Patents by Inventor Vinay Kumar Pal

Vinay Kumar Pal 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).

  • Surround sound in automotive audio system
    Patent number: 12701363
    Abstract: A method of adapting an automotive audio system to support surround sound comprises: configuring an application program for creation of an audio track object that specifies passthrough mode as a playback mode, wherein the application program is installed to operate under an operating system that is not configured for surround sound; configuring a framework of the operating system with a bypass past a mixer of the operating system, wherein the bypass allows surround-sound data of the audio track object to bypass the mixer; and configuring a hardware abstraction layer with a separate channel for the surround-sound data received from the operating system, wherein the hardware abstraction layer processes the surround-sound data before providing the processed surround-sound data to a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinay Kumar Pal
  • SURROUND SOUND IN AUTOMOTIVE AUDIO SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20250063305
    Abstract: A method of adapting an automotive audio system to support surround sound comprises: configuring an application program for creation of an audio track object that specifies passthrough mode as a playback mode, wherein the application program is installed to operate under an operating system that is not configured for surround sound; configuring a framework of the operating system with a bypass past a mixer of the operating system, wherein the bypass allows surround-sound data of the audio track object to bypass the mixer; and configuring a hardware abstraction layer with a separate channel for the surround-sound data received from the operating system, wherein the hardware abstraction layer processes the surround-sound data before providing the processed surround-sound data to a decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventor: Vinay Kumar Pal