Patents by Inventor Stefan Margheurite Jean Willems

Stefan Margheurite Jean Willems 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: 7688989
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for processing sound signals for a surround left channel (SL) and a surround right channel (SR). Thereby, a continually varying delay between the resulting signals of the surround right (SR) and surround left channels (SL) is generated. Furthermore the invention describes a delay management unit, a sound processing system, an acoustic system comprising such a sound processing system, a mixing unit for such an acoustic system and a studio system comprising such a sound processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: PSS Belgium N.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Margheurite Jean Willems
  • Publication number: 20090122998
    Abstract: A vented loudspeaker box system comprises a vented loudspeaker box, a music content analyzing device and a bass controlling device. The vented loudspeaker box is used for playing a music signal, the music content analyzing device is used for detecting the bass contents of the music signal, and the bass controlling device is used for adjusting the bass boost frequency of the vented loudspeaker box according to the detected result. The bass boost frequency is adjusted by adjusting the length of the bass port. With the invention, the bass components at the special dominant bass frequency can be enhanced appropriately during playing the music signal through the vented loudspeaker box, and the length of bass port is matched with the dominant bass frequency of the bass components adaptively and continuously, thereby improving the bass performance of the vented loudspeaker box system remarkably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Frederik Magdalena POORTERE, Stefan Margheurite Jean WILLEMS
  • Patent number: 7346177
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of generating a naturally sounding output audio signal (120) by adding missing output components (125) in a predetermined first frequency range (R1) to an input signal (100), set a first output energy measure (S1), over a predetermined first time interval (dt1), of the output components (125) generated based upon a first input energy measure (E1) calculated over a predetermined second time interval (dt2) of second input components (104), in a predetermined third frequency range (R3) of the input audio signal (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventor: Stefan Margheurite Jean Willems