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公开(公告)号：US11297448B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-05
申请号：US16750854
申请日：2020-01-23
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Alejandro Lopez Valdes , Henrik Bendsen , Claus Christensen , Peter Schmidt , Ole Andersen , Mikkel Nielsen , Tanveer Bhuiyan
Abstract: A method for picking up body signals from the head of a user comprises a) placing first and second electrodes on first and second different positions at a first side of the user's head in direct or capacitive contact with the user's head, said first side comprising a first eye of the user, the first and second electrodes being configured to pick up first and second electric potentials, respectively, from the user's body, and b) providing an Electrooculography signal representative of a corneo-retinal potential difference of said first eye of the user in dependence of said at first and second electric potentials. The first and second positions may be (substantially) located in a plane including the first eye of the user. A portable electronic device providing an Electrooculography signal, and a hearing device utilizing an Electrooculography signal is further disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US11134351B1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-28
申请号：US16878041
申请日：2020-05-19
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Tanveer Bhuiyan , José Antonio Esparza Isasa , Sergi Rotger Griful , Antonello Salvatucci , Gary Jones , Kim Tilgaard Petersen , Peter Sommer
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.
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公开(公告)号：US10820121B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US16210365
申请日：2018-12-05
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Martin Skoglund , Fredrik Gustafsson
Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, and is adapted for being worn by a user, the hearing system comprising a) an audio input unit configured to receive a multitude of audio signals comprising sound from a number of localized sound sources in an environment around the user, and b) a sensor unit configured to receive and/or provide sensor signals from one or more sensors, said one or more sensors being located in said environment and/or form part of said hearing system, and c) a first processor configured to generate and update over time data representative of a map of said environment of the user, said data being termed map data, said environment comprising a number of, stationary or mobile, landmarks, said landmarks comprising said number of localized sound sources, and said map data being representative of the physical location of said landmarks in the environment relative to the user, wherein the hearing system is configured to, preferably continuously, generate and update over time said map data based on said audio signals and said sensor signals. The invention further comprises a method.
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公开(公告)号：US10123133B2
公开(公告)日：2018-11-06
申请号：US14087660
申请日：2013-11-22
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Niels Henrik Pontoppidan , Renskje K. Hietkamp , Lisbeth Dons Jensen , Thomas Lunner , Karsten Bo Rasmussen
Abstract: A listening device processes an electric input sound signal and provides an output stimulus perceivable to a wearer of the listening device as sound, the listening device comprising a signal processing unit for processing an information signal originating from the electric input sound signal and to provide a processed output signal forming the basis for generating said output stimulus. A perception unit establishes a perception measure indicative of the wearer's present ability to perceive said information signal. A signal interface communicates the perception measure to another person or device.
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公开(公告)号：US09700261B2
公开(公告)日：2017-07-11
申请号：US14860090
申请日：2015-09-21
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner
IPC: H04R25/00 , A61B5/00 , G06F3/01 , A61B5/0478
CPC classification number: A61B5/6817 , A61B5/0006 , A61B5/0024 , A61B5/0478 , A61B2560/0468 , G06F3/015 , H04R25/55 , H04R25/552 , H04R25/554 , H04R25/65 , H04R25/70 , H04R2225/55 , H04R2225/61
Abstract: The application relates to a hearing assistance system comprising first and second spatially separated parts adapted for being mounted fully or partially at a first ear and on the head of a user, respectively, the first and second parts comprising a number of first and second electrodes located at a surface of first and second housings, respectively, to allow said first and second electrodes to contact the skin of the user when said parts are operationally mounted on the user's head. The first and second electrodes are adapted to pick up low-voltage electric signals from the user's brain and a reference voltage, respectively, to provide voltage difference signals. An improved binaural hearing assistance system further comprising a comparison unit for determining the voltage difference signal, and an electric interface allowing the reference voltage or a measure representative thereof to be transferred from said second part to said comparison unit is provided.
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公开(公告)号：US09560458B2
公开(公告)日：2017-01-31
申请号：US14103399
申请日：2013-12-11
Applicant: OTICON A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Niels Henrik Pontoppidan
IPC: H04R25/00 , A61B5/048 , A61B5/0476
CPC classification number: H04R25/70 , A61B5/0476 , A61B5/048 , H04R2225/41
Abstract: A system for operating a hearing instrument is disclosed. The system comprises one or more electrodes for measuring the brain wave signals of a user wearing a hearing instrument. The electrodes are placed on the scalp of the user. Based on the measured brain wave signals, a detecting unit is configured to detect a relaxation state of the hearing instrument. A controller sets the hearing instrument to a relaxation mode setting in response to the detection of the relaxation state of the user.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种操作听力仪器的系统。 该系统包括一个或多个电极，用于测量佩戴助听器的用户的脑波信号。 电极放置在使用者的头皮上。 基于所测量的脑波信号，检测单元被配置为检测助听器的松弛状态。 响应于用户的松弛状态的检测，控制器将听力仪器设置为松弛模式设置。
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公开(公告)号：US09130523B2
公开(公告)日：2015-09-08
申请号：US13890001
申请日：2013-05-08
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Niels Henrik Pontoppidan , Thomas Lunner , Marianna Vatti , Lars Bramsløow
CPC classification number: H03G3/00 , G10L21/0205 , G10L21/0364 , H03C1/00 , H03C3/40 , H03C5/00 , H04R25/353 , H04R25/356 , H04R25/43 , H04R2225/43
Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal (i(t)), comprises: receiving a first set (x(t)) of time-varying signals representing a first sound comprised in the audio signal (i(t)), the first set (x(t)) of time-varying signals comprising an amplitude modulation signal (a(t)), a carrier frequency signal (fc(t)), a pitch signal (f0(t)) and an FM index signal (h(t)); and modifying the first set (x(t)) of time-varying signals by modifying the amplitude of the FM index signal (h(t)), thereby providing a first modified set (x′(t)) of time-varying signals. The resulting first modified set (x′(t)) of time-varying signals may subsequently be modulated to provide an audio output signal.
Abstract translation: 一种用于处理音频信号（i（t））的方法，包括：接收表示音频信号（i（t））中包含的第一声音的时变信号的第一组（x（t）），第一组 包括幅度调制信号（a（t）），载波频率信号（fc（t）），音调信号（f0（t））和FM索引信号（h）的时变信号（x（t）） （t））; 以及通过修改FM索引信号（h（t））的幅度来修改时变信号的第一集合（x（t）），从而提供时变信号的第一修改集（x'（t）） 。 可以随后调制所得到的时变信号的第一修改集（x'（t））以提供音频输出信号。
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公开(公告)号：US11992324B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-28
申请号：US16014763
申请日：2018-06-21
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Martin Skoglund , Alejandro Lopez Valdes , Tanveer Bhuiyan
CPC classification number: A61B5/398 , A61B5/291 , A61B5/6803 , A61B5/6817 , A61B5/7207 , G06F3/013 , H04R25/40 , A61B3/113 , A61B5/0006
Abstract: An electrooculography (EOG) signal capture system comprises a) a sensor array adapted for being located at one of a left or right ears of a user and/or for fully or partially being implanted in the head at left or right ears of a user, the sensor array comprising a number Ns of electric potential sensors, respectively, for sensing respective electric potentials from the user's head, where Ns is larger than or equal to two, b) electronic circuitry coupled to the sensor array and configured to provide at least two different beamformed signals (SBF1, SBF2), each being representative of a weighted combination of said electric potentials, or of signals derived therefrom, and wherein a difference between said at least two different beamformed signals (ΔPBF=SBF1−SBF2)—at least in a specific electrooculography mode of operation—represents an electrooculography signal (ΔPEOG) from one or both eyes of said user. A single-sensor EOG-system is further proposed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or other electronic wearables.
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公开(公告)号：US11297444B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-05
申请号：US16205934
申请日：2018-11-30
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor： Thomas Lunner , Tanveer Bhuiyan , Ariane Laplante-Lévesque , José Antonio Esparza Isasa , Sergi Rotger Griful
IPC: H04R25/00 , A61B5/30 , A61B5/352 , A61B5/366 , A61B5/0205 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/0295 , A61B5/0285 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/287 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/11 , A61B5/1455
Abstract: The invention concerns a hearing aid system that comprises an ear canal member comprising a sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement comprises at least one surface electrode located at a surface of said ear canal member to allow said at least one surface electrode to contact the skin of a user when said ear canal member is operationally mounted on the user. The at least one surface electrode (150) is adapted to pick up a low voltage electric signal from the user's skin. The sensor arrangement further comprises a light sensor (180) located at a surface of said housing to allow emitting light through skin proximate to the light sensor (180) and capturing reflected and/or scattered light when said ear canal member is operationally mounted on the user.
The hearing aid system further comprises a sensor signal processing unit (170) that is connected to the surface electrode (150) and the light sensor (180) and that is configured to generate one or more sensor signals from each respective output signal of the at least one surface electrode (150) and the light sensor (180).
The hearing aid system further comprises or is connected to an evaluation unit (300) that is configured to generate an electrocardiogram-representing signal (ECG) from low voltage electric signals picked-up by the at least one surface electrode (150) and a plethysmographic-curve-representing signal from an output signal of the light sensor (180).-
公开(公告)号：US10561335B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US15497775
申请日：2017-04-26
Applicant: Oticon A/S , Oticon Medical A/S
Inventor： Claus Nielsen , Thomas Lunner , Regin Kopp Pedersen , Carina Graversen , Dorothea Wendt , Karsten Bo Rasmussen , Eline Borch Petersen , Troels Holm Pedersen , Martin Lindebjerg
IPC: H04R25/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/0484 , A61B5/0496
Abstract: The application relates to a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprising a first part for being inserted in an ear canal or fully or partially implanted in the head of a user, the first part comprising at least one electrode unit, termed a PR-electrode unit, for making contact to skin or tissue of a user when mounted or implanted in an operational condition, the at least one PR-electrode unit being configured to pick up a physiological response from the user, and wherein the at least one PR-electrode unit comprises an electrically conductive material, e.g. a shape memory alloy. The first part may comprise an implanted part, e.g. in combination with an external part adapted for being located in an ear canal, wherein both parts comprise one or more PR-electrode units. The invention may e.g. be used hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems, or combinations thereof, e.g. to control processing of the hearing device or to monitor a condition of the user wearing the hearing device.
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