Patents by Inventor Timothy Dick
Timothy Dick 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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Publication number: 20260082155Abstract: Microphones are disposed on different surfaces of an image capture device to generate different microphone capture patterns. A microphone with one or more microphone elements is disposed on a first surface of the image capture device. The one or more microphone elements are arranged in a triangular configuration. A second microphone with at least two microphone elements is disposed on a second surface of the image capture device. The at least two microphone elements are disposed on the second surface of the image capture device in a vertical configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2025Publication date: March 19, 2026Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
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Patent number: 12538073Abstract: An image capture device includes a housing, a processor, and three or more microphones. The housing includes a forward wall including a sensor, a rearward wall located opposite the forward wall, and a top wall connecting the forward wall and the rearward wall. The three or more microphones are configured to capture sound. The three or more microphones include a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. The processor is configured to receive the sound from the three or more microphones and to estimate a direction of arrival, reduce or remove wind noise, perform beamforming, or a combination thereof. The first microphone is located on or within the forward wall, the second microphone is located on or within the top wall, and the third microphone is located on or within the top wall and spaced apart from the second microphone.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch
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Patent number: 12520079Abstract: An image capture device performs audio processing based on a detection of whether a wind sock is attached to the image capture device. When a wind sock is detected, the image capture device performs stereo processing. When a wind sock is not detected, the image capture device performs wind processing.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Ramesh Avudurthi, Eric Steven Penrod
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Patent number: 12501219Abstract: Microphones are disposed on different surfaces of an image capture device to generate different microphone capture patterns. A microphone with three microphone elements is disposed on the top surface of the image capture device. The three microphone elements are arranged in an equilateral triangular configuration. A second microphone with at least two microphone elements is disposed on the front surface of the image capture device. The at least two microphone elements are disposed on the front surface of the image capture device in a vertical configuration. A third microphone with at least one microphone element is disposed on a back surface of the image capture device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
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Patent number: 12490040Abstract: Devices and methods for determining a direction of audio arrival from Ambisonics channels using azimuth and elevation segments is described herein. A method includes generating multiple blocks of samples from Ambisonics signals for a time interval, determining an azimuth angle estimate and an elevation angle estimate for the time interval when a defined number of blocks in the multiple blocks of samples are valid, generating the azimuth angle estimate based on maximum number of azimuth angle estimates present in an azimuth segment amongst a defined number of azimuth segments, and generating the elevation angle estimates based on maximum number of elevation angle estimates present in an elevation segment amongst a defined number of elevation segments, where the direction of arrival of the Ambisonics signals is based on the azimuth angle estimate and the elevation angle estimate.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Hakim Mesiwala, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Mark Hardin, Timothy Dick, William Edward MacDonald
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Patent number: 12244887Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
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Patent number: 12167211Abstract: An image capture device reduces noise floor using multiple microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains a front microphone signal from a front microphone, the front microphone signal having a noisy noise floor portion, obtains a rear microphone signal from a rear microphone, sets a splice point based on mitigation of the noisy noise floor portion relative to a speech frequency range, and combines a substantially clean noise floor portion of the rear microphone signal at or below the splice point with a remaining portion of the front microphone signal above the splice point to generate a microphone signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
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Publication number: 20240406631Abstract: Microphones are disposed on different surfaces of an image capture device to generate different microphone capture patterns. A microphone with three microphone elements is disposed on the top surface of the image capture device. The three microphone elements are arranged in an equilateral triangular configuration. A second microphone with at least two microphone elements is disposed on the front surface of the image capture device. The at least two microphone elements are disposed on the front surface of the image capture device in a vertical configuration. A third microphone with at least one microphone element is disposed on a back surface of the image capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
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Publication number: 20240406652Abstract: Devices and methods for determining a direction of audio arrival from Ambisonics channels using azimuth and elevation segments is described herein. A method includes generating multiple blocks of samples from Ambisonics signals for a time interval, determining an azimuth angle estimate and an elevation angle estimate for the time interval when a defined number of blocks in the multiple blocks of samples are valid, generating the azimuth angle estimate based on maximum number of azimuth angle estimates present in an azimuth segment amongst a defined number of azimuth segments, and generating the elevation angle estimates based on maximum number of elevation angle estimates present in an elevation segment amongst a defined number of elevation segments, where the direction of arrival of the Ambisonics signals is based on the azimuth angle estimate and the elevation angle estimate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Hakim Mesiwala, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Mark Hardin, Timothy Dick, William Edward MacDonald
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Patent number: 12153331Abstract: Wind processing performance is improved by the placement of one or more microphones on a device. The device includes one or more microphones on the front surface, one or more microphones on the top surface, and one or more microphones on the rear surface. The rear surface is a heatsink, and the one or more microphones on the rear surface are located in recesses created by two or more fins of the heatsink. The device includes a processor that performs wind processing based on signals from the one or more microphones on the front surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the top surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the rear surface, or any combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
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Patent number: 12126977Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. The field of view of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of the visual content with the field of view.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick
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Publication number: 20240107103Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
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Publication number: 20240089653Abstract: An image capture device reduces noise floor using multiple microphones. The image capture device includes a processor that obtains a front microphone signal from a front microphone, the front microphone signal having a noisy noise floor portion, obtains a rear microphone signal from a rear microphone, sets a splice point based on mitigation of the noisy noise floor portion relative to a speech frequency range, and combines a substantially clean noise floor portion of the rear microphone signal at or below the splice point with a remaining portion of the front microphone signal above the splice point to generate a microphone signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
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Publication number: 20240077787Abstract: Wind processing performance is improved by the placement of one or more microphones on a device. The device includes one or more microphones on the front surface, one or more microphones on the top surface, and one or more microphones on the rear surface. The rear surface is a heatsink, and the one or more microphones on the rear surface are located in recesses created by two or more fins of the heatsink. The device includes a processor that performs wind processing based on signals from the one or more microphones on the front surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the top surface, signals from the one or more microphones on the rear surface, or any combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
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Publication number: 20240015433Abstract: An image capture device includes a housing, a processor, and three or more microphones. The housing includes a forward wall including a sensor, a rearward wall located opposite the forward wall, and a top wall connecting the forward wall and the rearward wall. The three or more microphones are configured to capture sound. The three or more microphones include a first microphone, a second microphone, and a third microphone. The processor is configured to receive the sound from the three or more microphones and to estimate a direction of arrival, reduce or remove wind noise, perform beamforming, or a combination thereof. The first microphone is located on or within the forward wall, the second microphone is located on or within the top wall, and the third microphone is located on or within the top wall and spaced apart from the second microphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch
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Publication number: 20240015437Abstract: An image capture device performs audio processing based on a detection of whether a wind sock is attached to the image capture device. When a wind sock is detected, the image capture device performs stereo processing. When a wind sock is not detected, the image capture device performs wind processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Ramesh Avudurthi, Eric Steven Penrod
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Patent number: 11871111Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a processor that upsamples a vibration signal. The processor determines a correlation value. The correlation value may be based on a microphone signal, the upsampled vibration signal, or both. The processor filters the vibration signal to remove a noise portion and obtain a processed microphone signal. The processor outputs the processed microphone signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Penrod, Erich Tisch
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Patent number: 11843819Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
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Patent number: 11689847Abstract: An image capture device, having: a housing, a lens snout, a front microphone, a top microphone, and an audio processor. The housing has a top and front housing surface. The lens snout protrudes from the front housing surface. The front microphone mounted within or on the front housing surface and below the lens snout. The top microphone mounted within or on a top housing surface in a position biased toward the front housing surface. The audio processor comprises a memory that is configured to store instructions that when executed cause the audio processor to generate an output audio signal. The top microphone is located at a position to receive direct freestream air flow when the housing is positioned in a pitched forward orientation at a pitched forward angle relative to a vertical axis. The front microphone receives turbulent air flow from the lens snout when the housing is positioned in the pitched forward orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Eric Penrod
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Publication number: 20230199243Abstract: An image capture device may capture multiple audio content during capture of visual content. A viewing window for the visual content and rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content may be used to generate modified audio content from the multiple audio content. The modified audio content may provide sound for playback of a punchout of the visual content using the viewing window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch