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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7760898 | Eyeglasses with hearing enhanced and other audio signal-generating capabilities Novel techniques for hearing enhancement based on a pair of glasses are disclosed. In one embodiment, the glasses include a first lens holder, a second lens holder, a bridge element, a first temple, a second temple, a first speaker, a second speaker, a microphone an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7609842 | Spectacle hearing aid A hearing aid/spectacles combination includes a spectacle frame and a first reproduction unit. The spectacle frame has a microphone array in a first spectacle arm. The microphone array is able to pick up a sound signal and is able to transmit a processed signal, pro... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7369671 | Switching structures for hearing aid A hearing aid is provided with a a programmable, signal processing circuit electrically connecting an input system to an output system, a magnetic field sensor, and a selection circuit connected to the magnetic sensor. The selection circuit may be adapted to control... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369669 | Diotic presentation of second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals Systems, devices and methods are provided for diotically presenting second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals. The present subject matter provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio, and presents a desired directional signal to each ear. One aspect is a h... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362222 | Eyeglass locator An eyeglass locator system for facilitating finding misplaced eyeglasses includes a remote transmitter and eyeglasses having a receiver, power source, amplifier, and speaker. When the eyeglasses have been misplaced, the transmitter is used to send a signal. The rece... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343289 | System and method for audio/video speaker detection A system and method for detecting speech utilizing audio and video inputs. In one aspect, the invention collects audio data generated from a microphone device. In another aspect, the invention collects video data and processes the data to determine a mouth location ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331666 | Eyewear with a mounted radio frequency transceiver An eyewear having a frame, at least one temple attached to the frame, and a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication. The radio frequency transceiver is mounted on either the frame or the temple and is configured to form an ad hoc wirele... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324652 | Hearing aid having a supply source providing multiple supply voltages A system includes a number of electronic devices that uses multiple voltage sources and a supply source to provide the different supply voltages without up-converting a voltage level or down-converting a voltage level. In an embodiment, the supply source is realized... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7278734 | Wireless interactive headset A wearable wireless audio device includes a support, an electronics circuit, and a speaker. The support includes a first ear stem and an orbital, and is configured to support at least one lens in a wearer's field of view. The electronics circuit is supported by the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7248713 | Integrated automatic telephone switch A hearing aid includes a microphone for providing an electrical signal representative of a received acoustic signal, a means for filtering the electrical signal and a means for automatic switching. Upon detecting a presence of a magnetic field, the means for automat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231038 | Eyeglasses with wireless communication features A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extensio... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7165647 | Mechanical acoustic filter by erosion etching A mechanical acoustic filter is formed of boards made by using erosion etching. The filter may be used in electric condenser microphones. The filter may be made of one or a plurality of boards each being made by erosion etching according to different requirements. T... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7133532 | Hearing protection and communication assembly The speaker head is inserted into the protective ear insert and into one of the wearer's ears so that the audio signal is audible to the wearer in a loud environment where exterior noise is muffled by the protective ear insert and the speaker head is shielded from c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7103192 | Hearing aid device attachable to an eyeglasses bow For making the production of hearing-aid eyeglasses using standard eyeglasses easier, a hearing aid device has a body that can be attached to an eyeglasses bow has a channel therein for acceptance of a flexible eyeglasses bow end piece, and the body is flexible in a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103191 | Hearing aid having second order directional response A hearing aid apparatus is disclosed that employs both an omnidirectional microphone and at least one directional microphone of at least the first order. The electrical signals output from the directional microphone are supplied to an equalization amplifier which at... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7076069 | Method of generating an electrical output signal and acoustical/electrical conversion system At a beamformer with at least two acoustical/electrical converters (M1, M2) the outputs (A1, A2) thereof are operationally connected to a beamformer unit (12). There signals dependent on signals (S1, S | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076077 | Bone conduction headset An object of the invention resides in the provision of a bone conduction headset, which is inconspicuous in appearance during wearing thereof, adapted for use in avoiding absorbing nearby people's attention to the headset thus worn, easy to wear and take off in use,... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7031483 | Hearing aid comprising an array of microphones Hearing aid for improving the hearing ability of the hard of hearing, comprising an array of microphones, the electrical output signals of which are fed to at least one transmission path belonging to an ear. Means are provided for deriving two array output signals f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6983055 | Method and apparatus for an adaptive binaural beamforming system An adaptive binaural beamforming system is provided which can be used, for example, in a hearing aid. The system uses more than two input signals, and preferably four input signals. The signals can be provided, for example, by two microphone pairs, one pair of micro... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978159 | Binaural signal processing using multiple acoustic sensors and digital filtering A desired acoustic signal is extracted from a noisy environment by generating a signal representative of the desired signal with processor (30). Processor (30) receives aural signals from two sensors (22, 24) each at a different location. The tw... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966776 | Educational doll A toy for teaching sign language includes a body with a thoracic portion and a lower limb portion that are movable between rotated and stationary positions. The present invention further includes metacarpals provided with a wire frame passing therethrough, which mak... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6950531 | Industrial hearing protection and communication assembly An industrial hearing protection and communication assembly including a frame having a front frame member that, includes a substantially transparent shatterproof eye panel disposed to shield a wearer's eyes, and at least one protective ear insert structured to be fi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6741713 | Directional hearing device A hearing device comprising at least two microphones, a processor and an output for further processing in a reproducer, the microphones being electrically coupled to the processor, and the output for further processing in a reproducer being connected to the processo... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6707921 | Use of mouth position and mouth movement to filter noise from speech in a hearing aid A hearing aid includes an image sensing device, a sound input transducer, a sound output transducer, and a processor. The image sensing device detects an image from a selected region of a user of the hearing aid while the sound input transducer receives sound and pr... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6690807 | Hearing aid The invention relates to a listening assistance device (1) comprising hearing modules (3) mounted on the ends of the arms of an eyeglass frame (2), said modules being designed to support the eyeglass frame on the ear of the user. The hearing modules also ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6690808 | Personal earphone assembly for mounting upon eyeglasses This is a personal earphone assembly comprised of a flexible, elongate tube having open ends and a central lumen therethrough. Earphones are disposed at each open end of the tube, each earphone having a neck projecting therefrom and a wire passing from th... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6233345 | Personal earphone assembly for mounting upon eyeglasses This is a personal earphone assembly comprised of a flexible, elongate tube having open ends and a central lumen therethrough. Earphones are disposed at each open end of the tube, each earphone having a neck projecting therefrom and a wire passing from th... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6148087 | Hearing aid having two hearing apparatuses with optical signal transmission therebetween For binaural hearing, a hearing aid worn at the head has two hearing apparatuses respectively allocated to the ears, with at least one of the hearing apparatuses having a transmitter and the other hearing apparatus having a receiver for an optical signal ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6010216 | "Hear speak" two-way voice radio communications eyeglasses Eyeglasses including a radio receiver, a radio transmitter, power supply, antenna and earphones. Said receiver, transmitter, power supply, and antenna are within the bow pieces. The antenna is a wire within the framework and extends from the rear end of o... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5737436 | Earphones with eyeglass attatchments A portable, wearable personal audio system which includes an acoustic sample chamber and an acoustically transparent ear insert member. A tubular member transmits the audio from the sample chamber and module to the ear canal. An additional transducer, pre... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5719935 | Cellular telephone A cellular telephone having a telephone receiver of an improved structure suitable to effectively exclude noise in noisy places thereby allowing a user to clearly hear the voice of a speaker is disclosed. The telephone receiver of this cellular telephone ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5715323 | Radio attachable to spectacles A miniature radio and two speakers, one for each ear, are releasably attachable to a pair of spectacles. The speakers are remote from the radio and connected to it through speaker wires. In a first embodiment, a truncate primary tube releasably engages a ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5694475 | Acoustically transparent earphones A portable, wearable personal audio system which includes an acoustic sample chamber and an acoustically transparent ear insert member. A tubular member transmits the audio from the sample chamber and module to the ear canal. The ear insert stabilizes and... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5673328 | Bone conducting hearing aid A bone conducting hearing aid comprises a housing adapted to be pressed against a head of a user and a magnetic system held in the hearing aid housing, The magnetic system includes a permanent magnet, a coil, an armature of a soft magnetic material and a ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5608808 | Audio-adapted eyeglass retainer A hollow, strap-like eyeglass retainer (20) which provides audio electronic connections to interact with radio or other audio signal producing equipment (46) and audio speakers.... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5606743 | Radio eyewear Eyewear including a radio receiver, speakers, antenna and power supply which are variously coupled to or integrally formed with a lens supporting framework. In non-integral constructions the receiver, power supply and speaker assemblies detachably clip mo... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5533130 | Cosmetically disguised hearing aid A hearing aid designed to be affixed to a pair of eyeglasses used by the wearer or suspended from an ear mold that is lodged in the ear of the wearer is disclosed. The hearing aid is cosmetically disguised and may be worn by either males or females. The h... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5483599 | Directional microphone system A directional microphone system gain adjusts the sum of signals that are received from two microphones mounted spaced apart. The gain adjustment is generally proportional to the product of the two microphone signals. Analog multipliers are used both for m... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5434924 | Hearing aid employing adjustment of the intensity and the arrival time of sound by electronic or acoustic, passive devices to improve interaural perceptual balance and binaural processing A hearing aid for a person with asymmetric hearing perception (a weaker ear system and a better ear system) employs conventional frequency-selective amplification (26L) of sound coming to the weaker ear's system and frequency selective amplitude adjustmen... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5335285 | Earphone-type speaker assembly A speaker assembly for securement to the temples of an eyeglass frame, such as sunglasses, is disclosed. In particular the assembly includes an adjustable support which is detachably secured to the temples or fixed permanently thereto. The speaker is supp... | 08/02/1994 |
