Patents by Inventor Elmar Fichtl

Elmar Fichtl 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: 7869606
    Abstract: For modifying or adapting at least one basic hearing aid setting such as volume, low/high frequency balance etc., it is suggested that at particular time intervals at least one current user-selected setting entered on the hearing aid is registered and combined or linked with the existing basic setting in or on the hearing aid by means of a predefined algorithm in order to arrive at a new basic setting and to store same in or on the hearing aid. The current user setting is acquired for instance in sound-specific fashion, i.e. with reference to a specific registered sound category or at least one hearing-related ambient parameter, and is linked with the corresponding, associated sound-specific basic setting in order to arrive at the new sound-specific basic setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Elmar Fichtl, Michael Boretzki, Hilmar Meier
  • Publication number: 20100220879
    Abstract: The method for operating a hearing system comprising at least one hearing device; at least one signal processing unit; at least one user control by means of which at least one audio processing parameter of said signal processing unit is adjustable; and a sensor unit; comprises the steps of a) obtaining adjustment data (userCorr) representative of adjustments of said at least one parameter carried out by operating said at least one user control; b) obtaining characterizing data (p1;p2) from data outputted from said sensor unit substantially at the time said adjustment data are obtained; c) deriving correction data (learntCorr) from said adjustment data (userCorr); wherein step c) is carried out in dependence of said characterizing data; and d) recognizing an update event; and, upon step d): e) using corrected settings for said at least one audio processing parameter in said signal processing unit, which corrected settings are derived in dependence of said correction data (learntCorr).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Manuela Feilner, Hilmar Meier, Michael Boretzki, Harald Krueger, Ivo Spieler, Elmar Fichtl
  • Publication number: 20090285424
    Abstract: So as to exploit the experience widely spread for fitting hearing devices, workflows of fitting processes are stored (9, 9-1). A momentary or future fitting operation is performed in dependency from previously performed fitting processes. To do so the stored workflows of the fitting processes are evaluated (13) and the evaluation result (R) influences presently performed or future fitting processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Michael Boretzki, Manfred Duerst, Elmar Fichtl
  • Publication number: 20080089540
    Abstract: So as to exploit the experience widely spread for fitting hearing devices, workflows of fitting processes are stored (9, 9?1). A momentary or future fitting operation is performed in dependency from previously performed fitting processes. To do so the stored workflows of the fitting processes are evaluated (13) and the evaluation result (R) influences presently performed or future fitting processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Michael Boretzki, Manfred Duerst, Elmar Fichtl
  • Publication number: 20070237346
    Abstract: For modifying or adapting at least one basic hearing aid setting such as volume, low/high frequency balance etc., it is suggested that at particular time intervals at least one current user-selected setting entered on the hearing aid is registered and combined or linked with the existing basic setting in or on the hearing aid by means of a predefined algorithm in order to arrive at a new basic setting and to store same in or on the hearing aid. The current user setting is acquired for instance in sound-specific fashion, i.e. with reference to a specific registered sound category or at least one hearing-related ambient parameter, and is linked with the corresponding, associated sound-specific basic setting in order to arrive at the new sound-specific basic setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Elmar Fichtl, Michael Boretzki, Hilmar Meier