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SHEAFFER JONATHAN D
US47 patents
Patents
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Audio system having audio and ranging components
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Private conversations in a virtual setting
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Privacy with extra-aural speakers
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Device to determine user-specific HRTF based on combined geometric data
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Adjusting audio transparency based on content
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Audio system and method of generating an HRTF map
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Processing of audio signals for spatial audio
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Intelligent audio rendering for video recording
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Real-time acoustic simulation of edge diffraction
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System to move sound into and out of a listener's head using a virtual acoustic system
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Acoustic identification of audio products
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Adjusting audio transparency based on content
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Bone conduction transducers for privacy
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Intelligent audio rendering for video recording
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System and method of determining head-related transfer function parameter based on in-situ binaural recordings
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Head related transfer function selection for binaural sound reproduction
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US10665250B2May 26, 2020
Real-time feedback during audio recording, and related devices and systems
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US12010494B1Jun 11, 2024
Audio system to determine spatial audio filter based on user-specific acoustic transfer function
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Navigation assistance using spatial audio
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Method and system for generating spatial procedural audio
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Intelligent augmented audio conference calling using headphones
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Privacy with extra-aural speakers
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Bone conduction transducers for privacy
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Joint processing of optical and acoustic microphone signals
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US12061278B1Aug 13, 2024
Acoustic identification of audio products
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Bone conduction transducers for privacy
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Binaural audio using an arbitrarily shaped microphone array
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Audio capture with multiple devices
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Self-calibrating microphone and loudspeaker arrays for wearable audio devices
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Spatial audio file format for storing capture metadata
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Self-calibrating microphone and loudspeaker arrays for wearable audio devices
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System to move sound into and out of a listener's head using a virtual acoustic system
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System to move sound into and out of a listener's head using a virtual acoustic system
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Spatially biased sound pickup for binaural video recording
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US12556878B2Feb 17, 2026
Determining a virtual listening environment
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Logic for reverberation time estimation
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Ray tracing for shared reverberation
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US11252525B2Feb 15, 2022
Compressing spatial acoustic transfer functions
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US12089032B1Sep 10, 2024
Estimating room acoustic material properties
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US12356166B1Jul 8, 2025
Method and system for generating spatial procedural audio
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US12283289B2Apr 22, 2025
Separating and rendering voice and ambience signals by offsetting impact of device movements
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Automatic acoustic handoff
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Shared point of view
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US12549897B2Feb 10, 2026
Device-independent audio for electronic devices
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Apple dual concentric spherical microphone array
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Headphone speech listening
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Recording musical instruments using a microphone array in a device
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