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
    Publication number: 20190260968
    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: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Altering Emoji to Indicate Sound Will Externally Localize as Binaural Sound
    Publication number: 20190261126
    Abstract: A method alters an appearance of an emoji based on whether a listener is wearing headphones or earphones. During an electronic communication, an electronic device of the user receives the emoji and sound to play to the user. The electronic device determines whether the user is wearing headphones or earphones and alters an appearance of the emoji based on this determination so the user knows that the sound will externally localize as binaural sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Sound Localization for an Electronic Call
    Publication number: 20190261114
    Abstract: A method provides a voice in binaural sound to a first user during an electronic communication between the first user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) and a second user. The method includes designating a sound localization point (SLP) with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED), processing the voice of the second user with a digital signal processor (DSP) in the HMD, and moving the voice of the second user in response to a microphone in the HMD receiving a voice command from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Sound Localization for an Electronic Call
    Publication number: 20190261117
    Abstract: A digital signal processor (DSP) in headphones processes sound with head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to produce binaural sound that externally localizes away from a head of a user wearing the headphones. The headphones include a microphone that receives a voice command that causes the headphones to move a location of the binaural sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • ELECTRONIC GLASSES THAT PROVIDE BINAURAL SOUND
    Publication number: 20190261112
    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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Sound Localization for an Electronic Call
    Publication number: 20190261115
    Abstract: Headphones provide binaural sound from a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) held in a hand of a user. The headphones include a head tracker and a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound from the HPED into binaural sound. The binaural sound localizes to multiple locations away from a head of the user while video plays on the HPED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Display an Image During a Communication
    Publication number: 20190260967
    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: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Switching Binaural Sound
    Publication number: 20190261120
    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: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Telephone call in binaural sound localizing in empty space
    Patent number: 10390163
    Abstract: A smartphone provides a voice of a person during a telephone call to a user of the smartphone in binaural sound. The smartphone stores HRTFs of the user, and a digital signal processor (DSP) processes the voice of the person with the HRTFs so the voice of the person externally localizes in the binaural sound at a sound localization point (SLP) that is in empty space at least one meter away from a head of the user. The smartphone displays an AR image at the SLP during the telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Emoji that Indicates a Location of Binaural Sound
    Publication number: 20190246233
    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: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Playing Binaural Sound Clips During an Electronic Communication
    Publication number: 20190239022
    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: February 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Switching binaural sound
    Patent number: 10368179
    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: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Switching binaural sound
    Patent number: 10362421
    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: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Disposable Fluid Circuit with Thermochromic Indicator
    Publication number: 20190216997
    Abstract: A system of temperature measurement and control in which temperature of the medical fluid being conveyed through a medical device is indirectly measured and controlled via sensed color change of an of an inexpensive injected molded or extruded thermochromic flow chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Schmidt, Philip Scott James, Bert D. Egley
  • Headphones with a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Error Correction
    Publication number: 20190215639
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device (WED) corrects errors where a user hears binaural sound. The WED includes a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into binaural sound with HRTFs and head tracking that tracks head movements of the user. The WED plays the binaural sound to the user while the user wears the WED. The WED corrects an error where the user hears the binaural sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Sound Localization for an Electronic Call
    Publication number: 20190215628
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • User Experience Localizing Binaural Sound During a Telephone Call
    Publication number: 20190215636
    Abstract: Headphones provide binaural sound to a location behind a portable electronic device. The sound is convolved or processed to a location that is behind the portable electronic device so that the listener perceives the location of the sound as originating from the location of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Binaural Sound in Visual Entertainment Media
    Publication number: 20190208350
    Abstract: A method provides binaural sound to a listener while the listener watches a movie so sounds from the movie localize to a location of a character in the movie. Sound is convolved with head related transfer functions (HRTFs) of the listener, and the convolved sound is provided to the listener who wears a wearable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Binaural Sound in Visual Entertainment Media
    Publication number: 20190208351
    Abstract: A method provides binaural sound to a listener while the listener watches a movie so sounds from the movie localize to a location of a character in the movie. Sound is convolved with head related transfer functions (HRTFs) of the listener, and the convolved sound is provided to the listener who wears a wearable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Headphones that measure ITD and sound impulse responses to determine user-specific HRTFs for a listener
    Patent number: 10341796
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus include headphones that measure an interaural time difference (ITD) and sound impulse responses to determine user-specific head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for a listener. The headphones include head tracking, and sound is adjusted so that a location of a source of the sound continues to originate from a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is at least one meter away from the head of the listener while the head orientations of the listener change with respect to the SLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren