Patents by Inventor Laurel Trainor

Laurel Trainor 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).

  • Binaural adaptive hearing aid
    Patent number: 7149320
    Abstract: A system and method for processing an acoustic input signal and providing at least one output acoustic signal to a user of a hearing-aid system. The hearing-aid system includes first and second channels with one of the channels having an adaptive delay. The first channel includes a directional unit for receiving the acoustic input signal and providing a directional signal; a correlative unit for receiving the directional signal and providing a noise reduced signal by utilizing correlative measures for identifying a speech signal of interest in the directional signal; and, a compensator for receiving the noise reduced signal and providing a compensated signal for compensating for a hearing loss of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: McMaster University
    Inventors: Simon Haykin, Sue Becker, Ian Bruce, Jeff Bondy, Laurel Trainor, Ronald Jay Racine
  • Binaural adaptive hearing aid
    Publication number: 20050069162
    Abstract: A system and method for processing an acoustic input signal and providing at least one output acoustic signal to a user of a hearing-aid system. The hearing-aid system includes first and second channels with one of the channels having an adaptive delay. The first channel includes a directional unit for receiving the acoustic input signal and providing a directional signal; a correlative unit for receiving the directional signal and providing a noise reduced signal by utilizing correlative measures for identifying a speech signal of interest in the directional signal; and, a compensator for receiving the noise reduced signal and providing a compensated signal for compensating for a hearing loss of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Simon Haykin, Sue Becker, Ian Bruce, Jeff Bondy, Laurel Trainor, Ronald Racine