...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7916883 | Hearing aid with battery door The invention comprises a hearing aid with a casing and a battery with a battery access door in the casing. According to the invention: the door is hingedly connected to the casing to allow a pivotal motion between the battery door... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7796770 | Hearing aid with frequency channels The invention regards a method for sound processing in an audio device wherein an audio signal is provided and the audio signal is frequency shaped according to the need of a user of the audio device and the frequency shaped signal is served at the user in a form pe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7769702 | Method and system for training a hearing aid using a self-organising map This invention relates to a system (100) and method for selecting a signal processing program to be executed by a signal processor in a hearing aid. The system (100) comprises a single layer of neurons (200) each having one or more neighbours an... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761291 | Method for processing audio-signals The invention regards a method for processing audio-signals whereby audio signals are captured at two spaced apart locations and subject to a transformation in the perceptual domain (Bar or Mel), whereupon: a) a (blind or supervised) source separation process is per... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7710192 | Low-voltage IC-circuit An integrated circuit is partitioned into two or more sub-circuits, each sub-circuit including two supply terminals across which to receive supply voltage. The sub-circuits are connected in series with the first sub-circuit receiving input voltage at its first suppl... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7634094 | Method for obtaining real ear measurements using a hearing aid The invention regards a method for measuring audio response of a real ear using the microphone of a hearing aid of an end user. The following sequence of steps is performed: provide a sound tight connection between the hearing aid microphone and a first end of a sou... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7580538 | Behind the ear hearing aid part with exchangeable cover The invention regards a BTE hearing aid shell shaped to fit behind an outer portion of an ear of a user wherein the shell has first and second opposed side walls where the first side wall faces away from, and the second side wall faces towards the head of the user. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| D595856 | Hearing aid | 07/07/2009 |
| 7499559 | Hearing device and method for choosing a program in a multi program hearing device The invention concerns a hearing device having an input transducer and an output transducer with a signal path therebetween, signal processing means connected in said signal path for influencing a signal in the signal path dependent on a PPS (processing parameter se... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7480388 | Behind the ear hearing aid part with exchangeable cover The invention regards a BTE hearing aid shell shaped to fit behind an outer portion of an ear of a user wherein the shell has first and second opposed side walls where the first side wall faces away from, and the second side wall faces towards the head of the user. ... | 01/20/2009 |