Patents by Inventor Frans Erwin Offeciers

Frans Erwin Offeciers 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).

  • Personal communication device with hearing support and method for providing the same
    Patent number: 9055377
    Abstract: A personal communication device provides hearing support, and includes an input receiving an audio signal, a programmable processor, and an output outputting the processed signal. The programmable processor performs a filtering operation on a digital version of the audio signal in a first signal path based on parameter settings and provides control logic that determines the parameter settings based on information on user preferences, on audiological information and on information on the listening situation to provide hearing loss compensation. The programmable processor has a second signal path in parallel with the first signal path that receives the digital version of the audio signal and parameter settings and determining the filter coefficients of the filtering operation based on the parameter settings and the digital version of the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: JACOTI BVBA
    Inventors: Jacques Kinsbergen, Frans Erwin Offeciers, Andrzej Zarowski, Joachim Neumann, Andreas Beisler, Amaury Hazan, Nicolas Wack
  • PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH HEARING SUPPORT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130243227
    Abstract: A personal communication device provides hearing support, and includes an input receiving an audio signal, a programmable processor, and an output outputting the processed signal. The programmable processor performs a filtering operation on a digital version of the audio signal in a first signal path based on parameter settings and provides control logic that determines the parameter settings based on information on user preferences, on audiological information and on information on the listening situation to provide hearing loss compensation. The programmable processor has a second signal path in parallel with the first signal path that receives the digital version of the audio signal and parameter settings and determining the filter coefficients of the filtering operation based on the parameter settings and the digital version of the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: JACOTI BVBA
    Inventors: Jacques Kinsbergen, Frans Erwin Offeciers, Andrzej Zarowski, Joachim Neumann, Andreas Beisler, Amaury Hazan, Nicolas Wack