PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16057168
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["381", "023100"]

Abstract:
The present application provides method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using a monaural audio signal input. The system, in various examples, provides adjustable delay/phase adjustment and sound level adjustment. Different embodiments are provided for receiving the monaural signal and distributing it to a plurality of hearing assistance devices. Different relaying modes are provided. Special functions are supported, such as telecoil functions. The system also has examples that account for a head-related transfer function in providing advanced sound processing for the wearer. Other examples are provided that are described in the detailed description.

Claim (Index 11):
The system of  claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to convert the monaural input signal into the first and second output signals with the interaural phase difference.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15362447', '14714792', '11456538', '13464419', '15545301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6991065280458781
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5460360753528756
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.683799482776578
- Mean Citation Score: 358.55223399999994
- Max Citation Score: 388.98737
- Similarity Product: 293.6700905391544

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test