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).

  • Patent number: 10009690
    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: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 9998606
    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: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 9998847
    Abstract: An electronic device identifies a location of a physical object that is away from a listener. The electronic device convolves sound so the sound externally localizes as binaural sound to the physical object. The sound plays to the listener through earphones so the listener hears the sound as emanating from the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 9980072
    Abstract: A method generates a sound localization point (SLP) where binaural sound externally localizes to a person during a telephone call. The method determines coordinates of a location of a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) with respect to the person and saves this location as the SLP. During the telephone call, a voice of another person is convolved so the voice externally localizes to the person as the binaural sound at the SLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Publication number: 20180139565
    Abstract: An electronic device identifies a location of a physical object that is away from a listener. The electronic device convolves sound so the sound externally localizes as binaural sound to the physical object. The sound plays to the listener through earphones so the listener hears the sound as emanating from the physical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 9965553
    Abstract: A method builds a personality of a user agent that is based on verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of a person. The user agent executes a search request from a user and displays results to the search request based on the personality of the user agent opposed to a personality of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 9955281
    Abstract: Headphones include a memory that stores head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into binaural sound with a pair of the HRTFs, speakers that play the binaural sound to the user while the user wears the headphones, and head tracking that tracks head movements of the user. The headphones correct an error where the user hears the binaural sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Patent number: 9955121
    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: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180109900
    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: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Patent number: 9948102
    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: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, William James Lyren, William Christopher Lyren
  • Patent number: 9945640
    Abstract: A firearm system includes a firearm and a computer. Electronics in the firearm determine data that includes a pathway between different points of aim of the firearm as the firearm moves. The computer receives this data and builds an image of the pathway between the different points of aim of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180098176
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180091925
    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 one meter away from a head of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180091774
    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: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180084366
    Abstract: During an electronic call between two individuals, a sound localization point simulates a location in empty space from where an origin of a voice of one individual occurs for the other individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180084359
    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: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Patent number: 9918178
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus include headphones that determine a size of a head of a listener and a shape of an ear of the listener. The size of the head and the shape of the ear determine head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) that are customized to the 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 fixed 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 fixed location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventors: Glen A. Norris, Philip Scott Lyren
  • Publication number: 20180064871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical blood detector system that rapidly detects the presence of blood due to a blood leak in a system. The blood detector system contains a reusable blood sensor that is able to accurately detect the presence of blood in, for example, an extracorporeal blood treatment system by optically sensing light from a sensing region and determining if the light came from a leaked blood. The blood sensor may be responsive to reflected light or light emitted from blood due to bio-fluorescence excited by a light source in the blood detector system. The blood detector system can be placed against absorbent material adjacent to an intravenous needle injection site and quickly detect any blood wicked into the absorbent material. The blood detector system can eliminate the need for medical personnel to continuously inspect numerous patients visually for potentially fatal blood leaks due to needle dislodgement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Scott James
  • Publication number: 20180063641
    Abstract: A dummy head has facial features that resemble a human face and includes a microphone inside a left ear and a microphone inside a right ear. A configuration of the facial features of the dummy head changes to enable the dummy head to capture binaural sound with different head related impulse responses (HRIRs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, Glen A. Norris
  • Publication number: 20180031344
    Abstract: A method authenticates a user before the user can remove or attach a component to a firearm. When the user is authenticated, the user can remove or attach a component to the firearm. The firearm prevents the removal or attachment of the component when the user is not authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Scott Lyren, James Alexander Eugene Lyren, William Christopher Lyren