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 21):
The method of  claim 18 , comprising means for converting the monaural input signal into the first and second output signals with the interaural phase difference and the interaural level difference between the first and second output signals.

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): 0.6733628864690424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5439265399038066
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6604192518125188
- Mean Citation Score: 358.55223399999994
- Max Citation Score: 388.98737
- Similarity Product: 298.68816472165526

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