H04R 25/43
Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis
Official title: {Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis, e.g. mixing or selection between microphone and telecoil or between microphones with different directivity characteristics (H04R25/407 takes precedence)}
H04R25/43 (Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis) appears on 513 US grants and 649 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 513
- Published applications
- 649
- Assignees
- 176
- Inventors
- 876
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 25 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Audio enhancement method and apparatus, and computer storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,718,831 B2Orka Health Co., Ltd.
- User interfaces of a hearing device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,006 B2Cochlear Limited
- Hearing device with multi-source-connection control16 Jun 2026US 12,656,999 B2GN Hearing A/S
- Multi-directional hearing aid adjustment using image capture16 Jun 2026US 12,659,674 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Use of hearing instrument telecoils to determine contextual information, activities, or modified microphone signals16 Jun 2026US 12,659,675 B2Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Wearable hearing assist device with sound pressure level shifting10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270626 A1Bose Corporation
- Method for audio processing in a hearing device to provide for a gain adjustment3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261807 A1Sonova AG
- Hearing aid device for hands free communication3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261810 A1Oticon A/S
- Hearing instrument processing mode selection27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255110 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Switching a Hearing Device Between Two Sets of Actuator Strengths20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247084 A1Sonova AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ear terminal with microphone for voice pickup244US 6,754,359 B1Nacre AS · 2004
- Hearing aid having plural microphones and a microphone switching system227US 5,524,056 AEtymotic Research, Inc. · 1996
- Use of voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) in consumer applications202US 6,311,155 B1Hearing Enhancement Company, LLC · 2001
- Ear terminal with microphone for natural voice rendition178US 6,661,901 B1Nacre AS · 2003
- Programmable signal processing device160US 4,425,481 A1984