US 12,273,684 B2
Acoustic spot identification
Alexander Von Brasch, Macquarie University (AU); and Stephen Fung, Macquarie University (AU)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Appl. No. 16/650,906
Filed by COCHLEAR LIMITED, New South Wales (AU)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/057420
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/064181, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,145, filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0296523 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/43 (2013.01) [H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/07 (2013.01)] 49 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a central processor apparatus configured to receive input from one and/or a plurality of sound capture devices, wherein
the central processor apparatus is configured to individually and/or collectively evaluate the input from the one and/or plurality of sound capture devices to identify at least one spatial location that is more conducive to hearing with a hearing device relative to another spatial location,
the central processor apparatus is configured to receive input pertaining to a particular feature of a given hearing apparatus, and
the central processor apparatus is configured to collectively evaluate the input from the one and/or plurality of sound capture devices and the input pertaining to the particular feature of the given hearing device to identify the at least one spatial location that is more conducive to hearing with the given hearing device relative to the another spatial location.