Patents by Inventor Kieran REED

Kieran REED 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).

  • Publication number: 20240089670
    Abstract: A method, including capturing first sound with a hearing prosthesis, classifying the first sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a first feature regime, capturing second sound with the hearing prosthesis, and classifying the second sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a second feature regime different from the first feature regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alex VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG, Kieran REED
  • Patent number: 11825268
    Abstract: A method, including capturing first sound with a hearing prosthesis, classifying the first sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a first feature regime, capturing second sound with the hearing prosthesis, and classifying the second sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a second feature regime different from the first feature regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Alex Von Brasch, Stephen Fung, Kieran Reed
  • Publication number: 20230329614
    Abstract: Presented herein are substantially automated techniques that enable an electro-acoustic or other hearing prosthesis implanted in a recipient to use objective measurements to determine when the recipient is likely experiencing sound perception changes. Once one or more perception changes are detected, the hearing prosthesis may initiate one or more remedial actions to, for example, address the perception changes. As described further below, the one or more remedial actions may include adjustments to the recipient's operational map to reverse the one or more perception changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Fung, Alex von Brasch, Kieran Reed
  • Patent number: 11723572
    Abstract: Presented herein are substantially automated techniques that enable an electro-acoustic or other hearing prosthesis implanted in a recipient to use objective measurements to determine when the recipient is likely experiencing sound perception changes. Once one or more perception changes are detected, the hearing prosthesis may initiate one or more remedial actions to, for example, address the perception changes. As described further below, the one or more remedial actions may include adjustments to the recipient's operational map to reverse the one or more perception changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Fung, Alex von Brasch, Kieran Reed
  • Publication number: 20220360909
    Abstract: A method, including implementing a hearing prosthesis automated assistant on one or more computing devices having one or more processors and memory, the method including, at the one or more computing devices, at an input device, receiving hearing prosthesis recipient input, the input invoking the automated assistant, the input being indicative of a problem associated with a hearing prosthesis of the recipient, interpreting the received recipient input to derive a representation of recipient intent, identifying at least one task based at least in part on the derived representation of user intent, and causing a first output to be provided, the first output providing an attempted solution to the problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kieran REED, Alexander VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG
  • Publication number: 20220295196
    Abstract: A method, including the actions of obtaining access to a virtual reality system; activating a cochlear implant such that the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on first input; and receiving second input from the virtual reality system in temporal proximity with the evocation of the hearing percept based on the first input, wherein the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on the first input, and the second input is correlated with the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen FUNG, Alexander VON BRASCH, Kieran REED
  • Publication number: 20220240842
    Abstract: A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kieran REED, John Michael HEASMAN, Kerrie PLANT, Alex VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG
  • Patent number: 11290827
    Abstract: A method, including the actions of obtaining access to a virtual reality system; activating a cochlear implant such that the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on first input; and receiving second input from the virtual reality system in temporal proximity with the evocation of the hearing percept based on the first input, wherein the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on the first input, and the second input is correlated with the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Fung, Alexander Von Brasch, Kieran Reed
  • Patent number: 11253193
    Abstract: A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Kieran Reed, John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Alex Von Brasch, Stephen Fung
  • Patent number: 11069363
    Abstract: A primary device arranged to communicate with one or more secondary devices across a communications network. The primary device comprises at least one processor and memory comprising computer executable instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to: receive an audio signal comprising a voice command associated with a user; determine a secondary device associated with the user from the one or more secondary devices; and transmit a response to the voice command to the determined secondary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kieran Reed, Hock Lim
  • Publication number: 20210106267
    Abstract: Presented herein are substantially automated techniques that enable an electro-acoustic or other hearing prosthesis implanted in a recipient to use objective measurements to determine when the recipient is likely experiencing sound perception changes. Once one or more perception changes are detected, the hearing prosthesis may initiate one or more remedial actions to, for example, address the perception changes. As described further below, the one or more remedial actions may include adjustments to the recipient's operational map to reverse the one or more perception changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Fung, Alex von Brasch, Kieran Reed
  • Patent number: 10957342
    Abstract: An audio processing apparatus, comprising: a first receiver configured to receive one or more audio signals derived from one or more microphones, the one or more audio signals comprising a speech component received from a user and a first noise component transmitted by a first device; a second receiver configured to receive over a network and from the first device, first audio data corresponding to the first noise component; one or more processors configured to: remove the first noise component from the one or more audio signals using the first audio data to generate a first processed audio signal; and perform speech recognition on the first processed audio signal to generate a first speech result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kieran Reed, Krishna Kongara, Aengus Westhead, Hock Lim
  • Publication number: 20210030371
    Abstract: A method, including obtaining hearing data and speech data for a statistically significant number of individuals, and analyzing the obtained hearing data and speech data using a neural network to develop a predictive algorithm for hearing loss based on the results of the analysis, wherein the predictive algorithm predicts hearing loss based on input indicative of speech of a hearing impaired person who is not one of the individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Jozef MAUGER, Kieran REED, John Michael HEASMAN
  • Patent number: 10905343
    Abstract: Presented herein are substantially automated techniques that enable an electro-acoustic or other hearing prosthesis implanted in a recipient to use objective measurements to determine when the recipient is likely experiencing sound perception changes. Once one or more perception changes are detected, the hearing prosthesis may initiate one or more remedial actions to, for example, address the perception changes. As described further below, the one or more remedial actions may include adjustments to the recipient's operational map to reverse the one or more perception changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Fung, Alex von Brasch, Kieran Reed
  • Patent number: 10806405
    Abstract: A method, including obtaining hearing data and speech data for a statistically significant number of individuals, and analyzing the obtained hearing data and speech data using a neural network to develop a predictive algorithm for hearing loss based on the results of the analysis, wherein the predictive algorithm predicts hearing loss based on input indicative of speech of a hearing impaired person who is not one of the individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Jozef Mauger, Kieran Reed, John Michael Heasman
  • Publication number: 20200322734
    Abstract: A method, including capturing first sound with a hearing prosthesis, classifying the first sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a first feature regime, capturing second sound with the hearing prosthesis, and classifying the second sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a second feature regime different from the first feature regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Alex VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG, Kieran REED
  • Publication number: 20200227073
    Abstract: An audio processing apparatus, comprising: a first receiver configured to receive one or more audio signals derived from one or more microphones, the one or more audio signals comprising a speech component received from a user and a first noise component transmitted by a first device; a second receiver configured to receive over a network and from the first device, first audio data corresponding to the first noise component; one or more processors configured to: remove the first noise component from the one or more audio signals using the first audio data to generate a first processed audio signal; and perform speech recognition on the first processed audio signal to generate a first speech result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Kieran REED, Krishna KONGARA, Aengus WESTHEAD, Hock LIM
  • Publication number: 20200202868
    Abstract: A primary device arranged to communicate with one or more secondary devices across a communications network. The primary device comprises at least one processor and memory comprising computer executable instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to: receive an audio signal comprising a voice command associated with a user; determine a secondary device associated with the user from the one or more secondary devices; and transmit a response to the voice command to the determined secondary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Kieran REED, Hock LIM
  • Patent number: 10631101
    Abstract: A method, including capturing first sound with a hearing prosthesis, classifying the first sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a first feature regime, capturing second sound with the hearing prosthesis, and classifying the second sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a second feature regime different from the first feature regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Alex Von Brasch, Stephen Fung, Kieran Reed
  • Publication number: 20190110139
    Abstract: A method, including the actions of obtaining access to a virtual reality system; activating a cochlear implant such that the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on first input; and receiving second input from the virtual reality system in temporal proximity with the evocation of the hearing percept based on the first input, wherein the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on the first input, and the second input is correlated with the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen FUNG, Alexander VON BRASCH, Kieran REED