Patents by Inventor Mark Flynn

Mark Flynn 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149917
    Abstract: A transportation system for autonomous vehicles may include a control system configured to determine respective vehicle trajectories for respective autonomous vehicles and to provide the respective vehicle trajectories to the respective autonomous vehicles. The transportation system may also include a pair of roadways extending alongside one another and physically divided from one another, a first roadway of the pair of roadways configured for vehicle travel in a first direction, and a second roadway of the pair of roadways configured for vehicle travel in a second direction opposite the first direction, a boarding zone that is vertically separated from the pair of roadways and includes a set of boarding slots configured to receive autonomous vehicles, and a mixing zone adjacent the set of boarding slots and configured to allow vehicle access to the set of boarding slots for vehicles from the first roadway and the second roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Keith Flynn, Nicholas Gibson, Mark E. Seeger
  • Publication number: 20230362554
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Martin HILLBRATT, Mark FLYNN, Bjorn DAVIDSSON
  • Patent number: 11706572
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Publication number: 20220279289
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Martin HILLBRATT, Mark FLYNN, Bjorn DAVIDSSON
  • Patent number: 11277695
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Patent number: 10412515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recipient fitting of a hearing device. An embodiment of the present invention determines the transmission loss for sound applied to the recipient by the hearing device. Separate gains are then determined for compensating for the determined transmission loss and the measured hearing loss of the recipient. For example, in an embodiment, the hearing device may compensate for transmission losses in a 1:1 manner (i.e., the transmission loss in 100% compensated for). The hearing device may apply a different gain to compensate for the hearing loss, such as a gain that is a fraction (e.g., 33-55%) of the measured hearing loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Publication number: 20190215618
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Martin HILLBRATT, Mark FLYNN, Bjorn DAVIDSSON
  • Patent number: 10165374
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Publication number: 20180146273
    Abstract: A prosthetic support, including a structure configured to apply a clamping force to a head of a recipient while extending about a back of at least one of a head or neck of the recipient such that output generated by a device supported by the structure is directed into skin of the recipient at a location behind an ear canal of the recipient that covers the mastoid bone of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Kristo, Helena Pruss Cindric, Henrik Jeppesen, Martin Práme, Mark Flynn
  • Patent number: 9906853
    Abstract: A prosthetic support, including a structure configured to apply a clamping force to a head of a recipient while extending about a back of at least one of a head or neck of the recipient such that output generated by a device supported by the structure is directed into skin of the recipient at a location behind an ear canal of the recipient that covers the mastoid bone of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Kristo, Helena Pruss Cindric, Henrik Jeppesen, Martin Práme, Mark Flynn
  • Publication number: 20170041723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recipient fitting of a hearing device. An embodiment of the present invention determines the transmission loss for sound applied to the recipient by the hearing device. Separate gains are then determined for compensating for the determined transmission loss and the measured hearing loss of the recipient. For example, in an embodiment, the hearing device may compensate for transmission losses in a 1:1 manner (i.e., the transmission loss in 100% compensated for). The hearing device may apply a different gain to compensate for the hearing loss, such as a gain that is a fraction (e.g., 33-55%) of the measured hearing loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Patent number: 9479879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recipient fitting of a hearing device. An embodiment of the present invention determines the transmission loss for sound applied to the recipient by the hearing device. Separate gains are then determined for compensating for the determined transmission loss and the measured hearing loss of the recipient. For example, in an embodiment, the hearing device may compensate for transmission losses in a 1:1 manner (i.e., the transmission loss in 100% compensated for). The hearing device may apply a different gain to compensate for the hearing loss, such as a gain that is a fraction (e.g., 33-55%) of the measured hearing loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Publication number: 20160219382
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Martin HILLBRATT, Mark FLYNN, Bjorn DAVIDSSON
  • Patent number: 9313589
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically configuring a medical device that is at least partially implanted in a human recipient and that includes a transducer arranged to stimulate a physiological system of the recipient, such as a middle-ear implant for instance. The energy level of a signal provided to drive the transducer is progressively increased until there is a threshold electrical change indicative of a threshold change in impedance of the transducer. In the context of a middle-ear implant, for instance, the threshold electrical change indicative of the threshold change in impedance of the transducer may be indicative of the acoustic reflex. The energy level of the signal at that point is then used as a basis to set an operational parameter of the medical device, such as a comfort-level of the middle-ear implant for instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, André Sadeghi, Mark Flynn
  • Publication number: 20150163579
    Abstract: A prosthetic support, including a structure configured to apply a clamping force to a head of a recipient while extending about a back of at least one of a head or neck of the recipient such that output generated by a device supported by the structure is directed into skin of the recipient at a location behind an ear canal of the recipient that covers the mastoid bone of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Kristo, Helena Pruss Cindric, Henrik Jeppesen, Martin Práme, Mark Flynn
  • Publication number: 20140364681
    Abstract: A method including obtaining data based on a current and/or anticipated future state of a hearing prosthesis and adjusting a set gain margin of the hearing prosthesis based on the current or anticipated future state of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Publication number: 20140050341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recipient fitting of a hearing device. An embodiment of the present invention determines the transmission loss for sound applied to the recipient by the hearing device. Separate gains are then determined for compensating for the determined transmission loss and the measured hearing loss of the recipient. For example, in an embodiment, the hearing device may compensate for transmission losses in a 1:1 manner (i.e., the transmission loss in 100% compensated for). The hearing device may apply a different gain to compensate for the hearing loss, such as a gain that is a fraction (e.g., 33-55%) of the measured hearing loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Flynn, Bjorn Davidsson
  • Patent number: 8625828
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis comprising an external component having an integrated user interface, a sound processor configured to process received sounds based on predefined fitting data, and an on-board fitting system configured to set the fitting data in response to control inputs received via the integrated user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mark Flynn, Kristian Asnes, Martin E. G. Hillbratt, Fredrik Breitholtz
  • Patent number: D1015902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: RAPID PHENOTYPING PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni Ciampa, William Palmer, Michael Easdown, Nathan John Burke, Siao Hau Teh, Brenton Gray, Mark Bigland, Antony Martin, Jamie Flynn
  • Patent number: D1019932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Richard Morfuni, Daphne Flynn, Rowan Page, Mark C. Armstrong, Tuncay Alan, Jason Brenker