Application number: 20080239876

Abstract: An acoustic human and animal behavior modification system that is capable of creating a zone of exclusion immediately adjacent a surface vehicle comprises an array of acoustic transducers disposed on the vehicle in a location not readily seen nor accessible by humans adjacent the vehicle, and is configured to project an acoustic output radially outward in a radial sector at sound pressure levels above the ordinary human pain threshold to motivate animals and humans to move away from a vehicle or change their behavior.

Type: Application

Filed: September 18, 2007

Issued: October 2, 2008

Assignee: American Technology Corporation

Inventors: Elwood G. Norris, James J. Croft, Norbert P. Daberko, Jeffery A. Belka

Patent number: 5491774

Abstract: A record/playback device for use with a removable, interchangeable, flash memory recording medium which enables extended recording comparable with tape cassette dictating equipment. The device includes a housing, a microphone element, control circuitry and a switch mounted on the housing for selecting desired functional operations. A receiving socket is coupled to memory circuitry associated with the control circuitry and is configured for electrical coupling with a flash memory module adapted for receiving and retaining recorded digital information for storage in nonvolatile forme.

Type: Grant

Filed: April 19, 1994

Issued: February 13, 1996

Assignee: Comp General Corporation

Inventors: Elwood G. Norris, Norbert P. Daberko, Steven T. Brightbill

Patent number: 5742737

Abstract: A solid state digital hand held recording device having a multifunctional switch assembly. A printed circuit board including a microcontroller electrically coupled to switch terminals operates to control the processing of sound into electrical signals and store said signals on a digital recording medium. The switch assembly actuates electrical signals coupled to said microcontroller thereby activating a sequence of actions (a program) stored within read-only memory device. A plurality of programs can be activated to instantaneously begin recording a message, verify the integrity of the recording medium, and index a message being recorded for rapid recall.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 3, 1997

Issued: April 21, 1998

Assignee: Norris Communications Corporation

Inventors: Norbert P. Daberko, Richard K. Davis, Richard D. Bridgewater

Patent number: 8275137

Abstract: A system and methods for distortion reduction in a non-linear audio system are disclosed. A method includes the operation of defining a non-linear system transfer function which relates a system electronic input signal with a system acoustic output over a range in which the system acoustic output is in a transition between non-saturated and saturated conditions in a medium in which the system acoustic output of the non-linear audio system is broadcast. A preprocessing transfer function is created that is the inverse of the non-linear system transfer function. The preprocessing transfer function is applied to the system electronic input signal to reduce the level of harmonic distortion at the system acoustic output.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 24, 2008

Issued: September 25, 2012

Assignee: Parametric Sound Corporation

Inventors: Wensen Liu, Norbert P. Daberko, James J. Croft, III

Patent number: 5842170

Abstract: A method and system for editing messages within a recording system includes a handheld recorder having flash memory and a plurality of memory address pointers for storing messages. The flash memory has a plurality of sequential memory blocks, each memory block has a plurality of memory locations, and the messages are stored as message segments. The plurality of memory address pointers stores an ordered sequence of addresses of said message segments within the flash memory. Upon an edit point being selected within a message at which the message is to be edited, the edit point corresponding to a first location within the message defining an end point of a first message segment, an edited message comprising a second message segment is generated.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 23, 1996

Issued: November 24, 1998

Assignee: Norris Communications Corp.

Inventors: Norbert P. Daberko, Richard K. Davis, Richard D. Bridgewater