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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Achintya Kumar Bhowmik, Cupertino, CA (US);
Amit Shahar, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Majd Srour, Nesher, IL;
Dagan Shtifman, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to ear-worn devices that can be used to locate other devices such as mobile electronic devices. In a first aspect, an ear-worn device is included having a control circuit, a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit, an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit, a motion sensor in electrical communication with the control circuit, and a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit, wherein the ear-worn device is configured to issue a location command to a mobile electronic device and wherein the location command triggers the mobile electronic device to emit a locating signal. Other embodiments are also included herein.