Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hearing aid and method for dynamically adjusting recovery time in wide dynamic range compression
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Application No.: US15690410Application Date: 2017-08-30
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Publication No.: US10264366B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Po-Jen Tu , Jia-Ren Chang , Kai-Meng Tzeng
- Applicant: Acer Incorporated
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Priority: TW105133838A 20161020
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract:
A method for dynamically adjusting recovery time in wide dynamic range compression (WDRC) for use in a hearing aid is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving an input signal via the hearing aid; applying a band-pass filter on the input acoustic signal to calculate a high-energy ratio; calculating an over-zero rate ratio corresponding to the input acoustic signal; calculating a consonant occurring probability according to the high-frequency energy ratio and the over-zero rate ratio; applying a consonant determination mechanism on the input acoustic signal, and adjusting the consonant occurring probability according to the results of the consonant determination mechanism; calculating a recovery time factor corresponding to the input acoustic signal according to the adjusted consonant occurring probability; and performing a WDRC process on the input acoustic signal according to the recovery time factor to generate an output acoustic signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180115840A1 HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING RECOVERY TIME IN WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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