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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7746653 | Clamp for electrical devices An assembly for clamping electrical components against a heat-dissipating surface of a heat sink may include the heat sink, one or more electrical components, two or more springs, and a fastener. Each of the springs may include a first surface, and a second surface ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7499553 | Sound event detector system The beginning detection, accommodation and frequency bias properties of the human hearing mechanism have been modeled to create systems that can detect directional transients (“sound events”) in a sound field and localize them. These systems break down a sound f... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7463975 | Navigation system with acoustic route information A navigation system (100) capable of providing acoustic route information summarizing a route to a predetermined destination. The navigation system (100) includes a route calculation module (110) that is capable of calculating a route to a trip ... | 12/09/2008 |
| D581920 | Vehicle media hub | 12/02/2008 |
| D581905 | Audio and docking station for a handheld electronic device | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454273 | Informed memory access for vehicle electronic modules A vehicle electronic module receives vehicle bus messages from a vehicle communication bus interface. The vehicle bus messages may include vehicle status data. The electronic module may determine whether a memory safety condition has been met based on the vehicle st... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454022 | Multi-mode ambient soundstage system A multi-mode sound reproduction device is disclosed including a direct radiation sound device, a diffuse radiation sound device and a selection device in signal communication with both the direct radiation sound device and diffuse radiation sound device, the selecti... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451006 | Sound processing system using distortion limiting techniques A sound processing system reduces speaker distortion at high volume levels by attenuating the filter gain and/or tone of audio and mixed output signals. The sound processing system has one or more filters to attenuate the filter gain and tone in response to the high... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450729 | Low-profile transducer One embodiment of a low-profile transducer includes a at least one fin perpendicularly mounted on a planar diaphragm, with a voice coil mounted onto the fin. The voice coil may reside in a strong uniform magnetic field. The locations at which the diaphragm is connec... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450727 | Multichannel downmixing device A method and system are provided for generating one or more mix coefficients for downmixing a multichannel input signal having a plurality of input channels, to an output signal having a plurality of output channels. Mix coefficients may be generated responsive to a... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447321 | Sound processing system for configuration of audio signals in a vehicle A sound processing system for a vehicle includes a sound processor that is configured to mix at least one real audio input signal to form at least one virtual output signal. At least one audio signal that is available to drive at least one loudspeaker may be formed ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447318 | System for using digital signal processing to compensate for power compression of loudspeakers This invention provides a compensation system capable of compensating for power loss due to the power compression effects of the voice coil as the temperature of the voice coil increases. To compensate for the power compression effect, the invention predicts or esti... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443987 | Discrete surround audio system for home and automotive listening A sound processing system increases the robustness of surround sound in various playback situations. The system may process an incoming signal, such as a five channel surround sound signal, with a first and a second matrix. The first and second matrices produce outp... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439698 | Electric motor system An electric motor system having a rotor with a plurality of permanent magnets, and a stator having a winding through which current is flowing for driving the rotor. A control unit controls the current flowing through the winding. The control unit employs a first fil... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438155 | Tangential stress reduction system in a loudspeaker suspension A speaker system is provided, including a suspension element having an outer edge and an inner edge. The suspension element, such as a spider or surround, varies in shape along at least a portion of the suspension element to help relieve both the radial and tangenti... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434166 | Wireless presentation system A system and method for interactive management of multiple wireless devices (such as PDA's or desktop or laptop computers) making graphical or video presentations while connected wirelessly to a display device whose wireless module converts the transmitted data from... | 10/07/2008 |
| D574795 | Portable DVD player | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412065 | Acoustic transducer with folded diaphragm One embodiment of a low-profile transducer includes a at least one fin perpendicularly mounted on a planar diaphragm, with a voice coil mounted onto the fin. The voice coil may reside in a strong uniform magnetic field. The locations at which the diaphragm is connec... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403400 | Series interleaved boost converter power factor correcting power supply A power factor correcting power supply includes an input stage power converter and an output stage power converter. The input stage power converter includes a plurality of series connected boost switches and a power factor correction controller. The power factor cor... | 07/22/2008 |
| D573592 | Audio component front face | 07/22/2008 |
| D572706 | Microphone | 07/08/2008 |
| D572116 | Microphone clamp plate | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394658 | Heat sink with twist lock mounting mechanism A heat sink with a twist lock mounting mechanism. An electronic device may be mounted to the heat sink without the use of external fasteners, such as screws or rivets. Instead of using external fasteners, the heat sink includes resilient mounting flanges for securin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391869 | Base management systems Sound processing systems have been developed that create a surround effect without quality degradation experienced by known sound processing systems in non-optimum listening environments. The sound processing systems may include matrix decoding systems that manipula... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386133 | System for determining the position of a sound source A method and system for determining the position of a sound source in relation to a reference position, comprising the steps of generating a sound signal emitted from the sound source, detecting the emitted sound signal, processing the sound signal by the use of a p... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386132 | 5-2-5 matrix encoder and decoder system A sound reproduction system has been developed, for converting signals on two input channels into surround signals on five or seven output channels and vice-versa. A decoder is included in the sound reproduction system which enhances the correlated component of the ... | 06/10/2008 |
| D569370 | Portion of an audio mixer | 05/20/2008 |
| D568873 | Portion of an audio mixer | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373123 | Multiple tuners in a single radio receiver A radio receiver having multiple AM/FM tuners. A first tuner and a second tuner may be connected with an antenna for generating a first and second composite audio output signal. A dual input digital signal processor may be connected with the first tuner and the seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373210 | Effects and recording system An effects and recording system is provided which is capable of recording at least one of a received audio signal and a processed audio signal generated by the application of musical effects to the received audio signal. The audio signal may be captured from any dev... | 05/13/2008 |
| D568885 | Controller for playback device and display | 05/13/2008 |
| D568293 | Loudspeaker housing | 05/06/2008 |
| D568294 | Loudspeaker housing | 05/06/2008 |
| D568289 | Loudspeaker housing | 05/06/2008 |
| D565549 | Loudspeaker housing | 04/01/2008 |
| D565027 | Portion of a loudspeaker housing | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336793 | Loudspeaker system for virtual sound synthesis A sound system obtains a desired sound field from an array of sound sources arranged on a panel. The desired sound field allows a listener to perceive the sound as if the sound were coming from a live source and from a specified location. Setup of the sound system i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333620 | Acoustic transducer with mechanical balancing One embodiment of a low-profile transducer includes a at least one fin perpendicularly mounted on a planar diaphragm, with a voice coil mounted onto the fin. The voice coil may reside in a strong uniform magnetic field. The locations at which the diaphragm is connec... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333626 | Arbitrary coverage angle sound integrator A system is disclosed for changing a coverage angle of sound produced from a loudspeaker system. The loudspeaker system includes an enclosure that projects sound at a predetermined angle. A sound integrator includes an inner surface positioned adjacent to a mid-rang... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333618 | Ambient noise sound level compensation Systems and methods for ambient noise compensation are disclosed. One example of a system includes a variable amplifier, a source sound processor, an area sound processor, and an adjustment circuit. The variable amplifier adjusts an audio input signal to generate an... | 02/19/2008 |
