Patents by Inventor Kazuteru NISHIYAMA

Kazuteru NISHIYAMA 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: 10609495
    Abstract: A hearing aid provided which has: a battery; a control means which controls a function of the hearing aid, including a wireless communication; a power supply switch which switches between supply and block of power from the battery to the control means; and a magnetic switch connected to the control means, wherein: the control means proceed to a normal operation via a start-up process when power is supplied from the battery due to the power supply switch; and if the magnetic switch is on during the start-up process, the control means switches a wireless communication setting before proceeding to the normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: RION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hiruma, Kazuteru Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190222945
    Abstract: A hearing aid provided which has: a battery; a control means which controls a function of the hearing aid, including a wireless communication; a power supply switch which switches between supply and block of power from the battery to the control means; and a magnetic switch connected to the control means, wherein: the control means proceed to a normal operation via a start-up process when power is supplied from the battery due to the power supply switch; and if the magnetic switch is on during the start-up process, the control means switches a wireless communication setting before proceeding to the normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuhiko HIRUMA, Kazuteru NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9357315
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a microphone; a hearing aid processing unit configured to provide a gain to a first signal based on an output signal from the microphone to generate a second signal; a receiver configured to convert the second signal into sound; an adaptive filter configured to adaptively estimate a transfer function corresponding to a pathway from an input side of the receiver to an output side of the microphone; and a feedback removal unit configured to subtract a third signal generated based on the transfer function from the output signal of the microphone to obtain a signal and output the signal as the first signal; and a control unit configured to control the gain setting unit and an adaptive speed of the adaptive filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: RION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sunohara, Kazuteru Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150071454
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a microphone; a hearing aid processing unit configured to provide a gain to a first signal based on an output signal from the microphone to generate a second signal; a receiver configured to convert the second signal into sound; an adaptive filter configured to adaptively estimate a transfer function corresponding to a pathway from an input side of the receiver to an output side of the microphone; and a feedback removal unit configured to subtract a third signal generated based on the transfer function from the output signal of the microphone to obtain a signal and output the signal as the first signal; and a control unit configured to control the gain setting unit and an adaptive speed of the adaptive filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro SUNOHARA, Kazuteru NISHIYAMA