Jeffrey Voris

US Patent:

20100064239, Mar 11, 2010

Filed:

Sep 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/206636

Inventors:

David W. Crawford - Long Beach CA, US
Roger S. Holzberg - Burbank CA, US
Jeffrey Voris - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715771

Abstract:

A system and method for accessing digital media based on the time and location the media was captured. The digital media is associated with time and location information. The media is presented along with a geographical representation of where the media was captured and an indication of time when the media was captured.

US Patent:

20130236040, Sep 12, 2013

Filed:

Mar 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/415128

Inventors:

David W. Crawford - Long Beach CA, US
Amber Samdahl - La Canada Flintridge CA, US
Jeffrey Voris - Pasadena CA, US
Istvan B. Kadar - Glendale CA, US
Kenny Mitchell - Edinburgh, GB

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

H04R 5/02

US Classification:

381310

Abstract:

An augmented reality (AR) audio system for augmenting environment or ambient sound with sounds from a virtual speaker or sound source positioned at a location in the space surrounding an AR participant. The sound from the virtual speaker may be triggered by an action of the listener and/or by the location or relative orientation of the listener. The AR audio system includes stereo earphones receiving an augmented audio track from a control unit, and binaural microphones are provided to capture ambient sounds. The control unit operates to process trigger signals and retrieve one or more augmentation sounds. The control unit uses an AR audio mixer to combine the ambient sound from the microphones with the augmentation sounds to generate left and right ear augmented audio or binaural audio, which may be modified for acoustic effects of the environment including virtual objects in the environment or virtual characteristics of real objects.

US Patent:

20180103287, Apr 12, 2018

Filed:

Oct 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/291235

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
JEFFREY L. VORIS - LOS ANGELES CA, US
JOHN DAVID SMITH - BURBANK CA, US
ZACHERY W. KENNEDY - LOS ANGELES CA, US
PRESTON TIMOTHY LANDRY - THREE RIVERS CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/43
G11B 27/24
H05B 37/02
H04N 5/44
H04N 9/31
H04N 21/41

Abstract:

A show system or in-room entertainment or show system configured to provide engaging and immersive multimedia shows or presentations in nearly any space (or “room”) that is defined by one or more walls. The in-room show system generally includes a controller for selectively operating a display device (e.g., a television or the like), a video projector, an audio system (e.g., one or more speakers), and other show components (e.g., one or more lights, a fan, a mechanical device, and so on). Media content is predefined for the room, and the controller operates (such as in response to a triggering switch or remote control device that may take the form of a show prop activated by someone in the room) to serve the media content to tell a story and/or magically transform the space into a multidimensional and immersive entertainment space.

US Patent:

20150334549, Nov 19, 2015

Filed:

May 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/281495

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
Jeffrey Voris - Los Angeles CA, US
Benjamin F. Christen - Los Angeles CA, US
Robert P. Michel - Toluca Lake CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

H04W 8/00
G01S 5/02
H04W 52/02

Abstract:

There is provided a system including a mobile device configured to transmit a first advertisement to a listening device and a repeater device, receive a data advertisement from the listening device in response to transmitting the first advertisement to the listening device, the data advertisement including a time difference between the listening device receiving the first advertisement and the listening device receiving a second advertisement transmitted from the repeater device in response to transmitting the first advertisement from the mobile device to the repeater device, and determine a location of the mobile device using the data advertisement including the time difference. In the system, the listening device and the repeater device may each include Bluetooth low energy devices.