Patents by Inventor Robert Dye
Robert Dye 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).
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Patent number: 11909509Abstract: Distributed audio mixing may include transmitting a set of parameters from a local location to one or more remote locations at least multiple miles away from the local location for, at each of the one or more remote locations, one or more remote audio sources to be processed according to the parameters to produce respective one or more remote audio mixes; processing one or more local audio sources according to the parameters to produce a local audio mix; receiving the one or more remote audio mixes; and locally summing the one or more remote audio mixes to the local audio mix to obtain a final audio mix.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TLS Corp.Inventors: Gregory F. Shay, Robert Dye, Barry Blesser
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Patent number: 11724345Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
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Patent number: 11491533Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Jaramillo, John Robert Dye, III
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Publication number: 20220288730Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
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Patent number: 11370073Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
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Publication number: 20220182163Abstract: Distributed audio mixing may include transmitting a set of parameters from a local location to one or more remote locations at least multiple miles away from the local location for, at each of the one or more remote locations, one or more remote audio sources to be processed according to the parameters to produce respective one or more remote audio mixes; processing one or more local audio sources according to the parameters to produce a local audio mix; receiving the one or more remote audio mixes; and locally summing the one or more remote audio mixes to the local audio mix to obtain a final audio mix.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Gregory F. Shay, Robert Dye, Barry Blesser
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Publication number: 20220161315Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
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Publication number: 20210187676Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Matthew R. Schroeder, Todd B. Jaramillo, John Adam Price, John Robert Dye, III, Kaleb Aaron Kimball
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Publication number: 20210187589Abstract: A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Todd B. Jaramillo, John Robert Dye, III
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Patent number: 10347263Abstract: A method to watermark an audio signal may include receiving watermark data payload information, converting the watermark data payload information into a watermark audio signal including one or more watermark messages corresponding to the watermark data payload information, and inserting the one or more watermark messages into multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, wherein each of the multiple spectral channels occupies a different frequency range, wherein, once an audio segment has been inserted into a spectral channel of the audio signal, amplitude of the audio segment is held constant for the time duration of the audio segment such that a first portion of the audio segment is masked by the audio signal and a second portion of the audio segment is not masked by the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TLS Corp.Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Patent number: 10152980Abstract: A method to watermark an audio signal may include receiving watermark data payload information, converting the watermark data payload information into a watermark audio signal including one or more watermark messages corresponding to the watermark data payload information, and inserting the one or more watermark messages into multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, wherein each of the multiple spectral channels occupies a different frequency range, wherein bandwidth of a first spectral channel located in a first frequency region is smaller than bandwidth of a second spectral channel located in a second frequency region, and wherein bandwidth of a spectral channel, from the multiple spectral channels, is equal to a number divided by the time duration of a respective symbol, from the multiple symbols, in the spectral channel, wherein the number is in the range of 0.7 to 2.5.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: TLS Corp.Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Patent number: 10115404Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark speech audio transmissions includes receiving a speech audio signal, receiving a watermark signal including a message of multiple bits, each bit having one of two values, each value represented by one of two symbols, each of the symbols corresponding to a respective audio segment, and at a time t1, transmitting a first transmission including at least some of the multiple bits in multiple spectral channels of the speech audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range, wherein a first one of the multiple spectral channels carries a first bit from the multiple bits while at the same time a second one of the multiple spectral channels carries a second bit from the multiple bits different from the first bit.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: TLS Corp.Inventors: Barry A. Blesser, Robert Dye
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Publication number: 20180122392Abstract: A method to watermark an audio signal may include receiving watermark data payload information, converting the watermark data payload information into a watermark audio signal including one or more watermark messages corresponding to the watermark data payload information, and inserting the one or more watermark messages into multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, wherein each of the multiple spectral channels occupies a different frequency range, wherein, once an audio segment has been inserted into a spectral channel of the audio signal, amplitude of the audio segment is held constant for the time duration of the audio segment such that a first portion of the audio segment is masked by the audio signal and a second portion of the audio segment is not masked by the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Publication number: 20180122391Abstract: A method to watermark an audio signal may include receiving watermark data payload information, converting the watermark data payload information into a watermark audio signal including one or more watermark messages corresponding to the watermark data payload information, and inserting the one or more watermark messages into multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, wherein each of the multiple spectral channels occupies a different frequency range, wherein bandwidth of a first spectral channel located in a first frequency region is smaller than bandwidth of a second spectral channel located in a second frequency region, and wherein bandwidth of a spectral channel, from the multiple spectral channels, is equal to a number divided by the time duration of a respective symbol, from the multiple symbols, in the spectral channel, wherein the number is in the range of 0.7 to 2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Patent number: 9865272Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TLS. Corp.Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Publication number: 20170186438Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Patent number: 9626977Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: TLS Corp.Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Publication number: 20170025129Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark speech audio transmissions includes receiving a speech audio signal, receiving a watermark signal including a message of multiple bits, each bit having one of two values, each value represented by one of two symbols, each of the symbols corresponding to a respective audio segment, and at a time t1, transmitting a first transmission including at least some of the multiple bits in multiple spectral channels of the speech audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range, wherein a first one of the multiple spectral channels carries a first bit from the multiple bits while at the same time a second one of the multiple spectral channels carries a second bit from the multiple bits different from the first bit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Barry A. Blesser, Robert Dye
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Publication number: 20170025128Abstract: A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Barry Blesser, Robert Dye
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Patent number: D1022714Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Aaron Mathew Melim, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Jacob Weiss, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer