公开(公告)号：US11917370B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US18084209

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Eleni Koutrouli ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan M. De Haan

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

CPC classification number: H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/604 ,  A61N1/36038 ,  H04R25/55 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2225/67

Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises first and second hearing aids, each comprising antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them and a BTE-part adapted for being located at or behind the external ear (pinna) of the user and comprising front and rear input transducers providing respective front and rear electric input signals. Each 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. The inputs to the primary 2-channel beamformers are, locally generated, front and rear electric input signals. The inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively. The spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10887703B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16584668

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Eleni Koutrouli ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan M. De Haan

IPC: H04R1/40 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: A hearing system comprises a first hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid. The hearing system comprises at least three input transducers, one of which being selected as a reference input transducer providing a reference input signal, at least two adaptive 2-channel beamformers, each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals, wherein the adaptive 2-channel beamformers maintain unit amplitude and phase for a target component of said reference input signal. The at least two 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a layered structure at least comprising a primary layer and a secondary layer. The adaptive parameter of a given 2-channel beamformer is determined from the first and second beamformer-input signals for the 2-channel beamformer in question.

公开(公告)号：US12225350B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18405455

申请日：2024-01-05

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Eleni Koutrouli ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan M. De Haan

IPC: H04R1/40 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises first and second hearing aids, each comprising antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them and a BTE-part adapted for being located at or behind the external ear (pinna) of the user and comprising front and rear input transducers providing respective front and rear electric input signals. Each 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. The inputs to the primary 2-channel beamformers are, locally generated, front and rear electric input signals. The inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively. The spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment of the user.

公开(公告)号：US12058493B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17742132

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Nels Hede Rohde ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/43 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R2225/41

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided.

公开(公告)号：US11849275B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US17502570

申请日：2021-10-15

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Andreas Thelander Bertelsen ,  Matias Tofteby Bach ,  Rasmus Glarborg Jensen ,  Franz Treue ,  Kåre Tais Christensen

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G10L21/0208

CPC classification number: H04R1/1083 ,  G10L21/0208 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/558

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for reducing noise induced in one or more components in a hearing aid. The present disclosure provides methods for reducing noise induced in telecoils.

公开(公告)号：US11564043B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US17565034

申请日：2021-12-29

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Eleni Koutrouli ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan M. De Haan

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

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：US11356783B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US17062097

申请日：2020-10-02

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Nels Hede Rohde ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided.

公开(公告)号：US10966034B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16249306

申请日：2019-01-16

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Asger Heidemann Andersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Jesper Jensen

IPC: G10L21/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G10L25/84 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L15/02 ,  G10L25/30 ,  G10L21/02 ,  G10L21/057

Abstract: A method of training an algorithm for optimizing intelligibility of speech components of a sound signal in hearing aids, headsets, etc., comprises a) providing a first database comprising a multitude of predefined time segments of first electric input signals representing sound and corresponding measured speech intelligibilities; b) determining optimized first parameters of a first algorithm by optimizing it with said predefined time segments and said corresponding measured speech intelligibilities, the first algorithm providing corresponding predicted speech intelligibilities; c) providing a second database comprising a multitude of time segments of second electric input signals representing sound, d) determining optimized second parameters of a second algorithm by optimizing it with said multitude of time segments, said second algorithm being configured to provide processed second electric input signals exhibiting respective predicted speech intelligibilities estimated by said first algorithm, said optimizing being conducted under a constraint of maximizing said predicted speech intelligibility.

公开(公告)号：US11991499B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17522275

申请日：2021-11-09

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Poul Hoang ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G06F16/61 ,  G06N20/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/407 ,  G06N20/00 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  G06F16/61 ,  H04R2225/51

Abstract: A hearing aid microphone system includes M microphones providing corresponding electric input signals. Environmental sound at a given microphone includes a target sound signal propagated via an acoustic propagation channel from a direction to or a location of a target sound source to the microphone, and possible additive noise signals. The acoustic propagation channel is modeled. The hearing aid system includes: a processor connected to the microphones, and a database Θ having a multitude of dictionaries Δp, p=1, . . . , P, where p is a person index, of vectors, termed ATF-vectors, whose elements ATFm, m=1, . . . , M, are frequency dependent acoustic transfer functions representing direction- or location-dependent, and frequency dependent propagation of sound. The processor is configured to, at least in a learning mode of operation, determine personalized ATF-vectors based on the multitude of dictionaries Δp, the electric input signals, and the model of the acoustic propagation channels.

公开(公告)号：US11825270B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

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

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2225/55

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.