ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,284, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Telecoil system periodic interference canceller" was invented by Thomas O. Monsen (Carver, Minn.), Justin R. Burwinkel (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Kenneth Kragh Jensen (Shakopee, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for removing periodic interference from a telecoil signal for ear-wearable devices. A method includes receiving a signal from a telecoil of a hearing device, and determining a base period of periodic interference present in the signal. The signal is divided into clip samples...