Patents by Inventor Trevor Webster

Trevor Webster 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).

  • HEARING DEVICE ANTENNA WITH OPTIMIZED ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20240114297
    Abstract: A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna for wireless communication. The antenna is housed in the hearing aid with an orientation determined to approximately minimize change in performance of the wireless communication when the hearing aid goes onto a wearer's head from free space. In various embodiments, the orientation of the antenna can be optimized by considering various factors including head loading and performance of wireless communication with various other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Brent Anthony Bauman
  • Hearing device antenna with optimized orientation
    Patent number: 11758339
    Abstract: A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna for wireless communication. The antenna is housed in the hearing aid with an orientation determined to approximately minimize change in performance of the wireless communication when the hearing aid goes onto a wearer's head from free space. In various embodiments, the orientation of the antenna can be optimized by considering various factors including head loading and performance of wireless communication with various other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Brent Anthony Bauman
  • Antenna system with adaptive configuration for hearing assistance device
    Patent number: 10735871
    Abstract: A hearing assistance device such as a hearing aid includes an antenna system that has an adaptive antenna configuration that can be dynamically optimized for communicating with one or more other devices at different locations. The hearing assistance device determines an approximately optimal antenna configuration and adjusts the antenna configuration to that approximately optimal antenna configuration using one or more switches coupled between the antenna system and a communication circuit of the hearing assistance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Sasidhar Vajha, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Gregory John Haubrich
  • HEARING DEVICE ANTENNA WITH OPTIMIZED ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20190394587
    Abstract: A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna for wireless communication. The antenna is housed in the hearing aid with an orientation determined to approximately minimize change in performance of the wireless communication when the hearing aid goes onto a wearer's head from free space. In various embodiments, the orientation of the antenna can be optimized by considering various factors including head loading and performance of wireless communication with various other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Brent Anthony Bauman
  • Hearing device antenna with optimized orientation
    Patent number: 10412514
    Abstract: A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna for wireless communication. The antenna is housed in the hearing aid with an orientation determined to approximately minimize change in performance of the wireless communication when the hearing aid goes onto a wearer's head from free space. In various embodiments, the orientation of the antenna can be optimized by considering various factors including head loading and performance of wireless communication with various other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Brent Anthony Bauman
  • HEARING DEVICE ANTENNA WITH OPTIMIZED ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20170311103
    Abstract: A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna for wireless communication. The antenna is housed in the hearing aid with an orientation determined to approximately minimize change in performance of the wireless communication when the hearing aid goes onto a wearer's head from free space. In various embodiments, the orientation of the antenna can be optimized by considering various factors including head loading and performance of wireless communication with various other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Brent Anthony Bauman
  • ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170272873
    Abstract: A hearing assistance device such as a hearing aid includes an antenna system that has an adaptive antenna configuration that can be dynamically optimized for communicating with one or more other devices at different locations. The hearing assistance device determines an approximately optimal antenna configuration and adjusts the antenna configuration to that approximately optimal antenna configuration using one or more switches coupled between the antenna system and a communication circuit of the hearing assistance device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Trevor Webster, Sasidhar Vajha, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Gregory John Haubrich