Patents by Inventor M. M. Boone

M. M. Boone 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).

  • Directional hearing device
    Patent number: 6741713
    Abstract: A hearing device comprising at least two microphones, a processor and an output for further processing in a reproducer, the microphones being electrically coupled to the processor, and the output for further processing in a reproducer being connected to the processor. The processor comprises: a summer providing a sum signal of the microphone signals, and to which summer a proportional amplifier is connected, and a summer for providing a difference signal of the microphone signals, to which summer an integrator is connected, and that the proportional amplifier and the integrator are coupled on the output side to a third summer providing a sum signal of the proportional amplifier and the integrator, and that the third summer forms the output for further processing in a reproducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Sonionmicrotronic Nederlan B.V.
    Inventors: M. M. Boone, I. L. D. M. Merks, A. Z. van Halteren