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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Hearing device with feedback instability detector that changes an a...
- Patent number 12,192,705
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenyu Jin
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing
- Patent number 11,979,717
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Configuration of feedback cancelation for hearing aids
- Patent number 11,647,343
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joyce Rosenthal
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing
- Patent number 11,553,287
- Issue date Jan 10, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and apparatus for robust acoustic feedback cancellation
- Patent number 11,445,306
- Issue date Sep 13, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Carlos Renato Calcada Nakagawa
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 11,388,529
- Issue date Jul 12, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing
- Patent number 10,993,051
- Issue date Apr 27, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Automatic control of binaural features in ear-wearable devices
- Patent number 10,932,076
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 10,715,931
- Issue date Jul 14, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...
- Patent number 10,674,465
- Issue date Jun 2, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jon S. Kindred
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 10,652,672
- Issue date May 12, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Configuration of feedback cancelation for hearing aids
- Patent number 10,536,787
- Issue date Jan 14, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joyce Rosenthal
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing
- Patent number 10,492,008
- Issue date Nov 26, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Adaptive binaural beamforming with preservation of spatial cues in...
- Patent number 10,425,745
- Issue date Sep 24, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 10,225,668
- Issue date Mar 5, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 10,171,922
- Issue date Jan 1, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids
- Patent number 10,129,661
- Issue date Nov 13, 2018
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- William S. Woods
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...
- Patent number 10,117,203
- Issue date Oct 30, 2018
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jon S. Kindred
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing assistance device with beamformer optimized using a priori...
- Patent number 9,949,041
- Issue date Apr 17, 2018
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wei-Cheng Liao
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Automatic directional switching algorithm for hearing aids
- Patent number 9,763,016
- Issue date Sep 12, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing aids with adaptive beamformer responsive to off-axis speech
- Patent number 9,749,754
- Issue date Aug 29, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 9,712,926
- Issue date Jul 18, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Packet loss concealment for bidirectional ear-to-ear streaming
- Patent number 9,712,930
- Issue date Jul 18, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Frederic Philippe Denis Mustiere
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 9,699,573
- Issue date Jul 4, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...
- Patent number 9,471,090
- Issue date Oct 18, 2016
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jon S. Kindred
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 9,219,964
- Issue date Dec 22, 2015
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Hearing assistance system with own voice detection
- Patent number 9,094,766
- Issue date Jul 28, 2015
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Hearing aids with adaptive beamformer responsive to off-axis speech
- Patent number 9,002,045
- Issue date Apr 7, 2015
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Efficient convex optimization for real-time robust beamforming with...
- Patent number 8,824,711
- Issue date Sep 2, 2014
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Eric A. Durant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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System for measuring maximum stable gain in hearing assistance devices
- Patent number 8,737,655
- Issue date May 27, 2014
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ESTIMATION AND REDUCTION BASED ON A CONSTRUCTED...
- Publication number 20240365073
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- EARLENS CORPORATION
- Ivo L. MERKS
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Publication number 20240348995
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Publication number 20230328464
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH FEEDBACK INSTABILITY DETECTOR THAT CHANGES AN A...
- Publication number 20230143347
- Publication date May 11, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenyu Jin
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Publication number 20210243536
- Publication date Aug 5, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20200344559
- Publication date Oct 29, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
CONFIGURATION OF FEEDBACK CANCELATION FOR HEARING AIDS
- Publication number 20200154215
- Publication date May 14, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joyce Rosenthal
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Publication number 20200059740
- Publication date Feb 20, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Buye Xu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF BINAURAL FEATURES IN EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES
- Publication number 20200045489
- Publication date Feb 6, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20190215619
- Publication date Jul 11, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20190200142
- Publication date Jun 27, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...
- Publication number 20190132812
- Publication date May 2, 2019
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jon S. Kindred
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONFIGURATION OF FEEDBACK CANCELATION FOR HEARING AIDS
- Publication number 20180160237
- Publication date Jun 7, 2018
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joyce Rosenthal
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUST ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK CANCELLATION
- Publication number 20180063651
- Publication date Mar 1, 2018
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Carlos Renato Calcada Nakagawa
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20170339497
- Publication date Nov 23, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20170318398
- Publication date Nov 2, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Publication number 20170295439
- Publication date Oct 12, 2017
- Buye Xu
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...
- Publication number 20170099644
- Publication date Apr 6, 2017
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- JON S. KINDRED
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT FOR BIDIRECTIONAL EAR-TO-EAR STREAMING
- Publication number 20170078807
- Publication date Mar 16, 2017
- Frederic Philippe Denis Mustiere
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
TECHNIQUES FOR INCREASING PROCESSING CAPABILITY IN HEAR AIDS
- Publication number 20160261963
- Publication date Sep 8, 2016
- William S. Woods
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20160192089
- Publication date Jun 30, 2016
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH BEAMFORMER OPTIMIZED USING A PRIORI...
- Publication number 20160050500
- Publication date Feb 18, 2016
- Wei-Cheng Liao
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC DIRECTIONAL SWITCHING ALGORITHM FOR HEARING AIDS
- Publication number 20160037268
- Publication date Feb 4, 2016
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20160029131
- Publication date Jan 28, 2016
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH
- Publication number 20150281855
- Publication date Oct 1, 2015
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20150043765
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...
- Publication number 20140143582
- Publication date May 22, 2014
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jon S. Kindred
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION
- Publication number 20140010397
- Publication date Jan 9, 2014
- Ivo Merks
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH
- Publication number 20130195296
- Publication date Aug 1, 2013
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED NOISE REDUCTION FOR HEARING ASSI...
- Publication number 20110249844
- Publication date Oct 13, 2011
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ivo Merks
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Hearing device with feedback instability detector that changes an a...

Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing

Configuration of feedback cancelation for hearing aids

Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing

Method and apparatus for robust acoustic feedback cancellation

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing

Automatic control of binaural features in ear-wearable devices

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Configuration of feedback cancelation for hearing aids

Hearing device with neural network-based microphone signal processing

Adaptive binaural beamforming with preservation of spatial cues in...

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids

Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...

Hearing assistance device with beamformer optimized using a priori...

Automatic directional switching algorithm for hearing aids

Hearing aids with adaptive beamformer responsive to off-axis speech

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Packet loss concealment for bidirectional ear-to-ear streaming

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Method and apparatus for synchronizing hearing instruments via wire...

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

Hearing aids with adaptive beamformer responsive to off-axis speech

Efficient convex optimization for real-time robust beamforming with...

System for measuring maximum stable gain in hearing assistance devices

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ESTIMATION AND REDUCTION BASED ON A CONSTRUCTED...

HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING

HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING

HEARING DEVICE WITH FEEDBACK INSTABILITY DETECTOR THAT CHANGES AN A...

HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

CONFIGURATION OF FEEDBACK CANCELATION FOR HEARING AIDS

HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING

AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF BINAURAL FEATURES IN EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...

CONFIGURATION OF FEEDBACK CANCELATION FOR HEARING AIDS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUST ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK CANCELLATION

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED MICROPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...

PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT FOR BIDIRECTIONAL EAR-TO-EAR STREAMING

TECHNIQUES FOR INCREASING PROCESSING CAPABILITY IN HEAR AIDS

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH BEAMFORMER OPTIMIZED USING A PRIORI...

AUTOMATIC DIRECTIONAL SWITCHING ALGORITHM FOR HEARING AIDS

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEARING INSTRUMENTS VIA WIRE...

HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH OWN VOICE DETECTION

HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED NOISE REDUCTION FOR HEARING ASSI...