公开(公告)号：US20220337960A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17720744

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) at least one input transducer for converting sound in the environment of the hearing device to respective at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals representing said sound; b) a wireless receiver for receiving an audio signal from a wireless transmitter of a sound capturing device for picking up sound in said environment and providing a wirelessly received electric input signal representing said sound; and c) a processor configured c1) to receive said at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals, or a processed version thereof; c2) to receive said wirelessly received electric input signal; and c3) to provide a processed signal. The processor comprises a signal predictor for estimating future values of said wirelessly received electric input signal in dependence of a multitude of past values of said signal, thereby providing a predicted signal. The hearing device further comprises d) an output transducer for presenting output stimuli perceivable as sound to the user in dependence of said processed signal from said processor, or a further processed version thereof. The processor is configured to provide said processed signal in dependence of the predicted signal or a processed version thereof 1) alone, or 2) mixed with said at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals, or a processed version thereof. A hearing device comprising an earpiece and a separate audio processing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing devices in wireless communication with audio capture devices in an immediate environment of the user wearing the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20220201409A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17693694

申请日：2022-03-14

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Jan Mark DE HAAN

IPC: H04R25/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220132252A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17512125

申请日：2021-10-27

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jan M. DE HAAN ,  Justyna WALASZEK ,  Anders Vinther OLSEN ,  Karsten BONKE ,  Matias Tofteby BACH ,  Sigurdur SIGURDSSON ,  Mojtaba FARMANI ,  Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN ,  Angela JOSUPEIT ,  Claus Forup Corlin JESPERSGAARD ,  Gusztáv LÕCSEI

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device. The controller is configured to: transmit the locally provided control signal to, and receive a corresponding remotely provided control signal from the opposite hearing aid via the communication link, and to compare the locally provided and the remotely provided control signals and to provide a comparison control signal in dependence thereof, and to transmit the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to the another device via the audio link in dependence of the comparison control signal.

公开(公告)号：US20220007116A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US16919735

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Gary JONES ,  Lars BRAMSLØW ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Pauli MINNAAR ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Michael Kai PETERSEN ,  Peter SOMMER ,  Hongyan SUN ,  Jacob Schack LARSEN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises Performing a predictive test for estimating a hearing ability of the user when listening to signals having different characteristics; Analyzing results of said predictive test for said user and providing a hearing ability measure for said user; Selecting a specific processing algorithm of said hearing aid, Selecting a cost-benefit function related to said user's hearing ability in dependence of said different characteristics for said algorithm; and Determining, for said user, one or more personalized parameters of said processing algorithm in dependence of said hearing ability measure and said cost-benefit function.

公开(公告)号：US20210352416A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17381875

申请日：2021-07-21

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02

Abstract: A hearing system comprises a) at least one hearing device adapted for being worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and b) a multitude of external, spatially separated, audio transmitters, each providing respective external electric sound signals comprising audio. The hearing system is configured to allow wireless communication, including audio communication, between said hearing device and said external audio transmitters, at least from said external audio transmitters to said at least one hearing device, to be established. The at least one hearing device comprises A) a multitude of microphones, each providing an electric input signal representative of sound; B) a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from said multitude of electric input signals; and C) an output unit configured to provide stimuli perceivable by the user as sound. The hearing system further comprises c) a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of said electric input signals or said beamformed signal from the hearing device and said external electric signals from the audio transmitters and to provide a current input sound signal based thereon intended for being presented to the user, possibly in a further processed form. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection control signal provided by a source selection processor. The source selection processor is configured to determine said source selection control signal in dependence of a comparison of said beamformed signal and said external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof. A hearing device, and a method of operating a hearing system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, active ear protection devices, headphones, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20210105565A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US17060732

申请日：2020-10-01

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Anders Brødløs OLSEN ,  Michael Smed KRISTENSEN ,  Thomas BENTSEN ,  Svend Oscar PETERSEN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G06N3/063

Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors. The hearing device further comprises a transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver for establishing a communication link to another part or device or server, at least in a particular adaptation-mode of operation, and a selector for—in said particular adaptation-mode of operation—routing said feature vectors to said transmitter for transmission to said another part or device or server, and—in a normal mode of operation—to route said feature vectors to said neural network processor for use as inputs to said neural network, a neural network controller connected to said neural network processor for—in said particular adaptation-mode of operation—receiving optimized node parameters, and to apply said optimized node parameters to said nodes of said neural network to thereby implement an optimized neural network in said neural network processor, wherein the optimized node parameters have been selected among a multitude of sets of node parameters for respective candidate neural networks according to a predefined criterion in dependence of said feature vectors. A method of selecting optimized parameters for a neural network for use in a portable hearing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or headsets, or similar, e.g. wearable, devices.

公开(公告)号：US20210092531A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17025933

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jan M. DE HAAN ,  Angela JOSUPEIT ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L25/78

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being located at or in an ear, or to be fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, the hearing device comprises a) an input unit providing at least two input audio data streams, each comprising a mixture of a target signal component from a target sound source and a noise component from one or more noise sources; b) a mixing processor for receiving said at least two input audio data streams, and for mixing said at least two input audio data streams, or processed versions thereof, and for providing a processed input signal based thereon; c) an output unit providing output stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said processed input signal or a processed version thereof. The processor is configured to process said noise component of said at least two input audio data streams, or processed versions thereof in order to reduce or avoid artefacts in said processed input signal due to said mixing. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, e.g. hearing aids configured to communicate with another device, e.g. binaural hearing aid systems.

公开(公告)号：US20210084415A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17106453

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Eleni KOUTROULI ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Jan M. DE HAAN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises a first and second hearing aids. The hearing aids each comprises antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them. At least one of the hearing aids comprises primary and secondary adaptive 2-channel beamformers each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals. The primary and secondary 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a cascaded structure. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of user's own voice. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment. In an embodiment, the inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively.

公开(公告)号：US20210076124A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17017092

申请日：2020-09-10

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Poul HOANG ,  Jan M. DE HAAN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G10K11/178 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device adapted for being located at or in an ear of a user, or for being fully or partially implanted in the head of a user comprises a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal representing sound in an environment of the user, said electric input signal comprising a target speech signal from a target sound source and additional signal components, termed noise signal components, from one or more other sound sources, b) a noise reduction system for providing an estimate of said target speech signal, wherein said noise signal components are at least partially attenuated, and c) an own voice detector for repeatedly estimating whether or not, or with what probability, said at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, comprises speech originating from the voice of the user. The noise signal components are identified during time segments wherein the own voice detector indicates that the at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, originates from the voice of the user, or originates from the voice of the user with a probability above an own voice presence probability (OVPP) threshold value. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20200336846A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16850884

申请日：2020-04-16

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Thomas BENTSEN ,  Anders Brødløs OLSEN ,  Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Michael Smed KRISTENSEN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor providing a processed signal based on one or more of said at least one electric input signals; c) an output unit for converting said processed signal or a signal originating therefrom to stimuli perceivable by said user as sound; d) a keyword spotting system comprising d1) a keyword detector configured to detect a limited number of predefined keywords or phrases or sounds in said at least one electric input signal or in a signal derived therefrom, and to provide a keyword indicator of whether or not, or with what probability, said keywords or phrases or sounds are detected, and d2) an own voice detector for providing an own voice indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound signal originates from the voice of the user of the hearing device. The hearing device further comprises e) a controller configured to provide an own-voice-keyword indicator of whether or not or with what probability a given one of said keywords or phrases or sounds is currently detected and spoken by said user, said own-voice-keyword indicator being dependent on said keyword indicator and said own voice indicator.