公开(公告)号：US20200154216A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16744939

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US11638104B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17376414

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US10942700B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16815964

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Karim Helwani ,  Tao Zhang ,  Simon Carlile

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R3/00

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a processor configured to generate a virtual auditory display comprising a sound field, a plurality of disparate sound field zones, and a plurality of quite zones that provide acoustic contrast between the sound field zones. The sound field zones and the quiet zones remain positionally stationary within the sound field. One or more sensors are configured to sense a plurality of inputs from the wearer. The processor is configured to facilitate movement of the wearer within the sound field in response to a navigation input received from the one or more sensors. The processor is also configured to select one of the sound field zones for playback via a speaker or actuation of a hearing device function in response to a selection input received from the one or more sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20200322737A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16905228

申请日：2020-06-18

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US20200210141A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16815964

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Karim Helwani ,  Tao Zhang ,  Simon Carlile

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a processor configured to generate a virtual auditory display comprising a sound field, a plurality of disparate sound field zones, and a plurality of quite zones that provide acoustic contrast between the sound field zones. The sound field zones and the quiet zones remain positionally stationary within the sound field. One or more sensors are configured to sense a plurality of inputs from the wearer. The processor is configured to facilitate movement of the wearer within the sound field in response to a navigation input received from the one or more sensors. The processor is also configured to select one of the sound field zones for playback via a speaker or actuation of a hearing device function in response to a selection input received from the one or more sensors.

公开(公告)号：US10694299B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US16744939

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US10582316B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15827856

申请日：2017-11-30

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US20190166434A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US15827856

申请日：2017-11-30

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US20190087150A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16193380

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Karim Helwani ,  Tao Zhang ,  Simon Carlile

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H04R5/033

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a processor configured to generate a virtual auditory display comprising a sound field, a plurality of disparate sound field zones, and a plurality of quiet zones that provide acoustic contrast between the sound field zones. The sound field zones and the quiet zones remain positionally stationary within the sound field. One or more sensors are configured to sense a plurality of inputs from the wearer. The processor is configured to facilitate movement of the wearer within the sound field in response to a navigation input received from the one or more sensors. The processor is also configured to select one of the sound field zones for playback via a speaker or actuation of a hearing device function in response to a selection input received from the one or more sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20210345048A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17376414

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Lauren Petley ,  Swapan Gandhi ,  Simon Carlile ,  Sahar Akram

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a plurality of EEG sensors configured to sense EEG signals from or proximate a wearer's ear. At least one processor is configured to detect, during a baseline period of no wearer movement, EEG signals from the EEG sensors, and detect, during each of a plurality of candidate control movements by the wearer, EEG signals from the EEG sensors. The at least one processor is also configured to compute, using the EEG signals, discriminability metrics for the candidate control movements and the baseline period, the discriminability metrics indicating how discriminable neural signals associated with the candidate control movements and the baseline period are from one another. The at least one processor is further configured to select a subset of the candidate control movements using the discriminability metrics, each of the selected control movements defining a neural command for controlling the ear-worn electronic device by the wearer.