Patents by Inventor Augustinus Johannes Berkhout

Augustinus Johannes Berkhout 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 aid comprising an array of microphones
    Patent number: 7031483
    Abstract: Hearing aid for improving the hearing ability of the hard of hearing, comprising an array of microphones, the electrical output signals of which are fed to at least one transmission path belonging to an ear. Means are provided for deriving two array output signals from the output signals of the microphones, the array having two main sensitivity directions running at an angle with respect to one another and each of which is associated to an array output signal. Each array output signal is fed to its own transmission path belonging to one ear of a person who is hard of hearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: Technische Universiteit Delft, Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen
    Inventors: Marinus Marias Boone, Augustinus Johannes Berkhout, Ivo Léon Diane Marie Merks
  • HEARING AID COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF MICROPHONES
    Publication number: 20030156725
    Abstract: Hearing aid for improving the hearing ability of the hard of hearing, comprising an array of microphones, the electrical output signals of which are fed to at least one transmission path belonging to an ear. Means are provided for deriving two array output signals from the output signals of the microphones, the array having two main sensitivity directions running at an angle with respect to one another and each of which is associated to an array output signal. Each array output signal is fed to its own transmission path belonging to one ear of a person who is hard of hearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: MARINUS MARIAS BOONE, AUGUSTINUS JOHANNES BERKHOUT, IVO LEON DIANE MARIE MERKS