Patents by Inventor Richard Eli Saffran

Richard Eli Saffran 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: 10327073
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for closed-loop respiration entrainment based on spatialized audio signals. According to an aspect, based on a determined rate of a subject's respiration, spatialization of a virtual sound source is altered to simulate a distance or directionality to the subject. Simulating the distance, directionality, and/or source characteristics comprises processing sounds of the virtual sound source to generate a perception of the sounds being heard from one or more distances or directions with reference to the subject. The altered virtual sound source attempts to regulate the rate of respiration of the subject. An audio device outputs the sounds of the altered virtual sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dale McElhone, Mikaela Alison Shannon, Daniel Ross Tengelsen, Richard Eli Saffran, John Harlan Wendell