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公开(公告)号：WO2022026231A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：PCT/US2021/042154
申请日：2021-07-19
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： LIN, Andy, S. , FLANAGAN, Peter , OLSON, Kyle , WANG, Fa
Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing configured for deployment in, on or about an ear of a wearer and a power source situated in the housing. A sensor is situated in or on the housing and coupled to the power source. The sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal representative of motion of the wearer's head and relative motion between the sensor and skin of the wearer's ear resulting from the wearer's head motion. A controller is situated in the housing and coupled to the power source and the sensor. The controller is configured to assess a fit of the device using the sensor signal.
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公开(公告)号：WO2021022063A1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-04
申请号：PCT/US2020/044296
申请日：2020-07-30
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： STEWART, Jay , SACHA, Michael Karl , OLSON, Kyle
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a hearing assistance device housing for biometric sensing. In various embodiments, a hearing assistance device for a wearer includes a housing customized to conform to a continuous section of an inner portion of an ear of the wearer and to extend radially to one or more edges of a conchal bowl of the ear. The housing is configured to be placed in the inner portion of the ear of the wearer, and a biometric sensor is included on a surface of the housing. According to various embodiments, the housing is configured to maintain contact of the biometric sensor with the inner portion of the ear of the wearer during activity of the wearer, to enhance accuracy of biometric sensing.
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公开(公告)号：WO2021015998A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-28
申请号：PCT/US2020/041956
申请日：2020-07-14
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： CARLSON, Erik , BURNS, Thomas , OLSON, Kyle , GISWOLD, Kent
Abstract: A system includes a hearing device comprising a rechargeable power source, power management circuitry, and a first charging interface comprising a first cathode contact and a first anode contact spaced apart from the first cathode contact. A charging module comprises a second charging interface configured to detachably couple with the first charging interface of the hearing device. The second charging interface comprises a second anode contact having a contact surface and a displaceable second cathode contact. An arrangement is configured to displace at least a portion of the second cathode contact above the contact surface to facilitate electrical contact between the first and second cathode contacts prior to electrical contact between the first and second anode contacts. Charging circuitry of the charging module is coupled to the second charging interface and configured to charge the rechargeable power source of the hearing device.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022132503A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：PCT/US2021/062218
申请日：2021-12-07
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： OLSON, Kyle , HIGGINS, Sidney A. , SACHA, Michael Karl , LIN, Andy S.
Abstract: An electro-optical physiologic sensor comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) and a light emitter and a photodetector respectively mounted to the PCB. A first sensor element is disposed on the PCB and comprises a first electrode configured to contact tissue of a subject and a first light channel co-located with the first electrode, the first light channel optically coupled to the light emitter and configured to direct light into the subject's tissue. A second sensor element is disposed on the PCB and comprises a second electrode configured to contact the subject's tissue and a second light channel co-located with the second electrode, the second light channel optically coupled to the photodetector and configured to receive light from the tissue of the subject resulting from the light generated by the light emitter.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022132299A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：PCT/US2021/054966
申请日：2021-10-14
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： OLSON, Kyle , HIGGINS, Sidney A.
IPC: H04R1/10
Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprising a housing configured to be worn in, at or about an ear of a wearer, audio processing circuitry disposed in or supported by the housing and comprising one or more microphones and an acoustic transducer, a controller disposed in the housing and coupled to the audio processing circuitry, and a power source disposed in the housing. A contact sensor is supported by the housing and coupled to the controller, the contact sensor configured to sense contact between the device and skin of the wearer. A physiologic sensor arrangement is coupled to the controller and configured to measure at least one physiologic parameter or physiologic condition of the wearer. The controller is configured to operate on signals received from the physiologic sensor arrangement in response to the contact sensor sensing contact between the device and the wearer's skin.
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公开(公告)号：WO2020060993A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-26
申请号：PCT/US2019/051437
申请日：2019-09-17
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： HIGGINS, Sidney, A. , OLSON, Kyle
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: Various embodiments of a hearing device and a system of using such device are disclosed. The hearing device includes a housing, electronic components disposed within the housing, and an earpiece adapted to be disposed in an ear canal of the ear of the wearer. The device also includes a sensor adapted to be in contact with a portion of the ear of the wearer, where the sensor is further adapted to detect a physiological characteristic of the wearer and generate a sensor signal based on the physiological characteristic that is received by a controller of the electronic components disposed within the housing; and a cable that operatively connects the sensor to the earpiece, where the cable is biased to maintain contact between the sensor and the portion of the ear of the wearer when the earpiece is disposed in the ear canal of the wearer.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022261107A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-15
申请号：PCT/US2022/032517
申请日：2022-06-07
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： GEORGIOU, Archelle , VASTARE, Krishna Chaithanya , BURWINKEL, Justin R. , LIN, Andy S. , OLSON, Kyle , SACHA, Michael Karl , SHAHAR, Amit
Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to ear-wearable devices and systems that can detect a risk of infection in a device wearer. In a first aspect, an ear-wearable infection sensor device is included having a control circuit, a microphone, a sensor package, and an electroacoustic transducer, wherein the electroacoustic transducer is in electrical communication with the control circuit. The ear-wearable infection sensor device can be configured to analyze data from the sensor package to determine physiological parameters of a device wearer and evaluate the physiological parameters to detect the risk of an infection. Other embodiments are also included herein.
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公开(公告)号：WO2021262318A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-30
申请号：PCT/US2021/030147
申请日：2021-04-30
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： OLSON, Kyle , HIGGINS, Sidney A. , DEGEN, Dustin
IPC: H04R1/10 , H04R25/00 , H04R1/1025 , H04R1/1041 , H04R2225/61 , H04R25/603
Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing configured to be worn in, at or about an ear of a wearer. Audio processing circuitry is disposed in or supported by the housing and comprises one or more microphones and a speaker or a receiver. A controller is disposed in the housing and coupled to the audio processing circuity. A rechargeable power source and charging circuitry are disposed in the housing. The charging circuitry is coupled to the controller and comprises first and second charge contacts situated at a wall of the housing. A user-actuatable control is coupled to the controller and comprises a touch sensor. The touch sensor comprises the first and second charge contacts.
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公开(公告)号：WO2019204334A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-24
申请号：PCT/US2019/027719
申请日：2019-04-16
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： OLSON, Kyle
Abstract: A first device receives a bit sequence from a second device via a serial communication cable having one or more wires that connect the first device to a first set of one or more pins of a first chip of the second device. The first chip has a second set of pins. For each respective pin of the second set of pins, the bit sequence includes a set of one or more bits for the respective pin that are based at least in part on whether a first voltage or a second voltage is applied to the respective pin. The first device determines, based on the bit sequence, a type of the second device.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022132271A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：PCT/US2021/051896
申请日：2021-09-24
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： SACHA, Michael Karl , OLSON, Kyle , FLANAGAN, Peter , WANG, Fa , CHRISTENSEN, Ryan
IPC: A61B5/00 , H04R25/00 , A61B5/0531 , A61B5/145 , A61B5/1455
Abstract: An ear-wearable electronic device includes a first near-field communication (NFC) device and a transfer region configured to facilitate transfer of a wearable sensor unit into an ear of a wearer or onto an outer ear of the wearer or a surface of the wearer's head adjacent the outer ear. The wearable sensor unit comprises electronic circuitry comprising a second NFC device configured to communicatively couple to the first NFC device and facilitate wireless transfer of power from the ear-wearable electronic device to the wearable sensor unit and wireless transfer of data at least from the wearable sensor unit to the ear-wearable electronic device, and one or more sensors configured to measure at least one physiologic parameter or physiologic condition of the wearer. The wearable sensor unit and the ear-wearable electronic device are configured to remain mechanically decoupled from one another subsequent to deployment of the wearable sensor unit.
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