公开(公告)号：US20240259738A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18428655

申请日：2024-01-31

申请人： Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

发明人： Nishshanka Bandara Narampanawe ,  Heng Goh Yap

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H02J50/10

CPC分类号： H04R25/554 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R2225/31 ,  H04R2225/55

摘要： A method operates a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid device, which contains an inductive charging unit that has a receiving coil, and a battery that is electrically connected via a communication unit to the charging unit. An electric voltage applied at the receiving coil is changed by the communication unit in dependence on data to be transferred to the charging unit. Furthermore, a hearing device and a hearing device system incorporate the operating method.

公开(公告)号：US12046920B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17306716

申请日：2021-05-03

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Jukka-pekka J. Sjoeroos ,  Antoin J. Russell ,  Zaki Moussaoui

IPC分类号： H02J50/50 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H02J50/50 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H02J2310/22 ,  H04R2225/31

摘要： A wireless power relay can include a first wireless power receiver (Rx1) configured to receive power from a first wireless power transmitter (Tx1) in another device and a second wireless power transmitter (Tx2) configured to deliver power to a second wireless power receiver (Rx2) in another device. Rx1 may be configured to communicate with Tx1 via a first communication link, and the Tx2 may be configured to receive communication from Rx2 via a second communication link, both employing modulation of the wireless power signal. The relay may further include a power converter with its input coupled to Rx1 and its output coupled to Tx2 and a constant power controller configured to isolate modulated communication between the communication links. Additionally or alternatively, the relay may include circuitry configured to introduce a jamming signal preventing Tx1 from detecting and improperly interpreting signals from the second communications link.

公开(公告)号：US12028689B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US18135714

申请日：2023-04-17

申请人： GN Hearing A/S

发明人： Laurids Ededal Kirchhoff

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H04B5/24

CPC分类号： H04R25/609 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H04B5/24 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/51

摘要： A hearing aid includes: a radio; and a moulded interconnect device (MID) housing; wherein the moulded interconnect device (MID) housing comprises an antenna integrated with the moulded interconnect device (MID) housing such that the antenna is an integral part of the moulded interconnect device (MID) housing; wherein the antenna is operatively connected with the radio for wireless communication.

公开(公告)号：US11998354B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17571121

申请日：2022-01-07

申请人： Oticon A/S

发明人： Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Mathias Bruun Larsen ,  Sergi Rotger Griful ,  José Antonio Esparza Isasa ,  Mikkel Nielsen ,  Kim Mølholm Hejlesen ,  Henrik Bendsen ,  Preben Kvist ,  Svend Erik Elgaard ,  Jeanette Bülow Nielsen ,  Zenia Holtzmann Lausten ,  Malte Kiewning ,  Jesper B. Johansen ,  Nicolai Westergren ,  Tanveer Bhuiyan ,  Sudershan Y. S

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/55

摘要： A hearing aid having one or more biometrical sensors, where the hearing aid comprises at least one microphone configured to receive a sound of the surroundings, a signal processor configured to process the sound received from the microphone and a speaker unit configuration configured to emit the processed sound into the ear of a user, wherein one or more sensors is positioned substantially in the ear together with at least a part of the hearing aid, wherein the one or more sensors is configured as biometrical sensors configured for recording health data of a hearing aid user.

公开(公告)号：US20240080635A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18236808

申请日：2023-08-22

申请人： Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Ganesh Borra ,  Nathan Alan Arachikavitz ,  Timothy M. Werts ,  John Bradley Etherington

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H02J50/00 ,  H02J50/10

CPC分类号： H04R25/602 ,  H02J50/005 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R2225/31

摘要： Embodiments herein relate to ear-worn devices with swappable, rechargeable battery cartridges and charger cases for the ear-worn devices. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance system is included having a first ear-worn device can include a first cartridge having a rechargeable battery and a first cartridge charging structure, and a charger case can include a first case charging structure, where the first ear-worn device is configured to be positioned within the charger case so that the first cartridge charging structure of the first ear-worn device is adjacent to the first case charging structure within the charger case. The first cartridge is configured to be removed from the first ear-worn device and positioned within the charger case so that the first cartridge charging structure is adjacent to the first case charging structure within the charger case, without the ear-worn device being positioned in the charger case.

公开(公告)号：US11889266B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17713067

申请日：2022-04-04

申请人： Earlens Corporation

发明人： Lawrence W. Arne ,  Douglas Webb ,  Jeffrey Ward Tuttle ,  Konstadinos Hatzianestis

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H02M3/08 ,  H02M7/10 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02M7/06

CPC分类号： H04R25/456 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H02M3/08 ,  H02M7/10 ,  H04B5/0006 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02M7/06 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/0216 ,  H04R2225/33 ,  H04R2460/11 ,  H04R2460/13

摘要： In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a contact hearing system comprising: an ear tip including a transmit coil, wherein the transmit coil is connected to an audio processor, including an H Bridge circuit; a first input to the H Bridge circuit comprising an AND circuit wherein a first input to the AND circuit comprises a carrier signal and a second input to the AND circuit comprises an output of a delta sigma modulation circuit, wherein the delta sigma modulation circuit is a component of the audio processor; and a second input to the H Bridge circuit comprising an NAND circuit wherein a first input to the NAND circuit comprises a carrier signal and a second input to the NAND circuit comprises an output of the delta sigma modulation circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20240007806A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18339416

申请日：2023-06-22

申请人： Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

发明人： Thilo Von Mansberg ,  Marco Steffen ,  Alexander Menke

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R2225/31 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/57

摘要： An electronic module for a hearing instrument to be worn in the ear canal has a rechargeable battery, a circuit carrier, and a chipset arranged on the circuit carrier and forming an audio processor, and power management electronics. The circuit carrier is strip-shaped and, in the intended assembly state, is wrapped, in sections and bent, around the rechargeable battery in such a way that the rechargeable battery is at least partially arranged between the audio processor and the power management electronics.

公开(公告)号：US11863940B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17202898

申请日：2021-03-16

申请人： Cochlear Limited

发明人： Marcus Vardfjäll ,  Henrik Fyrlund ,  Kristian Asnes ,  Clas Johansson

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/606 ,  H04R25/556 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/607 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/0213 ,  H04R2460/13

摘要： A device including a prosthesis configured with a sound capture system and configured to evoke a hearing percept based on a captured sound captured by the sound capture system, wherein at least a portion of the prosthesis is configured to attach to a head of a recipient such that sound is captured by the sound capture system externally of the recipient at a location below an ear canal of a human.

公开(公告)号：US11839765B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17182477

申请日：2021-02-23

申请人： Envoy Medical Corporation

发明人： Paul R. Mazanec

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/05 ,  A61N1/372 ,  A61N1/378

CPC分类号： A61N1/36038 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/378 ,  A61N1/37223 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/609 ,  A61N1/37241 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： A cochlear implant and analysis system includes a stimulator, an input source, a signal processor, a wireless communication interface, and an external device. The system can receive an acoustic stimulus, generate an input signal representative thereof, and apply a transfer function to the input signal to generate and output a stimulation signal to the stimulator. The signal processor can receive an analysis input indicating a first signal for analysis and generate an analysis signal based on the received analysis input. The first signal can be an input signal from an input source or a result of one or more processing steps. The signal processor can output the analysis signal to the wireless communication interface with the wireless communication interface configured to output a signal representative of the analysis signal to an external device.

公开(公告)号：US20230396935A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18453012

申请日：2023-08-21

申请人： Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Brantly Sturgeon ,  Dustin Degen

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  G01R31/396 ,  G01R31/3835

CPC分类号： H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R25/602 ,  G01R31/396 ,  G01R31/3835 ,  H02J7/0048

摘要： A processing system determines, based on a set of input datapoints, a current state of charge (SOC) of a battery of a hearing instrument. Additionally, the processing system determines a predicted agenda of the hearing instrument, the predicted agenda comprising one or more future time segments. The processing system estimates, based on the current state of charge and the predicted agenda of the hearing instrument, an amount of time remaining until the future SOC of the battery of the hearing instrument reaches a threshold.