Patents by Inventor Gregory Howard Wakefield

Gregory Howard Wakefield 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).

  • Cochlear implant MAP optimization with use of a genetic algorithm
    Patent number: 6879860
    Abstract: A method for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient. A genetic algorithm operates to generate successive generations of multiple groups of values for a parameter subset, and patient feedback during execution of the genetic algorithm determines the multiple groups of subset values in successive generations. In each generation, half of the groups of values for the parameter subset are selected and used to determine the groups of values for the next generation. Values for the parameters not included in the subset are selected by any traditional method that does not use a genetic algorithm. In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, there are only three parameters in the subset that are selected by a genetic algorithm—parameters relating to rate, number of channels and filtering characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Howard Wakefield, Christopher van den Honert
  • Cochlear implant MAP optimization with use of a genetic algorithm
    Publication number: 20040181266
    Abstract: A method for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient. A genetic algorithm operates to generate successive generations of multiple groups of values for a parameter subset, and patient feedback during execution of the genetic algorithm determines the multiple groups of subset values in successive generations. In each generation, half of the groups of values for the parameter subset are selected and used to determine the groups of values for the next generation. Values for the parameters not included in the subset are selected by any traditional method that does not use a genetic algorithm. In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, there are only three parameters in the subset that are selected by a genetic algorithm—parameters relating to rate, number of channels and filtering characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Gregory Howard Wakefield, Christopher van den Honert