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公开(公告)号:US11882421B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US18177708
申请日:2023-03-02
Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Edward John Neary , Erich Hubert Vogel , Andrew Michael Poulain , Gregory J. Long , Joel A. Butler , Angela Williams , Luca Revelli , Dossym Nurmukhanov , Tanner James Cook , Marcelo Traverso M. , Kenneth Schindler
CPC classification number: H04R5/04 , H02M1/32 , H03F3/68 , H03G3/007 , H03G3/3005 , H02M1/325 , H02M1/327
Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US20230327353A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18022130
申请日:2021-08-19
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Joel A. Butler , Jeremy David Sommerfeld
CPC classification number: H01R12/73 , H01R12/716 , H04R3/00 , H04R2420/01 , H04R2420/03
Abstract: Embodiments of a configurable loudspeaker using a user orientable routing card that allows for multiple electrical drive modes in a non-powered loudspeaker system. The speaker has one or more drivers mounted in enclosure, an audio input interface configured to be coupled to an audio source through one or more amplifiers, and a connector interface configured to receive a routing card. The routing card is configured to be inserted in a first orientation to connect the audio input interface in a first operating mode with respect to driver selection and connection to the one or more amplifiers, and a second orientation to connect the audio input interface in a second operating mode with respect to driver selection and connection to the one or more amplifiers.
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公开(公告)号:US10321232B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US15562089
申请日:2016-03-30
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Joel A. Butler , Garth Norman Showalter
IPC: H04B3/54 , H04R3/12 , H04R27/00 , G10L19/008
Abstract: Embodiments are described for a hybrid amplification architecture that separates individual audio amplifier stages from the power supply and a simple two- or three-conductor bus that transmits both power and audio signal to a plurality of daisy-chained speakers to playback adaptive audio content in an expanded surround-sound environment including surround and overhead speakers or for use within professional live sound applications and/or distributed audio systems. A control unit generates digital audio and power and transmits both simultaneously over the bus to individual speaker units associated with each speaker. The speaker units recover the power decode the channel assignment to route the audio to the appropriate speakers.
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公开(公告)号:US11601759B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17862812
申请日:2022-07-12
Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Edward John Neary , Erich Hubert Vogel , Andrew Michael Poulain , Gregory J. Long , Joel A. Butler , Angela Williams , Luca Revelli , Dossym Nurmukhanov , Tanner James Cook , Marcelo Traverso M. , Kenneth Schindler
Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US11121620B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16073686
申请日:2017-01-27
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Edward J. Neary , Erich H. Vogel , Andrew M. Poulain , Gregory J. Long , Joel A. Butler , Angela S. Williams , Luca Revelli , Dossym Nurmukhanov , Tanner Cook , Marcelo Traverso M. , Kenneth Schindler
Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US11095264B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-17
申请号:US16957051
申请日:2018-12-19
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Kenneth Schindler , Scott P. Robinson , Joel A. Butler
Abstract: Configurable amplifier systems are described in which the power supply rail of a linear amplifier, e.g., a class A amplifier, is modulated by a switching amplifier, e.g., a class D amplifier, that may also be configured to operate independently of the linear amplifier. Techniques are also described by which the standing current of the output stage of a linear amplifier is modulated based on the input signal to the linear amplifier or based on modulation of the power supply rail of the linear amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:USD1043610S1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US29843395
申请日:2022-06-21
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Designer: Samuel James Fleming Carr , Brian Ruff , Scott Clay Greiner , Joel A. Butler
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of a speaker, showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of a speaker, showing our new design;
FIG. 8 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment of a speaker, showing our new design;
FIG. 14 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 15 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 16 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 17 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 18 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a speaker, showing our new design;
FIG. 20 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 21 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 22 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 23 is a left side elevation view thereof; and,
FIG. 24 is a top plan view thereof.-
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公开(公告)号:US11689860B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17873500
申请日:2022-07-26
Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Edward John Neary , Erich Hubert Vogel , Andrew Michael Poulain , Gregory J. Long , Joel A. Butler , Angela Williams , Luca Revelli , Dossym Nurmukhanov , Tanner James Cook , Marcelo Traverso M. , Kenneth Schindler
CPC classification number: H04R5/04 , H02M1/32 , H03F3/68 , H03G3/007 , H03G3/3005 , H02M1/325 , H02M1/327
Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US11418109B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-16
申请号:US17400856
申请日:2021-08-12
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Edward J. Neary , Erich H. Vogel , Andrew M. Poulain , Gregory J. Long , Joel A. Butler , Angela S. Williams , Luca Revelli , Dossym Nurmukhanov , Tanner Cook , Marcelo Traverso M. , Kenneth Schindler
Abstract: An integrated cinema amplifier comprises a power supply stage that distributes power over a plurality of channels for rendering immersive audio content in a surround sound listening environment. The amplifier automatically detects maximum and net power availability and requirements based on audio content by decoding audio metadata and dynamically adjusts gains to each channel or sets of channels based on content and operational/environmental conditions. A power supply stage provides power to drive a plurality of channels corresponding to speaker feeds to a plurality of speakers. The amplifier has a front panel having an LED array with each LED associated with a respective channel or group of channels of the multi-channel amplifier, and a control unit configured to light the LEDs according to display patterns based on operating status or error conditions of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US11290819B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16073270
申请日:2017-01-27
Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Inventor: Andrew Healy , Andrew Michael Poulain , Joel A. Butler , Dossym Nurmukhanov , James Tanner Cook
IPC: H04R5/04 , G10L19/008 , H03F3/183 , H04R1/02 , H04R5/02 , H04S3/00 , H04S7/00 , H05B47/18 , H05B45/20 , H03F1/52 , H03F3/68
Abstract: Embodiments include a power source outputting power to drive speakers and lights in a venue; a control unit coupled to the power source and outputting multi-channel digital audio data to the speakers and light control data to the lights; and a unitary transmission bus coupling the output of the power source to the speakers and the lights and transmitting the power, the digital audio data, and the light control data to the speakers and the lights. The lighting control data comprises metadata superimposed over the digital audio data and power. Other actuators besides lights may also be used such as e.g. steam/water generators, smell/aroma generators, prop movements, LCD displays, hologram generators, and the like.
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