Michael J. Smithers

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Kareela, AU

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Methods and devices for bass management
- Patent number 11,477,601
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Charles Q. Robinson
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Reducing unwanted sound transmission
- Patent number 11,463,832
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Loudspeaker excursion protection
- Patent number 11,184,706
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Brian George Arnott
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Upward firing loudspeaker having asymmetric dispersion for reflecte...
- Patent number 11,006,212
- Issue date May 11, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Reducing unwanted sound transmission
- Patent number 10,959,034
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Audio speaker with full-range upward firing driver for reflected so...
- Patent number 10,880,636
- Issue date Dec 29, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Multi-driver loudspeaker with cross-coupled dual wave-columns
- Patent number 10,812,895
- Issue date Oct 20, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- James J. Croft
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...
- Patent number RE48271
- Issue date Oct 20, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Corey I. Cheng
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Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...
- Patent number RE48210
- Issue date Sep 15, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Corey I. Cheng
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Planar loudspeaker manifold for improved sound dispersion
- Patent number 10,602,263
- Issue date Mar 24, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Passive and active virtual height filter systems for upward firing...
- Patent number 10,595,128
- Issue date Mar 17, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Upward firing loudspeaker having asymmetric dispersion for reflecte...
- Patent number 10,425,723
- Issue date Sep 24, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Passive and active virtual height filter systems for upward firing...
- Patent number 10,313,793
- Issue date Jun 4, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Device and method for tuning a frequency-dependent attenuation stage
- Patent number 10,283,137
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Jyri Tapani Pakarinen
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal
- Patent number 10,090,817
- Issue date Oct 2, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Reflected sound rendering using downward firing drivers
- Patent number 9,986,338
- Issue date May 29, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Warren Mansfield
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal
- Patent number 9,960,742
- Issue date May 1, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...
- Patent number RE46684
- Issue date Jan 23, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Corey I. Cheng
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Adaptive processing with multiple media processing nodes
- Patent number 9,842,596
- Issue date Dec 12, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Jeffrey Riedmiller
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal
- Patent number 9,806,688
- Issue date Oct 31, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Loudspeaker horn and cabinet
- Patent number 9,754,578
- Issue date Sep 5, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals
- Patent number 9,584,083
- Issue date Feb 28, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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Audio data hiding based on perceptual masking and detection based o...
- Patent number 9,564,139
- Issue date Feb 7, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Regunathan Radhakrishnan
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Audio signal loudness determination and modification in the frequen...
- Patent number 9,306,524
- Issue date Apr 5, 2016
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Audio data hiding based on perceptual masking and detection based o...
- Patent number 9,269,363
- Issue date Feb 23, 2016
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Regunathan Radhakrishnan
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Audio signal loudness determination and modification in the frequen...
- Patent number 8,892,426
- Issue date Nov 18, 2014
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Controlling the loudness of an audio signal in response to spectral...
- Patent number 8,761,415
- Issue date Jun 24, 2014
- Dolby Laboratories Corporation
- Michael Smithers
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Grant
Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals
- Patent number 8,731,215
- Issue date May 20, 2014
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan Jeffrey Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals
- Patent number 8,600,074
- Issue date Dec 3, 2013
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Audio-peak limiting in slow and fast stages
- Patent number 8,488,811
- Issue date Jul 16, 2013
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael John Smithers
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES
- Publication number 20250069607
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
- Jeffrey Riedmiller
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
A METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO FOR PLAYBACK OF IMMERSIVE AUDIO
- Publication number 20240373184
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BASS MANAGEMENT
- Publication number 20210345060
- Publication date Nov 4, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Charles Q. ROBINSON
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES
- Publication number 20210280200
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Jeffrey Riedmiller
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
LOUDSPEAKER EXCURSION PROTECTION
- Publication number 20210211802
- Publication date Jul 8, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Brian George ARNOTT
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
Reducing Unwanted Sound Transmission
- Publication number 20210211822
- Publication date Jul 8, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
REDUCING UNWANTED SOUND TRANSMISSION
- Publication number 20200359154
- Publication date Nov 12, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip BROWN
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUDIO SPEAKER WITH FULL-RANGE UPWARD FIRING DRIVER FOR REFLECTED SO...
- Publication number 20200084538
- Publication date Mar 12, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- C. Phillip Brown
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
MULTI-DRIVER LOUDSPEAKER WITH CROSS-COUPLED DUAL WAVE-COLUMNS
- Publication number 20200029150
- Publication date Jan 23, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- James J. CROFT
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
UPWARD FIRING LOUDSPEAKER HAVING ASYMMETRIC DISPERSION FOR REFLECTE...
- Publication number 20200021909
- Publication date Jan 16, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. SMITHERS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VIRTUAL HEIGHT FILTER SYSTEMS FOR UPWARD FIRING...
- Publication number 20190289397
- Publication date Sep 19, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. SMITHERS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PLANAR LOUDSPEAKER MANIFOLD FOR IMPROVED SOUND DISPERSION
- Publication number 20190052956
- Publication date Feb 14, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. SMITHERS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
UPWARD FIRING LOUDSPEAKER HAVING ASYMMETRIC DISPERSION FOR REFLECTE...
- Publication number 20180242077
- Publication date Aug 23, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. SMITHERS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
System And Method For Leveling Loudness Variation In An Audio Signal
- Publication number 20180234065
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES
- Publication number 20180068666
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Jeffrey Riedmiller
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELING LOUDNESS VARIATION IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL
- Publication number 20180034429
- Publication date Feb 1, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
LOUDSPEAKER WITH NARROW DISPERSION
- Publication number 20170251296
- Publication date Aug 31, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Passive and Active Virtual Height Filter Systems for Upward Firing...
- Publication number 20170208392
- Publication date Jul 20, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. SMITHERS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Device and Method for Tuning a Frequency-Dependent Attenuation Stage
- Publication number 20170061982
- Publication date Mar 2, 2017
- DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
- Jyri Tapani PAKARINEN
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
REFLECTED SOUND RENDERING USING DOWNWARD FIRING DRIVERS
- Publication number 20170026750
- Publication date Jan 26, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Warren MANSFIELD
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUDIO DATA HIDING BASED ON PERCEPTUAL MASKING AND DETECTION BASED O...
- Publication number 20160111102
- Publication date Apr 21, 2016
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Regunathan Radhakrishnan
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
Loudspeaker Horn and Cabinet
- Publication number 20150195643
- Publication date Jul 9, 2015
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael Smithers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUDIO SIGNAL LOUDNESS DETERMINATION AND MODIFICATION IN THE FREQUEN...
- Publication number 20150106083
- Publication date Apr 16, 2015
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael J. Smithers
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELING LOUDNESS VARIATION IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL
- Publication number 20150078585
- Publication date Mar 19, 2015
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Andrew P. Reilly
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals
- Publication number 20140211946
- Publication date Jul 31, 2014
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Audio Data Hiding Based on Perceptual Masking and Detection based o...
- Publication number 20140129011
- Publication date May 8, 2014
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Regunathan Radhakrishnan
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES
- Publication number 20130246077
- Publication date Sep 19, 2013
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Jeffrey Riedmiller
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals
- Publication number 20120106743
- Publication date May 3, 2012
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan Jeffrey Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Controlling the Loudness of an Audio Signal in Response to Spectral...
- Publication number 20120039490
- Publication date Feb 16, 2012
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Michael Smithers
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals
- Publication number 20110311062
- Publication date Dec 22, 2011
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan Jeffrey Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Michael J. Smithers

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Methods and devices for bass management

Reducing unwanted sound transmission

Loudspeaker excursion protection

Upward firing loudspeaker having asymmetric dispersion for reflecte...

Reducing unwanted sound transmission

Audio speaker with full-range upward firing driver for reflected so...

Multi-driver loudspeaker with cross-coupled dual wave-columns

Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...

Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...

Planar loudspeaker manifold for improved sound dispersion

Passive and active virtual height filter systems for upward firing...

Upward firing loudspeaker having asymmetric dispersion for reflecte...

Passive and active virtual height filter systems for upward firing...

Device and method for tuning a frequency-dependent attenuation stage

System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal

Reflected sound rendering using downward firing drivers

System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal

Coding techniques using estimated spectral magnitude and phase deri...

Adaptive processing with multiple media processing nodes

System and method for leveling loudness variation in an audio signal

Loudspeaker horn and cabinet

Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals

Audio data hiding based on perceptual masking and detection based o...

Audio signal loudness determination and modification in the frequen...

Audio data hiding based on perceptual masking and detection based o...

Audio signal loudness determination and modification in the frequen...

Controlling the loudness of an audio signal in response to spectral...

Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals

Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals

Audio-peak limiting in slow and fast stages

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES

A METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO FOR PLAYBACK OF IMMERSIVE AUDIO

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BASS MANAGEMENT

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES

LOUDSPEAKER EXCURSION PROTECTION

Reducing Unwanted Sound Transmission

REDUCING UNWANTED SOUND TRANSMISSION

AUDIO SPEAKER WITH FULL-RANGE UPWARD FIRING DRIVER FOR REFLECTED SO...

MULTI-DRIVER LOUDSPEAKER WITH CROSS-COUPLED DUAL WAVE-COLUMNS

UPWARD FIRING LOUDSPEAKER HAVING ASYMMETRIC DISPERSION FOR REFLECTE...

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VIRTUAL HEIGHT FILTER SYSTEMS FOR UPWARD FIRING...

PLANAR LOUDSPEAKER MANIFOLD FOR IMPROVED SOUND DISPERSION

UPWARD FIRING LOUDSPEAKER HAVING ASYMMETRIC DISPERSION FOR REFLECTE...

System And Method For Leveling Loudness Variation In An Audio Signal

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELING LOUDNESS VARIATION IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL

LOUDSPEAKER WITH NARROW DISPERSION

Passive and Active Virtual Height Filter Systems for Upward Firing...

Device and Method for Tuning a Frequency-Dependent Attenuation Stage

REFLECTED SOUND RENDERING USING DOWNWARD FIRING DRIVERS

AUDIO DATA HIDING BASED ON PERCEPTUAL MASKING AND DETECTION BASED O...

Loudspeaker Horn and Cabinet

AUDIO SIGNAL LOUDNESS DETERMINATION AND MODIFICATION IN THE FREQUEN...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELING LOUDNESS VARIATION IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL

Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals

Audio Data Hiding Based on Perceptual Masking and Detection based o...

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODES

Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals

Controlling the Loudness of an Audio Signal in Response to Spectral...

Loudness Modification of Multichannel Audio Signals