Patents by Inventor Reginald JuVann Hill

Reginald JuVann Hill 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).

  • Method and apparatus for sound discrimination
    Patent number: 6721701
    Abstract: A sound discriminator (107, 207) in accordance with the invention distinguishes or emphasis a specific audio signal or class or audio signals. The sound discriminator is employed in a digital audio encoding and/or decoding process. A comparator (110, 210) within the sound discriminator compares a received representation of an audio signal with a stored representation (112, 212) of a desired signal. An error between the two signals is determined and if the error is within an acceptable range, the stored representation of the desired signal replaces the actual received representation of the audio signal in an encoded or decoded stream of data. In this manner, a desired signal within an encoded or decoded signal is discriminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Clifford Goss, Jeffrey Ross Light, Reginald JuVann Hill