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 18):
A system for providing a sound to a listener having first and second ears, comprising:\n means for receiving a monaural input signal from a wireless device and converting the monaural input signal into first and second output signals with one or more of an interaural phase difference or an interaural level difference between the first and second output signals; and means for providing the sound to the listener to be perceived by the listener as a binaural sound having an interaural difference, including:\n means for providing a first sound based on the first output signal to the first ear using a first speaker; and \n means for providing a second sound based on the second output signal to the second ear using a second speaker.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15362447', '14714792', '11456538', '13464419', '15545301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6720859018163358
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5452770056749674
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6594050122021989
- Mean Citation Score: 358.55223399999994
- Max Citation Score: 388.98737
- Similarity Product: 338.6041264196598

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