Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

Tanner James Cook

Andrew John Healy

Joel A Butler

Gregory J Long

Marcelo Traverso M

Dossym Nurmukhanov

Erich Hubert Vogel

Kenneth Schindler

Andrew Michael Poulain

Luca Revelli

Angela S Williams

Edward John Neary

Angela Sarah Williams

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.

Multi-channel cinema amplifier with power-sharing, messaging and multi-phase power supply

Growing community of inventors

Alameda, CA, United States of America

Tanner James Cook