Patents by Inventor TOM MAENNEL

TOM MAENNEL 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).

  • Method of adapting a hearing apparatus
    Patent number: 10841715
    Abstract: A method adapts a hearing device. The hearing apparatus has a signal processing unit for processing an electrical input signal into an electrical output signal and a receiver for outputting an acoustic output signal based on the electrical output signal. Furthermore, the hearing apparatus has an individual sound transmission element with a frequency-dependent individual amplification profile for transmitting the acoustic output signal. The individual amplification profile is determined on the basis of a reference transfer function. The measured individual amplification profile is subsequently compared with a reference amplification profile of a reference sound transmission element, and the reference transfer function is adapted based on a difference between the individual amplification profile and the reference amplification profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Tom Maennel
  • Method for characterizing a receiver in a hearing device, hearing device and test apparatus for a hearing device
    Patent number: 10575105
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a receiver in a hearing device. The receiver has a response behavior. The receiver converts an electrical audio signal into a sound signal, generating a magnetic field. The magnetic field is measured by a magnetic field sensor. The receiver is then characterized by determining the response behavior of the receiver based on the measured magnetic field. There is also described a hearing device and a test apparatus for a hearing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernd Meister, Tom Maennel
  • METHOD OF ADAPTING A HEARING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190069099
    Abstract: A method adapts a hearing device. The hearing apparatus has a signal processing unit for processing an electrical input signal into an electrical output signal and a receiver for outputting an acoustic output signal based on the electrical output signal. Furthermore, the hearing apparatus has an individual sound transmission element with a frequency-dependent individual amplification profile for transmitting the acoustic output signal. The individual amplification profile is determined on the basis of a reference transfer function. The measured individual amplification profile is subsequently compared with a reference amplification profile of a reference sound transmission element, and the reference transfer function is adapted based on a difference between the individual amplification profile and the reference amplification profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: TOM MAENNEL
  • METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A RECEIVER IN A HEARING DEVICE, HEARING DEVICE AND TEST APPARATUS FOR A HEARING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180359573
    Abstract: A method for characterizing a receiver in a hearing device. The receiver has a response behavior. The receiver converts an electrical audio signal into a sound signal, generating a magnetic field. The magnetic field is measured by a magnetic field sensor. The receiver is then characterized by determining the response behavior of the receiver based on the measured magnetic field. There is also described a hearing device and a test apparatus for a hearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: BERND MEISTER, TOM MAENNEL