Tao Zhang

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Eden Prairie, MN, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Device arbitration for speech processing
- Patent number 12,190,877
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Jarred Barber
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Neural network-driven frequency translation
- Patent number 12,149,890
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Updating machine learning models across devices
- Patent number 12,094,451
- Issue date Sep 17, 2024
- Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Activity detection using a hearing instrument
- Patent number 12,081,933
- Issue date Sep 3, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Vishal Vijayakumar
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Neural network-driven feedback cancellation
- Patent number 11,985,482
- Issue date May 14, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Ear-wearable device shell modeling
- Patent number 11,893,324
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...
- Patent number 11,875,812
- Issue date Jan 16, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Electronic device using a compound metric for sound enhancement
- Patent number 11,812,223
- Issue date Nov 7, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao Felipe Santos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Listening experiences for smart environments using hearing devices
- Patent number 11,785,396
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Reference free acoustic echo cancellation
- Patent number 11,741,934
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Neural network-driven frequency translation
- Patent number 11,736,870
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
EEG-assisted beamformer, beamforming method and ear-worn hearing sy...
- Patent number 11,617,043
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenqiang Pu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Neural network-driven feedback cancellation
- Patent number 11,606,650
- Issue date Mar 14, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device for conducting and monitoring mental exe...
- Patent number 11,517,708
- Issue date Dec 6, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Miquel Espi Maques
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Ear-wearable device shell modeling
- Patent number 11,481,530
- Issue date Oct 25, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...
- Patent number 11,423,922
- Issue date Aug 23, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Interactive system for hearing devices
- Patent number 11,412,333
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Perceptually guided speech enhancement using deep neural networks
- Patent number 11,363,390
- Issue date Jun 14, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao Felipe Santos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Sound classification system for hearing aids
- Patent number 11,250,878
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- JuanJuan Xiang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Neural network-driven frequency translation
- Patent number 11,223,909
- Issue date Jan 11, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Accoustic feedback path modeling for hearing assistance device
- Patent number 11,140,499
- Issue date Oct 5, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Beam former, beam forming method and hearing aid system
- Patent number 11,019,433
- Issue date May 25, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenqiang Pu
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Hearing device incorporating user interactive auditory display
- Patent number 10,942,700
- Issue date Mar 9, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Karim Helwani
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with flow enco...
- Patent number 10,928,475
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Joseph Y. Cheng
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...
- Patent number 10,872,616
- Issue date Dec 22, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Electronic device using a compound metric for sound enhancement
- Patent number 10,812,915
- Issue date Oct 20, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao F. Santos
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
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
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device for conducting and monitoring mental exe...
- Patent number 10,617,842
- Issue date Apr 14, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Miguel Espi Maques
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Hearing device incorporating user interactive auditory display
- Patent number 10,620,905
- Issue date Apr 14, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Karim Helwani
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...
- Patent number 10,580,427
- Issue date Mar 3, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ACTIVITY DETECTION USING A HEARING INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20240373158
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Vishal Vijayakumar
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS ACROSS DEVICES
- Publication number 20240371360
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION
- Publication number 20240348994
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR USED TO DETECT FEEDBACK PATH INST...
- Publication number 20240298121
- Publication date Sep 5, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Sina Miran
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
Information Patent Application
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...
- Publication number 20240127840
- Publication date Apr 18, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING
- Publication number 20240054263
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION
- Publication number 20240007800
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A COMPOUND METRIC FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT
- Publication number 20230421973
- Publication date Dec 28, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao Felipe Santos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION
- Publication number 20230328463
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT
- Publication number 20230292074
- Publication date Sep 14, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Daniel Marquardt
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MOBILE DEVICE THAT PROVIDES SOUND ENHANCEMENT FOR HEARING DEVICE
- Publication number 20230276182
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- Tao Zhang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
REDUCED-BANDWIDTH SPEECH ENHANCEMENT WITH BANDWIDTH EXTENSION
- Publication number 20230169987
- Publication date Jun 1, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenyu Jin
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE MODEL PREDICTION
- Publication number 20230039728
- Publication date Feb 9, 2023
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Olabanji Yussuf Shonibare
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING
- Publication number 20220414292
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...
- Publication number 20220392473
- Publication date Dec 8, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A COMPOUND METRIC FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT
- Publication number 20220369046
- Publication date Nov 17, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao Felipe Santos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION
- Publication number 20220353622
- Publication date Nov 3, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES
- Publication number 20220295194
- Publication date Sep 15, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ACTIVITY DETECTION USING A HEARING INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20220279266
- Publication date Sep 1, 2022
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Vishal Vijayakumar
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
EEG-ASSISTED BEAMFORMER, BEAMFORMING METHOD AND EAR-WORN HEARING SY...
- Publication number 20210306765
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wenqiang Pu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR
- Publication number 20210274292
- Publication date Sep 2, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Jeffrey P. Solum
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION
- Publication number 20210195345
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...
- Publication number 20210174818
- Publication date Jun 10, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
ACCOUSTIC FEEDBACK PATH MODELING FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
- Publication number 20210144494
- Publication date May 13, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PERCEPTUALLY GUIDED SPEECH ENHANCEMENT USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS
- Publication number 20210037323
- Publication date Feb 4, 2021
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Joao Felipe Santos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING AND MONITORING MENTAL EXE...
- Publication number 20200230347
- Publication date Jul 23, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Miquel Espi Maques
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
HEARING DEVICE INCORPORATING USER INTERACTIVE AUDITORY DISPLAY
- Publication number 20200210141
- Publication date Jul 2, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Karim Helwani
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION
- Publication number 20200196069
- Publication date Jun 18, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Kelly Fitz
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING
- Publication number 20200159878
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Tao Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...
- Publication number 20200160875
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Ritwik Giri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Device arbitration for speech processing

Neural network-driven frequency translation

Updating machine learning models across devices

Activity detection using a hearing instrument

Neural network-driven feedback cancellation

Ear-wearable device shell modeling

Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...

Electronic device using a compound metric for sound enhancement

Listening experiences for smart environments using hearing devices

Reference free acoustic echo cancellation

Neural network-driven frequency translation

EEG-assisted beamformer, beamforming method and ear-worn hearing sy...

Neural network-driven feedback cancellation

Ear-worn electronic device for conducting and monitoring mental exe...

Ear-wearable device shell modeling

Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...

Interactive system for hearing devices

Perceptually guided speech enhancement using deep neural networks

Sound classification system for hearing aids

Neural network-driven frequency translation

Accoustic feedback path modeling for hearing assistance device

Beam former, beam forming method and hearing aid system

Hearing device incorporating user interactive auditory display

Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with flow enco...

Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...

Electronic device using a compound metric for sound enhancement

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

Ear-worn electronic device for conducting and monitoring mental exe...

Hearing device incorporating user interactive auditory display

Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven sel...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ACTIVITY DETECTION USING A HEARING INSTRUMENT

UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS ACROSS DEVICES

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION

HEARING DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSOR USED TO DETECT FEEDBACK PATH INST...

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...

EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION

ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A COMPOUND METRIC FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION

HEARING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT

MOBILE DEVICE THAT PROVIDES SOUND ENHANCEMENT FOR HEARING DEVICE

REDUCED-BANDWIDTH SPEECH ENHANCEMENT WITH BANDWIDTH EXTENSION

HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE MODEL PREDICTION

EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...

ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A COMPOUND METRIC FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION

INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES

ACTIVITY DETECTION USING A HEARING INSTRUMENT

EEG-ASSISTED BEAMFORMER, BEAMFORMING METHOD AND EAR-WORN HEARING SY...

HEARING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...

ACCOUSTIC FEEDBACK PATH MODELING FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE

PERCEPTUALLY GUIDED SPEECH ENHANCEMENT USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING AND MONITORING MENTAL EXE...

HEARING DEVICE INCORPORATING USER INTERACTIVE AUDITORY DISPLAY

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FREQUENCY TRANSLATION

EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE SHELL MODELING

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SEL...