Patents by Inventor Phyu Phyu KHING
Phyu Phyu KHING 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).
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Patent number: 10917729Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: Phyu Phyu Khing, Brett Swanson
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Publication number: 20190387328Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Phyu Phyu Khing, Brett Swanson
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Patent number: 10492007Abstract: Techniques for addressing impulse sounds in an auditory prosthesis. The auditory prosthesis comprises a sound processor that is configured to convert received sound signals into output signals for use in generating stimulation for delivery to a recipient of the auditory prosthesis. The sound processor comprises an impulse-aware gain system that is configured to generate a time-variable gain for the application to the audio signal. The time-variable gain applied to the audio signal is dependent on both a level of the audio signal and the presence or absence of impulse sounds in the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Stefan J. Mauger, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Patent number: 10397710Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Phyu Phyu Khing, Brett Swanson
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Patent number: 10225671Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for providing tinnitus relief to recipients of a hearing prosthesis. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, a hearing prosthesis comprises a tinnitus relief system that is configured to generate a tinnitus masker signal that comprises a plurality of discrete (separate) components. The tinnitus relief system is configured to inject the components of the tinnitus masker signal directly into a sound processing path so that the masker components are combined with different processed portions of a channelized sound signal. The channelized sound signal and the components of the tinnitus masker signal are used to generate one or more output signals for use in compensation of a hearing loss of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Michael Goorevich, Phyu Phyu Khing, Matthijs Johannes Petrus Killian, Bastiaan Van Dijk
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Publication number: 20180376257Abstract: Techniques for addressing impulse sounds in an auditory prosthesis. The auditory prosthesis comprises a sound processor that is configured to convert received sound signals into output signals for use in generating stimulation for delivery to a recipient of the auditory prosthesis. The sound processor comprises an impulse-aware gain system that is configured to generate a time-variable gain for the application to the audio signal. The time-variable gain applied to the audio signal is dependent on both a level of the audio signal and the presence or absence of impulse sounds in the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Stefan J. Mauger, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20170347213Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for providing tinnitus relief to recipients of a hearing prosthesis. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, a hearing prosthesis comprises a tinnitus relief system that is configured to generate a tinnitus masker signal that comprises a plurality of discrete (separate) components. The tinnitus relief system is configured to inject the components of the tinnitus masker signal directly into a sound processing path so that the masker components are combined with different processed portions of a channelized sound signal. The channelized sound signal and the components of the tinnitus masker signal are used to generate one or more output signals for use in compensation of a hearing loss of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Michael Goorevich, Phyu Phyu Khing, Matthijs Johannes Petrus Killian, Bastiaan Van Dijk
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Patent number: 9780747Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20170180873Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Phyu Phyu Khing, Brett Swanson
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Patent number: 9553557Abstract: An apparatus for processing an input sound signal, the apparatus including: gain circuitry configured to control a gain based on a plurality of respective sub-signals of the input sound signal; and an amplification apparatus configured to adjust the amplification of all the plurality of amplitudes based on the common gain.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20160205481Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Patent number: 9331649Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20160049916Abstract: An apparatus for processing an input sound signal, the apparatus including: gain circuitry configured to control a gain based on a plurality of respective sub-signals of the input sound signal; and an amplification apparatus configured to adjust the amplification of all the plurality of amplitudes based on the common gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Patent number: 9166546Abstract: An apparatus for processing an input sound signal, the apparatus including: gain circuitry configured to control a gain based on a plurality of respective sub-signals of the input sound signal; and an amplification apparatus configured to adjust the amplification of all the plurality of amplitudes based on the gain.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20130195278Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Brett Anthony Swanson, Phyu Phyu Khing
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Publication number: 20130103396Abstract: An apparatus for processing an input sound signal, the apparatus including: gain circuitry configured to control a gain based on a plurality of respective sub-signals of the input sound signal; and an amplification apparatus configured to adjust the amplification of all the plurality of amplitudes based on the gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Brett Anthony SWANSON, Phyu Phyu KHING