Patents by Inventor Philip Scott Lyren

Philip Scott Lyren 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).

  • Sharing Locations where Binaural Sound Externally Localizes
    Publication number: 20210092547
    Abstract: A method processes binaural sound to externally localize to a first user at a first location. This location is shared such that an electronic device processes the binaural sound to externally localize to a second user at a second location. The first and second locations occur at a same or similar location such that the first and second users hear the binaural sound as originating from the same or similar location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Audio Diarization System that Segments Audio Input
    Publication number: 20210084427
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device worn on a head of a user analyzes prior electronic communications and determines where to play a voice so the voice originates at a familiar sound localization point (SLP) to the user. The wearable electronic device plays the voice so the voice externally localizes to the user as binaural sound at the familiar SLP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Displaying a location of binaural sound outside a field of view
    Patent number: 10952012
    Abstract: A method or apparatus provides binaural sound that originates to a person at a location inside a field of view (FOV) provided to the person by an electronic device. The electronic device determines when the location of the binaural sound moves outside the FOV and assists the person in determining the location of the binaural sound. A display of the electronic device displays a visual indication that shows a direction to the location of the binaural sound outside the FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Playing Binaural Sound Clips During an Electronic Communication
    Publication number: 20210076154
    Abstract: A method plays sound clips in binaural sound to users during an electronic communication between two or more users. A processor convolves the sound clips with HRTFs so the sound externally localize away from a head of the user listening to the sound clip. The sound clips play to users during the electronic communication without transmitting the sound clips to electronic devices of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Moving an Emoji to Move a Location of Binaural Sound
    Publication number: 20210058732
    Abstract: During an electronic communication between a first user and a second user, an electronic device of the second user displays a graphical representation at a located selected by the first user. The graphical representation provides an indication to the second user where binaural sound associated with the graphical representation will externally localize to the second user. Subsequent movement of the graphical representation changes a location where the binaural sound externally localizes to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Switching Binaural Sound from Head Movements
    Publication number: 20210058733
    Abstract: A method or apparatus switches between binaural sound and stereo sound in response to head movements of a listener. An electronic device provides the listener with binaural sound at a sound localization point (SLP) in a field-of-view of the listener. Binaural sound at the SLP switches to one of mono or stereo sound when head movements of the listener cause the SLP to move outside the field -of-view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Defining a zone with a HPED and providing binaural sound in the zone
    Patent number: 10917737
    Abstract: A handheld portable electronic device (HPED) defines a zone that extends from a floor and around a user wearing a wearable electronic device (WED). The HPED designates a location in the zone for where binaural sound originates to the user. The WED tracks a location of the HPED, and sound is processed to originate as the binaural sound in the zone. The WED displays a virtual image at the location of the binaural sound in the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Hip implant with porous body
    Patent number: 10898335
    Abstract: A hip implant having two distinct bodies, a neck body and a bone fixation body. The neck body is formed from a solid metal and has an interface for connecting to a femoral ball. The bone fixation body has an elongated shape and is formed as a porous structure that is inserted into an intramedullary canal of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Method that Expedites Playing Sound of a Talking Emoji
    Publication number: 20210021948
    Abstract: A method expedites playing sound of a talking emoji from a first person with a first portable electronic device (PED) to a second person with a second PED. The second PED receives the talking emoji in mono sound and convolves the mono sound into binaural sound before receiving a request to play the sound to the second user. The second PED then plays the sound of the talking emoji in binaural sound after receiving the request from the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Capturing Audio Impulse Responses of a Person with a Smartphone
    Publication number: 20210021946
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (PED) divides an area around a user into a three-dimensional (3D) zone. A wearable electronic device worn on a head of the user displays the 3D zone in response to the wearable electronic device detecting that the user is leaving the zone. The wearable electronic device plays binaural sound that emanates to the user from sound localization points (SLPs) inside the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • User Experience Localizing Binaural Sound During a Telephone Call
    Publication number: 20210021952
    Abstract: A electronic device displays an image that has sound. One or more processors process the sound for the image into binaural sound for a user. The binaural sound has a sound localization point (SLP) with a coordinate location that occurs behind the image while the image is located a near-field distance from a head of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Smartphone that displays a virtual image for a telephone call
    Patent number: 10887449
    Abstract: A smartphone displays a real-time video of an environment of a first user. The smartphone receives a telephone call from a second user and displays, on the real-time video before the first user answers the telephone call, a virtual image at a location in the environment of the first user where a voice of the second user will externally localize in empty space outside the head of the first user in the environment when the first user answers the telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Displaying an image of a calling party at coordinates from HRTFs
    Patent number: 10887448
    Abstract: An electronic device processes a voice of a calling party with head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) during a telephone call. A display displays an image representing the calling party with respect to an image representing the called party at a location obtained from coordinates of the HRTFs such that the display shows where the voice of the calling party will externally localize as binaural sound to the called party when the called party answers the telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Switching binaural sound
    Patent number: 10873821
    Abstract: A method provides binaural sound to a person through electronic earphones. The binaural sound localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is away from but proximate to the person. When an event occurs, the binaural sound switches or changes to stereo sound, to mono sound, or to altered binaural sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Altering a graphical representation to indicate sound will externally localize as binaural sound
    Patent number: 10873827
    Abstract: A method alters an appearance of a graphical representation based on whether a listener is wearing headphones or earphones. During an electronic communication, an electronic device of the user receives the graphical representation. The electronic device determines whether the user is wearing headphones or earphones and alters an appearance of the graphical representation based on this determination so the user knows that the sound will externally localize as binaural sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Display an Image During a Communication
    Publication number: 20200396421
    Abstract: An electronic device displays an image during a communication between two people. The image represents one of the people to the communication. The electronic device determines a location where to place the image and displays the image such that the image appears to exist at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Method to expedite playing of binaural sound to a listener
    Patent number: 10869150
    Abstract: A method expedites processing and playing of binaural sound during an electronic communication between a first user and a second user. An electronic device of the first user convolves sound into binaural sound for the second user before the binaural sound transmits to the electronic device of the second user. In this way, the binaural sound is already convolved and ready to play upon receipt at the electronic device of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Dummy head for electronic calls
    Patent number: 10869129
    Abstract: A method captures binaural sound of a voice of a first user with microphones located at left and rights ears of a dummy head. The dummy head transmits the voice of the first user to a portable electronic device with or near the first user. This portable electronic device transmits the binaural sound over one or more networks to another electronic device being used by a second user to communicate with the first user during the electronic call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Emoji that Indicates a Location of Binaural Sound
    Publication number: 20200389753
    Abstract: A smartphone displays an emoji that when activated plays sound that externally localizes in binaural sound to the listener. The emoji includes an indication that shows a location where the sound will externally localize as the binaural sound away from a head of the listener when the listener activates the emoji.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Methods and apparatus to assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound
    Patent number: 10863032
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound while the listener wears a wearable electronic device that provides the binaural sound to the listener. The wearable electronic device generates a visual alert or audio alert when the electronically generated binaural sound occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren