ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,867, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Humidity detection for hearing devices" was invented by Vladimir Maligin (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Nitzan Bornstein (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for humidity detection for hearing device applications. A method includes calculating a capacitance between a terminal of a processor within a housing of an ear-wearable device and a designated ground plane within the housing. A temperature measurement is obtained from a sensor within the housing, and a humidity level is dete...