Patents by Inventor Philip Scott

Philip Scott 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).

  • Display an image during a communication
    Patent number: 10587843
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Electronic glasses that provide binaural sound
    Patent number: 10587973
    Abstract: A method provides a voice in binaural sound to a user. The method includes designating a sound localization point (SLP) with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) and tracking the SLP with electronic glasses worn on a head of the user. A processor processes the voice with head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to generate the voice in the binaural sound that localizes at the SLP at a location in empty space at physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Headphones that provide binaural sound and receive head gestures
    Patent number: 10587972
    Abstract: Headphones provide binaural sound to a user wearing the headphones. The headphones store HRTFs of the user and include head tracking and a digital signal processor (DSP). The DSP processes sound into binaural sound that externally localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) at least one meter away from a head of the user. The headphones receive head gestures from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Playing binaural sound clips during an electronic communication
    Patent number: 10587980
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Headphones that provide binaural sound
    Patent number: 10587974
    Abstract: Headphones include a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into binaural sound that externally localizes to a user wearing the headphones at a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space at least one meter away from a head of the user. A microphone receives a voice command that executes to change the sound from playing as the binaural sound that externally localizes to the user at the SLP in empty space at least one meter away from the head of the user to playing as stereo sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Wearable Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20200074744
    Abstract: Wearable electronic glasses (WEG) of a first user display an image of an object on which a second user desires instructions how to complete a task. The WEG displays an augmented reality (AR) image of the object and captures hand gestures of the first user the completing the task on the AR image of the object. A smartphone of the second user displays the AR image and AR hands replicating movements of the hand gestures of the first user completing the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Wearable Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20200074746
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user displays a virtual location with virtual objects. The WED receives a task on one of the AR objects that corresponds to a real object at a real location. Wearable electronic glasses (WEG) worn on a head of a second user display an augmented reality (AR) image that shows the task to be performed on the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Wearable Electronic Glasses with Eye Tracking
    Publication number: 20200074745
    Abstract: A method detects a real object with a wearable electronic device and displays a virtual image of the real object with the real object on a display of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device displays movement of the virtual image of the real object to show a task to be completed and detects a completion of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Wearable electronic glasses display instructions as virtual hand gestures
    Publication number: 20200066058
    Abstract: First wearable electronic glasses (WEG) capture an image of a real obiect and provide the image to second WEG. The second WEG capture hand gestures performing a task on the obiect, and the first WEG displays the hand gestures that show how to perform the task on the real obiect being displayed through the first WEG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Display an Image During a Communication
    Publication number: 20200068173
    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: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Electrical device that communicates with appliances and an electric utility to reduce a cost of electricity
    Patent number: 10566794
    Abstract: A home appliance can operate in a future time frame. Information is obtained from a power distributor in order to determine a time when to operate the home appliance in this future time frame. The home appliance then operates at the time determined with information from the power distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, William James Lyren, William Christopher Lyren
  • Rotary Valves for Dialysis Systems
    Publication number: 20200041021
    Abstract: In one aspect, a dialysis fluid cassette includes an inlet fluid line, multiple outlet fluid lines, and a valve including an actuation feature by which the valve can be rotated to fluidly communicate the inlet fluid line with a selected fluid line of the multiple outlet fluid lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jon F. Moss, Bert D. Egley, Philip Scott James, James Peterson
  • Valve Actuation Systems and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20200033897
    Abstract: In one aspect, a valve actuation system includes a drive unit including an actuator configured to engage and move multiple valves disposed within a fluid cassette to selectively open and close each valve of the multiple valves and a positioning frame disposed adjacent the fluid cassette and along which the drive unit can be moved in three dimensions to align the actuator with a selected valve of the multiple valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, Philip Scott James
  • Electronic Glasses that Display a Virtual Image for a Telephone Call
    Publication number: 20200014792
    Abstract: Electronic glasses display a virtual image for a telephone call before a first user wearing the electronic glasses answers the telephone call. The electronic glasses display the virtual image at a location in an environment of the first user where a voice of a second user will externally localize in empty space outside the head of the first user when the first user answers the telephone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT MOVES A VIRTUAL OBJECT IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200013227
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device displays a virtual object in a field of view of a user wearing the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device moves the virtual object from the first location to a second location in the field of view in response to determining movement of the wearable electronic device will cause the virtual object to be outside the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Audio Diarization System that Segments Audio Input
    Publication number: 20190387343
    Abstract: Speech and/or non-speech in an audio input are convolved to localize sounds to different locations for a user. An audio diarization system segments the audio input into speech and non-speech segments. These segments are convolved with one or more head related transfer functions (HRTFs) so the sounds localize to different sound localization points (SLPs) for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • SWITCHING BINAURAL SOUND
    Publication number: 20190387341
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Designating a sound localization point(SLP)for binaural sound at a location of a smartphone
    Publication number: 20190387339
    Abstract: Electronic glasses detect a location of smartphone and designate the location as a sound localization point (SLP) from where binaural sound originates to a user wearing the electronic glasses. A digital signal processor (DSP) in the smartphone processes sound into the binaural sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Methods and Apparatus to Assist Listeners in Distinguishing Between Electronically Generated Binaural Sound and Physical Environment Sound
    Publication number: 20190387102
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Smartphone with User Interface to Externally Localize Telephone Calls
    Publication number: 20190387095
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris