公开(公告)号：US11228853B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16855804

申请日：2020-04-22

Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

Inventor： Christopher R. Paetsch ,  Tegan M. Ayers

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining if a BTE portion of a hearing assistance device is determined to be either a “good fit” (i.e. placed correctly) or “bad fit” (i.e. placed incorrectly). The hearing assistance device includes a sensor in the BTE portion of the device. The sensor measures acceleration due to gravity in one or more of the x, y, and z directions, or any combination thereof. The measured acceleration is input into a pre-trained classifier model that outputs whether the BTE portion is placed correctly or not placed correctly. At least one of the hearing assistance device or a user device in communication with the hearing assistance device provides feedback regarding the positioning of the hearing assistance device. In aspects, the hearing assistance device or the user device guides the user to properly adjust placement of the BTE portion of the device.

公开(公告)号：US10575777B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US15680695

申请日：2017-08-18

Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

Inventor： Tegan M. Ayers ,  Lifun Lin ,  Romain Kirszenblat ,  Mikhail Ioffe ,  Dale McElhone ,  Christopher R. Paetsch ,  Jack E. Read ,  Andrew Farrell

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/11 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B5/04 ,  A61B5/0476 ,  A61B5/0478 ,  A61B5/0492 ,  A61B5/0496 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product includes at least two electrodes, a processor, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to receive at least one signal affected by an action of the user obtained via the first electrode or the second electrode and take one or more actions based on the at least one signal. The at least one action may control another device, in an effort to provide hands-free control of the other device.

公开(公告)号：US10827972B1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US16445464

申请日：2019-06-19

Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

Inventor： Tegan M. Ayers ,  Christopher R. Paetsch ,  Christian A. Trott ,  Brian J. Hetherman ,  Matthew Ryan Hicks

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0476 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/0496 ,  A61B5/04 ,  A61B5/024

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining a subject's sleep stage based on a PPG signal measured using an in-ear earpiece. In aspects, one or more physiological signals are estimated based on the PPG. Based, at least in part, on the determined sleep stage, one or more outputs are provided. In an example, the outputs are provided to the subject, the subject's physician, the subject's clinician, the cloud, and/or a device external to the apparatus. The methods and apparatus of determining the subject's sleep state described herein are continuous and non-invasive and eliminate the need for a clinical setting.

公开(公告)号：US10213157B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US15618388

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION

Inventor： Andrew Farrell ,  Christopher R. Paetsch ,  Tegan M. Ayers ,  Jack E. Read

IPC: G08C19/22 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/0408 ,  A61B5/0478 ,  A61B5/0482 ,  A61B5/0492 ,  A61B5/0496

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wearable audio product for obtaining biologically-relevant information associated with a user comprising. The audio product comprises a first electrode placed over the user's auditory cortex on a first side of the user's body, a second electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a first reference electrode placed on the first side of the user's body, a processor coupled to the first, second, and first reference electrode, the processor configured to take one or more actions based on signals received from the first, second, and first reference electrodes, and an electroacoustic transducer coupled to the processor. Any or all of the electrodes described herein may include any integer number of electrodes clustered in the specified location.