Here’s Listening to You, Dear
Those of us who sing in the shower. play air guitar or practice our dance moves in the all together may want to hit pause when donning hearables of the future. No one says it better than PCMS Holdings’s patent #10860645, Systems and methods for creation of a listening log and music library. Look beyond that innocuous title to find this description within the patent:
systems and methods are described to monitor and record user context and engagement with music… The level of engagement may be determined by monitoring whether, for example, the user danced or otherwise moved to the song, whether the user sang along to the song, and/or whether the user turned up the volume of the song.
What can we say?
The December 2020 Patent List
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Description |
Patent Number |
Assignee |
Issued |
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System and method for pairing a hearing device and an appliance |
Universal Electronics Inc (Santa Ana, CA) |
12/01/2020 |
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Dosimetry hearing protection device with time remaining warning |
Honeywell International Inc (Morris Plains, NJ) |
12/01/2020 |
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System and method for improving hearing |
Noopl Inc (Sacramento, CA) |
12/01/2020 |
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Hearing device comprising an acoustic event detector |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/01/2020 |
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Hearing devices, user accessory devices and method for updating a hearing device configuration |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/01/2020 |
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Method for operating a hearing aid, and hearing aid |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
12/01/2020 |
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Speaker unit for a hearing aid device system, and hearing aid device system |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/01/2020 |
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Electromagnetic transducer with expanded magnetic flux functionality |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/01/2020 |
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Generating personalized end user head-related transfer function (HRTV) using panoramic images of ear |
Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
12/01/2020 |
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Adaptive channel mapping for wireless communications |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
12/01/2020 |
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Wireless communication in an implantable medical device system |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/08/2020 |
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Method for updating a discharge battery profile |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/08/2020 |
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Systems and methods for creation of a listening log and music library |
PCMS Holdings Inc (Wilmington, DE) |
12/08/2020 |
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Audio processing device and a method for estimating a signal-to-noise-ratio of a sound signal |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/08/2020 |
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Methods and apparatus to assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound |
Norris, Glen A (Tokyo, JP) & Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) |
12/08/2020 |
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Modular hearing instrument comprising electro-acoustic calibration parameters |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/08/2020 |
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Multifunction system and method for integrated hearing and communication with noise cancellation and feedback management |
Earlens Corporation (Menlo Park, CA) |
12/08/2020 |
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Hearing aid with assisted noise suppression |
Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) |
12/08/2020 |
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Changeable cartridge for hearing device docking stations |
Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) |
12/08/2020 |
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Charging and drying station for hearing aid device |
Applicant: Ayache, Jamal M (Irvine, CA) |
12/08/2020 |
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Customization of bone conduction hearing devices |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/08/2020 |
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Elastic damping element for hearing instrument receiver and hearing instrument with such a damping element |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
12/08/2020 |
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Binaural multi-channel decoder in the context of non-energy-conserving upmix rules |
Dolby International AB (Amsterdam, NL) |
12/08/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
LG Electronics Inc (Seoul, KR) |
12/08/2020 |
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Detecting neuronal action potentials using a convolutive compound action potential model |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) |
12/15/2020 |
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Hearing prosthesis efficacy altering and/or forecasting techniques |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/15/2020 |
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Autonomous implantable medical device tuning |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/15/2020 |
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In-ear emitter configuration for audio delivery |
Facebook Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, CA) |
12/15/2020 |
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Earbud having audio recognition neural net processor architecture |
Avnera Corporation (Beaverton, OR) |
12/15/2020 |
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Hearing aid device having a microphone and neckband to detect the direction of source of sound |
Merry Electronics (Shenzhen) Co Ltd (ShenZhen, CN) |
12/15/2020 |
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Determination of room reverberation for signal enhancement |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) |
12/15/2020 |
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Hearing aid with spatial signal enhancement |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/15/2020 |
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Hearing instrument comprising a parasitic battery antenna element |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/15/2020 |
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Portable terminal, hearing aid, and method of indicating positions of sound sources in the portable terminal |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (Suwon-si, KR) |
12/15/2020 |
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Method to expedite playing of binaural sound to a listener |
Applicant: Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) |
12/15/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
Applicant: Chen, Xiaodong (Shenzhen, CN) |
12/15/2020 |
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Ear cleaning device with whisk-like bulbous ends |
Wares World Wide LLC (Trenton, NJ) |
12/22/2020 |
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Electrode contact with hydrogel covering |
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) |
12/22/2020 |
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Wearable alarm system for a prosthetic hearing implant |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/22/2020 |
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Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven selective active noise control |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
12/22/2020 |
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Providing feedback of an own voice loudness of a user of a hearing device |
Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) |
12/22/2020 |
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Method for reducing the occurrence of acoustic feedback in a hearing device and hearing device |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
12/22/2020 |
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Damping device for a receiver of a hearing instrument and hearing instrument having such a damping device |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
12/22/2020 |
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Switching binaural sound |
Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) & Norris, Glen A (Tokyo, JP) |
12/22/2020 |
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Binaural rendering apparatus and method for playing back of multiple audio sources |
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Torrance, CA) |
12/22/2020 |
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Altering a graphical representation to indicate sound will externally localize as binaural sound |
Applicant: Lyren, Philip Scott (Bangkok, TH) |
12/22/2020 |
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Systems and methods for diagnosis of middle ear conditions and detection of analytes in the tympanic membrane |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) & Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (Hartford, CT) |
12/29/2020 |
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System and method for enabling real-time captioning for the hearing impaired via augmented reality |
United Services Automobile Assn (USAA) (San Antonio, TX) |
12/29/2020 |
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Switched capacitor voltage converter for a rechargeable battery in a hearing aid |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
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Wireless earbud |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Wireless binaural hearing device with two charging connectors and a system comprising such a hearing device |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
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Earphones with a formable ear hook |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Method for operating a hearing apparatus system, and hearing apparatus system |
Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) |
12/29/2020 |
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Communication channels between a personal communication device and at least one head-worn device |
Widex A/S (Lynge, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
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Method and apparatus for own-voice sensing in a hearing assistance device |
Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) |
12/29/2020 |
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Hearing aid and method for use of same |
Texas Institute of Science Inc (Richardson, TX) |
12/29/2020 |
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Providing and transmitting audio signal |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
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Hearing device including an external antenna part and an internal antenna part |
Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
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Method of controlling access to hearing instrument services |
Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) |
12/29/2020 |
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Retention magnet system for medical device |
Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) |
12/29/2020 |
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Personalized equalization of audio output using 3D reconstruction of an ear of a user |
Facebook Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, CA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Binaural sound source localization |
EmbodyVR Inc (San Mateo, CA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Systems and methods for determining estimated head orientation and position with ear pieces |
Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Earbud |
Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) |
12/29/2020 |
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Hearing aid for the deaf |
GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) |
12/29/2020 |
*featured image credit: Bose patent #D906293
Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, owned and operated a dispensing audiology practice in Tucson and was active in management of HearingHealthMatters.org through 2017. She holds BA degrees in Communication Sciences, Psychology and Economics; MA in Communication Disorders; PhD in Hearing Sciences. Following post-doctoral work at Max Planck Institute (Munich, DE) and Eaton-Peabody Auditory Physiology Lab (Boston), she joined the Stanford medical school faculty as director of audiology. She has authored/edited numerous text books, chapters, journals, and articles and taught Marketing and Practice Management in a variety of academic settings. She continues to consult and write on topics related to hearing health care vis-à-vis consumer demands, professional training, technological advancement, capital investment, industry consolidation, regulatory control, product and service distribution, and strategic pricing.
