Patents by Inventor Steven G. Coston

Steven G. Coston 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).

  • Bluetooth® enabled hearing aid
    Patent number: 7570974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving interference suppression processing and control in hearing aids communicating with a mobile station over a short-range wireless network. The hearing aid includes an acoustic echo canceller to suppress acoustic echo from the input audio signals. The mobile station also includes an echo canceller, and may include one or more switching circuits to bypass the echo canceller when the mobile station communicates with the hearing aid via the short-range wireless network. Typically, when the short-range wireless network between the hearing aid and the mobile station is established, the hearing aid and the mobile station negotiate one or more short-range wireless network profiles to determine the properties of the echo cancellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Matt Andrew Kaltenbach, Steven G. Coston, Robert Anthony Campitello
  • Bluetooth enabled hearing aid
    Patent number: 7257372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving interference suppression processing and control in hearing aids communicating with a mobile station over a short-range wireless network. The hearing aid includes an acoustic echo canceller to suppress acoustic echo from the input audio signals. The mobile station also includes an echo canceller, and may include one or more switching circuits to bypass the echo canceller when the mobile station communicates with the hearing aid via the short-range wireless network. Typically, when the short-range wireless network between the hearing aid and the mobile station is established, the hearing aid and the mobile station negotiate one or more short-range wireless network profiles to determine the properties of the echo cancellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Matt Andrew Kaltenbach, Steven G. Coston, Robert Anthony Campitello