Michael John Nolan

US Patent:

7314382, Jan 1, 2008

Filed:

May 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/131760

Inventors:

Michael Nolan - Richardson TX, US

Assignee:

Zyvex Labs, LLC - Richardson TX

International Classification:

H01R 13/627

US Classification:

439353, 977725

Abstract:

An apparatus including a positioner that is transitional from a first positioner orientation towards a second positioner orientation and that comprises a bistable member having a first substantially stable state corresponding to the first positioner orientation and a second substantially stable state corresponding to the second positioner orientation. The apparatus also includes a coupler that is transitional from a first coupler orientation towards a second coupler orientation in response to transition of the bistable-member.

US Patent:

20200201435, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Dec 19, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/720810

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
- New York NY, US
Thomas Quatieri - Newtonville MA, US
Michael Brandstein - Acton MA, US
Paul Calamia - Ashland MA, US
Stephanie Haro - Cambridge MA, US
Michael Nolan - Somerville MA, US
Joseph Perricone - Nashville TN, US
Nima Mesgarani - New York NY, US
James O'Sullivan - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06K 9/62
G06N 3/02

Abstract:

In one aspect of the present disclosure, method includes: receiving neural data responsive to a listener's auditory attention; receiving an acoustic signal responsive to a plurality of acoustic sources; for each of the plurality of acoustic sources: generating, from the received acoustic signal, audio data comprising one or more features of the acoustic source, forming combined data representative of the neural data and the audio data, and providing the combined data to a classification network configured to calculate a similarity score between the neural data and the acoustic source using one or more similarity metrics; and using the similarity scores calculated for each of the acoustic sources to identify, from the plurality of acoustic sources, an acoustic source associated with the listener's auditory attention.

US Patent:

20180063308, Mar 1, 2018

Filed:

Oct 31, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/799801

Inventors:

- Irving TX, US
Weimin Peng - Plano TX, US
Willie Baker - The Colony TX, US
Michael Nolan - Chappaqua NY, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/60
G10L 15/22
G06F 3/0346
G06F 3/01
H04M 19/04

Abstract:

In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a motor; a master control unit coupled to the motor, the master control unit configured to: receive an indication of an incoming call from a mobile device; enable the motor and provide a haptic notification in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call; receive a first command to answer the incoming call; and forward the first command to the mobile device, the first command instructing the mobile device to answer the incoming call and transfer phone and audio functionality for the incoming call to a headset, the headset paired with the mobile device with a pre-established master/slave connection.