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公开(公告)号:US20230283968A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18316477
申请日:2023-05-12
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Vijay Kumar BHAT , Poul HENRIKSEN , Alberto Escolar PIEDRAS
CPC classification number: H04R25/453 , H03F1/30 , H03F1/3258 , H03F1/3264 , H03F3/181 , H03F3/183 , H03F3/2175 , H04R25/505 , H03F2200/03 , H03F2200/321 , H03F2200/351 , H03F2200/375 , H03F2200/393 , H03F2200/471 , H03F2201/3212 , H03F2201/3227 , H04R25/602 , H04R2225/33 , H04R2225/43 , H04R2225/49
Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and an amplifier system for minimizing variation in an acoustical signal caused by variation in gain of an amplifier, comprising a battery for providing a supply voltage to the amplifier, a digital signal processor for providing the acoustical signal to the amplifier, a controller unit receiving an enablement signal when the supply voltage is in an offset mode, and based on the enablement signal requesting a measured voltage during a time period, and a first analog-to-digital converter configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier when receiving the request from the controller unit or the first analog-to-digital converter is configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier continuously, and where variations in the measured voltage relates to variations in the supply voltage during the time period. Furthermore, the controller unit is configured to predict offset modes (i.e. changes) in the supply voltage based on the enablement signals and a fitting of the measured voltages, and wherein the controller unit is configured to generate a compensating signal based on the fitting and transmit the compensating signal to the digital signal processor, the digital signal processor is then configured to minimize variation in the acoustical signal at the output of the amplifier by compensating the variation in gain of the amplifier based on the compensating signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11743661B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17667293
申请日:2022-02-08
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Michael Syskind Pedersen , Jesper Jensen , Christian Asp Mogensen
IPC: H04R25/00
CPC classification number: H04R25/405 , H04R25/353 , H04R25/407 , H04R2225/021 , H04R2225/025
Abstract: A hearing aid includes at least two microphones, providing respective at least two electric input signals representing sound around the user; a filter bank converting the electric input signals into signals as a function of time and frequency; a directional system connected to the microphones and being configured to provide a filtered signal in dependence of the electric input signals and fixed or adaptively updated beamformer weights. At least one direction to a target sound source is defined as a target direction. For each frequency band, one of the microphones is selected as a reference microphone, thereby providing a reference input signal for each frequency band. The reference microphone may be selected in dependence of directional data related to directional characteristics of the microphones. The reference microphone may be different for at least two frequency bands. The reference microphone may be adaptively selected based on a logic criterion.
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公开(公告)号:US20230252998A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
申请号:US18098848
申请日:2023-01-19
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Slawomir KWASIBORSKI , Morten GULD , Svend Oscar PETERSEN , Michael Syskind PEDERSEN , Christophe LESIMPLE
CPC classification number: G10L17/00 , G10L17/18 , H04R25/43 , H04R25/405 , H04R2203/12 , H04R2225/41
Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g.. a hearing aid, comprising at least one microphone for converting a sound in the environment to an electric input signal. The hearing system comprises a processor comprising a user identification unit comprising a data-driven algorithm configured to provide a user identification signal indicating whether or not, or with what probability, the person currently wearing the hearing device is a particular user in dependence of a time segment of said particular user’s voice and said at least one electric input signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11711656B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17361523
申请日:2021-06-29
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Vijay Kumar Bhat , Poul Henriksen , Alberto Escolar Piedras
CPC classification number: H04R25/453 , H03F1/30 , H03F1/3258 , H03F1/3264 , H03F3/181 , H03F3/183 , H03F3/2175 , H04R25/505 , H03F2200/03 , H03F2200/321 , H03F2200/351 , H03F2200/375 , H03F2200/393 , H03F2200/471 , H03F2201/3212 , H03F2201/3227 , H04R25/602 , H04R2225/33 , H04R2225/43 , H04R2225/49
Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and an amplifier system for minimizing variation in an acoustical signal caused by variation in gain of an amplifier, comprising a battery for providing a supply voltage to the amplifier, a digital signal processor for providing the acoustical signal to the amplifier, a controller unit receiving an enablement signal when the supply voltage is in an offset mode, and based on the enablement signal requesting a measured voltage during a time period, and a first analog-to-digital converter configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier when receiving the request from the controller unit or the first analog-to-digital converter is configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier continuously, and where variations in the measured voltage relates to variations in the supply voltage during the time period. Furthermore, the controller unit is configured to predict offset modes (i.e. changes) in the supply voltage based on the enablement signals and a fitting of the measured voltages, and wherein the controller unit is configured to generate a compensating signal based on the fitting and transmit the compensating signal to the digital signal processor, the digital signal processor is then configured to minimize variation in the acoustical signal at the output of the amplifier by compensating the variation in gain of the amplifier based on the compensating signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20230186934A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-15
申请号:US18080942
申请日:2022-12-14
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Jan M. DE HAAN , Robert REHR , Sebastien CURDY-NEVES , Svend FELDT , Jesper JENSEN , Michael Syskind PEDERSEN , Michael Noes GÄTKE , Mohammad EL-SAYED , Stig PETRI , Karsten BONKE , Gary Jones , Poul Hoang
IPC: G10L21/0216 , H04R1/10 , H04R3/00 , H04R1/40 , G10K11/178
CPC classification number: G10L21/0216 , H04R1/1083 , H04R3/005 , H04R1/406 , G10K11/17854 , H04R2460/01 , G10L2021/02166
Abstract: A hearing device includes a) a multitude of input transducers providing a corresponding multitude of electric input signals; and b) a processor for providing a processed signal in dependence of the electric input signals. The processor includes b1) a beamformer for providing a spatially filtered signal in dependence of electric input signals and beamformer filter coefficients determined in dependence of a fixed steering vector including as elements respective acoustic transfer functions from a target signal source, to each of said multitude of input transducers; and b2) a target adaptation module connected to the input transducers and to at least one beamformer, the target adaptation module being configured to provide compensation signals to compensate the electric input signals so that they match the fixed steering vector.
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公开(公告)号:US11671773B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US17693694
申请日:2022-03-14
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Michael Syskind Pedersen , Jesper Jensen , Jan Mark De Haan
CPC classification number: H04R25/554 , H04R25/30 , H04R25/407 , H04R25/43 , H04R1/1083 , H04R25/305 , H04R25/552 , H04R2225/39 , H04R2225/41 , H04R2225/55 , H04R2499/11
Abstract: The present invention regards a hearing aid device at least one environment sound input, a wireless sound input, an output transducer, electric circuitry, a transmitter unit, and a dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system. The hearing aid device is configured to be worn in or at an ear of a user. The at least one environment sound input is configured to receive sound and to generate electrical sound signals representing sound. The wireless sound input is configured to receive wireless sound signals. The output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the hearing aid device user. The transmitter unit is configured to transmit signals representing sound and/or voice. The dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system is configured to retrieve a user voice signal representing the voice of a user from the electrical sound signals. The wireless sound input is configured to be wirelessly connected to a communication device and to receive wireless sound signals from the communication device. The transmitter unit is configured to be wirelessly connected to the communication device and to transmit the user voice signal to the communication device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230074554A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17903696
申请日:2022-09-06
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Sudershan Yalgalwadi SREEPADARAO , Anders MENG , Meng GUO , Mojtaba FARMANI , Martin KURIGER , Mikkel GRØNBECH , Nels Hede ROHDE , Thomas JENSEN
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, the hearing aid comprising a user interface allowing the user to control functionality of the hearing aid, and a feedback sensor for repeatedly providing a feedback signal indicative of a current estimate of feedback from an output transducer to an input transducer of the hearing aid, wherein the user interface is based on changes to the current estimate of the feedback path, e.g. provided by the user. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. Thereby an alternative user interface for a hearing aid may be provided. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or headsets, or a combination thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US11594228B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US16818890
申请日:2020-03-13
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Sławomir Kwasiborski , Morten Guld , Svend Oscar Petersen , Michael Syskind Pedersen , Christophe Lesimple
Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to be worn by a particular user at or in an ear, or to be fully or partially implanted in the head at an ear of the user. The hearing device comprises at least one microphone for converting a sound in the environment of the hearing device to an electric input signal. The hearing system, e.g. the hearing device, comprises a processor comprising an own voice analyzer configured to characterize the voice of a person presently wearing the hearing device based at least partly on said electric input signal, and to provide characteristics of said person's voice, and an own voice acoustic channel analyzer for estimating characteristics of an acoustic channel from the mouth of the person presently wearing the hearing device to the at least one microphone based at least partly on said electric input signal, and to provide characteristics of said acoustic channel of said person. The hearing system further comprises a user identification unit configured to provide a user identification signal indicating whether or not, or with what probability, the person currently wearing the hearing device is said particular user in dependence of said characteristics of said person's voice and said characteristics of said acoustic channel of said person.
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公开(公告)号:US11553285B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17381875
申请日:2021-07-21
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Michael Syskind Pedersen , Jesper Jensen
Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and external audio transmitters. The hearing system allows wireless communication to be established between the hearing device and the audio transmitters. The hearing device comprises microphones providing respective electric input signals; a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the electric input signals; and an output unit. The hearing system further comprises a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal and external electric signals from the audio transmitters, and providing a current input sound signal based thereon for presentation to the user. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection processor, which determines the source selection control signal based on a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US11546704B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US16904925
申请日:2020-06-18
Applicant: Oticon A/S
Inventor: Bjarne Klemmensen
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for establishing a bond for allowing secure communication between a hearing aid and an external device. Especially, the system and method allows for establish the bond without one of the device present during the bonding process.
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