Hearing solutions but not hearing aids
Bose continues to create solutions destined for licensing in ear-based devices. This month’s crop includes these two patents:
- 12016662 Measuring respiration with an in-ear accelerometer
- 12022268 Artificial intelligence (AI) acoustic feedback suppression
AT&T’s patent #12020182 (Venue seat assignment based upon hearing profiles) describes a a device (in-ear or various other options) which can:
- receive a request to upload a hearing profile… to a seat assignment system
- receive a customized seating chart, including visual representation, based on the hearing profile
- select a seat from the portion of the seating, automatically or based upon user input.
June 2024 Patent List
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee | Issued |
| Hearing aid comprising one or more sensors for biometrical measurements | 11998354 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/04/2024 |
| Monolithic component for an implantable medical device | 11998739 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/04/2024 |
| Digital signature using phonometry and compiled biometric data system and method | 12001537 | Bragi GmbH (Munich, DE) | 6/04/2024 |
| Noise cancellation system and signal processing method for an ear-mountable playback device | 12002447 | AMS AG (Premstätten, AT) | 6/04/2024 |
| Ear-worn electronic device incorporating gesture control system using frequency-hopping spread spectrum transmission | 12003913 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 6/04/2024 |
| Vibroacoustic earbud
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12003914 | Barnacka, Ring, Cunsolo (inventors & applicants; Cambridge and Ashland, MA) | 6/04/2024 |
| Low latency hearing aid | 12003920 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/04/2024 |
| Hearing aid comprising an ITE-part adapted to be located in an ear canal of a user | 12003921 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/04/2024 |
| Power management in low power wireless link in a hearing aid system | 12003923 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/04/2024 |
| Piezoelectric transducer for tympanic membrane | 12003924 | Earlens Corporation (Menlo Park, CA) | 6/04/2024 |
| Magnetic retention system | 12003925 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/04/2024 |
| Hearing assist systems and methods for detecting a physiological attribute of a user | 12003926 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 6/04/2024 |
| Physics-based audio and haptic synthesis | 12003953 | Magic Leap Inc (Plantation, FL) | 6/04/2024 |
| Electrical field usage in cochleas | 12005254 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/11/2024 |
| Earbud sensor assembly; gesture identification & control | 12008163 | Naqi Logix Inc (Vancouver, CA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Audio system height channel up-mixing | 12008998 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Method for rating the speech quality of a speech signal by way of a hearing device | 12009005 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 6/11/2024 |
| Habilitation and/or rehabilitation methods and systems | 12009008 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/11/2024 |
| Wireless earbud | 12010474 | LG Electronics Inc (Seoul, KR) | 6/11/2024 |
| Open audio device | 12010478 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Hearing protection device | 12010480 | Frey, Sandra (Bern, CH) | 6/11/2024 |
| Detection of feedback path change | 12010486 | Eargo Inc (San Jose, CA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Highly compliant miniature transducer | 12010497 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Charging case | D1030652 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/11/2024 |
| Earbud | D1030720 | 6/11/2024 | |
| Acoustic output device with antenna | 12011593 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/18/2024 |
| Method and system for fault recognition in a hearing aid | 12014487 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 6/18/2024 |
| Pre-amplification conditioning circuit for a transducer audio device | 12021490 | Logitech Europe SA (Lausanne, CH) | 6/18/2024 |
| Hearing device assembly | 12015892 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 6/18/2024 |
| Light sensor in hearing instrument | 12015899 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 6/18/2024 |
| Measuring respiration with an in-ear accelerometer | 12016662 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/25/2024 |
| Systems and methods for middle ear immittance testing | 12016680 | Audioptics Medical Inc (Halifax, NS, CA) | 6/25/2024 |
| Cochlear implant system with measurement unit | 12017069 | Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/25/2024 |
| Venue seat assignment based upon hearing profiles | 12020182 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP (Atlanta, GA) | 6/25/2024 |
| Ear-wearable hearing device | 12022258 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 6/25/2024 |
| System, method and computer program for interactively assisting a user in evaluating a hearing loss | 12022259 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 6/25/2024 |
| Hearing device comprising an adjustable vent | 12022260 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 6/25/2024 |
| Hearing aid in-ear announcements | 12022261 | Sony Group Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 6/25/2024 |
| Feature extraction in hearing prostheses | 12022262 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 6/25/2024 |
| Radio frequency antenna for an in-the-ear hearing device | 12022263 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 6/25/2024 |
| Charging device of a hearing aid and system with the charging device | 12022264 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 6/25/2024 |
| System and method for personalized fitting of hearing aids | 12022265 | Tuned Ltd (Gan Yoshiya, IL) | 6/25/2024 |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) acoustic feedback suppression | 12022268 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 6/25/2024 |
| Earring hearing aid | D1032847 | Pun, Aruna (Colhoun, GA) | 6/25/2024 |
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.
