Patents by Inventor Timothy Mellow

Timothy Mellow 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).

  • Apparatus and method for a sound generating device combined with a display unit
    Patent number: 11805340
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a display panel and a speaker module. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The speaker module includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the speaker diaphragm is directed outside a device through the apertures and the display layer is configured for displaying at least one virtual image in relation to generated sound waves wherein the display panel is acoustically transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Koray Ozcan, Timothy Mellow, John Samuels
  • Apparatus and Method for a Sound Generating Device Combined with a Display Unit
    Publication number: 20210219034
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a display panel and a speaker module. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The speaker module includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the speaker diaphragm is directed outside a device through the apertures and the display layer is configured for displaying at least one virtual image in relation to generated sound waves wherein the display panel is acoustically transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Koray Ozcan, Timothy Mellow, John Samuels
  • Apparatus and method for a sound generating device combined with a display unit
    Patent number: 10966006
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a display panel and a speaker module. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The speaker module includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the speaker diaphragm is directed outside a device through the apertures and the display layer is configured for displaying at least one virtual image in relation to generated sound waves wherein the display panel is acoustically transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Koray Ozcan, Timothy Mellow, John Samuels
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SOUND GENERATING DEVICE COMBINED WITH A DISPLAY UNIT
    Publication number: 20130272557
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a display panel and a speaker module. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The speaker module includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the speaker diaphragm is directed outside a device through the apertures and the display layer is configured for displaying at least one virtual image in relation to generated sound waves wherein the display panel is acoustically transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Koray Ozcan, Timothy Mellow, John Samuels
  • Dual diaphragm speaker
    Patent number: 7039206
    Abstract: A dual diaphragm speaker comprising first and second diaphragms operating in accordance with the piezoelectric effect, the diaphragms being arranged to be driven in opposite phase with respect to one another so as to cancel out non-linearities. The speaker is made transparent and mounted over the display panel of a mobile telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Mellow
  • Dual diaphragm speaker
    Publication number: 20030002697
    Abstract: A dual diaphragm speaker comprising first and second diaphragms operating in accordance with the piezoelectric effect, the diaphragms being arranged to be driven in opposite phase with respect to one another so as to cancel out non-linearities. The speaker is made transparent and mounted over the display panel of a mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Timothy Mellow