Patents by Inventor Tyler Back

Tyler Back 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: 11620976
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone array to capture audio input data, a speaker array to render audio output data for playback; one or more sensors to detect an orientation of the microphone array, acoustic echo cancellation logic, and an interface. The acoustic echo cancellation logic applies acoustic echo cancellation to the audio input data to form echo-cancelled audio input data based on the orientation of the microphone array. The interface transmits the echo-cancelled audio input data over a communications channel as part of an audiovisual communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Yuhuan Zeng, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Patent number: 11586407
    Abstract: An electronic device includes sensors configured to detect an orientation of a display, driver logic, and a speaker array. The driver logic processes the audio data received by an interface to form audio output data, and forms driver signals representing the audio output data based on the orientation of the display detected by the one or more sensors. The speaker array receives the driver signals formed orientation of the display, and renders the audio output data for playback based on the driver signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Yuhuan Zeng, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Publication number: 20230021918
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone array configured to capture audio data, one or more sensors configured to detect an orientation of the microphone array, and digital signal processing (DSP) logic, and an interface. The DSP logic processes, based on the orientation of the microphone array detected by the one or more sensors, the audio data captured by the microphone array to form audio input data. The interface configured to transmit the audio input data over a communications channel to be output by another electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Yuhuan Zeng, Plamen Alexandrov Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Patent number: 11348264
    Abstract: A communication system captures writing surface content in a physical space for transmittal to remote client devices participating in a communication session. During a communication session with one or more remote client devices, a communication system captures image data and depth data describing objects in a physical space of the communication system. Based on the captured data, the communication system identifies a writing surface in the physical space and captures content on the writing surface. The communication system may also identify objects occluding content on the writing surface based on the captured data and may modify image data to make an object occluding the content at least partially transparent. The communication system transmits the content to at least one of the remote client devices participating in the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Gabriel Molina
  • Patent number: 11340861
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone array configured to capture audio data, one or more sensors configured to detect an orientation of the microphone array, and digital signal processing (DSP) logic, and an interface. The DSP logic processes, based on the orientation of the microphone array detected by the one or more sensors, the audio data captured by the microphone array to form audio input data. The interface configured to transmit the audio input data over a communications channel to be output by another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Yuhuan Zeng, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Publication number: 20210383786
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone array to capture audio input data, a speaker array to render audio output data for playback; one or more sensors to detect an orientation of the microphone array, acoustic echo cancellation logic, and an interface. The acoustic echo cancellation logic applies acoustic echo cancellation to the audio input data to form echo-cancelled audio input data based on the orientation of the microphone array. The interface transmits the echo-cancelled audio input data over a communications channel as part of an audiovisual communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Eva Tsang, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Publication number: 20210382672
    Abstract: An electronic device includes sensors configured to detect an orientation of a display, driver logic, and a speaker array. The driver logic processes the audio data received by an interface to form audio output data, and forms driver signals representing the audio output data based on the orientation of the display detected by the one or more sensors. The speaker array receives the driver signals formed orientation of the display, and renders the audio output data for playback based on the driver signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Eva Tsang, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Publication number: 20210382678
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone array configured to capture audio data, one or more sensors configured to detect an orientation of the microphone array, and digital signal processing (DSP) logic, and an interface. The DSP logic processes, based on the orientation of the microphone array detected by the one or more sensors, the audio data captured by the microphone array to form audio input data. The interface configured to transmit the audio input data over a communications channel to be output by another electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tyler Back, Joshua Warren Bingham, Eva Tsang, Plamen Ivanov, Christopher Evans, Jens Nilsson, Michael Asfaw
  • Patent number: D972558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin John Parfitt, Tyler Back, Peter Wesley Bristol, Oliver Ross, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Stefan Ahldor Kowalski, Joel Emmanuel Torres Diaz, Zihui Zhang, Shannon X Yang