds at a time when the other device places a relatively low DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors, and to be operated as a digital serial bus to exchange pieces of digitally-encoded data concerning the electro-acoustic transducer at a time when the other device places a relatively high DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20120014530
    Abstract: A headset having a connector compliant with a specification for a first digital serial bus incorporates a separator circuit that monitors the voltage level of one conductor of that connector to distinguish between a first digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner supporting the first digital serial bus and a second digital interfacing mode in which the conductors of that connector are operated in a manner in supporting a second digital serial bus, and further, the monitoring of the voltage level of the one conductor may also be employed to distinguish between both the first and second digital interfacing mode and either a third digital interfacing mode or an analog interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20110269411
    Abstract: Apparatus and method to monitor the coupling of one or two audio devices and to augment the function of a PTT switch to causes the PTT function of one audio device to be engaged regardless of which of the two operated positions into which the switch is moved in response to there being only the one audio device coupled to the apparatus and in response to the one audio device being a radio, to cause the PTT function of either one of two audio devices to be selected to be engaged depending on which operated position to which the PTT switch is moved in response to there being only one audio device in the form of an intercom system (ICS) coupled to the apparatus with the other audio device in the form of a radio being coupled through the ICS, and to allow the PTT to be used to select the PTT function of either one of two audio devices to be engaged in response to there being two audio devices in the form of radios coupled to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, Mark Bergeron
  • Publication number: 20110269412
    Abstract: A push-to-talk (PTT) switch with biasing to a first center position in which in which the PTT function of neither one of up to two audio devices is engaged, also having a first operated position to which the switch may be moved by hand operation to cause the PTT function of the first one of the two audio devices to be engaged, and further having a second operated position to which the switch may be moved by hand operation to cause the PTT function of the second one of the two audio devices to be engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Bergeron, Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20110268295
    Abstract: Apparatus and method to mix audio provided by a radio with audio provided by an ICS in which the audio of the radio being mixed with audio provided by the ICS and presented to one ear of a user, and in which audio provided by the ICS is presented to the other ear of the user without being mixed with audio provided by the radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, Mark Bergeron
  • Publication number: 20110227631
    Abstract: A plurality of normally-open pushbutton switches are coupled to and cooperate with a pair of MOSFETs to provide each pushbutton switch of the plurality of pushbutton switches with a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor each of the pushbutton switches or to identify which of the pushbutton switches was manually operated to power on the personal audio device while awaiting operation of one of the pushbutton switches to cause the personal audio device to be powered on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, Benjamin D. Burge
  • Patent number: 7983427
    Abstract: A method of conserving battery power includes providing an electrical conductor that is connectable between an audio source and an accessory of the audio source. The conductor is capable of conducting a first electrical signal, containing audio information from the audio source, to the accessory. A second electrical signal is applied to the conductor when the first electrical signal is not present on the conductor. An aspect of the second electrical signal is measured while it is being applied to the conductor. An amount of battery power supplied to the accessory is reduced when the measured aspect meets a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110012667
    Abstract: A normally-open pushbutton switch is coupled to and cooperates with a pair of MOSFETs to provide a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor the pushbutton switch while awaiting operation of the pushbutton switch to cause the personal audio device to be powered on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20110013780
    Abstract: A controller of a personal audio device, on multiple occasions, monitors a conductor by which it is able to be coupled to another device for the end to an instance of signal activity, and following the end of signal activity, injects a current into the conductor and measures the resulting voltage to calculate an adaptive threshold voltage and to compare the measured voltage to the adaptive threshold to determine at least whether or not the conductor of the personal audio device is coupled to another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20100278355
    Abstract: A compression circuit of a device providing feedforward-based ANR monitors the electric signal output by a feedforward microphone for indications of the voltage levels of the electric signal output by the feedforward microphone ceasing to have a linear relationship with the acoustic levels of the sounds detected by the feedforward microphone. As long as there are no such indications, the compression circuit relays a signal to a feedforward anti-noise generator that is at least representative of the electric signal output by the feedforward microphone in which the sounds represented are not compressed, perhaps by directly relaying the signal output by the feedforward microphone as feedforward reference sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20100278348
    Abstract: A headset is able to be coupled via a cable to an intercom system, is able to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device via a wireless transceiver of the headset, and is able to be connected to a wired device via another cable. A controller of the headset separately monitors the microphone conductors and audio conductors by which the headset may be coupled to the intercom system to detect whether or not one or both of a communications microphone and an acoustic driver of the headset are coupled to the intercom system, and monitors the operating state of the wireless transceiver to detect whether or not the wireless transceiver is inactive, on standby or in use; and selectively couples a system ground conductor to one of the microphone conductors, selectively provides a local sidetone, and/or selectively provides a local microphone bias voltage in response to what is observed through such monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, David D. Pape
  • Publication number: 20100278349
    Abstract: A headset is able to be coupled via a cable to an intercom system, is able to be wirelessly coupled to a wireless device via a wireless transceiver of the headset, and is able to be connected to a wired device via another cable. A controller of the headset separately monitors the microphone conductors and audio conductors by which the headset may be coupled to the intercom system to detect whether or not one or both of a communications microphone and an acoustic driver of the headset are coupled to the intercom system, and monitors the operating state of the wireless transceiver to detect whether or not the wireless transceiver is inactive, on standby or in use; and selectively couples a system ground conductor to one of the microphone conductors, selectively provides a local sidetone, and/or selectively provides a local microphone bias voltage in response to what is observed through such monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, David D. Pape
  • Publication number: 20100260361
    Abstract: A apparatus and method for enabling signals representing a first audio channel and a second audio channel to be conveyed to a first earpiece and a second earpiece, respectively, regardless of which of the first and second earpieces a cable providing both the signals representing the first and second audio channels is coupled to, wherein a first acoustic driver of the first earpiece acoustically outputs the first audio channel and a second acoustic driver of the second earpiece acoustically outputs the second audio channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Publication number: 20080192942
    Abstract: A method of conserving battery power includes providing an electrical conductor that is connectable between an audio source and an accessory of the audio source. The conductor is capable of conducting a first electrical signal, containing audio information from the audio source, to the accessory. A second electrical signal is applied to the conductor when the first electrical signal is not present on the conductor. An aspect of the second electrical signal is measured while it is being applied to the conductor. An amount of battery power supplied to the accessory is reduced when the measured aspect meets a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Yamkovoy, Daniel M. Gauger
  • Patent number: 6033245
    Abstract: A self-aligning electrical connector for providing electrical communication between two electrical devices includes an electrical contact. A terminal system is resiliently coupled to the electrical contact by a resilient frame. The resilient frame is capable of allowing the electrical contact to move relative to the terminal system along X and Y axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Simplex Time Recorder Co.
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy