Patents by Inventor Alexander Markus

Alexander Markus 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).

  • Patent number: 11856367
    Abstract: A method of providing an alert for a user by a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of the user includes providing user-related data including information about at least one of the user, an ambient environment of the user, or a property of the hearing device worn by the user; characterized by providing vehicle-related data associated with at least one vehicle in a vicinity of the user, the vehicle-related data including information about a property of the vehicle; determining, based on the user-related data and the vehicle-related data, a relevance measure indicative of a probability that the user is endangered by the vehicle; and controlling an operation of the hearing device depending on the relevance measure, the operation alerting the user about the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Manuela Feilner, Alexander Markus
  • Patent number: 11706575
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system comprising a first hearing device and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a respective ear of a user, each hearing device comprising a displacement sensor configured to provide respective displacement data indicative of a rotational displacement and/or a translational displacement of the hearing device, and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the displacement sensors. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method of operating a hearing system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Melissa Lawrence, Alexander Markus
  • Publication number: 20220167099
    Abstract: A method of providing an alert for a user by a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of the user includes providing user-related data including information about at least one of the user, an ambient environment of the user, or a property of the hearing device worn by the user; characterized by providing vehicle-related data associated with at least one vehicle in a vicinity of the user, the vehicle-related data including information about a property of the vehicle; determining, based on the user-related data and the vehicle-related data, a relevance measure indicative of a probability that the user is endangered by the vehicle; and controlling an operation of the hearing device depending on the relevance measure, the operation alerting the user about the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Manuela Feilner, Alexander Markus
  • Publication number: 20220159389
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system comprising a first hearing device and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a respective ear of a user, each hearing device comprising a displacement sensor configured to provide respective displacement data indicative of a rotational displacement and/or a translational displacement of the hearing device, and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the displacement sensors. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method of operating a hearing system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Melissa Lawrence, Alexander Markus