公开(公告)号：US11889265B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17983733

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Kenneth Rueskov Møller ,  Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Niels Stubager Kiemer ,  Jesper Kofoed Nielsen ,  Björn Ohl ,  Marianne Kleist Elmlund ,  Karin Carvalho ,  Henrik Bendsen ,  Regin Kopp Pedersen ,  Christian C Bürger ,  Steen Michael Munk ,  Morten Christophersen ,  Julie Hefting Pedersen ,  Bo Westergård ,  Maria Oxenbøll

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G01C9/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/305 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R1/406 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/453 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/65 ,  G01C9/00 ,  H04R2225/0213 ,  H04R2225/31 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2430/20 ,  H04R2460/03

Abstract: A hearing aid device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises means to improve, augment and/or protect the hearing capability of a user by receiving acoustic signals from the surroundings of the user, generating corresponding audio signals, possibly modifying the audio signals and providing the possibly modified audio signals as audible signals to at least one of the user's ears. The hearing aid device comprises a sensor member for detecting the movement and/or acceleration and/or orientation (or spatial position) of the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises at least two hearing aid microphones and a control unit for determining the position or a deviation from an intended position of the hearing aid device or hearing aid microphones. The hearing aid device is configured to compensate for a possible dislocation of the hearing aid microphones.

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

IPC: G10L17/00 ,  G10L17/18 ,  H04R25/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11540063B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

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 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L17/00

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：US11089414B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

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：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：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：US10142745B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

申请号：US15821365

申请日：2017-11-22

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Anders Thule

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head is provided. The hearing device comprises an own voice detector comprising first and second signal strength detectors for providing signal strength estimates of first and second electric input signals. The own voice detector comprises a comparison unit operationally coupled to the first and second signal strength detectors and configured to compare the signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals and to provide an indication of the difference between said signal strength estimates; and a control unit for providing an own voice detection signal indicative of a user's own voice being present or not present in the current sound in the environment of the user, the own voice detection signal being dependent on said signal strength comparison measure.

公开(公告)号：US09900713B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15061154

申请日：2016-03-04

Applicant: OTICON A/S

Inventor： Troels Holm Pedersen ,  Claus Tipsmark ,  Michael Frank Petersen ,  Brian Spidsbjerg ,  Lars Monroy ,  Lars Persson ,  Svend Oscar Petersen

IPC: H04R9/08 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/22 ,  H04R1/28

CPC classification number: H04R25/48 ,  H04R1/222 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/608 ,  H04R25/65

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an inlet member for a microphone system in a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, wherein the inlet member has a main body portion having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being provided with a first recess for accommodating a microphone comprising a snout for conducting sound energy into the interior of the microphone, wherein the first recess is provided with a sound channel formed for engagement with the snout of the microphone, where the sound channel at the end hereof facing away from the microphone is acoustically coupled to a third recess in the first portion, the third recess being defined by wall portions that provide a seal to corresponding inner surface portions of a hearing instrument, in which the inlet member is mounted.

公开(公告)号：US09332361B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-03

申请号：US14457623

申请日：2014-08-12

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Morten Friis Karlsen ,  Martin Lindebjerg

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/654 ,  H04R25/608 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: A replaceable filter member for a hearing aid device is disclosed. The filter member comprising an unit with a housing configured to be inserted into the ear canal of a user of the hearing aid device. The filter member is configured to prevent ear wax from entering an opening in the housing. The filter member is a one-piece body that is configured to cover several openings in the unit while being attached to the unit.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于助听器装置的可替换的过滤构件。 该过滤器构件包括具有壳体的单元，该壳体被配置成插入到助听器装置的使用者的耳道中。 过滤构件被构造成防止耳垢进入壳体中的开口。 过滤构件是一体式构件，其构造成在附接到单元的同时覆盖单元中的若干开口。

公开(公告)号：US09137615B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-15

申请号：US14290520

申请日：2014-05-29

Applicant: OTICON A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Bent Severin

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/65 ,  A61B5/121 ,  A61B5/6816 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2460/17

Abstract: An ear strap is disclosed. The ear strap comprises attachment means configured to be attached to a tube. The ear strap has a flexible member configured to be placed within the concha of the ear and to be held in place by the concha of the ear. The flexible member is configured to take a form that fits the shape of the concha of the ear. The ear strap comprises means for adjusting the position of the tube relative to the attachment means.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种耳环。 耳带包括被配置为附接到管的附接装置。 耳带具有柔性构件，其构造成被放置在耳朵的耳朵内并且由耳朵的耳朵保持在适当的位置。 柔性构件被配置为采取适合耳朵的耳朵的形状的形式。 耳带包括用于调节管相对于附接装置的位置的装置。