Patents by Inventor Thomas Zurbrugg

Thomas Zurbrugg 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).

  • Own voice shaping in a hearing instrument
    Patent number: 9271091
    Abstract: A method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument with at least one outer microphone oriented towards the environment, an ear canal microphone oriented towards the user's ear canal, and at least one receiver capable of producing an acoustic signal in the ear canal includes the steps of: Processing a first signal from the outer microphone and a second signal from the inner microphone to yield an ambient sound portion signal estimate and an own voice sound portion signal estimate; Processing the ambient sound portion signal estimate into a processed ambient sound portion signal; Processing the own voice sound portion signal estimate into a processed own voice sound portion signal; and Adding the processed ambient sound portion signal and the processed own voice portion signal for obtaining an input for the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONOVA AG
    Inventor: Thomas Zurbrugg
  • OWN VOICE SHAPING IN A HEARING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20150304782
    Abstract: A method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument with at least one outer microphone oriented towards the environment, an ear canal microphone oriented towards the user's ear canal, and at least one receiver capable of producing an acoustic signal in the ear canal includes the steps of: Processing a first signal from the outer microphone and a second signal from the inner microphone to yield an ambient sound portion signal estimate and an own voice sound portion signal estimate; Processing the ambient sound portion signal estimate into a processed ambient sound portion signal; Processing the own voice sound portion signal estimate into a processed own voice sound portion signal; and Adding the processed ambient sound portion signal and the processed own voice portion signal for obtaining an input for the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Zurbrugg