公开(公告)号：US10735871B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US15071107

申请日：2016-03-15

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Trevor Webster ,  Sasidhar Vajha ,  Jeffrey Paul Solum ,  Gregory John Haubrich

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing assistance device such as a hearing aid includes an antenna system that has an adaptive antenna configuration that can be dynamically optimized for communicating with one or more other devices at different locations. The hearing assistance device determines an approximately optimal antenna configuration and adjusts the antenna configuration to that approximately optimal antenna configuration using one or more switches coupled between the antenna system and a communication circuit of the hearing assistance device.

公开(公告)号：US10728642B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16135784

申请日：2018-09-19

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum ,  Yoshi Kasahara ,  Christopher D. Young ,  Gregory John Haubrich ,  Preetham Varghese

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G16H40/63 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/20 ,  H02J7/10

Abstract: A portable case for storing hearing assistance devices is described that includes at least one retention structure configured to retain at least part of a hearing assistance device, one or more communication units configured to exchange information between the portable case and one or more external devices, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: detect when the at least one retention structure shares an electrical connection with the at least part of the hearing assistance device that is retained by the at least one retention structure; and responsive to receiving data, from the hearing assistance device, via the electrical connection, while the at least part of the hearing assistance device is retained by the at least one retention structure, cause the one or more communication units to communicate with exchange the information data between the portable case and the one or more external devices.

公开(公告)号：US20200236479A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16714339

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Justin R. Burwinkel ,  Penny A. Tyson ,  Buye Xu ,  Darrell R. Bennington

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G08B21/04

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to devices and related systems and methods for detecting falls. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance device is included having a first control circuit and a first motion sensor. The first motion sensor can be disposed in a fixed position relative to a head of a subject wearing the hearing assistance device. A first microphone and a first transducer for generating sound can be in operational communication with the first control circuit. The first control circuit can be configured to evaluate data from one or more sensors to detect a possible fall of a subject in physical contact with the hearing assistance device. The device can be configured to wirelessly transmit data regarding a possible fall to another device including an indication of whether the possible fall was detected binaurally or monoaurally. Other embodiments are included herein.

公开(公告)号：US10694300B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15963461

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04B7/26

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the wireless communication of information for a hearing assistance device including a multi-mode radio adapted to provide communications at different frequencies using frequency control. In applications of hearing aids, the processor is adapted to perform correction of sound for a hearing impaired user. In certain examples the present subject matter provides an inductive portion for inductive communications. In various applications the multi-mode radio can be used for long range and short range communications.

公开(公告)号：US20200186903A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16213719

申请日：2018-12-07

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins ,  David Tourtelotte ,  Mohammed Alshehri ,  Mark Farley

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

Abstract: An ear-wearable device includes a shell shaped for wearing in a user's ear. The shell comprises a tunnel wall shaped to define a tunnel that passes through the ear-wearable device. The tunnel wall defines one or more contact pin apertures through which distal ends of two or more contact pins pass. One or more electrical components are encased within the shell. The contact pins are conductors from the one or more electrical components. The distal ends of the contact pins are positioned to make electrical contact with terminals of a cable plug that is removably inserted into the tunnel.

公开(公告)号：US10652677B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15336281

申请日：2016-10-27

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Marxen ,  Brian Kaspari

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: Various embodiments of a hearing assistance device and a method of forming such device are disclosed. The hearing assistance device can provide sound to an ear of a patient. The device includes a housing adapted to be worn on or behind the ear, hearing assistance components enclosed in the housing, and an earmold adapted to be worn in the ear. The device further includes a sound tube adapted to transmit sound from the housing to the earmold, and an earhook adapted to connect the housing to the sound tube. The earmold and the sound tube are printed three dimensionally (3D) as one piece that is custom fit for the patient using a computer-aided design software (CAD) model. Further, a first end of the sound tube is integral with the earmold.

公开(公告)号：US20200059742A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16665646

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Paul Flood

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q9/28 ,  H01Q1/27

Abstract: A hearing aid is described which incorporates an antenna integrated into the housing that is configured to radiate with linear polarization such that the electric field is perpendicular to the head of a wearer. The described technique results in lower propagation losses from ear to ear and an improvement in ear-to-ear communications using a far-field link (e.g., in the 2.4 GHz band).

公开(公告)号：US20200059741A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16554688

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Beau Jay Polinske ,  Jorge F. Sanguino ,  Jay Rabel ,  Jeffrey Paul Solum ,  Michael Helgeson ,  David Tourtelotte

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises a housing, a power source, a radio circuit, an antenna and a transmission line. The radio circuit is within the housing and electrically connected to the power source. The antenna has an aperture, and the radio circuit is at least substantially within the aperture. The transmission line electrically connects to the antenna to the radio circuit. Various antenna embodiments include a flex circuit antenna.

公开(公告)号：US10567891B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US16213672

申请日：2018-12-07

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jay Stewart ,  Michael Karl Sacha

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-wearable device includes a shell shaped for wearing in a user's ear. The shell comprises a tunnel wall shaped to define a tunnel that passes through the ear-wearable device. The ear-wearable device includes a receiver coil that is formed in or around the tunnel wall of the tunnel. The receiver coil is configured to inductively couple with a power coil via the tunnel and to inductively receive electromagnetic power from the power coil, and the receiver coil is configured to convert the electromagnetic power to an electrical current. The ear-wearable device includes one or more electrical components encased within the shell and configured to receive the electrical current from the receiver coil.

公开(公告)号：US20200045484A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16537973

申请日：2019-08-12

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Swapan Gandhi ,  Karrie LaRae Recker ,  Donald James Reynolds

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The present subject matter provides a hearing device with selective adjustment of processor settings based on various characteristics of an input sound, in response to adjustment of output sound volume by a user. This addresses problems of undesirable sound effects resulting from applying same changes to processor settings to input sounds of all levels, frequencies, and classes.