Patents by Inventor Joao F. Santos

Joao F. Santos 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).

  • Electronic device using a compound metric for sound enhancement
    Patent number: 10812915
    Abstract: A method, comprising receiving at least one sound at an electronic device. The at least one sound is enhanced for the at least one user based on a compound metric. The compound metric is calculated using at least two sound metrics selected from an engineering metric, a perceptual metric, and a physiological metric. The engineering metric comprises a difference between an output signal and a desired signal. At least one of the perceptual metric and the physiological metric is based at least in part on input sensed from the at least one user in response to the received at least one sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joao F. Santos, Tao Zhang, Yan Zhao, Buye Xu, Ritwik Giri
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A COMPOUND METRIC FOR SOUND ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20190132687
    Abstract: A method, comprising receiving at least one sound at an electronic device. The at least one sound is enhanced for the at least one user based on a compound metric. The compound metric is calculated using at least two sound metrics selected from an engineering metric, a perceptual metric, and a physiological metric. The engineering metric comprises a difference between an output signal and a desired signal. At least one of the perceptual metric and the physiological metric is based at least in part on input sensed from the at least one user in response to the received at least one sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Joao F. Santos, Tao Zhang, Yan Zhao, Buye Xu, Ritwik Giri