公开(公告)号：US20210058718A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16999150

申请日：2020-08-21

Applicant: TODOC Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyou-Sik Min ,  Woojin Ahn

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A cochlear external device with an external microphone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an external device body attached to a side of the head of a user, an internal microphone embedded in the external device body to collect sound, an external microphone located at the outside of the external device body to be attached around the ear of the user to collect sound, a connection cable configured to connect the external microphone and the external device body in a wired manner; and a control unit embedded in the external device body to generate an output signal based on the sound collected by at least one of the internal microphone and the external microphone and transmit the generated output signal to a cochlear implant transplanter.

公开(公告)号：US20240292162A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18573839

申请日：2021-11-19

Applicant: TODOC CO., LTD. ,  KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Woojin Ahn ,  Kyousik Min ,  Hoseung Lee ,  Minkyu Je

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/05 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/372

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36039 ,  A61N1/36157 ,  A61N1/37252 ,  H04R25/606

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for improving an effective dynamic range including acquiring a hearing profile of a user, setting a section between a T level and a C level as a target range of a stimulation current for each of a plurality of electrodes included in an electrode array of a cochlear implant system based on the hearing profile, and mapping a plurality of current levels to an output current within the target range.

公开(公告)号：US11297449B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16999150

申请日：2020-08-21

Applicant: TODOC Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyou-Sik Min ,  Woojin Ahn

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: A cochlear external device with an external microphone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an external device body attached to a side of the head of a user, an internal microphone embedded in the external device body to collect sound, an external microphone located at the outside of the external device body to be attached around the ear of the user to collect sound, a connection cable configured to connect the external microphone and the external device body in a wired manner; and a control unit embedded in the external device body to generate an output signal based on the sound collected by at least one of the internal microphone and the external microphone and transmit the generated output signal to a cochlear implant transplanter.