Patents by Inventor Ryan Termeulen
Ryan Termeulen 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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Patent number: 11882405Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining a nozzle of an audio device is, at least partially blocked. More specifically, based on a measured transfer function between the driver and a microphone and an expected transfer function between the driver and the microphone, a blockage is detected. In response to the detected blockage, the user is notified.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Liam Robert Kelly, Peter McPhillips Moriarty, Ryan terMeulen
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Publication number: 20220417674Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining a nozzle of an audio device is, at least partially blocked. More specifically, based on a measured transfer function between the driver and a microphone and an expected transfer function between the driver and the microphone, a blockage is detected. In response to the detected blockage, the user is notified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Liam Robert KELLY, Peter McPhillips MORIARTY, Ryan tERMEULEN
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Publication number: 20220174430Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a hearing aid has an ANR circuit and an ear tip that acoustically occludes the ear. Such a hearing aid provides greater gain to sounds than would be stable in the same hearing aid with a vented ear tip. The ear tip and the ANR circuit in combination attenuate sounds reaching the ear canal through the hearing aid to a first level. The hearing aid detects sounds arriving at a microphone, amplifies those sounds, and provides the amplified sounds to the ear canal at a second level and later in time than the same sounds arrive at the ear canal through the ear tip. The first level is at least 14 dB greater than the second level, such that the amplified sounds do not interact with the passive sounds to result in spectral combing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Daniel M. Gauger, JR., Ryan C. Silvestri, Ryan Termeulen
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Patent number: 11297443Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a hearing aid has an ANR circuit and an ear tip that acoustically occludes the ear. Such a hearing aid provides greater gain to sounds than would be stable in the same hearing aid with a vented ear tip. The ear tip and the ANR circuit in combination attenuate sounds reaching the ear canal through the hearing aid to a first level. The hearing aid detects sounds arriving at a microphone, amplifies those sounds, and provides the amplified sounds to the ear canal at a second level and later in time than the same sounds arrive at the ear canal through the ear tip. The first level is at least 14 dB greater than the second level, such that the amplified sounds do not interact with the passive sounds to result in spectral combing.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Ryan C. Silvestri, Ryan terMeulen
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Publication number: 20200245080Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a hearing aid has an ANR circuit and an ear tip that acoustically occludes the ear. Such a hearing aid provides greater gain to sounds than would be stable in the same hearing aid with a vented ear tip. The ear tip and the ANR circuit in combination attenuate sounds reaching the ear canal through the hearing aid to a first level. The hearing aid detects sounds arriving at a microphone, amplifies those sounds, and provides the amplified sounds to the ear canal at a second level and later in time than the same sounds arrive at the ear canal through the ear tip. The first level is at least 14 dB greater than the second level, such that the amplified sounds do not interact with the passive sounds to result in spectral combing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Ryan C. Silvestri, Ryan terMeulen
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Patent number: 10623870Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a hearing aid has an ANR circuit and an ear tip that acoustically occludes the ear. Such a hearing aid provides greater gain to sounds than would be stable in the same hearing aid with a vented ear tip. The ear tip and the ANR circuit in combination attenuate sounds reaching the ear canal through the hearing aid to a first level. The hearing aid detects sounds arriving at a microphone, amplifies those sounds, and provides the amplified sounds to the ear canal at a second level and later in time than the same sounds arrive at the ear canal through the ear tip. The first level is at least 14 dB greater than the second level, such that the amplified sounds do not interact with the passive sounds to result in spectral combing.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Ryan C. Silvestri, Ryan TerMeulen
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Patent number: 10614791Abstract: Active noise reduction (ANR) headphones and associated methods are provided. The ANR headphones may include a memory to store a plurality of profiles each including controller information and acoustic parameters in addition to a profile selection routine executable by a processor of the ANR headphone. The profile selection routine may be configured to identify acoustic characteristics of a subject wearing the ANR headphone, compare the acoustic characteristics of the subject with the acoustic parameters of the plurality of profiles, select a profile from the plurality of profiles based on the comparison between the acoustic characteristics of the subject with the acoustic parameters of the selected profile, and provide the controller information of the selected profile to a noise reduction circuit of the ANR headphone.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Michael O'Connell, Ryan Termeulen, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
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Patent number: 10524050Abstract: A pair of earphones have microphone arrays each including a front microphone and a rear microphone. A processor uses a first set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a far-field signal that is more sensitive to sounds originating a short distance away from the earphones than to sounds close to the apparatus, and provides the far-field signal to the speakers for output. The processor also uses a second set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a near-field signal that is more sensitive to voice signals from a person wearing the earphones than to sounds originating away from the earphones, and provides the near-field signal to a communication system.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Ryan terMeulen, Andrew Jackson Stockton, X
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Patent number: 10354640Abstract: Technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving an input signal captured by one or more sensors associated with an active noise reduction (ANR) device, processing the input signal using a first filter disposed in an ANR signal flow path to generate a first signal for an acoustic transducer of the ANR device, and processing the input signal in a pass-through signal flow path disposed in parallel with the ANR signal flow path to generate a second signal for the acoustic transducer. The pass-through signal flow path is configured to allow at least a portion of the input signal to pass through to the acoustic transducer in accordance with a variable gain associated with the pass-through signal flow path. The method also includes generating an output signal for the acoustic transducer based on combining the first signal with the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Ryan terMeulen, John Allen Rule, Dale McElhone
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Publication number: 20190174228Abstract: A pair of earphones have microphone arrays each including a front microphone and a rear microphone. A processor uses a first set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a far-field signal that is more sensitive to sounds originating a short distance away from the earphones than to sounds close to the apparatus, and provides the far-field signal to the speakers for output. The processor also uses a second set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a near-field signal that is more sensitive to voice signals from a person wearing the earphones than to sounds originating away from the earphones, and provides the near-field signal to a communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Ryan terMeulen, Andrew Jackson Stockton, X
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Patent number: 10264365Abstract: A system for configuring a hearing device comprises an in-ear listening device; a plurality of customization components for use with the in-ear listening device, each customization component when in combination with the listening device cooperating with the listening device to define a controlled amount of venting; and a self-fitting assistance processing device in communication with the in-ear listening device, which adjusts a gain of the in-ear listening device according to the amount of venting provided by a selected one of the customization components.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Ryan Termeulen, Ryan Silvestri
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Patent number: 10250977Abstract: A pair of earphones have microphone arrays each including a front microphone and a rear microphone. A processor uses a first set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a far-field signal that is more sensitive to sounds originating a short distance away from the earphones than to sounds close to the apparatus, and provides the far-field signal to the speakers for output. The processor also uses a second set of filters to combine the four microphone signals to generate a near-field signal that is more sensitive to voice signals from a person wearing the earphones than to sounds originating away from the earphones, and provides the near-field signal to a communication system.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Ryan terMeulen, Andrew Jackson Stockton, X
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Publication number: 20190088245Abstract: Technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving an input signal captured by one or more sensors associated with an active noise reduction (ANR) device, processing the input signal using a first filter disposed in an ANR signal flow path to generate a first signal for an acoustic transducer of the ANR device, and processing the input signal in a pass-through signal flow path disposed in parallel with the ANR signal flow path to generate a second signal for the acoustic transducer. The pass-through signal flow path is configured to allow at least a portion of the input signal to pass through to the acoustic transducer in accordance with a variable gain associated with the pass-through signal flow path. The method also includes generating an output signal for the acoustic transducer based on combining the first signal with the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Ryan terMeulen, John Allen Rule, Dale McElhone
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Patent number: 10158941Abstract: A pair of earphones have microphone arrays each providing a plurality of microphone signals. A processor receives the microphone signals and applies a first set of filters to a subset of the plurality of microphone signals from each of the arrays, the first set of filters inverting the signals below a cutoff frequency, and provides the first-filtered signals and the remainder of the microphone signals from each of the arrays to a second set of filters. The processor uses the second set of filters to combine the signals to generate a far-field signal that is more sensitive to sounds originating a short distance away from the earphones than to sounds close to the earphones above the cutoff frequency, and omnidirectional below the cutoff frequency, determines a level of wind noise present in the microphone signals, and adjusts the cutoff frequency as a function of the determined level of wind noise.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventor: Ryan terMeulen
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Publication number: 20180295455Abstract: A system for configuring a hearing device comprises an in-ear listening device; a plurality of customization components for use with the in-ear listening device, each customization component when in combination with the listening device cooperating with the listening device to define a controlled amount of venting; and a self-fitting assistance processing device in communication with the in-ear listening device, which adjusts a gain of the in-ear listening device according to the amount of venting provided by a selected one of the customization components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Ryan Termeulen, Ryan Silvestri
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Patent number: 10096313Abstract: Technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving an input signal captured by one or more sensors associated with an active noise reduction (ANR) device, processing the input signal using a first filter disposed in an ANR signal flow path to generate a first signal for an acoustic transducer of the ANR device, and processing the input signal in a pass-through signal flow path disposed in parallel with the ANR signal flow path to generate a second signal for the acoustic transducer. The pass-through signal flow path is configured to allow at least a portion of the input signal to pass through to the acoustic transducer in accordance with a variable gain associated with the pass-through signal flow path. The method also includes generating an output signal for the acoustic transducer based on combining the first signal with the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Ryan terMeulen, John Allen Rule, Dale McElhone
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Patent number: 10091598Abstract: An off-head detection system for an in-ear headset comprises an input device that receives an audio signal, a feed-forward microphone signal, and a driver output signal; an expected-output computation circuit that predicts a value of the driver output signal based on a combination of the audio signal and the feed-forward microphone signal from the signal monitoring circuit, and off-head data from the off-head model; and a comparison circuit that compares the observed output signal provided to the driver and the computed expected output to determine an off-head state of the in-ear headset.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Termeulen, Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Fernando Mier, Andrew Sabin
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Patent number: 10091597Abstract: An off-head detection system for an in-ear headset comprises an input device that receives an audio signal, a feed-forward microphone signal, and a driver output signal; an expected-output computation circuit that predicts a value of the driver output signal based on a combination of the audio signal and the feed-forward microphone signal from the signal monitoring circuit, and off-head data from the off-head model; and a comparison circuit that compares the observed output signal provided to the driver and the computed expected output to determine an off-head state of the in-ear headset.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Termeulen, Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Fernando Mier, Andrew Sabin
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Publication number: 20180249265Abstract: An off-head detection system for an in-ear headset comprises an input device that receives an audio signal, a feed-forward microphone signal, and a driver output signal; an expected-output computation circuit that predicts a value of the driver output signal based on a combination of the audio signal and the feed-forward microphone signal from the signal monitoring circuit, and off-head data from the off-head model; and a comparison circuit that compares the observed output signal provided to the driver and the computed expected output to determine an off-head state of the in-ear headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Ryan Termeulen, Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Fernando Mier, Andrew Sabin
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Publication number: 20180249266Abstract: An off-head detection system for an in-ear headset comprises an input device that receives an audio signal, a feed-forward microphone signal, and a driver output signal; an expected-output computation circuit that predicts a value of the driver output signal based on a combination of the audio signal and the feed-forward microphone signal from the signal monitoring circuit, and off-head data from the off-head model; and a comparison circuit that compares the observed output signal provided to the driver and the computed expected output to determine an off-head state of the in-ear headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Ryan Termeulen, Jahn Dmitri Eichfeld, Fernando Mier, Andrew Sabin