Patents by Inventor Niki Frampton

Niki Frampton 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).

  • Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus
    Patent number: 7574264
    Abstract: A cochlear implant system in which information about the periodicity of a received audio signal in each filter channel is used as a factor in determining the rate of stimulation applied to a tonotopically placed electrode corresponding to the relevant filter channel. As such, the stimulation rate for each electrode is related to the periodicity of the signal in the filter channel corresponding to that electrode. This may allow for improved perception of pitch by the implant recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Joe Wolfe, Paul M. Carter, Robert Fearn, Niki Frampton, Simon G. Parker
  • Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus
    Publication number: 20060212095
    Abstract: A cochlear implant system in which information about the periodicity of a received audio signal in each filter channel is used as a factor in determining the rate of stimulation applied to a tonotopically placed electrode corresponding to the relevant filter channel. As such, the stimulation rate for each electrode is related to the periodicity of the signal in the filter channel corresponding to that electrode. This may allow for improved perception of pitch by the implant recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Joe Wolfe, Paul Carter, Simon Parker, Robert Fearn, Niki Frampton
  • Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus
    Patent number: 7072717
    Abstract: An improved processing approach is disclosed in order to allow for different rates of stimulation to be used for different electrodes in a multi-electrode cochlear implant. When the incoming signal is processed by filter array (35), each channel is processed to determine amplitude (37) and to estimate the period of the signal in that channel (39). The amplitude and period information is used to determine which electrode is stimulated, and the timing of that stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Joe Wolf, Paul Michael Carter, Simon Geoffrey Parker, Robert Fearn, Niki Frampton