Patents by Inventor Marinus Andersen

Marinus Andersen 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: 10206050
    Abstract: The invention relates to an audio assist system, comprising a hearing aid, an external handheld device and an audio system comprising a Bluetooth audio transmitter, wherein the hearing aid comprises a Bluetooth receiver. The hearing aid and the external handheld device are temporarily connected via a wireless data link, and both the audio system and the external handheld device each comprise an infrared receiver and/or transmitter for establishing an at least unidirectional IR link between the external handheld device and the audio system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Marinus Andersen, Martin Bergmann, Søren Bredahl Greiner, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Lars Riemer
  • Publication number: 20170272874
    Abstract: The invention relates to an audio assist system, comprising a hearing aid, an external handheld device and an audio system comprising a Bluetooth audio transmitter, wherein the hearing aid comprises a Bluetooth receiver. The hearing aid and the external handheld device are temporarily connected via a wireless data link, and both the audio system and the external handheld device each comprise an infrared receiver and/or transmitter for establishing an at least unidirectional IR link between the external handheld device and the audio system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Marinus ANDERSEN, Martin BERGMANN, Søren Bredahl GREINER, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Lars RIEMER
  • Patent number: 8879764
    Abstract: Hearing system comprising a hearing device and an FM receiver, the FM receiver being adapted to be operationally connected to the hearing device and to communicate wirelessly with an FM transmitter on an FM channel, the hearing device comprising memory storing configuration data indicating the FM channel and transferring means for transferring the stored configuration data to the FM receiver, the hearing system further comprising a configurator adapted to configure the FM receiver to use the indicated FM channel for communicating wirelessly with the FM transmitter. The hearing system further comprises a detector adapted to detect whether the FM receiver is operationally connected to the hearing device, and the transferring means further is adapted to transfer the stored configuration data to the FM receiver in response to the FM receiver going from not being operationally connected to being operationally connected to the hearing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Marinus Andersen
  • Patent number: 8531267
    Abstract: A method for visual indication of the function of wireless receivers where a wireless signal is transmitted to a group of receivers, and where each receiver intermittently flashes a visual indicator when a wireless signal is received, whereby the intermittence and flashing of the visual indicators of the receivers are synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Marinus Andersen
  • Patent number: 7813518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of current management in a battery powered audio device. According to the invention the method comprises the following steps: a—comparing the actual supply voltage from the battery with a fixed reference voltage, b—generating a control signal whenever the supply voltage is below the reference voltage, c—use the control signal to reduce the load current in the battery powered device, whereby the supply voltage from the battery will increase, d—repeat steps a, b and c whenever the supply voltage is below the reference voltage, and register the rate at which the sequence of steps are repeated, and e—activate an AGC to decrease the output level whenever repetition rate of the a, b and c steps is above a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Finn Danielsen, Marinus Andersen
  • Publication number: 20080036574
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for visual indication of the function of wireless receivers where a wireless signal is transmitted to a group of receivers, and where each receiver intermittently flashes a visual indicator when a wireless signal is received, whereby the intermittence and flashing of the visual indicators of the receivers are synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Marinus Andersen
  • Publication number: 20060269082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of current management in a battery powered audio device. According to the invention the method comprises the following steps: a—comparing the actual supply voltage from the battery with a fixed reference voltage, b—generating a control signal whenever the supply voltage is below the reference voltage, c—use the control signal to reduce the load current in the battery powered device, whereby the supply voltage from the battery will increase, d—repeat steps a, b and c whenever the supply voltage is below the reference voltage, and register the rate at which the sequence of steps are repeated, and e—activate an AGC to decrease the output level whenever repetition rate of the a, b and c steps is above a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Finn Danielsen, Marinus Andersen