Patents by Inventor Hung-Yue Chang

Hung-Yue Chang 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: 11950038
    Abstract: A microphone front chamber structure is adapted to be disposed on a front side of a voice reception hole of a microphone unit. The microphone front chamber structure includes a shell and a microphone holder. The shell has a first hole. The microphone holder is disposed in the shell and has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. The first hole and the second hole form a front chamber. The first hole has a first width at a position farthest away from the microphone holder. The second hole includes first and second sections arranged along an axis. On the axis, the first section has a tapered width along the axis and away from the shell. The second section has a second width constant along the axis. The first width is greater than the second width. A voice reception device including the microphone front chamber structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuei-Yuan Lin, Hung-Yue Chang, Hsiu-Hung Yeh
  • Publication number: 20240107215
    Abstract: A microphone front chamber structure is adapted to be disposed on a front side of a voice reception hole of a microphone unit. The microphone front chamber structure includes a shell and a microphone holder. The shell has a first hole. The microphone holder is disposed in the shell and has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. The first hole and the second hole form a front chamber. The first hole has a first width at a position farthest away from the microphone holder. The second hole includes first and second sections arranged along an axis. On the axis, the first section has a tapered width along the axis and away from the shell. The second section has a second width constant along the axis. The first width is greater than the second width. A voice reception device including the microphone front chamber structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuei-Yuan Lin, Hung-Yue Chang, Hsiu-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 11484226
    Abstract: A hearing test system includes a sound generating unit, an user interface, and a control unit. The sound generating unit is configured to generate a first testing sound at a frequency for a subject. The user interface is configured to receive a first feedback of the subject based on the first testing sound. The control unit is configured to determine whether the first feedback is of heard response or an unheard response. When the control unit confirms that the first feedback is of the heard response, the control unit drives the sound generating unit to generate a second testing sound based on a lower testing limit at the frequency, in which a volume of the second testing sound is less than or substantially equal to a volume of the first testing sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chiang, Tun-Shin Lo, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Patent number: 11357424
    Abstract: A method for a hearing test includes receiving a first testing hearing threshold for a subject at a first frequency under a first background noise level; calculating a first testing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between the first testing hearing threshold and the first background noise level; responsive to the first testing SNR, receiving a first adjusted hearing threshold; and responsive to the first adjusted hearing threshold, modifying a first hearing test result of the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Yue Chang, Tun-Shin Lo, Yung-Yu Chiang
  • Patent number: 11122369
    Abstract: A hearing test system includes an electronic device, a first assistive listening device, and a second assistive listening device. The electronic device is configured to generate a signal. The first assistive listening device is configured to detect a first intensity of the signal. The second assistive listening device spaced is apart from the first assistive listening device by a fixed distance and is configured to detect a second intensity of the signal. The electronic device is further configured to generate a distance adjustment signal based on the first and second intensities for adjusting a first distance between the first assistive listening device and the electronic device and adjusting a second distance between the second assistive listening device and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chiang, Tun-Shin Lo, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Patent number: 10869139
    Abstract: A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid device at least includes a neckband and a first microphone. The neckband is worn on a neck of a user. The neckband defines a virtual datum plane and a first virtual plane parallel to each other, wherein the virtual datum plane overlaps a coronal plane of the user when the neckband is worn by the user, and a skin portion, furthest from the virtual datum plane, of a throat of the user is located on the first virtual plane. The first virtual plane is distant from the virtual datum plane by the first distance. The first microphone is disposed on the neckband, and is distant from the virtual datum plane by the second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Patent number: 10812032
    Abstract: A method of automatically decreasing volume includes detecting a volume of a sound generated by an electronic device; determining whether the volume is in a first volume range or in a second volume range, wherein the volume in the first volume range is higher than the volume in the second volume range; calculating a first single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the first volume range; and calculating a second single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the second volume range, wherein the second single drop amount is less than the first single drop amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20200329317
    Abstract: A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid device at least includes a neckband and a first microphone. The neckband is worn on a neck of a user. The neckband defines a virtual datum plane and a first virtual plane parallel to each other, wherein the virtual datum plane overlaps a coronal plane of the user when the neckband is worn by the user, and a skin portion, furthest from the virtual datum plane, of a throat of the user is located on the first virtual plane. The first virtual plane is distant from the virtual datum plane by the first distance. The first microphone is disposed on the neckband, and is distant from the virtual datum plane by the second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20200314542
    Abstract: A hearing test system includes an electronic device, a first assistive listening device, and a second assistive listening device. The electronic device is configured to generate a signal. The first assistive listening device is configured to detect a first intensity of the signal. The second assistive listening device spaced is apart from the first assistive listening device by a fixed distance and is configured to detect a second intensity of the signal. The electronic device is further configured to generate a distance adjustment signal based on the first and second intensities for adjusting a first distance between the first assistive listening device and the electronic device and adjusting a second distance between the second assistive listening device and the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yung-Yu CHIANG, Tun-Shin LO, Hung-Yue CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200305768
    Abstract: A hearing test system includes a sound generating unit, an user interface, and a control unit. The sound generating unit is configured to generate a first testing sound at a frequency for a subject. The user interface is configured to receive a first feedback of the subject based on the first testing sound. The control unit is configured to determine whether the first feedback is of heard response or an unheard response. When the control unit confirms that the first feedback is of the heard response, the control unit drives the sound generating unit to generate a second testing sound based on a lower testing limit at the frequency, in which a volume of the second testing sound is less than or substantially equal to a volume of the first testing sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yung-Yu CHIANG, Tun-Shin LO, Hung-Yue CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200305769
    Abstract: A method for a hearing test includes receiving a first testing hearing threshold for a subject at a first frequency under a first background noise level; calculating a first testing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between the first testing hearing threshold and the first background noise level; responsive to the first testing SNR, receiving a first adjusted hearing threshold; and responsive to the first adjusted hearing threshold, modifying a first hearing test result of the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hung-Yue CHANG, Tun-Shin LO, Yung-Yu CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20200228084
    Abstract: A method of automatically decreasing volume includes detecting a volume of a sound generated by an electronic device; determining whether the volume is in a first volume range or in a second volume range, wherein the volume in the first volume range is higher than the volume in the second volume range; calculating a first single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the first volume range; and calculating a second single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the second volume range, wherein the second single drop amount is less than the first single drop amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling CHIU, Hung-Yue CHANG
  • Patent number: 9426593
    Abstract: An assisting listening device having audiometry function includes an earphone, a testing signal generator, a feedback generator and a control box. The testing signal generator is controlled by a digital signal processor of the control box to provide a testing signal to a speaker of the earphone. The feedback generator will generate a feedback signal to the digital signal processor of the control box subject to the testing signal, enabling the digital signal processor to evaluate the user's hearing threshold level so that the user can adjust the functioning of the assisting listening device optimally subject to the evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chiang, Hung-Yue Chang, Ming-Fan Wei
  • Patent number: 8817996
    Abstract: An audio signal processing system for use in assisting listening devices is disposed in a digital signal processor. The audio signal processing system comprises an input signal conversion unit, a signal compression unit, a hearing curve adjusting unit and an output signal conversion unit. An external audio signal can be converted from an analog format into a digital format by the input signal conversion unit, it is then compressed by the signal compression unit to be output to the hearing curve adjusting unit for adjusting parameters of the audio signal based on a hearing curve preset value, then it is output to the output signal conversion unit for the hearing signal to be amplified and converted from the digital format into the analog format for output, the audio signal is finally converted into music or voice by speakers of an assisting listening device to be output into a user's ears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Merry Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fan Wei, Fu-Kun Chen, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20140050329
    Abstract: An assisting listening device having audiometry function includes an earphone, a testing signal generator, a feedback generator and a control box. The testing signal generator is controlled by a digital signal processor of the control box to provide a testing signal to a speaker of the earphone. The feedback generator will generate a feedback signal to the digital signal processor of the control box subject to the testing signal, enabling the digital signal processor to evaluate the user's hearing threshold level so that the user can adjust the functioning of the assisting listening device optimally subject to the evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: MERRY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu CHIANG, Hung-Yue CHANG, Ming-Fan WEI
  • Publication number: 20130195281
    Abstract: An assisting listening device having audiometry function includes an earphone, a testing signal generator, a feedback generator and a control box. The testing signal generator is controlled by a digital signal processor of the control box to provide a testing signal to a speaker of the earphone. The feedback generator will generate a feedback signal to the digital signal processor of the control box subject to the testing signal, enabling the digital signal processor to evaluate the user's hearing threshold level so that the user can adjust the functioning of the assisting listening device optimally subject to the evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MERRY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu CHIANG, Hung-Yue CHANG, Ming-Fan WEI
  • Publication number: 20130108095
    Abstract: An audio signal processing system for use in assisting listening devices is disposed in a digital signal processor. The audio signal processing system comprises an input signal conversion unit, a signal compression unit, a hearing curve adjusting unit and an output signal conversion unit. An external audio signal can be converted from an analog format into a digital format by the input signal conversion unit, it is then compressed by the signal compression unit to be output to the hearing curve adjusting unit for adjusting parameters of the audio signal based on a hearing curve preset value, then it is output to the output signal conversion unit for the hearing signal to be amplified and converted from the digital format into the analog format for output, the audio signal is finally converted into music or voice by speakers of an assisting listening device to be output into a user's ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Fan WEI, Fu-Kun Chen, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Patent number: 8144891
    Abstract: An earphone set includes a main device having a digital signal processor, and an earplug has an external microphone and a speaker electrically connected with the digital signal processor respectively. The external microphone converts an external sound wave into an electronic signal and transmits the electronic signal to the digital signal processor for processing. The speaker converts the electronic signal processed by the digital signal processor into a sound wave for output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Merry Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hong-Ching Her, Hung-Yue Chang, Ton-Kun Ho
  • Patent number: 8130995
    Abstract: An earpiece device includes a housing having a sound output portion, a speaker and a microphone. The speaker disposed in the housing includes a diaphragm and a sound transmitting hole. The diaphragm is located between the sound output portion and the sound transmitting hole. The microphone is disposed in the housing and covers the sound transmitting hole. A sound wave generated within an ear canal would be received by the speaker and delivered through the sound transmitting hole to the microphone for pickup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merry Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Ching Her, Hung-Yue Chang, Ton-Kun Ho
  • Patent number: 7679564
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-band antenna to which the arrangement of Koch fractal antenna is applied. The multi-band antenna is designed in triangular shape whose area is smaller than the general antenna structure. By using the arrangement of Koch fractal antenna, the area of the inverted-F dual-band antenna can be reduced efficiently, so as to enhance more usability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Yue Chang, Chen-Hsing Fang, Wei-Li Cheng, Chih-Lung Chen