189 patents
Utility
Pace-Aware Music Player
18 Jan 24
An electronic device may comprise audio processing circuitry, pace tracking circuitry, and positioning circuitry.
Richard Kulavik, Christopher Church
Filed: 1 Aug 23
Utility
Headset With Programmable Microphone Modes
4 Jan 24
A method and system for a headset with programmable modes, where the headset comprises a beamforming microphone: sensing an ambient sound level near the headset, and configuring the headset in one of a plurality of modes by configuring a beam pattern of the beamforming microphone based on at least the sensed ambient noise level.
Shobha Devi Kuruba Buchannagari, Richard Kulavik
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Gaming Headset with Programmable Audio Paths
4 Jan 24
A headset having game, chat and microphone audio signals is provided with a programmable signal processor for individually modifying the audio signals and a memory configured to store a plurality of user-selectable signal-processing parameter settings that determine the manner in which the audio signals will be altered by the signal processor.
Carmine J. Bonanno
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Networked gaming headset
2 Jan 24
Methods and systems are provided for using networked gaming headsets.
Kevin Arthur Robertson, Richard Kulavik
Filed: 6 Dec 22
Utility
Hybrid Ring-radiator Headphone Driver
7 Dec 23
A system and method for a hybrid ring-radiator headphone driver, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
David Zepp
Filed: 21 Aug 23
Utility
Hearing Device with Age Detection
23 Nov 23
A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game, determines an identity and/or an age of a gamer that is wearing the gaming headset, and configures operation of the gaming headset based on the determined identity and/or age of the gamer.
Richard Kulavik, Michael A. Jessup
Filed: 1 Aug 23
Utility
Electronic device charging via an audio jack
21 Nov 23
An electronic device may comprise audio processing circuitry and a universal serial bus (USB) connector having a first contact and a second contact.
Richard Kulavik
Filed: 12 May 22
Utility
Headset and Method for Operating a Headset
16 Nov 23
A gaming unit and producing a game-audio output of a varying volume level and a chat-voice output is connected to headphones adapted to be worn by a player of the unit and connected to the gaming unit for making the chat-voice output and the game-audio output audible to the player.
Carmine J. Bonanno
Filed: 20 Jul 23
Utility
Parametric Signal Processing Systems and Methods
16 Nov 23
A method for generating a modulated carrier signal that can be emitted as a parametric wave includes measuring an average amplitude of an audio signal, and adjusting an average amplitude of a carrier signal based on the average amplitude of the audio signal.
Elwood G. NORRIS
Filed: 16 May 23
Utility
Method and system for dynamic control of game audio based on audio analysis
14 Nov 23
A headset, during play of a particular game, receives a plurality of audio channels carrying game sounds and determines whether a first of the game sounds overwhelms a second of the game sounds.
Richard Kulavik, Shobha Kuruba
Filed: 1 Jul 22
Utility
Method and system for a headset with profanity filter
7 Nov 23
A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game.
Richard Kulavik, Michael A. Jessup
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Utility
Eyewear accommodating headset
31 Oct 23
Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support.
Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
Filed: 11 Aug 22
Utility
Headset with force isolation
31 Oct 23
A method and system is disclosed for a headset with force isolation, where the headset comprises a headband having two upper headband sections coupled by a center block and two ear cups, where each ear cup is coupled to one of the two upper headband sections.
Scot Cochran, Tim Wiley, Andy Logan
Filed: 14 Jan 22
Utility
Video game controller with audio control
24 Oct 23
This disclosure describes a system that allows a user to control the audio of a headset from a game controller.
Andrew Brian Young, Stephen Thomas Bright
Filed: 16 Sep 21
Utility
Method and system for a headset with integrated environmental sensors
17 Oct 23
An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device.
Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup
Filed: 3 Sep 21
Utility
Headset Dynamic Windowing
12 Oct 23
Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.
Juergen STARK, Michael STARK
Filed: 27 Mar 23
Utility
Headset with programmable microphone modes
3 Oct 23
A method and system for a headset with programmable modes, where the headset comprises a beamforming microphone: sensing an ambient sound level near the headset, and configuring the headset in one of a plurality of modes by configuring a beam pattern of the beamforming microphone based on at least the sensed ambient noise level.
Shobha Devi Kuruba Buchannagari, Richard Kulavik
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Gaming headset with programmable audio paths
3 Oct 23
A headset having game, chat and microphone audio signals is provided with a programmable signal processor for individually modifying the audio signals and a memory configured to store a plurality of user-selectable signal-processing parameter settings that determine the manner in which the audio signals will be altered by the signal processor.
Carmine J. Bonanno
Filed: 18 Oct 21
Utility
Method and Apparatus for an Ultrasonic Emitter System Floor Audio Unit
21 Sep 23
Methods and systems are provided for audio devices with enhanced directional operations.
Juergen Stark
Filed: 23 May 23
Utility
Independent Game and Chat Volume Control
14 Sep 23
Methods and systems are provided for independent audio volume control.
Shobha Devi Kuruba Buchannagari, Kevin Robertson, Scott Warren
Filed: 19 May 23