公开(公告)号：EP3895141A2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-20

申请号：EP19836412.7

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： BURWINKEL, Justin R. ,  TYSON, Penny A. ,  XU, Buye ,  BENNINGTON, Darrell R.

IPC: G08B21/04 ,  H04R25/00

公开(公告)号：EP3313098A3

公开(公告)日：2018-05-30

申请号：EP17197655.8

申请日：2017-10-20

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： HELWANI, Karim ,  NAKAGAWA, Carlos, Renato ,  XU, Buye ,  XING, Yangjun

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/304 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/40 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2205/041 ,  H04R2460/07 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01 ,  H04S2420/07

Abstract: A hearing system includes one or more hearing devices configured to be worn by a user. Each hearing device includes a signal source that provides an input electrical signal representing a sound of a virtual source. A filter implements a head related transfer function (HRTF) to add spatialization cues associated with a virtual location of the virtual source to the electrical signal and outputs a filtered electrical signal that includes the spatialization cues. A speaker of the hearing device converts the filtered electrical signal into an acoustic signal and plays the acoustic signal to the user. The system includes motion tracking circuitry that tracks motion of the user as the user moves in a direction of a perceived location that the user perceives to be the virtual location of the virtual source. Head related transfer function (HRTF) individualization circuitry determines a difference between the virtual location and the perceived location in response to the motion of the user. The HRTF individualization circuitry individualizes the HRTF based on the difference.

公开(公告)号：EP2761892A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-06

申请号：EP12837000.4

申请日：2012-09-27

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： ZHANG, Tao ,  MCKINNEY, Martin ,  XIAO, Jinjun ,  VISHNUBHOTLA, Srikanth ,  XU, Buye

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/453 ,  G10K11/178 ,  G10K11/17827 ,  G10K11/17885 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/3012 ,  G10K2210/3016 ,  G10K2210/3028 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R25/45 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2460/01

Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for improving noise cancellation for a wearer of a hearing assistance device having an adaptive filter. In various embodiments, the method includes calculating an annoyance measure or other perceptual measure based on a residual signal in an ear of the wearer, the wearer's hearing loss, and the wearer's preference. A spectral weighting function is estimated based on a ratio of the annoyance measure or other perceptual measure and spectral energy. The spectral weighting function is incorporated into a cost function for an update of the adaptive filter. The method includes minimizing the annoyance or other perceptual measure based cost function to achieve perceptually motivated adaptive noise cancellation, in various embodiments.

公开(公告)号：EP3996805A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-18

申请号：EP20753511.3

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： XU, Buye ,  BURWINKEL, Justin R. ,  GALSTER, Jason A. ,  CROSS, Peggi S. ,  STEWART, Jay ,  MCKINNEY, Martin

IPC: A61N1/36

公开(公告)号：EP3930565A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-05

申请号：EP20714767.9

申请日：2020-02-26

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： BURWINKEL, Justin R. ,  TETRICK, Peter J. ,  XU, Buye

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/20 ,  H04R25/00

公开(公告)号：EP3726857A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-21

申请号：EP20179058.1

申请日：2017-04-06

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： XU, Buye ,  MERKS, Ivo ,  MUSTIERE, Frederic Philippe Denis

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R5/033

Abstract: A hearing system performs nonlinear processing of signals received from a plurality of microphones using a neural network to enhance a target signal in a noisy environment. In various embodiments, the neural network can be trained to improve a signal-to-noise ratio without causing substantial distortion of the target signal. An example of the target sound includes speech, and the neural network is used to improve speech intelligibility.

公开(公告)号：EP3579751A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-18

申请号：EP17840544.5

申请日：2017-12-29

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： BHUNIA, Sourav, K. ,  BURWINKEL, Justin, R. ,  GALSTER, Jason, A. ,  XU, Buye ,  TETRICK, Peter, J.

IPC: A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  H04R25/00

公开(公告)号：EP3313098A2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-25

申请号：EP17197655.8

申请日：2017-10-20

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： HELWANI, Karim ,  NAKAGAWA, Carlos, Renato ,  XU, Buye ,  XING, Yangjun

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/304 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/40 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2205/041 ,  H04R2460/07 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01 ,  H04S2420/07

Abstract: A hearing system includes one or more hearing devices configured to be worn by a user. Each hearing device includes a signal source that provides an input electrical signal representing a sound of a virtual source. A filter implements a head related transfer function (HRTF) to add spatialization cues associated with a virtual location of the virtual source to the electrical signal and outputs a filtered electrical signal that includes the spatialization cues. A speaker of the hearing device converts the filtered electrical signal into an acoustic signal and plays the acoustic signal to the user. The system includes motion tracking circuitry that tracks motion of the user as the user moves in a direction of a perceived location that the user perceives to be the virtual location of the virtual source. Head related transfer function (HRTF) individualization circuitry determines a difference between the virtual location and the perceived location in response to the motion of the user. The HRTF individualization circuitry individualizes the HRTF based on the difference.

Abstract translation: 听力系统包括配置成由用户佩戴的一个或多个听力设备。 每个听力设备包括提供表示虚拟源的声音的输入电信号的信号源。 过滤器实现头部相关传递函数（HRTF）以将与虚拟源的虚拟位置相关联的空间化线索添加到电信号，并且输出包括空间化线索的滤波的电信号。 听力装置的扬声器将滤波后的电信号转换为声信号并将该声信号播放给用户。 该系统包括运动跟踪电路，该运动跟踪电路在用户沿感知位置的方向移动时跟踪用户的运动，用户感知该位置是虚拟源的虚拟位置。 头部相关传递函数（HRTF）个性化电路响应于用户的运动来确定虚拟位置与感知位置之间的差异。 HRTF个性化电路根据差异个性化HRTF。