公开(公告)号：WO2022026231A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：PCT/US2021/042154

申请日：2021-07-19

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： LIN, Andy, S. ,  FLANAGAN, Peter ,  OLSON, Kyle ,  WANG, Fa

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing configured for deployment in, on or about an ear of a wearer and a power source situated in the housing. A sensor is situated in or on the housing and coupled to the power source. The sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal representative of motion of the wearer's head and relative motion between the sensor and skin of the wearer's ear resulting from the wearer's head motion. A controller is situated in the housing and coupled to the power source and the sensor. The controller is configured to assess a fit of the device using the sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：WO2022132271A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：PCT/US2021/051896

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： SACHA, Michael Karl ,  OLSON, Kyle ,  FLANAGAN, Peter ,  WANG, Fa ,  CHRISTENSEN, Ryan

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/0531 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/1455

Abstract: An ear-wearable electronic device includes a first near-field communication (NFC) device and a transfer region configured to facilitate transfer of a wearable sensor unit into an ear of a wearer or onto an outer ear of the wearer or a surface of the wearer's head adjacent the outer ear. The wearable sensor unit comprises electronic circuitry comprising a second NFC device configured to communicatively couple to the first NFC device and facilitate wireless transfer of power from the ear-wearable electronic device to the wearable sensor unit and wireless transfer of data at least from the wearable sensor unit to the ear-wearable electronic device, and one or more sensors configured to measure at least one physiologic parameter or physiologic condition of the wearer. The wearable sensor unit and the ear-wearable electronic device are configured to remain mechanically decoupled from one another subsequent to deployment of the wearable sensor unit.

公开(公告)号：WO2021146140A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：PCT/US2021/012956

申请日：2021-01-11

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： FLANAGAN, Peter ,  OLSON, Kyle ,  SACHA, Michael Karl ,  LIN, Andy S. ,  WANG, Fa

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/01 ,  G01K13/20 ,  B29C35/08 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R2225/31 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/658

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for determining whether a user of a hearing instrument is located either indoors or outdoors. The hearing instrument has an ultraviolet (UV) sensor, a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor and/or a spectrometer to determine whether the user is located indoors or outdoors. The hearing instrument uses energy converted by the UV sensor to charge a power source used by the hearing instrument. The UV sensor is used to determine whether an adhesive is properly cured and thus improve the manufacturing process for the hearing instrument. The UV sensor also works with other onboard sensors, such as the PPG sensor to determine if the user has hair or a head covering which is blocking the hearing instrument. If a user's hair or head covering is detected, the processing circuitry may adjust a pre-established heat balance equation, which determines a user's temperature.

公开(公告)号：EP4189970A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-07

申请号：EP21752817.3

申请日：2021-07-19

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： LIN, Andy, S. ,  FLANAGAN, Peter ,  OLSON, Kyle ,  WANG, Fa

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00

公开(公告)号：EP4091342A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-23

申请号：EP21704065.8

申请日：2021-01-11

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： FLANAGAN, Peter ,  OLSON, Kyle ,  SACHA, Michael Karl ,  LIN, Andy S. ,  WANG, Fa

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/01 ,  G01K13/20 ,  B29C35/08