Patents by Inventor Riaan Rottier
Riaan Rottier 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).
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Publication number: 20240089676Abstract: A system, including a first microphone of a non-body carried device and a processor configured to receive input based on sound captured by the first microphone and analyze the received input to determine whether the sound captured by the first microphone is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, which humans are located in a structure where the microphone is located, upon a determination that the sound is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, evaluate the success of that communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Riaan ROTTIER
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Publication number: 20230404440Abstract: Diagnosing and treating presbycusis (age related hearing loss) includes measuring basilar membrane stiffness. In an example, a low frequency component of an electrocochleogram stimulation signal is used to bias a region of the basilar membrane, the results of which are used basilar membrane stiffness. The resulting measurement is used to measure a subcomponent of presbycusis. Further, the measurement can be combined with known diagnostic methods to reveal or distinguish other origins of hearing loss such as strial presbycusis, sensory presbycusis, neural presbycusis, and cochlea conductive presbycusis. The relative contributions for each of the diagnosed origins of hearing loss can be determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Ryan Orin MELMAN, Stefan Jozef MAUGER, Riaan ROTTIER, Sean LINEAWEAVER
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Patent number: 11825271Abstract: A system, including a first microphone of a non-body carried device and a processor configured to receive input based on sound captured by the first microphone and analyze the received input to determine whether the sound captured by the first microphone is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, which humans are located in a structure where the microphone is located, upon a determination that the sound is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, evaluate the success of that communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventor: Riaan Rottier
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Publication number: 20230285748Abstract: A method, including energizing one or more electrodes of a cochlear electrode array to induce a current flow in the cochlea at a plurality of temporal locations, measuring one or more electrical properties at one or more locations in the cochlea resulting from the induced current flow at the plurality of different temporal locations and determining whether or not trauma has occurred based on a change between the measured electrical properties from the first temporal location to the second temporal location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: John Michael HEASMAN, Peter GIBSON, Riaan ROTTIER, Mary-Beth BRINSON, Stephen John O’LEARY, Christofer William BESTER
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Publication number: 20230084109Abstract: A method, including obtaining information indicative of a phenomenon sensed at a read electrode of a cochlear implant electrode array relative to a reference and/or at a read electrode remote from the electrode array relative to a reference, where one of the electrodes of the cochlear implant electrode array was energized executing a first analysis of the information to identify one or more first meanings from among a first group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon, conditioning the obtained information based on the identified one or more first meanings, and executing a second analysis of the conditioned information to identify one or more second meanings from among a second group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Ángel Ramos de Miguel, SR., Ángel Manuel Ramos Macías, D. Juan Carlos Falcon Gonzalez, Riaan Rottier, Christopher Bennett
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Patent number: 11590343Abstract: A method, including energizing one or more electrodes of a cochlear electrode array to induce a current flow in the cochlea at a plurality of temporal locations, measuring one or more electrical properties at one or more locations in the cochlea resulting from the induced current flow at the plurality of different temporal locations and determining whether or not trauma has occurred based on a change between the measured electrical properties from the first temporal location to the second temporal location.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: John Michael Heasman, Peter Gibson, Riaan Rottier, Mary-Beth Brinson, Stephen John O'Leary, Christofer William Bester
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Publication number: 20220417675Abstract: A method, including an action of receiving first data based on data based on ambient sound captured with a first microphone, and further including an action of receiving second data based on data based on the ambient sound captured with a second microphone, wherein the first microphone is a part of a hearing prosthesis, the second microphone is part of an indoor sound capture system or indoor sound capture sub-system, and the method further comprises comparing the first data to the second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventor: Riaan ROTTIER
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Patent number: 11439811Abstract: A method, including obtaining information indicative of a phenomenon sensed at a read electrode of a cochlear implant electrode array relative to a reference and/or at a read electrode remote from the electrode array relative to a reference, where one of the electrodes of the cochlear implant electrode array was energized executing a first analysis of the information to identify one or more first meanings from among a first group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon, conditioning the obtained information based on the identified one or more first meanings, and executing a second analysis of the conditioned information to identify one or more second meanings from among a second group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Ángel Ramos de Miguel, Sr., Ángel Manuel Ramos Macías, D. Juan Carlos Falcon Gonzalez, Riaan Rottier, Christopher Bennett
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Publication number: 20220047184Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that can be used to track/monitor the health/well-being of an individual, such as person of an implantable medical prosthesis system, in a manner that protects the individual's privacy. In particular, a system in accordance with embodiments presented herein comprises one or more sensors configured to detect signals that may comprise one or more of external acoustic sounds and/or body noises (i.e., sounds originating from within the body of the person). The outputs from one or more sensors are analyzed to identify and categorize the individual's body noises present in the detected signals. The body noises are categorized in terms of the person's current/real-time activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: Riaan Rottier
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Publication number: 20210329390Abstract: A system, including a first microphone of a non-body carried device and a processor configured to receive input based on sound captured by the first microphone and analyze the received input to determine whether the sound captured by the first microphone is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, which humans are located in a structure where the microphone is located, upon a determination that the sound is indicative of an attempted communication between humans, evaluate the success of that communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventor: Riaan ROTTIER
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Publication number: 20210093852Abstract: A method, including energizing one or more electrodes of a cochlear electrode array to induce a current flow in the cochlea at a plurality of temporal locations, measuring one or more electrical properties at one or more locations in the cochlea resulting from the induced current flow at the plurality of different temporal locations and determining whether or not trauma has occurred based on a change between the measured electrical properties from the first temporal location to the second temporal location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: John Michael HEASMAN, Peter GIBSON, Riaan ROTTIER, Mary-Beth BRINSON, Stephen John O'LEARY, Christofer William BESTER
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Publication number: 20180280687Abstract: A method, including sequentially activating a plurality of respective electrode pairs of an implanted cochlear implant, at least one of the electrodes of the respective electrode pairs being a respective electrode of an electrode array implanted in a cochlea, thereby generating respective localized electric fields, concurrently respectively measuring, for the plurality of activated respective electrode pairs, an electrical characteristic between the respective electrodes of the respective electrode pairs resulting from the respective localized electric fields, thereby obtaining a measurement set, determining, from the measurement set, a distance between the electrode array and a wall of the cochlea.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Paul Michael CARTER, Nicholas Charles PAWSEY, Ryan Orin MELMAN, Ángel Ramos de Miguel, Ángel Manuel Ramos Macías, D. Juan Carlos Falcon Gonzalez, Riaan Rottier, Christopher Bennett, John Michael Heasman, Peter Gibson, Mary-Beth Brinson, Stephen O?Leary, Christo Bester, Richard Bruce Murphy
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Publication number: 20180140829Abstract: A method, including obtaining information indicative of a phenomenon sensed at a read electrode of a cochlear implant electrode array relative to a reference and/or at a read electrode remote from the electrode array relative to a reference, where one of the electrodes of the cochlear implant electrode array was energized executing a first analysis of the information to identify one or more first meanings from among a first group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon, conditioning the obtained information based on the identified one or more first meanings, and executing a second analysis of the conditioned information to identify one or more second meanings from among a second group of meanings of the sensed phenomenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Ángel Ramos de Miguel, Sr., Ángel Manuel Ramos Macías, D. Juan Carlos Falcon Gonzalez, Riaan Rottier, Christopher Bennett
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Publication number: 20140233709Abstract: A training system is disclosed. The training system includes a server. The server includes a processor, data storage, a data input/output interface, and a voice interface. The data input/output interface is configured to provide a web-based interface to a data terminal and to receive, from the data terminal and via the web-based interface, both an identifier identifying at least one voice terminal and at least one response. The voice interface is configured to transmit at least one audio test signal corresponding to at least one audio test to the at least one voice terminal. The response is a response to the at least one audio test. In one embodiment, the voice terminal and the data terminal are combined in a single device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Riaan Rottier, Stuart Thomas, Peter Gibson
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Patent number: 8693639Abstract: A training system is disclosed. The training system includes a server. The server includes a processor, data storage, a data input/output interface, and a voice interface. The data input/output interface is configured to provide a web-based interface to a data terminal and to receive, from the data terminal and via the web-based interface, both an identifier identifying at least one voice terminal and at least one response. The voice interface is configured to transmit at least one audio test signal corresponding to at least one audio test to the at least one voice terminal. The response is a response to the at least one audio test. In one embodiment, the voice terminal and the data terminal are combined in a single device.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Riaan Rottier, Stuart Thomas, Peter Gibson
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Publication number: 20130101095Abstract: A training system is disclosed. The training system includes a server. The server includes a processor, data storage, a data input/output interface, and a voice interface. The data input/output interface is configured to provide a web-based interface to a data terminal and to receive, from the data terminal and via the web-based interface, both an identifier identifying at least one voice terminal and at least one response. The voice interface is configured to transmit at least one audio test signal corresponding to at least one audio test to the at least one voice terminal. The response is a response to the at least one audio test. In one embodiment, the voice terminal and the data terminal are combined in a single device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: Riaan Rottier, Stuart Thomas, Peter Gibson
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Publication number: 20110043217Abstract: A method for detecting an electrode fault in a cochlear prosthesis. A voltage between the implanted electrode and a reference node is measured. It is then determined whether the voltage measured has been affected by an electrical leakage path between the electrode and a power supply node.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Kostas Ioannis Tsampazis, Andrew Saldanha, Riaan Rottier