Patents by Inventor Roland Hug

Roland Hug 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: 20140010396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CIC hearing aid (30) for operation within an ear canal (10) of a user, comprising a lateral module (32), a medial module (34) and a flexible joint assembly (36) connecting the medial end (38) of the lateral module and the lateral end (40) of the medial module in such a manner that the lateral module and the medial module are movable relative to each other in order to follow the shape of the ear canal, wherein the flexible joint assembly is adapted to removably receive an axially extending guide element (68) for temporarily stiffening the flexible joint assembly with regard to bending and/or axial motions when the hearing aid is pushed into the ear canal, and wherein the guide element is adapted to be removed at least from a medial portion (66) of the flexible joint assembly after insertion of the hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Erdal Karamuk, Jan Angst, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen, Matthias Riepenhoff
  • Patent number: 8625830
    Abstract: The hearing device comprises an outer part to be worn behind a hearing device user's ear, an inner part to be worn within the hearing device user's ear, and a connecting portion operationally interconnecting said outer part and said inner part. An output transducer is comprised in said outer part or in said connecting portion. Said inner part comprises an input transducer and, operationally interconnected between said input transducer and said output transducer, a signal processing unit .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Daniel Probst, Roland Hug
  • Publication number: 20130243230
    Abstract: A hearing instrument having an audio signal source for providing for audio signals; an audio signal processing unit for processing said audio signals; a unit to be worn at or in a user's ear or to be implanted in the user's head for stimulating the user's hearing according to the processed audio signals, and a rechargeable power source, in which the rechargeable power source is a wound capacitor comprising a capacitor foil arrangement which has at least a first electrically conducting layer, a second electrically conducting layer and a dielectric layer in-between and which is wound in a manner so as to form an induction coil for generating a current for charging of the capacitor when exposed to an external alternating electromagnetic field generated by a charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Jan Angst, Erdal Karamuk, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen
  • Publication number: 20130182877
    Abstract: A hearing instrument receiver system for operation in an ear canal of a user for converting audio signals into sound, comprising a lateral receiver, a medial receiver and a flexible joint assembly connecting the medial end of the lateral receiver and the lateral end of the medial receiver in such a manner that the lateral receiver and the medial receiver are pivotable relative to each other in order to follow the shape of the ear canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Jan Angst, Erdal Karamuk, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen
  • Patent number: 8405252
    Abstract: A method is provided for synchronizing an electric machine with an electric grid. The method includes synchronizing the frequency of a generator with a frequency of the grid, and regulating the voltage of the generator towards the voltage of the grid, by connecting the generator to the grid when the voltage of the generator reaches a first voltage value lower than the grid voltage. The present disclosure also provides arrangements of an electric generator and an electric grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Schuette, Roland Hug
  • Patent number: 8045703
    Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-carrier transceiver system for use in echo cancellation. The transceiver system is arranged to generate from input data a multicarrier transmit signal comprising a plurality of multi-carrier data blocks. The transceiver system also has a multi-carrier signal receiver responsive to an input multi-carrier receive signal received from a remote signal transmitter. An echo canceller is arranged to generate from a pair of multi-carrier data blocks (u) a set of frequency-domain echo parameters for use in generating an echo signal, to generate the echo signal using the frequency-domain echo parameters, and to input the echo signal to the multi-carrier signal receiver for use in generating an echo-cancelled receive signal from the input receive signal and the echo signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics NV
    Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
  • Publication number: 20110243357
    Abstract: The hearing device (1) comprises an outer part (2) to be worn behind a hearing device user's ear (5), an inner part (3) to be worn within the hearing device user's ear (5), and a connecting portion (12) operationally interconnecting said outer part (2) and said inner part (3). An output transducer (8) is comprised in said outer part (2) or in said connecting portion (12. Said inner part (3) comprises an input transducer (6) and, operationally interconnected between said input transducer (6) and said output transducer (8), a signal processing unit (7). Preferably, said connecting portion (12) is detachably connected to said outer part (2) or to said inner part (3) or to both, said outer part (2) and said inner part (3). The connecting portion (12) comprises a tube member (23) for providing guidance for acoustic sound (10) outputted from said output transducer (8) to said inner part (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: PHONAK AG
    Inventors: Daniel Probst, Roland Hug
  • Publication number: 20110163607
    Abstract: A method is provided for synchronizing an electric machine with an electric grid. The method includes synchronizing the frequency of a generator with a frequency of the grid, and regulating the voltage of the generator towards the voltage of the grid, by connecting the generator to the grid when the voltage of the generator reaches a first voltage value lower than the grid voltage. The present disclosure also provides arrangements of an electric generator and an electric grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Schuette, Roland Hug
  • Patent number: 7623578
    Abstract: An equalizer for a multi carrier transmission system, converts a transmitted multi carrier signal into sampled frequency domain signals, and suppresses time domain delay dispersion, on the sampled frequency domain signals. It exploits circulant decomposition of a Toeplitz matrix to enable the computationally heavy evaluation of a matrix multiplied by a vector, to be avoided. Increased precision arises from the frequency domain processing being equivalent to a longer time domain FIR filter than is normally practical. The amount of compensation for different carriers can be adjusted, which can lead to increased precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics Belgium N.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
  • Patent number: 7482953
    Abstract: A signal resampler carries out a time domain interpolation of an input signal for compensating for frequency offset, such as found in an ADSL system. A sample selector interpolator carries out part of the interpolation and a second, e.g. polynomial interpolator carries out the rest of the interpolation. The time interval between samples being interpolated, can be effectively divided between a sample selector interpolator and a small second, e.g. polynomial interpolator. The complexity of the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator can be reduced or its accuracy increased if it is effectively interpolating over a much smaller time interval. The sample selector interpolator can be an oversampling arrangement, and enable the order of the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator to be reduced. Selected ones of the oversampled samples are fed to the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator to keep the operating frequency lower. A chain of upsamplers can be used to generate the oversampled samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Belgium NV
    Inventors: Wouter Aerts, Roland Hug
  • Publication number: 20070182604
    Abstract: A signal resampler carries out a time domain interpolation of an input signal for compensating for frequency offset, such as found in an ADSL system. A sample selector interpolator carries out part of the interpolation and a second, e.g. polynomial interpolator carries out the rest of the interpolation. The time interval between samples being interpolated, can be effectively divided between a sample selector interpolator and a small second, e.g. polynomial interpolator. The complexity of the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator can be reduced or its accuracy increased if it is effectively interpolating over a much smaller time interval. The sample selector interpolator can be an oversampling arrangement, and enable the order of the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator to be reduced. Selected ones of the oversampled samples are fed to the second, e.g. polynomial interpolator to keep the operating frequency lower. A chain of upsamplers can be used to generate the oversampled samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Aerts, Roland Hug
  • Publication number: 20050180559
    Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-carrier transceiver system for use in echocancellation. The transceiver system is arranged to generate from input data (1) a multicarrier transmit signal (u) comprising a plurality of multicarrier data blocks. The transceiver system also has a multi-carrier signal receiver responsive to an input multi-carrier receive signal (Yi) received from a remote signal transmitter. An echo canceller (2000) is arranged to generate from a pair of multi-carrier data blocks (u) a set of frequency-domain echo parameters (W) for use in generating an echo signal, (Y), to generate the echo signal using the frequency-domain echo parameters (W), and to input the echo signal (Y) to the multi-carrier signal receiver for use in generating an echo-cancelled receive signal (Ei) from the input receive signal (Yi) and the echo signal (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
  • Publication number: 20050175112
    Abstract: An equalizer for a multi carrier transmission system, converts a transmitted multi carrier signal into sampled frequency domain signals, and suppresses time domain delay dispersion, on the sampled frequency domain signals. It exploits circulant decomposition of a Toeplitz matrix to enable the computationally heavy evaluation of a matrix multiplied by a vector, to be avoided. Increased precision arises from the frequency domain processing being equivalent to a longer time domain FIR filter than is normally practical. The amount of compensation for different carriers can be adjusted, which can lead to increased precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura