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    EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT ADAPTATION
    11.
    发明申请
    EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT ADAPTATION 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220369048A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

    申请号：US17770680

    申请日：2021-01-03

    Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

    Inventor： Martin McKinney ,  David Fabry ,  Jumana Harianawala ,  Ke Zhou ,  Jaymin Baroda

    IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/10

    Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises at least one microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is operably coupled to the microphone, the acoustic transducer, the non-volatile memory, and the control input. The processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification.

    INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES
    12.
    发明申请
    INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220295194A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

    申请号：US17804757

    申请日：2022-05-31

    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

    Inventor： Tao Zhang ,  Eric Durant ,  Dean G. Meyer ,  Martin McKinney ,  Matthew D. Kleffner ,  Dominic Perz ,  Karrie Recker

    IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/06 ,  G06F3/16

    Abstract: In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user.

    INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES
    13.
    发明申请
    INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20190149927A1

    公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

    申请号：US16192333

    申请日：2018-11-15

    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

    Inventor： Tao Zhang ,  Eric Durant ,  Dean G. Meyer ,  Martin McKinney ,  Matthew D. Kleffner ,  Dominic Perz ,  Karrie Recker

    IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/06

    Abstract: In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user.

    Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids
    14.
    发明授权
    Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10129661B2

    公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

    申请号：US15061320

    申请日：2016-03-04

    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

    Inventor： William S. Woods ,  Martin McKinney ,  Tao Zhang ,  Ivo Merks

    IPC: H04R25/00

    Abstract: The signal processing functions of a hearing aid as described above necessarily cause some delay between the time the audio signal is received by the microphone or wireless receiver and the time that the audio is actually produced by the output transducer. In some situations, signal processing incorporating longer delays may be better able to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or other functional parameters for a hearing aid wearer, but a balance should be struck between these positive effects of delay and other negative effects. The techniques described herein address the problem of balancing the positive and negative effects of delay.

    Methods and apparatus for reducing ambient noise based on annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners
    15.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for reducing ambient noise based on annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners 有权
    基于令人烦恼的听觉和听力障碍听众建模来减少环境噪声的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号：US09197970B2

    公开(公告)日：2015-11-24

    申请号：US13629290

    申请日：2012-09-27

    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

    Inventor： Tao Zhang ,  Martin McKinney ,  Jinjun Xiao ,  Srikanth Vishnubhotla ,  Buye Xu

    IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/10

    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.

    Abstract translation: 这里公开的是用于听力障碍听众的烦恼感觉和建模的装置和方法。 本主题的一个方面包括一种用于改善具有自适应滤波器的助听装置的佩戴者的噪声消除的方法。 在各种实施例中，该方法包括基于佩戴者的耳朵中的残留信号，佩戴者的听力损失和佩戴者的偏好来计算烦恼测量或其他感知度量。 基于烦扰测量或其他感知测量和频谱能量的比率来估计频谱加权函数。 频谱加权函数被并入用于更新自适应滤波器的成本函数中。 该方法包括在各种实施例中最小化烦扰或基于其他感知测量的成本函数以实现感知动机的自适应噪声消除。

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