Patents by Inventor Gitte Keidser

Gitte Keidser 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).

  • Programmable auditory prosthesis with trainable automatic adaptation to acoustic conditions
    Patent number: 8532317
    Abstract: An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, wherein the sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hearworks Pty Limited
    Inventors: Harvey Dilon, Justin Andrew Zakis, Hugh Joseph McDermott, Gitte Keidser
  • PROGRAMMABLE AUDITORY PROSTHESIS WITH TRAINABLE AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION TO ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20110202111
    Abstract: An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, wherein the sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Harvey Dillon, Justin Andrew Zakis, Hugh Joseph McDermott, Gitte Keidser
  • Programmable auditory prosthesis with trainable automatic adaptation to acoustic conditions
    Patent number: 7889879
    Abstract: An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, wherein the sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Harvey Dillon, Justin Andrew Zakis, Hugh Joseph McDermott, Gitte Keidser
  • Programmable auditory prosthesis with trainable automatic adaptation to acoustic conditions
    Publication number: 20050129262
    Abstract: An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, wherein the sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Harvey Dillon, Justin Zakis, Hugh McDermott, Gitte Keidser