Patents by Inventor Harvey Dilon

Harvey Dilon 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