Patents by Inventor Grant Donald Searchfield

Grant Donald Searchfield 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: 10850060
    Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus. The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Samuel Irving
  • Publication number: 20180126115
    Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus. The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Samuel Irving
  • Patent number: 9808715
    Abstract: An interactive gaming system for a user suffering tinnitus. The system comprises a game machine configured to provide a game scenario in which the user's performance in the game scenario is based on the user's response to audio cue arrangements comprising a combination of sounds, and where at least one of the sounds has one or more sound characteristics, that are configured based on one or more sound characteristics of the user's perceived tinnitus. The system further comprises an audio delivery device or devices that are driven by the game machine to present the audio cue arrangements to the user in accordance with the game scenario and a user interface in signal communication with the game machine and which is operable by a user to interact with the game scenario by responding to the audio cue arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Kimberly Jane Wise
  • Patent number: 9744330
    Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Samuel Irving
  • Publication number: 20140171195
    Abstract: An interactive gaming system for a user suffering tinnitus. The system comprises a game machine configured to provide a game scenario in which the user's performance in the game scenario is based on the user's response to audio cue arrangements comprising a combination of sounds, and where at least one of the sounds has one or more sound characteristics, that are configured based on one or more sound characteristics of the user's perceived tinnitus. The system further comprises an audio delivery device or devices that are driven by the game machine to present the audio cue arrangements to the user in accordance with the game scenario and a user interface in signal communication with the game machine and which is operable by a user to interact with the game scenario by responding to the audio cue arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Kimberly Wise
  • Publication number: 20120283593
    Abstract: A tinnitus masking system for use by a person having tinnitus The system comprises a sound delivery system having left and right ear-level audio delivery devices and is configured to deliver a masking sound to the person via the audio delivery devices such that the masking sound appears to originate from a virtual sound source location that substantially corresponds to the spatial location in 3D auditory space of the source of the tinnitus as perceived by the person. The masking sound being represented by left and right audio signals that are converted to audible sound by the respective audio delivery devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Grant Donald Searchfield, Kei Kobayashi, Samuel Irving