公开(公告)号：US09843875B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14866678

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Kelly Fitz

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/35 ,  H04R25/353 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a binaurally coordinated frequency translation for hearing assistance devices. In various method embodiments, an audio input signal is received at a first hearing assistance device for a wearer. The audio input signal is analyzed and a first set of target parameters is calculated. A third set of target parameters is derived from the first set and a second set of calculated target parameters received from a second hearing assistance device using a programmable criteria, and frequency lowered auditory cues are generated using the third set of target parameters. The derived third set of target parameters is used in both the first hearing assistance device and the second hearing assistance device for binaurally coordinated frequency lowering.

公开(公告)号：US20170339497A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15614200

申请日：2017-06-05

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Ivo Merks

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L25/78 ,  H04R3/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  G10L25/78 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/43

Abstract: An example of an apparatus configured to be worn by a person who has an ear and an ear canal includes a first microphone adapted to be worn about the ear of the person, and a second microphone adapted to be worn at a different location than the first microphone. The apparatus includes a sound processor adapted to process signals from the first microphone to produce a processed sound signal, a receiver adapted to convert the processed sound signal into an audible signal to the wearer of the hearing assistance device, and a voice detector to detect the voice of the wearer. The voice detector includes an adaptive filter to receive signals from the first microphone and the second microphone.

公开(公告)号：US09794697B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US14797816

申请日：2015-07-13

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04B17/309

CPC classification number: H04R25/305 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/55 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2460/05

Abstract: Various system embodiments comprise a plurality of devices adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other. The plurality of devices includes a battery-operated hearing assistance device adapted to be worn by a person. The hearing aid device includes a signal processing circuitry connected to a microphone and a receiver. At least one of the plurality of devices includes a link quality management device adapted to assess a link quality for a first wireless communication channel, provide channel metrics indicative of the assessed quality for the first wireless communication channel, and adjust wireless communication over the first wireless communication channel using the channel metrics for the first wireless communication channel.

公开(公告)号：US09774961B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-26

申请号：US15019895

申请日：2016-02-09

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum ,  Stephen Paul Flood

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for relaying wireless communication from ear-to-ear for hearing assistance devices using an intermediate device. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method of using a first hearing assistance device in a first ear of a wearer to communicate with a second hearing assistance device in a second ear of the wearer using wireless communication, and determining whether quality of the communication between the devices has fallen below a programmable threshold such that communication can be improved by relaying the communication using an external intermediary device such as a smart phone. One method of determining the quality is to monitor a number of retransmissions that are used to maintain communication between the left and right devices.

公开(公告)号：US20170272872A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15071030

申请日：2016-03-15

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Brent Anthony Bauman ,  Stephen Paul Flood ,  Casey Edward Murray ,  Beau Jay Polinske ,  Jay Rabel

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/10 ,  H04B17/309 ,  H04R2225/51

Abstract: Multiple antennas at the receiver and/or transmitter are commonly used in wireless communications systems to provide diversity in order reduce fading and other effects brought about by multi-path propagation. Due to the size of hearing aids and the wavelengths of the frequencies used for communication, it is difficult to achieve what is called spatial diversity by disposing the multiple antennas at different locations. Described herein are techniques for providing polarization diversity in hearing aids using antennas with different polarizations and applying the appropriate phase shifts to the received and/or transmitted signals to improve the signal quality.

公开(公告)号：US09756435B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14949501

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： David H. Tran ,  Kristopher Knight

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G06F9/445

CPC classification number: H04R25/70 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: A method to determine if a feature of a hearing assistance device may include transmitting, from a hearing assistance device application to a hearing assistance device, a request to determine if a feature is supported by the hearing assistance device; receiving, from the hearing assistance device, a response message identifying the feature as supported by the hearing assistance device; determining that the feature of the hearing assistance device is supported by the hearing assistance device application; and based on the determination, configuring the hearing assistance device application to control the feature of the hearing assistance device.

公开(公告)号：US20170195807A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15336207

申请日：2016-10-27

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins ,  David Tourtelotte ,  Beau Jay Polinske

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/652 ,  B29C35/0805 ,  B29C2035/0827 ,  H04R1/1058 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2460/17

Abstract: Articles and related devices and methods for fitting in-situ include a flexible sleeve, a housing assembly fixed to the flexible sleeve, a light source disposed within the flexible sleeve, and a photocurable resin contained within the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve may be elastomeric. A transducer may be disposed in the housing assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170150279A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15369122

申请日：2016-12-05

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27

Abstract: A hearing assistance device to provide sound to the ear of a user, the device comprising a housing, hearing assistance electronics enclosed in the housing, an acoustic transducer adapted to be worn in the ear, a cable assembly adapted to connect the acoustic transducer to the hearing assistance electronics, a wireless communications receiver connected to the hearing assistance electronics, and an antenna comprising one or more conductors forming at least a portion of the cable assembly.

公开(公告)号：US09661427B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14939297

申请日：2015-11-12

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Brent Anthony Bauman ,  Jorge F. Sanguino ,  Gregory John Haubrich

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/48 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/51 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: A hearing aid includes an antenna for wireless communication with another device. The antenna includes a primary element connected to the circuit of the hearing aid and one or more secondary elements parasitically coupled to the primary element. This antenna configuration substantially increases radiation efficiency when compared to an antenna with the primary element alone, without substantially increasing the size, power consumption, and complexity of the hearing aid.

公开(公告)号：US09661425B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14595739

申请日：2015-01-13

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum ,  Mohammed Movahedi

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/55 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W56/002

Abstract: An audio system such as a hearing assistance system includes an audio source device wirelessly communicating with one or more audio sink (destination) devices. The audio source and sink devices each include a sample clock for processing audio signal that is digitized and wirelessly transmitted. The sample clock of each of the one or more audio sink devices is synchronized to the sample clock of the audio source device to prevent audio sample over-runs or under-runs causing undesirable audio artifacts. In one embodiment, because audio packets may be lost in transmission, packet loss concealment techniques are used to improve audio reproduction. In one embodiment, link layer information is used for audio phase lock loop jitter reduction in the audio system.