Patents by Inventor Claus Elberling

Claus Elberling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11832952
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for recording auditory steady-state responses of a person comprises a) a stimulation unit for providing an acoustic stimulus signal to an ear of the person, and b) a recording unit for recording the auditory steady-state responses of the person origination from said acoustic stimulus signal, wherein the stimulation unit is configured to provide that the acoustic stimulus signal comprises a speech-like stimulus provided as a combination of a series of individual frequency-specific stimuli, each having a specified, e.g. predetermined, frequency bandwidth, presentation rate, amplitude and amplitude-modulation. The application further relates to a combined system comprising a diagnostic system and a hearing aid. The invention may e.g. be used for diagnostic instruments for verifying the fitting of a hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Interacoustics A/S
    Inventors: Claus Elberling, James Michael Harte
  • Publication number: 20200367783
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for recording auditory steady-state responses of a person comprises a) a stimulation unit for providing an acoustic stimulus signal to an ear of the person, and b) a recording unit for recording the auditory steady-state responses of the person origination from said acoustic stimulus signal, wherein the stimulation unit is configured to provide that the acoustic stimulus signal comprises a speech-like stimulus provided as a combination of a series of individual frequency-specific stimuli, each having a specified, e.g. predetermined, frequency bandwidth, presentation rate, amplitude and amplitude-modulation. The application further relates to a combined system comprising a diagnostic system and a hearing aid. The invention may e.g. be used for diagnostic instruments for verifying the fitting of a hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Interacoustics A/S
    Inventors: Claus ELBERLING, James Michael HARTE
  • Patent number: 10736535
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for recording auditory steady-state responses responses of a person, the method comprising a) providing an acoustic stimulus signal to an ear of the person, b) recording the auditory steady-state responses of the person originating from said acoustic stimulus signal. The application further relates to a system. The object of the present application is to excite the auditory system with a signal capable of assessing the auditory systems ability to process speech. The problem is solved in that the acoustic stimulus signal comprises a speech-like stimulus provided as a combination of a series of frequency-specific stimuli, each having a specified (e.g. predetermined) frequency bandwidth, presentation rate, amplitude and amplitude-modulation. An advantage of the disclosure is that it allows a clinical assessment of the effect of a hearing device in a normal mode of operation, i.e. when processing speech stimuli. The invention may e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERACOUSTICS A/S
    Inventors: Claus Elberling, James Michael Harte
  • Publication number: 20160235328
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for recording auditory steady-state responses responses of a person, the method comprising a) providing an acoustic stimulus signal to an ear of the person, b) recording the auditory steady-state responses of the person originating from said acoustic stimulus signal. The application further relates to a system. The object of the present application is to excite the auditory system with a signal capable of assessing the auditory systems ability to process speech. The problem is solved in that the acoustic stimulus signal comprises a speech-like stimulus provided as a combination of a series of frequency-specific stimuli, each having a specified (e.g. predetermined) frequency bandwidth, presentation rate, amplitude and amplitude-modulation. An advantage of the disclosure is that it allows a clinical assessment of the effect of a hearing device in a normal mode of operation, i.e. when processing speech stimuli. The invention may e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Interacoustics A/S
    Inventors: Claus ELBERLING, James Michael HARTE
  • Patent number: 8591433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to design and generate frequency-specific electrical or acoustical stimuli for the recording of auditory steady-state responses, ASSR, from human individuals, where the stimuli are generated as a combination of a series of three or more spectral components (i.e. pure tones), each having a specified frequency, amplitude and phase and where the frequency difference between the successive pure tones in the series preferably is constant=fs. The invention further relates to a device for detection of ASSR and to a software program for use in such device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Maico Diagnostic GmbH
    Inventor: Claus Elberling
  • Patent number: 7340231
    Abstract: In the method according to the invention the communication device has a microphone and a signal path leading from the microphone to a speaker, where the signal path comprises a programmable signal processing unit. According to the method the user is given control in a training session over one or more signal processing parameters within the signal processing unit. In the training session the user listens to the sound of his or her own voice transmitted through the communication device, and adjusts the one or more signal processing parameters until he or she is satisfied with the sound quality of his/her own voice. The values of the signal processing parameters chosen by the user during the training session are stored in a storing means within the device, and the programmable signal processing automatically uses the stored parameter when detection means within the unit detects the users own voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Behrens, Claus Nielsen, Thomas Lunner, Claus Elberling
  • Publication number: 20080033317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to design and generate frequency-specific electrical or acoustical stimuli for the recording of auditory steady-state responses, ASSR, from human individuals, where the stimuli are generated as a combination of a series of three or more spectral components (i.e. pure tones), each having a specified frequency, amplitude and phase and where the frequency difference between the successive pure tones in the series preferably is constant=fs. The invention further relates to a device for detection of ASSR and to a software program for use in such device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Claus Elberling
  • Publication number: 20060126859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for improving speech intelligibility for a listener receiving a speech signal output through a transducer in a noisy environment, where in the speech signal prior to the output one or more parameters have been modified in a signal processor corresponding to what a speaking person would normally do when speaking in a noisy environment or when speaking clearly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Claus Elberling
  • Publication number: 20040208326
    Abstract: In the method according to the invention the communication device has a microphone and a signal path leading from the microphone to a speaker, where the signal path comprises a programmable signal processing unit. According to the method the user is given control in a training session over one or more signal processing parameters within the signal processing unit. In the training session the user listens to the sound of his or her own voice transmitted through the communication device, and adjusts the one or more signal processing parameters until he or she is satisfied with the sound quality of his/her own voice. The values of the signal processing parameters chosen by the user during the training session are stored in a storing means within the device, and the programmable signal processing automatically uses the stored parameter when detection means within the unit detects the users own voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Behrens, Claus Nielsen, Thomas Lunner, Claus Elberling