Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Amuso

Vincent J. Amuso 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).

  • System and method for listener controlled beamforming
    Patent number: 9729994
    Abstract: A system and method for providing assistive listening for a plurality of listeners in an environment including a plurality of acoustic sources. A microphone array in combination with an acoustic beamforming processor configured to receive the acoustic signals within the environment and to process the acoustic signals based upon a target location of an acoustic signal selected on a listener-controlled interface device to generate a steered beam pattern. The acoustic beamforming processor further configured to transmit the steered beam pattern to the listener-controlled interface device based on the target location selected. The listener-controlled interface device configured to provide the steered beam pattern to an ear-level transducer of a hearing-impaired listener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: University of South Florida, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David A. Eddins, David A. Borkholder, Vincent J. Amuso