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).

  • Publication number: 20260082155
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
  • Patent number: 12538073
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12520079
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Ramesh Avudurthi, Eric Steven Penrod
  • Patent number: 12501219
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
  • Patent number: 12490040
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakim Mesiwala, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Mark Hardin, Timothy Dick, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 12244887
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 12167211
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
  • Publication number: 20240406631
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
  • Publication number: 20240406652
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hakim Mesiwala, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Mark Hardin, Timothy Dick, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 12153331
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
  • Patent number: 12126977
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick
  • Publication number: 20240107103
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240089653
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin, Hakim Mesiwala
  • Publication number: 20240077787
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Mark Hardin
  • Publication number: 20240015433
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Steven Penrod, Erich Tisch
  • Publication number: 20240015437
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Ramesh Avudurthi, Eric Steven Penrod
  • Patent number: 11871111
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Penrod, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 11843819
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 11689847
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Timothy Dick, Eric Penrod
  • Publication number: 20230199243
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Steven Penrod, Timothy Dick, Erich Tisch