Patents by Inventor Lukas Florian Erni

Lukas Florian Erni 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).

  • Telephone to hearing device communication
    Patent number: 9071916
    Abstract: A telephone handset (1), e.g. a mobile phone, is equipped with an add-on module (41). Thereby, the module (41) comprises a microphone unit (9a) which is operated instead of the microphone unit intrinsically provided in the handset (1). Further, the module (41) comprises a short-range wireless transmission unit (23a) which is operated instead of a speaker unit (7) which is intrinsically provided in the handset (1). The short-range wireless communication unit (23a) establishes communication with a respective short-range wireless communication unit (19a) in a hearing device (10) as soon as a distance between the telephone handset (1) and the hearing device (10) drops below a predetermined threshold value as detected by a distance detection unit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Valentin Chapero-Rueda, Andi Vonlanthen, Lukas Florian Erni, Stefan Haenggi
  • TELEPHONE TO HEARING DEVICE COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20110007916
    Abstract: A telephone handset (1), e.g. a mobile phone, is equipped with an add-on module (41). Thereby, the module (41) comprises a microphone unit (9a) which is operated instead of the microphone unit intrinsically provided in the handset (1). Further, the module (41) comprises a short-range wireless transmission unit (23a) which is operated instead of a speaker unit (7) which is intrinsically provided in the handset (1). The short-range wireless communication unit (23a) establishes communication with a respective short-range wireless communication unit (19a) in a hearing device (10) as soon as a distance between the telephone handset (1) and the hearing device (10) drops below a predetermined threshold value as detected by a distance detection unit (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Valentin Chapero-Rueda, Andi Vonlanthen, Lukas Florian Erni, Stefan Haenggi