PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["381", "320000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides hearing systems and methods that provide an improved high frequency response. The high frequency response improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the hearing system and allows for preservation and transmission of high frequency spatial localization cues.

Claim (Index 1):
A hearing system comprising:\n an input transducer configured to capture ambient sound, including high frequency localization cues, and convert the captured sound into electrical signals; and a transmitter assembly configured to receive the electrical signals from the input transducer, the transmitter assembly comprising a signal processor configured to generate filtered signals from the received electrical signals, the transmitter assembly comprising a transmitter and a transmission element, the transmitter assembly configured to deliver both power and filtered signals from the transmitter through a tip of the transmission element to produce mechanical vibrations with an output transducer configured to be positioned on a tympanic membrane of the user, the filtered signals being representative of the ambient sound received by the input transducer; wherein the transmitter assembly is positionable at least partially within the ear canal to provide an open canal to allow the ambient sound to pass through the open canal and bypass the transmitter assembly to directly reach the tympanic membrane of the user, wherein the signal processor is configured to amplify the high frequency localization cues when the magnitude of the high frequency localization cues is below a saturation level; wherein the transmitter assembly is configured to decrease current to the signal processor when the magnitude of the localization cues is above the saturation level, and, wherein the ambient sound passing through the open canal provides greater equivalent sound pressure to the eardrum than equivalent sound pressure of the output transducer when the magnitude of the high frequency localization cues is above the saturation level.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41379
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12684073', '11121517', '14843030', '10902660', '11264594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7839904785247706
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6167477311766931
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7672662037899628
- Mean Citation Score: 454.469102
- Max Citation Score: 523.6952
- Similarity Product: 517.0390781879902

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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