公开(公告)号：US10966037B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16991862

申请日：2020-08-12

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jens Troelsen ,  Oliver Sundberg ,  Kåre Tais Christensen ,  Henning Knak Poulsen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/38

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an RF antenna adapted to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna, the RF antenna comprising: an electrically conductive antenna element having a feed for electrically connecting to an RF transmitter and/or an RF receiver; an electronic component adapted to receive and/or provide one or more electric signals from/to an electronic circuit within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range; and one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead the one or more electric signals between the electronic component and the electronic circuit, each of the one or more electric leads being electrically connected to the electronic circuit through a respective inductor adapted to reflect and/or attenuate signals within the first frequency range and pass signals within the second frequency range.

公开(公告)号：US20210084418A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17105854

申请日：2020-11-27

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jens TROELSEN ,  Rune SØ ,  Morten THOUGAARD

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and a hearing device comprising a first portion adapted for being arranged behind an ear of a user for providing a signal, an output transducer for converting the signal to an acoustic output, a coupling element coupled to the first portion, and wherein the coupling element is adapted for transmitting at least the signal or the acoustic output. Furthermore, the hearing device comprises an antenna which includes an external antenna part and an internal antenna part, where the internal antenna part includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element where a first end of the second antenna element is arranged at one end of the first antenna element and is connected thereto, and where a second end of the second antenna element is connected to a ground plane, and a third antenna element which is spaced at a distance from the second antenna element and connected to the first antenna element, a feeding unit configured to supply a current to the antenna via the third antenna element, a wireless interface for receiving and/or sending data by means of the antenna, and wherein the coupling element comprises the external antenna part, and where the external antenna part is connected to the internal antenna part.

公开(公告)号：US10932066B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16271557

申请日：2019-02-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Meng Guo ,  Karsten Bo Rasmussen ,  Troels Holm Pedersen ,  Kenneth Rueskov Møller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) an adaptive beamformer filtering unit 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 adaptively updated beamformer weights; and d) a feedback estimation unit providing feedback estimates of current feedback paths from said output transducer to each of said input transducers. The hearing device is configured to provide that at least one of said adaptively updated beamformer weights of the adaptive beamformer filtering unit is/are updated in dependence of said feedback path estimates. The application further relates to a method of suppressing feedback.

公开(公告)号：USD908885S1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US29692182

申请日：2019-05-23

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Designer： Christian Lockenwitz

公开(公告)号：US20210021940A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US17064860

申请日：2020-10-07

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) first and second spatial filters each connected to said input unit and configured to provide respective first and second spatially filtered signals based on said multitude of electric input signals and configurable beamformer weights. The first spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or a target maintaining, noise cancelling, beamformer directed at said environment of the user. The second spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or an own voice beamformer directed at the mouth of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10859633B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16297296

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jess Christensen

IPC: G01R19/165 ,  G01R31/3835 ,  G01R31/374 ,  G01R31/36 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G01R31/3842 ,  H02J7/00 ,  G01R31/367

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：US10856090B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16736205

申请日：2020-01-07

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Mathias Rask Møller ,  Peter Steutel ,  Ole Andersen

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A speaker unit detachably mountable to a hearing aid device body configured to be positioned behind an ear of a wearer is disclosed. Further, hearing aid device system comprising the speaker unit is disclosed. The speaker unit comprises a contacting unit comprising at least one contact element and configured to be detachably mountable to a hearing aid device connector of said hearing aid device. The speaker unit further comprises a speaker unit body configured to be positioned at least partly in an ear canal of the wearer and comprising an output transducer unit configured to provide an acoustic signal based on an electrical signal input to said output transducer unit via said at least one contact element. The speaker unit further comprises a connecting unit provided between said speaker unit body and said contacting unit and including at least one wire configured to electrically connect said speaker unit body and said contacting unit. Further, the speaker unit comprises a memory unit configured to store data relating to said speaker unit.

公开(公告)号：US20200344562A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16927560

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER ,  Jens TROELSEN ,  Rune SØ ,  Oliver SUNDBERG ,  Finn DANIELSEN ,  Jesper B. JOHANSEN ,  Mads SAGER ,  Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Bent JAKOBSEN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly comprises an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate comprises conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.

公开(公告)号：US10820119B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

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：US20200336847A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16917319

申请日：2020-06-30

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Niels Henrik PONTOPPIDAN ,  Thomas LUNNER ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Lars Ivar HAUSCHULTZ ,  Povl KOCH ,  Graham NAYLOR ,  Eline Borch PETERSEN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  A61B5/0478 ,  A61B5/0484 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A61B5/16

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication devices. Such devices may comprise input for receiving sound signal to be processed and presented to a user, and output for outputting the processed signal to a user perceivable as sound. Such processing may be performed by use of a processor for processing the sound signal in dependence of a setting or a set of setting to compensate a hearing loss profile. Further, the communication device may comprise a bio-signal acquisition and amplifier component in communication with a user interface for providing the bio-signals as input to the user interface, the user interface controlling the setting or set of setting for operation of the communication device.