公开(公告)号：WO2021061654A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：PCT/US2020/052015

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： SHRINER, Paul A. ,  HAUBRICH, Gregory J.

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  H04B7/04

Abstract: A system comprises a first hearing device and a second hearing device each comprising a housing configured to be supported at, on or in the wearer's ear, a processor, memory, a radio frequency transceiver, and an antenna arrangement disposed in or on the housing and coupled to the transceiver and the processor. The antenna arrangement comprises an antenna coupled to a phase shifter. The processor is configured to adjust a phase shift of the phase shifter. The system also comprises a clock synchronization link between the transceivers, a second link configured to communicate received signal information between the transceivers, and a master processor defined by the processor of the first or second hearing device. The master processor is configured to cause the first and second hearing devices to operate the antenna arrangements as a phased array antenna arrangement via the clock synchronization link and the second link.

公开(公告)号：WO2021011546A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：PCT/US2020/041951

申请日：2020-07-14

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： XUE, Dong ,  YANG, Zhenchao ,  HAUBRICH, Gregory J. ,  FLOOD, Stephen Paul

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a wireless transceiver operably coupled to an antenna. The device is configured to transmit, from the transceiver to the antenna, signals at a plurality of different frequencies in accordance with a frequency hopping sequence. The device is configured collect two-dimensional (2-D) reflection coefficient data comprising a reflection coefficient of the antenna as a function of frequency and of time in response to transmission of the signals. The device is configured to detect a particular input gesture of a plurality of input gestures of the wearer using the 2-D reflection coefficient data, and implement a predetermined function of the ear-worn electronic device in response to detecting the particular input gesture.

公开(公告)号：EP4000278A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-25

申请号：EP20753528.7

申请日：2020-07-14

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： XUE, Dong ,  YANG, Zhenchao ,  HAUBRICH, Gregory J. ,  FLOOD, Stephen Paul

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F3/01