Patents Assigned to BRAGI GmbH
  • Publication number: 20180124495
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for providing feedback through wireless earpieces, may have one or more of the following steps: (a) detecting a position of the wireless earpieces in ears of a user utilizing a number of contacts, (b) analyzing how to modify communications with the user based on the position, (c) communicating with the user utilizing the analysis, (d) adjusting an orientation of one or more speakers of the wireless earpieces in response to the position, and (e) adjusting a plurality of sensors in response to the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180122025
    Abstract: A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a legal assistant utilizing wireless earpieces. A request is received from a user to be implemented by wireless earpieces. A legal engine is executed on the wireless earpieces. Information associated with the request is retrieved from one or more legal databases accessible to the wireless earpieces. An action is implemented to fulfill the request utilizing the information through the legal assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180116564
    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: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Darko Dragicevic
  • Publication number: 20180123813
    Abstract: A system, method, and wireless earpieces for augmented reality communications. A location of two or more users is determined. A first user is in a first location and second user is in a second location remote from the first location. Voice content is captured from the first user and the second user through at least wireless earpieces worn by the first user and the second user. Communications including the augmented reality content are sent between at least the first user and the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Veniamin Milevski, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180117469
    Abstract: A method of providing an enhanced gaming experience includes steps of sensing environmental audio with at least one microphone of an earpiece, combining a game sound with the environmental audio to provide a composite audio signal, and transducing the composite audio signal at the earpiece. The game sound may be positioned within a three-dimensional audio environment. The composite audio signal may be transduced to provide a three-dimensional audio experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Ilse, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180124497
    Abstract: A system, method, and wireless earpieces for communicating augmented reality content. A sharing request for the augmented reality content is received through wireless earpieces. One or more receiving devices are identified. The augmented reality content is formatted for communication. The augmented reality content is communicated to the one or more receiving devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180124225
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Martin Steiner
  • Publication number: 20180124493
    Abstract: A system includes an earpiece having an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, a microphone operatively connected to the processor, a speaker operatively disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the processor, a plurality of electrodes positioned on the earpiece housing to come in contact with skin of a user, and a charge storage device disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor and the plurality of electrodes. The earpiece is adapted to receive galvanically communicated signals from a remote body worn device at the plurality of electrodes and apply a charge to the charge storage device. The system may further include a sock including a smart material, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of electrodes operatively connected to the plurality of coils, wherein the sock provides for generating the signals and galvanically communicating the signals to the earpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Darko Dragicevic
  • Publication number: 20180124490
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen, Darko Dragicevic
  • Publication number: 20180116514
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device for monitoring EEG data, may include one or more of the following features: (a) a housing, (b) a processor disposed within the housing, (c) at least one sensor operatively connected to the processor, (d) at least two EEG electrodes operatively connected to the processor and positioned on the housing for receiving EEG signals from an ear surface, and (e) a plurality of EEG electrodes, wherein the processor measures the impedance of the plurality of EEG electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Jake Berry Turner
  • Publication number: 20180120930
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention a body area network may have one or more of the following features: (a) a plurality of wearable electronic devices, which may have one or more of the following features: (i) a housing, (ii) a sensor operatively connected to the housing, wherein the sensor is configured to sense an excitation event; and (iii) a transceiver operatively connected to the sensor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a data signal encoding the excitation event from the sensor and transmit the data signal to a second transceiver disposed within a second wearable electronic device, (b) a processor disposed within the housing of at least one of the wearable electronic devices is configured to determine a kinetic user action associated with the excitation event from the data signal encoding of the excitation event, (c) a mobile device operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of wearable electronic devices, (d) a data service operatively coupled to the mobile device, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Jake Berry Turner
  • Publication number: 20180122354
    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: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180115171
    Abstract: A method for managing power within a network of wearable devices includes galvaniclly transferring a signal between a first device on the network of the wearable devices and a second device on the network of the wearable devices, harvesting the signal at the second device to provide power to the second device, and extracting power management data from the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180109891
    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: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Lisa Kingscott
  • Publication number: 20180109867
    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: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Christian Hirsch, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Patent number: 9949013
    Abstract: An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, and a gesture based interface operatively connected to the processor and configured to detect changes in an energy field associated with user gestures. The processor is configured to interpret the changes in the energy field to determine the user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaj Hviid, Friedrich Christian Förstner, Eric Christian Hirsch
  • Patent number: 9949008
    Abstract: An ear piece for use by an individual having an external auditory canal includes an earpiece housing configured for placement within the external auditory canal of the individual, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, at least one microphone disposed within the earpiece housing wherein the at least one earpiece is positioned to detect ambient environmental sound, and at least one speaker disposed within the earpiece housing. The ear piece is configured to detect ambient environmental sound proximate the external auditory canal of the individual using the at least one microphone and reproduce the ambient environmental sound at the at least one speaker within the earpiece housing. The processor is further configured to modify the ambient environmental sound based on shape of the external auditory canal such that audio perception of the ambient environmental sound is as if the ear piece was not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Nikolaj Hviid
  • Publication number: 20180101656
    Abstract: A method for communicating data from wearable devices, the method includes sensing data with a wearable sensor worn by an individual and communicating the data from the wearable sensor to an earpiece worn by the individual. The method may further include communicating software instructions for analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor from the wearable sensor to the earpiece. An earpiece includes an ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, and a microphone operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece is configured to receive at the processor the software instructions for processing data collected from one or more remotely located sensor devices from the one or more remotely located sensor devices and to process the data according to the software instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventors: Veniamin Milevski, Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180096120
    Abstract: A method of verifying an identity of a user using a set of earpieces includes communicating a first sound toward a tympanic membrane of the left ear, communicating a second sound toward a tympanic membrane of the right ear, receiving reflected sounds from an ear canal of the left ear, receiving reflected sounds from an ear canal of the right ear, comparing acoustic properties of the reflected sounds with acoustic properties stored in a memory device, and verifying the identity of the user if the acoustic properties of the reflected sounds match the stored acoustic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20180091452
    Abstract: A method for audio-based social media messaging for a wearable device includes generating a first audio message using a wearable device, the wearable device having at least one microphone and at least one speaker and conveying the first audio message from the wearable device to an audio-based social media platform using a wireless radio transceiver within the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: BRAGI GmbH
    Inventor: Nikolaj Hviid