US 11,871,187 B2
Method for configuring a hearing-assistance device with a hearing profile
Amy Li, San Carlos, CA (US); and Matthew Sorg, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Concha Inc., San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed by Concha Inc., San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,293.
Application 17/687,293 is a continuation of application No. 16/893,297, filed on Jun. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,304,016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,214, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191632 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01)
CPC H04R 25/70 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a hearing profile for a user based on a hearing assessment of the user;
accessing a set of hearing-assistance device options, each hearing-assistance device option defining a form factor of a hearing-assistance device, in a set of hearing-assistance devices;
accessing an image of an ear of the user;
detecting the ear in a region of the image;
extracting a set of features from the region of the image;
interpreting a set of constraining dimensions of the ear of the user based on the set of features;
identifying a subset of hearing-assistance device options, in the set of hearing-assistance device options, defining form factors conforming to the set of constraining dimensions;
selecting a first hearing-assistance device option from the subset of hearing-assistance devices; and
configuring a first hearing-assistance device represented by the first hearing-assistance device option with the hearing profile for the user.