Patents by Inventor Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson 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: 10743115Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Lars Pinnerup Frederiksen, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Søren Hesselballe Larsen, Lars Bramsløw, Niels Søgaard Jensen, Filip Marchman Rønne, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, Eline Borch Petersen, Carina Graversen, Lasse Juul Villadsen, Rikke Birksteen Rossing, Adis Bjelosevic
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Publication number: 20200178009Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Oticon A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 10595139Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20190246216Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Lars Pinnerup FREDERIKSEN, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Søren Hesselballe LARSEN, Lars BRAMSLØW, Niels Søgaard JENSEN, Filip Marchman RØNNE, Ariane LAPLANTE-LÉVESQUE, Eline Borch PETERSEN, Carina GRAVERSEN, Lasse Juul VILLADSEN, Rikke Birksteen ROSSING, Adis BJELOSEVIC
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Publication number: 20190215623Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Oticon A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 10313802Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Lars Pinnerup Frederiksen, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Søren Hesselballe Larsen, Lars Bramsløw, Niels Søgaard Jensen, Filip Marchman Rønne, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, Eline Borch Petersen, Carina Graversen, Lasse Juul Villadsen, Rikke Birksteen Rossing, Adis Bjelosevic
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Patent number: 10264369Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20190074688Abstract: A head-worn device comprises a housing with an insulating housing wall and is housing a conducting element (24; 31) having at least one end embedded into the housing wall, and a component (22; 30) being arranged adjacent to the conducting element (24; 31). The component (22; 30) and the conducting element (24; 31) are being separated by a partitioning element (26; 28; 40) provided as an insulator. The partitioning element (26; 28; 40) is having a shape increasing the travelling distance for a spark between the conducting element (24; 31) and the component (22; 30) by at least 40%, and a thickness and a Dielectric Strength sufficient to resist 3 kV without breaking down.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: WIDEX A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Michael Frydendal LARSSEN
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Patent number: 10206050Abstract: The invention relates to an audio assist system, comprising a hearing aid, an external handheld device and an audio system comprising a Bluetooth audio transmitter, wherein the hearing aid comprises a Bluetooth receiver. The hearing aid and the external handheld device are temporarily connected via a wireless data link, and both the audio system and the external handheld device each comprise an infrared receiver and/or transmitter for establishing an at least unidirectional IR link between the external handheld device and the audio system.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Marinus Andersen, Martin Bergmann, Søren Bredahl Greiner, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Lars Riemer
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Publication number: 20180288533Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Lars Pinnerup FREDERIKSEN, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Søren Hesselballe LARSEN, Lars BRAMSLØW, Niels Søgaard JENSEN, Filip Marchman RØNNE, Ariane LAPLANTE-LÉVESQUE, Eline Borch PETERSEN, Carina GRAVERSEN, Lasse Juul VILLADSEN, Rikke Birksteen ROSSING, Adis BJELOSEVIC
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Publication number: 20180279060Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Oticon A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 10015601Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Lars Pinnerup Frederiksen, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Søren Hesselballe Larsen, Lars Bramsløw, Niels Søgaard Jensen, Filip Marchman Rønne, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, Eline Borch Petersen, Carina Graversen, Lasse Juul Villadsen, Rikke Birksteen Rossing, Adis Bjelosevic
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Patent number: 10009696Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20170289704Abstract: A system for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices is disclosed. The system comprises a number of access points configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the hearing devices, wherein the access points are connected to a central unit communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud, wherein the system is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices received by access points, wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit and/or from a cloud service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Lars Pinnerup FREDERIKSEN, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Søren Hesselballe LARSEN, Lars BRAMSLØW, Niels Søgaard JENSEN, Filip Marchman RØNNE, Ariane LAPLANTE-LÉVESQUE, Eline Borch PETERSEN, Carina GRAVERSEN, Lasse Juul VILLADSEN, Rikke Birksteen ROSSING, Adis BJELOSEVIC
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Publication number: 20170272874Abstract: The invention relates to an audio assist system, comprising a hearing aid, an external handheld device and an audio system comprising a Bluetooth audio transmitter, wherein the hearing aid comprises a Bluetooth receiver. The hearing aid and the external handheld device are temporarily connected via a wireless data link, and both the audio system and the external handheld device each comprise an infrared receiver and/or transmitter for establishing an at least unidirectional IR link between the external handheld device and the audio system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Marinus ANDERSEN, Martin BERGMANN, Søren Bredahl GREINER, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Lars RIEMER
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Publication number: 20160366525Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Oticon A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 9313577Abstract: Each listening device of a binaural listening system comprises a signal processing unit for processing a signal comprising audio and for performing logic actions based on one or more control inputs, and an antenna and transceiver unit for establishing said wireless link. The transceiver unit comprises a transmit control unit allowing the transmission of first data with a first level of transmission power providing a first operating transmission range and the transmission of second data with a second level of transmission power providing a second operating transmission range, wherein said second operating transmission range is larger than said first operating transmission range. Receive control units of the listening devices are adapted to extract the first control signal from the first data received from the respective opposite listening device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Poul Henriksen
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Publication number: 20140003636Abstract: Each listening device of a binaural listening system comprises a signal processing unit for processing a signal comprising audio and for performing logic actions based on one or more control inputs, and an antenna and transceiver unit for establishing said wireless link. The transceiver unit comprises a transmit control unit allowing the transmission of first data with a first level of transmission power providing a first operating transmission range and the transmission of second data with a second level of transmission power providing a second operating transmission range, wherein said second operating transmission range is larger than said first operating transmission range. Receive control units of the listening devices are adapted to extract the first control signal from the first data received from the respective opposite listening device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Poul HENRIKSEN
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Patent number: 8300863Abstract: The present invention is related in particular to means for a wireless communication to and from a hearing device (10) comprising a first portion (12) adapted for being arranged at a user and for providing a signal, an output transducer (18) for converting said signal to an acoustic output and a second portion (14) adapted for being arranged in an ear canal of said user and for providing said acoustic output to said user and further related to a method for a wireless receiving and/or sending of data in a hearing device (10).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Ove Knudsen, Poul Henriksen, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson