公开(公告)号：US20190394576A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16449729

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) an input unit comprising a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output unit comprising an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) a spatial filter connected to said input unit and to said output unit, and configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on said multitude of electric input signals and configurable beamformer weights; d) a spatial filter controller configured to apply first and/or second different sets of beamformer weights to said multitude of electric input signals, wherein said first set of beamformer weights is applied to provide spatial filtering of sound from said output transducer, and wherein said second set of beamformer weights is applied to provide spatial filtering of an external sound field. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10469964B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15906531

申请日：2018-02-27

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Rune Sø ,  Jens Troelsen

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user, where the hearing device comprising an antenna unit. The antenna unit comprises an active unit being connected to a ground unit by a feeder unit, the active unit includes an active surface, and a shield unit having a continuous surface, where a first section of the continuous surface may be arranged adjacent to the active surface. Furthermore, the active surface may be configured to transmit an electric field in a direction along or perpendicular to an ear-to-ear axis of the user when the hearing device may be worn in its operational position by the user, whereby the electric field may be coupled by a capacitive coupling towards the first section generating an electromagnetic near field, and where the shield unit may be configured to focus the electromagnetic near field inside the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20190297433A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16440140

申请日：2019-06-13

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Martin KURIGER ,  Bernhard KUENZLE ,  Meng GUO

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04M9/08

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a forward path for processing an electric signal representing sound including a) an input unit for receiving or providing an electric input signal representing sound, b) a signal processing unit, c) an output transducer for generating stimuli perceivable as sound to a user, d) a feedback detection unit configured to detect feedback or evaluate a risk of feedback via an acoustic or mechanical or electrical feedback path from said output transducer to said input unit and comprising d1) a magnitude and phase analysis unit for repeatedly determining magnitude, Mag, and phase, Phase, of said electric input signal and further parameters based thereon, and d2) a feedback conditions and detection unit configured to check criteria for magnitude and phase feedback condition, respectively, based on said values, and to provide a feedback detection signal indicative of feedback or a risk of feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20190277921A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16297296

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jess CHRISTENSEN

IPC: G01R31/3835 ,  G01R31/374 ,  G01R31/36 ,  G01R19/165 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and a hearing aid with an improved method for updating a discharge charging profile of a battery. The method comprises following steps; receiving during a first discharge step of the plurality of discharge steps a first primary battery voltage from a voltage monitor unit, receiving during the first discharge step a first primary charge from a charge monitor unit or a storing unit, determining a first secondary charge, where the first secondary charge is one or more discharge steps lower than the first primary charge, determining a first secondary battery voltage difference to be equal to a secondary battery voltage difference of a plurality of secondary battery voltage differences relative to the first secondary charge, wherein the plurality of secondary battery voltage differences is stored in the storing unit, determining a first secondary battery voltage to be equal to a secondary battery voltage of the plurality of secondary battery voltages relative to the first secondary charge, determining a first primary battery voltage difference between the first secondary battery voltage and the first primary battery voltage, determining a new battery voltage difference based on a first weight of the first primary battery voltage difference and a second weight of the first secondary battery voltage difference, and updating the discharge battery profile with the new battery voltage difference.

公开(公告)号：US10412513B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US16058614

申请日：2018-08-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Lars Monroy

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device comprising a first shell member and a second shell member constituting a housing when assembled is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a chassis provided with attachment structures for attachment of the first shell member and the second shell member to the chassis.

公开(公告)号：US20190253793A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16273849

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Troels Holm PEDERSEN ,  Therese Schønemann BLOM ,  Seri JALONEN ,  Jan Thor Lunddahl LARSEN ,  Niels Stubager KIEMER ,  Jesper B. JOHANSEN ,  Povl KOCH ,  Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Anders Erik PETERSEN ,  Kåre Tais CHRISTENSEN ,  Antonello SALVATUCCI ,  Franz TREUE

IPC: H04R1/40 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/40 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R25/55 ,  H04R25/60 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid device is disclosed. The device at least one electro-acoustic transducer, and at least one sensor or at least one active electronic component. The at least one electro-acoustic transducer comprises a capsule enclosing a transducer sound active part and a transducer air volume. The transducer air volume is air volume which is enclosed by said capsule and which is in fluid-connection with said transducer sound active part. At least a portion of said at least one sensor or of said at least one active electronic component is provided within said transducer air volume.

公开(公告)号：USD855187S1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US29612306

申请日：2017-07-31

Applicant: OTICON A/S

Designer： Christian Lockenwitz

公开(公告)号：US10368175B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15690688

申请日：2017-08-30

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Martin Kuriger ,  Bernhard Kuenzle ,  Meng Guo

IPC: H04M9/08 ,  H04R3/02 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a forward path for processing an electric signal representing sound including a) an input unit for receiving or providing an electric input signal representing sound, b) a signal processing unit, c) an output transducer for generating stimuli perceivable as sound to a user, d) a feedback detection unit configured to detect feedback or evaluate a risk of feedback via an acoustic or mechanical or electrical feedback path from said output transducer to said input unit and comprising d1) a magnitude and phase analysis unit for repeatedly determining magnitude, Mag, and phase, Phase, of said electric input signal and further parameters based thereon, and d2) a feedback conditions and detection unit configured to check criteria for magnitude and phase feedback condition, respectively, based on said values, and to provide a feedback detection signal indicative of feedback or a risk of feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20190222942A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16362056

申请日：2019-03-22

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Andreas Thelander Bertelsen

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/43

Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a BTE-part adapted for being located behind an ear (ear) of a user, and comprising a) a multitude M of microphones, which—when located behind the ear of the user—are characterized by respective transfer functions, HBTEi(θ, φ, r, k), representative of propagation of sound from sound sources S to the respective microphones b) a memory unit comprising complex, frequency dependent constants Wi(k)′, i−1, . . . , M, c) a beamformer filtering unit for providing a beamformed signal Y as a weighted combination of the microphone signals using said complex, frequency dependent constants The frequency dependent constants are determined to provide a resulting transfer function Hpinna(θ, φ, r, k)=Σi=1MWi(k)·HBTEi(θ, φ, r, k), so that a difference between the resulting transfer function Hpinna(θ, φ, r, k) and a transfer function HITE(θ, φ, r, k) of a microphone located close to or in the ear canal fulfils a predefined criterion.

公开(公告)号：US20190215623A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16299994

申请日：2019-03-12

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/372 ,  A61N1/36

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37223 ,  A61N1/37229 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/0213 ,  H04R2225/51 ,  H04R2225/67

Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna. The at-the-head part is adapted for providing the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at least one cochlear electrode. The at least one cochlear electrode is adapted for converting the low frequency signal comprising audio to an output signal perceivable by a user as sound. The coupling element comprises an electrically conducting element coupled to the wireless interface. The electrically conducting element is at least a part of the second antenna and adapted for transferring the signal comprising audio at a low frequency from the behind-the-ear part to the at-the-head part and for transmitting and/or receiving high frequency signals via the second antenna.