US 12,313,762 B2
Systems and methods for locating mobile electronic devices with ear-worn devices
Achintya Kumar Bhowmik, Cupertino, CA (US); Amit Shahar, Hod HaSharon (IL); Majd Srour, Nesher (IL); and Dagan Shtifman, Hod HaSharon (IL)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/791,446
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/012736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/142290, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,294, filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051613 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 5/18 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC G01S 5/183 (2013.01) [G08B 21/24 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear-worn device comprising:
a control circuit;
a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit;
an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit;
a communication device in electrical communication with the control circuit;
a motion sensor in electrical communication with the control circuit;
a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit;
wherein the ear-worn device is configured to
issue a location command to a mobile electronic device, wherein the location command triggers the mobile electronic device to emit a locating signal; and
guide an ear-worn device wearer to the mobile electronic device based on the locating signal.