Patents Assigned to Chromatic Inc.
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Patent number: 11838727Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., an ear-worn device such as a hearing aid) includes neural network circuitry and control circuitry. The neural network circuitry is configured to implement a neural network system comprising at least a first neural network and a second neural network operating in parallel. The control circuitry is configured to control the neural network system to receive a first input signal, process the first input signal using the first neural network to produce a first output and using the second neural network to produce a second output, combine the first output and the second output, reset one or more states of the first neural network, and reset one or more states of the second neural network at a different time than when the one or more states of the first neural network are reset.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CHROMATIC INC.Inventors: Igor Lovchinsky, Philip Meyers, IV, Jonathan Macoskey, Israel Malkin, Andrew Casper, Nicholas Morris
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Publication number: 20230388725Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge
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Patent number: 11832061Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey, Philip Meyers, IV
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Patent number: 11832062Abstract: A hearing aid includes a non-programmable user input device that is not programmable by a user nor by an audiologist, control circuitry configured to receive an activation signal from the non-programmable user input device, one or more microphones, neural network circuitry configured to denoise audio signals received by the one or more microphones, and communication circuitry. The hearing aid is configured to detect, using the control circuitry, user activation of the non-programmable user input device on the hearing aid; control, using the control circuitry and based on detecting the activation of the non-programmable user input device on the hearing aid, switching between enabling and disabling the neural network circuitry; and transmit, using the communication circuitry, an indication of the enabling or disabling of the neural network circuitry to a processing device in operative communication with the hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CHROMATIC INC.Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Igor Lovchinsky
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Patent number: 11818523Abstract: An ear-worn device is provided that operates to isolate and individually treat the received speech of a target speaker or multiple target speakers from an audio input signal detected in a multi-speaker environment. The ear-worn device uses a machine learning model that receives a voice signature of each of one or more target speakers as input signals, to identify and isolate the component of the audio input signal attributable to the target speaker(s). Once isolated, the target speaker's speech may be enhanced, de-emphasized, or otherwise processed in a manner desired by the wearer of the ear-worn device. The wearer may use an external electronic device, e.g., a phone, to select one or more target speakers in a conversation and/or configure various settings associated with processing the speech on the ear-worn device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Igor Lovchinsky, Andrew J. Casper, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey
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Patent number: 11818547Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey, Philip Meyers, IV
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Patent number: 11812225Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey, Philip Meyers, IV
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Publication number: 20230306982Abstract: An ear-worn device is provided that operates to isolate and individually treat the received speech of a target speaker or multiple target speakers from an audio input signal detected in a multi-speaker environment. The ear-worn device uses a machine learning model that receives a voice signature of each of one or more target speakers as input signals, to identify and isolate the component of the audio input signal attributable to the target speaker(s). Once isolated, the target speaker’s speech may be enhanced, de-emphasized, or otherwise processed in a manner desired by the wearer of the ear-worn device. The wearer may use an external electronic device, e.g., a phone, to select one or more target speakers in a conversation and/or configure various settings associated with processing the speech on the ear-worn device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Igor Lovchinsky, Andrew J. Casper, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey
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Publication number: 20230254651Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge
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Publication number: 20230254650Abstract: An ear-worn device is provided that operates to isolate and individually treat the received speech of a target speaker or multiple target speakers from an audio input signal detected in a multi-speaker environment. The ear-worn device uses a machine learning model that receives a voice signature of each of one or more target speakers as input signals, to identify and isolate the component of the audio input signal attributable to the target speaker(s). Once isolated, the target speaker's speech may be enhanced, de-emphasized, or otherwise processed in a manner desired by the wearer of the ear-worn device. The wearer may use an external electronic device, e.g., a phone, to select one or more target speakers in a conversation and/or configure various settings associated with processing the speech on the ear-worn device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Igor Lovchinsky, Andrew J. Casper, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge, Jonathan Macoskey
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Publication number: 20230232169Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge
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Publication number: 20230232172Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge
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Publication number: 20230232171Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge
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Publication number: 20230232170Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chromatic Inc.Inventors: Andrew Casper, Igor Lovchinsky, Nicholas Morris, Matthew de Jonge