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公开(公告)号：US11412333B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-09
申请号：US16192333
申请日：2018-11-15
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Tao Zhang , Eric Durant , Dean G. Meyer , Martin McKinney , Matthew D. Kleffner , Dominic Perz , Karrie Recker
Abstract: In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20220233855A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-28
申请号：US17626645
申请日：2020-07-10
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Buye Xu , Justin R. Burwinkel , Jason A. Galster , Peggi S. Cross , Jay Stewart , Martin McKinney
IPC: A61N1/36
Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, devices and methods for the treatment of equilibrium disorders and improving gait and balance. In an embodiment, a method of treating an equilibrium disorder is included. The method can include monitoring device wearer movement with a movement sensor, identifying a movement pattern consistent with an equilibrium disorder, estimating characteristics of the equilibrium disorder, and applying stimulation to at least one of the right ear, left ear, or brainstem of the device wearer of an ear-worn device. Other embodiments are also included herein.
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公开(公告)号：US12279092B2
公开(公告)日：2025-04-15
申请号：US17804757
申请日：2022-05-31
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Tao Zhang , Eric Durant , Dean G. Meyer , Martin McKinney , Matthew D. Kleffner , Dominic Perz , Karrie Recker
Abstract: In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20240323615A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-26
申请号：US18737541
申请日：2024-06-07
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： Martin McKinney , David Fabry , Jumana Harianawala , Ke Zhou , Jaymin Baroda , Brantly Sturgeon , Christopher Larry Howes
CPC classification number: H04R25/50 , H04R25/02 , H04R2225/41 , H04R2225/43
Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and determine a listening intent preference of the user. The processor is configured to apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification and the listening intent preference of the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20240078993A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18453900
申请日：2023-08-22
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Piero Iared Rivera Benois , Henning Schepker , Masahiro Sunohara , Martin McKinney
IPC: G10K11/178 , H04R25/00
CPC classification number: G10K11/17821 , H04R25/505 , G10K2210/1081
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for active noise cancellation (ANC) for hearing device applications. A method includes measuring a receiver-to-inward-facing microphone response during an in-situ calibration stage for the hearing device, estimating a receiver-to-eardrum transfer function using the measured receiver-to-inward-facing microphone response, and measuring an outward-facing microphone to inward-facing microphone transfer function for an external noise sound field during run-time operation of the hearing device. The method also includes estimating an inward-facing microphone to eardrum transformation for the external noise sound field in the inward-facing microphone using the measured outward-facing microphone to inward-facing microphone transfer function, computing an ANC controller using the estimated receiver-to-eardrum transfer function and the estimated inward-facing microphone to eardrum transformation, and cancelling acoustic noise for the hearing device using the ANC controller.
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公开(公告)号：US20240064477A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-22
申请号：US18446808
申请日：2023-08-09
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Masahiro Sunohara , Henning Schepker , Martin McKinney , Piero lared Rivera Benois
IPC: H04R25/00 , G10K11/178
CPC classification number: H04R25/453 , H04R25/505 , H04R25/554 , G10K11/17873
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for active noise cancellation (ANC) for hearing device applications. A method includes estimating a first sound pressure on an ear drum of a wearer of the hearing device caused by a hearing processing signal, estimating a second sound pressure on the ear drum of the wearer of the hearing device caused by a leakage path of the hearing device, and computing a ratio of the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure to predict a comb-filtering effect for the hearing device. The method also includes computing an ANC controller using the computed ratio in one or more frequency ranges, and canceling leaked sound into an ear canal of the wearer for the hearing device in the one or more frequency ranges using the ANC controller.
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公开(公告)号：US10251002B2
公开(公告)日：2019-04-02
申请号：US15076489
申请日：2016-03-21
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Arthur Salvetti , Martin McKinney
IPC: H04R25/00 , G10L21/0224 , G10L21/0264 , G10L25/84 , G10L25/12
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for noise characterization and attenuation for hearing assistance devices. In various embodiments, a method of operating a hearing assistance device includes receiving an audio signal using a microphone of the hearing assistance device and identifying a transient in the audio signal. Linear predictive coding (LPC) is used to isolate speech segments and non-speech segments of the transient and fluctuating noise, and the non-speech segments of the transient and fluctuating noise are attenuated to reduce annoyance of the noise and maintain audibility of perceptually important transients in speech.
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公开(公告)号：US12069436B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-20
申请号：US17778889
申请日：2021-01-03
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： Martin McKinney , David Fabry , Jumana Harianawala , Ke Zhou , Jaymin Baroda
IPC: H04R25/00 , G10L21/0364 , H04R1/10 , G10L25/78
CPC classification number: H04R25/507 , G10L21/0364 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1083 , G10L25/78 , H04R2225/41 , H04R2225/43 , H04R2225/61
Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone arrangement configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store parameter value sets each associated with a different acoustic environment, at least one of which is associated with an acoustic environment with muffled speech. A control input of the device is configured to receive a control input signal produced by a user-actuatable control, a sensor or an external electronic device. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment as one with muffled speech using the sensed sound and, in response to a signal received from the control input, apply one or more of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification to enhance intelligibility of muffled speech.
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公开(公告)号：US20230396938A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US18327514
申请日：2023-06-01
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Krishna Vastare , Martin McKinney , Kenneth Jensen , Lue Du , Jingjing Xu
IPC: H04R25/00
CPC classification number: H04R25/50 , H04R2225/41
Abstract: A method comprises determining, based on signals from sensors of hearing instruments, current values of context parameters; determining, based on the current values of the context parameters, that a current context of the hearing instruments has changed or is likely to change from a first to a second context of a plurality of contexts, wherein each of the contexts corresponds to a different unique combination of potential values of the context parameters; updating statistics of the contexts, wherein for each of the contexts, the statistics of the context include statistics with respect to time the hearing instruments spent in the context; and based on the determination that the current context of the hearing instruments has changed or is likely to change from the first context to the second context, initiating, based on the statistics of at least one of the first or second contexts, one or more actions.
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公开(公告)号：US20230247374A1
公开(公告)日：2023-08-03
申请号：US18296841
申请日：2023-04-06
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Martin McKinney , Thomas Howard Burns , Yezihalem Mesfin , Kyle Walsh
CPC classification number: H04R25/505 , G06T7/521 , G06T7/70 , H04R25/609 , A61B3/113 , A61B5/126 , A61B5/4094 , A61B5/7282 , H04R25/405 , H04R25/552 , H04R25/604 , G06T2207/10048 , H04R2225/41
Abstract: A set of one or more processing circuits obtains eye movement-related eardrum oscillation (EMREO)-related measurements from one or more EMREO sensors of a hearing instrument. The EMREO sensors are located in an ear canal of a user of the hearing instrument and are configured to detect environmental signals of EMREOs of an eardrum of the user of the hearing instrument. The one or more processing circuits may perform an action based on the EMREO-related measurements.
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