Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Fazio

Joseph D. Fazio 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).

  • Intergrated hearing aid for telecommunications devices
    Patent number: 6684063
    Abstract: A system integrates a hearing aid with devices such as wireless telephones, advantageously avoiding radio frequency (RF) interference. In one embodiment, a processor transforms an electrical signal to compensate for a hearing impairment. The function used for signal transformation can be accessed via a processor memory enhancement such as a smart card. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) converts the transformed signal to an analog signal, which then goes to an amplifier and speaker. In other embodiments, an analog amplifier transforms the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Stephen Berger, Dillard Gilmore, Joseph D. Fazio, Sunil Chojar
  • Patient-isolating programming interface for programming hearing aids
    Patent number: 6590986
    Abstract: A programming interface for programming hearing aids is in PCMCIA compact flash format and meets the requirements of IEC 60601-1, type BF and UL 2601-1 when connected to a desktop or laptop computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Fazio
  • INTERGRATED HEARING AID FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20010041602
    Abstract: A system integrates a hearing aid with devices such as wireless telephones, advantageously avoiding radio frequency (RF) interference. In one embodiment, a processor transforms an electrical signal to compensate for a hearing impairment. The function used for signal transformation can be accessed via a processor memory enhancement such as a smart card. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) converts the transformed signal to an analog signal, which then goes to an amplifier and speaker. In other embodiments, an analog amplifier transforms the electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: H. STEPHEN BERGER, DILLARD GILMORE, JOSEPH D. FAZIO, SUNIL CHOJAR
  • Hearing aid and system for use with cellular telephones
    Patent number: 5768397
    Abstract: The light output of an IR LED mounted on a cellular telephone is modulated by the audio output of the telephone and made incident upon a photodiode mounted to an ITE-type or canal-type hearing aid. The electrical signal output from the photodiode is routed through a bandpass filter, demodulated in a demodulator and amplified and/or processed in the hearing aid circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Fazio