Altera Corporation

Quicksilver Technology, Inc.

Resound Corporation

Bohumir Uvacek

Paul L Master

Fa-Long Luo

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for configuration of adaptive integrated circuitry, to provide one or more operating modes or other functionality in a communication device, such as a cellular telephone, a GSM telephone, another type of mobile telephone or mobile station, or any other type of media communication device, including video, voice or radio, or other forms of multimedia. The adaptive integrated circuitry is configured and reconfigured for multiple tasks, such as channel acquisition, voice transmission, or multimedia and other data processing. In the preferred embodiment, the configuration and reconfiguration occurs to adaptively optimize the performance of the particular activity over time, such as to increase the speed of channel acquisition, increase throughput rates, increase perceived voice and media quality, and decrease the rate of dropped communication sessions.

Apparatus and method for adaptive multimedia reception and transmission in communication environments

A computing machine capable of performing multiple operations using a universal computing unit is provided. The universal computing unit maps an input signal to an output signal. The mapping is initiated using an instruction that includes the input signal, a weight matrix, and an activation function. Using the instruction, the universal computing unit may perform multiple operations using the same hardware configuration. The computation that is performed by the universal computing unit is determined by the weight matrix and activation function used. Accordingly, the universal computing unit does not require any programming to perform a type of computing operation because the type of operation is determined by the parameters of the instruction, specifically, the weight matrix and the activation function.

IC for universal computing with near zero programming complexity

Real ear measurements for a digital hearing aid (DHA) fitting are effected using a probe microphone which senses sound from within the patient's ear. The sound, which is conveyed to the probe microphone using a probe tube, is converted to electrical signals which are input to a direct audio input of the DHA. The electrical signals are digitized by the DHA and relayed to a processing unit which effects the real ear measurements. Alternatively, the DHA itself performs all real ear measurements with only a wired, wireless or no external connection to a command unit.

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Bohumir Uvacek