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).
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Publication number: 20140010396Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Phonak AGInventors: Erdal Karamuk, Jan Angst, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen, Matthias Riepenhoff
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Patent number: 8625830Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: Daniel Probst, Roland Hug
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Publication number: 20130243230Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Jan Angst, Erdal Karamuk, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen
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Publication number: 20130182877Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Jan Angst, Erdal Karamuk, Hilmar Meier, Roland Hug, Andi Vonlanthen
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Patent number: 8405252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Alstom Technology LtdInventors: Thomas Schuette, Roland Hug
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Patent number: 8045703Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: STMicroelectronics NVInventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
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Publication number: 20110243357Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Daniel Probst, Roland Hug
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Publication number: 20110163607Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: ALSTOM Technology LtdInventors: Thomas Schuette, Roland Hug
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Patent number: 7623578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignees: STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics Belgium N.V.Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
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Patent number: 7482953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: STMicroelectronics Belgium NVInventors: Wouter Aerts, Roland Hug
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Publication number: 20070182604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2004Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: STMicroelectronics N.V.Inventors: Wouter Aerts, Roland Hug
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Publication number: 20050180559Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura
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Publication number: 20050175112Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventors: Fabio Pisoni, Roland Hug, Marco Bonaventura