METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SUPPRESS NON-WANTED AUDITORY PERCEPTS
    1.
    发明公开
    METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SUPPRESS NON-WANTED AUDITORY PERCEPTS 有权
    方法,装置和系统用于改善人的能力抑制不需要的听觉感知研究

    公开(公告)号:EP3064136A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-07

    申请号:EP16158552.6

    申请日:2016-03-03

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: A61B5/12 A61M21/00

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing a listener's task-irrelevant auditory perception, the method comprising providing a measuring device or system configured for measuring the listener's alpha, beta gamma and/or theta activity and providing a generation device or system configured for generating an alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal that, when provided to the listener will increase the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity. The listener's alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is measured and if the measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is below a predefined threshold, the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is increased by the provision of the alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal to the listener. This results in the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity being increased, resulting in facilitating reduction of task-irrelevant auditory perception, such as the auditory perception of noise or tinnitus, and thereby also increasing the listener's ability to understand speech under adverse listening conditions. The present disclosure further suggests using the listener's measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity to judge if the listener is ready to understand speech, and if this is not the case to delay a speech signal until a sufficiently high activity is present.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种方法,用于减小一个收听者的任务不相关的听觉感知,所述方法包括:提供被配置用于测量所述听者的α,βγ和/或θ的活性和提供被配置用于产生生成装置或系统中的测量装置或系统 阿尔法,β,γ和/或θ活动增强信号,当提供给听众想要增加收听正在进行的α,β,γ和/或θ活动。 听者的α,β,γ和/或θ活动被测量,并且如果测得的α,β,γ和/或θ的活性低于预定义阈值,则收听者正在进行的α,β,γ和/或θ活性是通过增加 提供所述α,β,γ和/或θ的活性升压信号到听众。 这导致听者正在进行α,β,γ和/或θ活动正在增加,在促进减少任务无关的听觉感知,:如噪音或耳鸣的听觉感知得到的,所以从而增加了听者的理解语音的能力 不利的听音条件下。 本发明还建议使用收听者测量的α,β,γ和/或θ的活性来判断如果收听准备理解语音,并且如果这是不延迟一个语音信号,直到足够高的活性是存在的情况下。

    METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SUPPRESS NON-WANTED AUDITORY PERCEPTS
    4.
    发明授权
    METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SUPPRESS NON-WANTED AUDITORY PERCEPTS 有权
    用于提高个人抑制非认知听觉感知能力的方法,装置和系统

    公开(公告)号:EP3064136B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-27

    申请号:EP16158552.6

    申请日:2016-03-03

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: A61B5/12 A61M21/00

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing a listener's task-irrelevant auditory perception, the method comprising providing a measuring device or system configured for measuring the listener's alpha, beta gamma and/or theta activity and providing a generation device or system configured for generating an alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal that, when provided to the listener will increase the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity. The listener's alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is measured and if the measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is below a predefined threshold, the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is increased by the provision of the alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal to the listener. This results in the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity being increased, resulting in facilitating reduction of task-irrelevant auditory perception, such as the auditory perception of noise or tinnitus, and thereby also increasing the listener's ability to understand speech under adverse listening conditions. The present disclosure further suggests using the listener's measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity to judge if the listener is ready to understand speech, and if this is not the case to delay a speech signal until a sufficiently high activity is present.

    A binaural hearing assistance system comprising a database of head related transfer functions
    6.
    发明公开
    A binaural hearing assistance system comprising a database of head related transfer functions 审中-公开
    BinauralesHörgerätesystemmit einer Datenbank von kopfbezogenenÜbertragungsfunktionen

    公开(公告)号:EP2869599A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-06

    申请号:EP13191567.0

    申请日:2013-11-05

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 H04R5/04

    摘要: The application relates to a binaural hearing assistance system comprising left and right hearing assistance devices adapted for being located at or in a left and right ear, respectively, of a user, each of the left and right hearing assistance devices comprising a) an input unit for providing one or more electric input signals based on one or more input sounds of a sound field surrounding the binaural hearing assistance system; b) a source separation unit for separating and localizing one or more sound sources S s in said sound field relative to the input transducer unit based on said one or more electric input signals, and providing respective separated sound source signals X s , and localization parameters LP s of said one or more sound sources ( s =1, 2, ..., N s ); c) an antenna and transceiver unit adapted for allowing an exchange of said electric input signals, and/or said separated sound source signals X s and/or said localization parameters LP s of said one or more sound sources between said left and right hearing assistance devices. The application further relates to a method of operating a binaural hearing assistance system. The object of the present application is to provide an improved binaural hearing assistance system. The problem is solved in that the system further comprises d) a comparison and calculation unit for comparing said electric input signals, and/or said separated sound source signals X s l , X s r and/or said localization parameters LP s l , LP s r of said left and right hearing assistance devices, respectively, to estimate a head related transfer function HRTF value for one or more of said sound sources S with said localization parameters LP s at a given point in time; and e) a memory unit for storing and updating a database of said HRTF values and optionally said localization parameters LP s over time. This has the advantage of providing a flexible binaural hearing assistance system that is capable of learning the relevant HRTFs of its user, optionally without being initialized. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems and combinations thereof.

    摘要翻译: 本申请涉及一种双耳助听系统,其包括适于分别位于用户的左耳和右耳中的左和右助听装置,所述左和右助听装置中的每一个包括:a)输入单元 用于基于围绕所述双耳助听器系统的声场的一个或多个输入声音提供一个或多个电输入信号; b)源分离单元,用于基于所述一个或多个电输入信号,相对于所述输入换能器单元分离和定位所述声场中的一个或多个声源S s,并且提供相应的分离的声源信号X s和定位参数 所述一个或多个声源(s = 1,2,...,N s)的LP s; c)天线和收发器单元,其适于允许在所述左右助听器之间交换所述电输入信号和/或所述分离的声源信号X s和/或所述一个或多个声源的所述定位参数LP s 设备。 本申请还涉及一种操作双耳助听器系统的方法。 本申请的目的是提供一种改进的双耳听力辅助系统。 解决的问题在于,系统还包括:d)比较和计算单元,用于比较所述电输入信号和/或所述分离的声源信号X sl,X sr和/或所述定位参数LP sl,LP sr 分别用于在给定时间点用所述定位参数LP s估计一个或多个所述声源S的头部相关传送函数HRTF值; 以及e)用于存储和更新所述HRTF值的数据库和任选地所述定时参数LPs随时间变化的存储器单元。 这具有提供灵活的双耳助听系统的优点,该系统能够可选地不经过初始化来学习其用户的相关HRTF。 本发明可以例如。 用于助听器,耳机,耳机,主动耳朵保护系统及其组合。

    Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals
    7.
    发明公开
    Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals 有权
    Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von Audiosignalen

    公开(公告)号:EP2663094A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-13

    申请号:EP12167267.9

    申请日:2012-05-09

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for processing audio signals. It is based on the discovery that varying the FM index of fast FM modulations of a sound affects the spectral content of the sound in a way that a listener directly interprets as varying the apparent loudness of the sound, and as varying the vocal effort in the case that the sound is speech.
    The invention covers a method for processing an audio signal (i(t)), the method comprising: 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 (f c (t)), a pitch signal (f 0 (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. The invention may be useful in a wide range of audio processing systems, e.g. audio broadcast systems, audio communication systems, speech recognition systems, audio reconstruction systems and public address systems as well as in audio processing apparatus, such as hearing devices.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于处理音频信号的方法和装置。 基于这样的发现,改变声音的FM调制的FM指数影响声音的频谱内容,方式是听者直接解释为改变声音的表观响度,并且改变声音的声音 声音是言语的情况。 本发明涉及一种用于处理音频信号(i(t))的方法,所述方法包括:接收表示音频信号(i(t))中包括的第一声音的时变信号的第一组(x(t) ),包括幅度调制信号(a(t)),载波频率信号(fc(t)),音调信号(f 0(t))和音调信号(f 0(t))的时变信号的第一组(x(t) FM指数信号(h(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组(x(t)),从而提供时变信号的第一修改集(x'(t)) 。 可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。 本发明可用于广泛的音频处理系统,例如, 音频广播系统,音频通信系统,语音识别系统,音频重建系统和公共广播系统以及诸如听觉设备的音频处理设备。

    Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals
    9.
    发明公开
    Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals 有权
    Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von Audiosignalen

    公开(公告)号:EP2890159A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-01

    申请号:EP14199546.4

    申请日:2012-05-09

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 G10L21/02

    摘要: According to an embodiment, an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a microphone configured to receive an acoustic input signal and to generate a microphone signal, a pre-amplifier configured to receive and amplify the microphone signal and to generate an amplified microphone signal; a digitizer configured to receive and digitize the amplified microphone signal and to generate a digitized input audio signal i(t), a processor configured to receive the digitized input signal i(t) and to determine and/ or predict spectral information from the input audio signal i(t) and/or from a demodulated signal x(t); and a signal processor configured to receive the input signal i(t) and the spectral information for modifying the input signal i(t) to generate a composite audio signal c(t).

    摘要翻译: 根据实施例,公开了一种音频处理装置。 该装置包括被配置为接收声输入信号并产生麦克风信号的麦克风,配置成接收和放大麦克风信号并产生放大的麦克风信号的前置放大器; 数字转换器,被配置为接收和数字化放大的麦克风信号并产生数字化的输入音频信号i(t),处理器被配置为接收数字化的输入信号i(t)并且确定和/或预测来自输入音频的频谱信息 信号i(t)和/或来自解调信号x(t); 以及信号处理器,被配置为接收输入信号i(t)和频谱信息,用于修改输入信号i(t)以产生复合音频信号c(t)。