Patents Assigned to BRAGI GmbH
  • Ear piece with pseudolite connectivity
    Patent number: 10225638
    Abstract: An earpiece includes an earpiece housing and a location receiver disposed within the ear piece housing. The earpiece is configured to determine location of the earpiece using the location receiver. The ear piece is configured to generate three-dimensional sounds based on the location of the earpiece relative to location of one or more sound sources. The location receiver may be configured to receive signals from one or more pseudo satellites and use the signals to determine the location. The earpiece may be configured to receive signals from one or more terrestrial or ground-based transmitters and use the signals to determine the location. The ear piece may further include an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Darko Dragicevic
  • Use of body-worn radar for biometric measurements, contextual awareness and identification
    Publication number: 20190064344
    Abstract: A method for utilizing wireless earpieces with radar in embodiments of the present invention may have one or more of the following steps: (a) activating one or more radar sensors of the wireless earpieces, (b) performing radar measurements of a user, (c) analyzing the radar measurements to determine contextual awareness for the user, (d) sending the contextual awareness information to the user, (e) sending the contextual awareness information to a body area network (BAN), (f) contacting emergency assistance authorities if the externally facing radar detects an impact to the user, (g) audibly communicating information associated with the contextual information to the user through the wireless earpieces, and (h) notifying the user of close quarter objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Jake Berry Turner
  • COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SENSORS TO CONTROL POWER STATUS FOR WIRELESS EARPIECES
    Publication number: 20190069067
    Abstract: A system, method, and wireless earpieces for managing power settings. Sensor measurements are performed utilizing a first sensor array of the wireless earpieces to detect light and motion. Sensor measurements are performed utilizing a second sensor array of the wireless earpieces to detect light and motion. The sensor measurements are analyzed from the first sensor array and the second sensor array. A determination is made whether a change event is detected in response to the sensor measurements. The change event is confirmed as detected. The wireless earpieces enter a full power mode in response to the change event being confirmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Toby Martin, Eric Christian Hirsch, Volker Klein, Christian Begusch, Matthias Lackus, Arne D. Loermann, Nikolaj Hviid
  • Multimodal Communication System Using Induction and Radio and Method
    Publication number: 20190068249
    Abstract: A system of wearable or personal area devices includes a first earpiece and a second ear piece each of the first ear piece and the second ear piece comprising an ear piece housing, an induction circuit disposed within the ear piece housing for short range communications, and a radio transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing for radio communications. The induction circuit of the first ear piece and the induction circuit of the second ear piece are adapted for communication there between using high bandwidth audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaj Hviid, Eric Christian Hirsch
  • Multi-point multiple sensor array for data sensing and processing system and method
    Patent number: 10212505
    Abstract: A method for enhancing sensor measurements includes performing measurements utilizing sensors of wireless earpieces, analyzing the measurements to determine statistical confidence in the measurements, and determining whether the measurements are accurate utilizing the statistical confidence. The measurements may be biometric measurements of a user utilizing the wireless earpieces. The measurements may be environmental measurements. A wireless earpiece may include a frame for fitting in an ear of a user, a logic engine controlling functionality of the wireless earpiece, and a plurality of sensor performing biometric measurements of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Christian Förstner
  • Interactive product packaging system and method
    Patent number: 10203773
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for providing information through a packaging system. A cover page of the packaging system is displayed. A determination of a page accessed with the packaging system is made. A display action associated with the page of the packaging system is performed in response to a user turning to the next page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaj Hviid, Arne D. Loermann, Matthias Lackus
  • Wireless earpiece with walkie-talkie functionality
    Patent number: 10205814
    Abstract: A method of audio messaging between users of earpiece wearables includes connecting an earpiece wearable associated with a first user with an earpiece wearable associated with a second user and sending and receiving audio messages between the earpiece wearable associated with the first user and the earpiece wearable associated with the second user, wherein the sending of the audio messages is activated by head movement sensed with an inertial sensor of the earpiece wearable performing the sending. The method further includes maintaining a record of the audio messages stored on a machine readable memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Martin Steiner
  • 3D sound field using bilateral earpieces system and method
    Patent number: 10206042
    Abstract: A set of wireless earpieces includes a left wireless earpiece comprising an earpiece housing sized and shaped to fit into an external auditory canal of a user, a speaker disposed within the earpiece and positioned to transduce audio towards a tympanic membrane associated with the external auditory canal of the user, a right wireless earpiece comprising an earpiece housing sized and shaped to fit into an external auditory canal of a user, a speaker disposed within the earpiece and positioned to transduce audio towards a tympanic membrane associated with the external auditory canal of the user, and wherein the left earpiece and the right earpiece are adapted to process sound in order to alter perception of the sound to match a pre-determined point of view for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaj Hviid, Toby Martin
  • Production Line PCB Serial Programming and Testing Method and System
    Publication number: 20190045311
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a wireless earpiece which provides improved efficiencies in manufacturing. Automated testing of one or more printed circuit boards of the wireless earpiece is initiated. The semi-assembled wireless earpiece is tested. End-of-line functional testing is performed. Final acoustic testing of the wireless earpiece is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Lisa Kingscott
  • Earpiece with cellular connectivity
    Patent number: 10200790
    Abstract: An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and a cellular transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The cellular transceiver may be a low energy long term evolution (LTE) cellular transceiver. The ear piece may include an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece may further include a short range transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing. The short range transceiver may be a Bluetooth transceiver. The earpiece may also include a slot within the earpiece housing for receiving an identity module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Nikolaj Hviid
  • Method and apparatus for conveying battery life of wireless earpiece
    Patent number: 10200780
    Abstract: A system includes a left earpiece comprising a left earpiece housing and a right earpiece comprising a right earpiece housing and a radio transceiver disposed within at least one of the left earpiece and the right earpiece, and a software application executable on a computing device in operative communication with the radio transceiver; wherein the software application provides a visual representation of the left earpiece and a visual representation of the right earpiece and wherein the visual representation of the left earpiece indicates a remaining charge for the left earpiece and wherein the visual representation of the right earpiece indicates a remaining charge for the right earpiece. A method for displaying battery life is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Steiner
  • Enhanced Biometric Control Systems for Detection of Emergency Events System and Method
    Publication number: 20190037299
    Abstract: A system, method and personal area network for communicating utilizing a wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece is linked with a communications device. Sensor measurements of a condition of a user are performed utilizing sensors of the wireless earpiece. A determination is made whether the sensor measurements exceed one or more thresholds. Communications regarding the sensor measurements are sent from the wireless earpiece to the communications device regarding the condition of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Lisa Kingscott, Rafael Pereira
  • 3D Sound positioning with distributed sensors
    Publication number: 20190029571
    Abstract: A method of providing audiometric feedback from a network of distributed body sensors using one or more earpieces includes receiving signals from the network of distributed body sensors at the one or more wireless earpieces, processing the signals received at the one or more wireless earpieces to determine a location of individual body sensors within the network of distributed body sensors relative the one or more earpieces, and producing audiometric feedback at the one or more wireless earpieces at least partially based on the locations of the individual body sensors relative to the one or more earpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Darko Dragicevic
  • Robotic safety using wearables
    Publication number: 20190030718
    Abstract: A system for increasing safety during robot-human collaborations in a manufacturing environment is provided. The method includes at least one wearable device for use by a human worker and an industrial robot in operative communication with the at least one wearable device. The industrial robot is equipped to detect location of the human worker using the at least one wearable device. The at least one wearable device may include an earpiece. The at least one wearable device may include a set of earpieces including a left wearable earpiece and a right wearable earpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • System and method for determining a user role and user settings associated with a vehicle
    Publication number: 20190031127
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network. The system further includes a wearable device in operative communication with the vehicle network. The vehicle is configured to determine user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wearable device and implement the user settings for the vehicle. A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wearable device includes acquiring user data from a wearable device at a vehicle, based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings, and automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Responsive packaging system for managing display actions
    Patent number: 10194232
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for wireless earpieces. The packaging system includes wireless earpieces includes one or more sensors and a near field communication chip. The near field communication chip communicates with a number of packaging systems adjacent to the packaging system if present. The packaging system further includes packaging defining a window for displaying the wireless earpieces. The packing prevents damage to the wireless earpieces. The packaging performs a display action in response to a display criteria being met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaj Hviid, Arne D. Loermann, Matthias Lackus, Christian Begusch
  • Wireless Earpiece and Smart Glasses System and Method
    Publication number: 20190028793
    Abstract: A method includes providing a set of earpieces comprising a left ear piece and a right ear piece, each of the earpieces comprising an ear piece housing, a wireless transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the wireless transceiver. The method further includes providing a set of eyeglasses comprising an eyeglass frame, a wireless transceiver disposed within the eyeglass frame, a processor disposed within the eyeglass frame, and a first lens and a second lens operatively connected to the eyeglass frame. The method provides for communicating data between at least one of the set of earpieces and the set of eyeglasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Jake Berry Turner
  • Power Control for Battery Powered Personal Area Network Device System and Method
    Publication number: 20190028795
    Abstract: A system and method for managing wireless earpieces. Circuitry of the wireless earpieces are powered utilizing a high-power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is not applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces. The power sent to the circuitry of the wireless earpieces is altered to a low power mode in response to detecting the magnetic field is applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Christian Hirsch, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • In-Ear Sensor Calibration and Detecting System and Method
    Publication number: 20190028825
    Abstract: A system, method and one or more wireless earpieces for calibrating one or more wireless earpieces. An indication the calibration of the one or more wireless earpieces is required is received. Sensors of the one or more wireless earpieces are calibrated in response to receiving the indication. Calibration information is analyzed. A determination is made whether the calibration is successful utilizing the calibration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: David K Dohmen, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Selective Audio Isolation from Body Generated Sound System and Method
    Publication number: 20190005940
    Abstract: A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive audio from the at least one microphone, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker. The processing of the audio involves identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen