Patents by Inventor EVA DROSTE

EVA DROSTE 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: 12350038
    Abstract: To determine an auditory threshold of a test subject, according to the method, multiple tone sets, which predominantly contain a plurality of noises, having properties remaining uniform within a tone set, are presented in succession to a test subject by use of an output transducer. The test subject is asked to indicate a perceived number of noises from the presented tone set after each presentation of one of these tone sets. As a function of the perceived number of noises, a property of at least one part of the noises is changed in relation to the preceding tone set for the presentation of a following tone set and the following tone set is presented to the test subject. As a function of the respective perceived number of noises in the presented tone sets, at least one value of the auditory threshold of the test subject is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ulrich Giese, Eva Droste
  • Patent number: 12014487
    Abstract: A fault recognition in a hearing aid of a user includes providing an actual image of a component of the hearing aid and comparing the actual image with reference images. An analysis unit carries out an image comparison, in which the actual image is compared to one or a plurality of reference images, which each show the component in a state, of which it is previously known whether the component is faulty or faultless. The analysis unit determines as a state of the component of the actual image that state which is assigned to the reference image which is most similar to the actual image. This recognizes whether the component is faulty or faultless. A system has an analysis unit that is configured to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ulrich Giese, Eva Droste
  • Publication number: 20220036532
    Abstract: A fault recognition in a hearing aid of a user includes providing an actual image of a component of the hearing aid and comparing the actual image with reference images. An analysis unit carries out an image comparison, in which the actual image is compared to one or a plurality of reference images, which each show the component in a state, of which it is previously known whether the component is faulty or faultless. The analysis unit determines as a state of the component of the actual image that state which is assigned to the reference image which is most similar to the actual image. This recognizes whether the component is faulty or faultless. A system has an analysis unit that is configured to carry out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: ULRICH GIESE, EVA DROSTE
  • Publication number: 20210177309
    Abstract: To determine an auditory threshold of a test subject, according to the method, multiple tone sets, which predominantly contain a plurality of noises, having properties remaining uniform within a tone set, are presented in succession to a test subject by use of an output transducer. The test subject is asked to indicate a perceived number of noises from the presented tone set after each presentation of one of these tone sets. As a function of the perceived number of noises, a property of at least one part of the noises is changed in relation to the preceding tone set for the presentation of a following tone set and the following tone set is presented to the test subject. As a function of the respective perceived number of noises in the presented tone sets, at least one value of the auditory threshold of the test subject is estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ulrich Giese, Eva Droste
  • Publication number: 20150172829
    Abstract: A method is shown which recognizes whether a hearing device system or a hearing device component is fitted correctly in an ear. To this end an acoustic test signal is output by an output device and is received again by a recording device. The test signal received back is compared to the permanently preset reference values of reference criteria in order thereby to obtain a status signal. The status signal contains information about the fit. In other words, it is possible to establish by the status signal whether the hearing device system is correctly fitted. Furthermore a hearing device system is shown which is suitable for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: EVA DROSTE, ULRICH GIESE