Patents by Inventor Thomas SHERSON

Thomas SHERSON 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: 12321660
    Abstract: A robotic system is provided, which automatically changes settings on an audio system. The audio system (e.g., an instrument amplifier, effect processor, etc.) typically includes one or more controls that impact the operation of the audio system. Correspondingly, the robotic system includes a device interface coupled to a control sequencer. The device interface adapts to one or more controls of the audio system that are to be changed. In this regard, the device interface includes one or more control couplers. Each control coupler is adapted to a corresponding control of the audio system to be changed. The control sequencer provides a control sequence to the device interface that causes the control coupler(s) to vary the settings on the audio system. In practical applications, a combination of sequence values of the control sequence can represent a sufficiently high number of samples to determine a responsive behavior of the audio system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Douglas Andres Castro Borquez, Eero-Pekka Damskägg, Athanasios Gotsopoulos, Lauri Tuomas Juvela, Aleksi Tapani Peussa, Kimmo Erik Antero Rauhanen, Thomas Sherson
  • Publication number: 20240385798
    Abstract: A robotic system is provided, which automatically changes settings on an audio system. The audio system (e.g., an instrument amplifier, effect processor, etc.) typically includes one or more controls that impact the operation of the audio system. Correspondingly, the robotic system includes a device interface coupled to a control sequencer. The device interface adapts to one or more controls of the audio system that are to be changed. In this regard, the device interface includes one or more control couplers. Each control coupler is adapted to a corresponding control of the audio system to be changed. The control sequencer provides a control sequence to the device interface that causes the control coupler(s) to vary the settings on the audio system. In practical applications, a combination of sequence values of the control sequence can represent a sufficiently high number of samples to determine a responsive behavior of the audio system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas Andres Castro Borquez, Eero-Pekka Damskägg, Athanasios Gotsopoulos, Lauri Tuomas Juvela, Aleksi Tapani Peussa, Kimmo Erik Antero Rauhanen, Thomas Sherson
  • Patent number: 10869125
    Abstract: A sound processing node is provided for an arrangement of sound processing nodes configured to receive a plurality of sound signals. The sound processing node comprises a processor configured to generate an output signal based on the plurality of sound signals weighted by a plurality of beamforming weights. The processor is configured to adaptively determine the plurality of beamforming weights on the basis of an adaptive linearly constrained minimum variance beamformer using a transformed version of a least mean squares formulation of a constrained gradient descent approach. The transformed version of the least mean squares formulation of the constrained gradient descent approach is based on a transformation of the least mean squares formulation of the constrained gradient descent approach to the dual domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyu Jin, Thomas Sherson, Willem Bastiaan Kleijn, Richard Heusdens, Yue Lang
  • Publication number: 20190273987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound processing node for an arrangement of sound processing nodes, the sound processing nodes being configured to receive a plurality of sound signals, wherein the sound processing node comprises a processor configured to generate an output signal on the basis of the plurality of sound signals weighted by a plurality of beamforming weights, wherein the processor is configured to adaptively determine the plurality of beamforming weights on the basis of an adaptive linearly constrained minimum variance beamformer using a transformed version of a least mean squares formulation of a constrained gradient descent approach, wherein the transformed version of the least mean squares formulation of the constrained gradient descent approach is based on a transformation of the least mean squares formulation of the constrained gradient descent approach to the dual domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Wenyu JIN, Thomas SHERSON, Willem Bastiaan KLEIJN, Richard HEUSDENS, Yue LANG
  • Patent number: 10313785
    Abstract: A sound processing node for an arrangement of sound processing nodes is disclosed. The sound processing nodes being configured to receive a plurality of sound signals, wherein the sound processing node comprises a processor configured to determine a beamforming signal on the basis of the plurality of sound signals weighted by a plurality of weights, wherein the processor is configured to determine the plurality of weights using a transformed version of a linearly constrained minimum variance approach, the transformed version of the linearly constrained minimum variance approach being obtained by applying a convex relaxation to the linearly constrained minimum variance approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Lang, Wenyu Jin, Thomas Sherson, Richard Heusdens, Willem Bastiaan Kleijn
  • Publication number: 20180270573
    Abstract: A sound processing node for an arrangement of sound processing nodes is disclosed. The sound processing nodes being configured to receive a plurality of sound signals, wherein the sound processing node comprises a processor configured to determine a beamforming signal on the basis of the plurality of sound signals weighted by a plurality of weights, wherein the processor is configured to determine the plurality of weights using a transformed version of a linearly constrained minimum variance approach, the transformed version of the linearly constrained minimum variance approach being obtained by applying a convex relaxation to the linearly constrained minimum variance approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yue LANG, Wenyu JIN, Thomas SHERSON, Richard HEUSDENS, Willem Bastiaan KLEIJN