HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE PROCESSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220109939A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17062097

    申请日:2020-10-02

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    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.

    HEARING AID COMPRISING A USER INTERFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20230074554A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17903696

    申请日:2022-09-06

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, the hearing aid comprising a user interface allowing the user to control functionality of the hearing aid, and a feedback sensor for repeatedly providing a feedback signal indicative of a current estimate of feedback from an output transducer to an input transducer of the hearing aid, wherein the user interface is based on changes to the current estimate of the feedback path, e.g. provided by the user. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. Thereby an alternative user interface for a hearing aid may be provided. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or headsets, or a combination thereof.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE PROCESSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220272462A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17742132

    申请日:2022-05-11

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    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.

    HEARING AID COMPRISING BINAURAL PROCESSING AND A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210409878A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17361615

    申请日:2021-06-29

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, comprises a) an input unit configured to provide an electric input signal representing sound, b1) a wake word detector configured to identify a particular wake word based on said electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, and to provide a wake word control signal indicative of whether or not, or with what probability, said wake word is detected, or b2) an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, the electric input signal or a signal derived therefrom originates from the voice of the user and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, c) transceiver circuitry configured to establish a communication link to another hearing aid allowing the transmission of said electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to said another hearing aid and/or the reception of an electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, from said another hearing aid., and d) a pre-processor configured to control said transceiver circuitry in dependence of said wake word control signal or in dependence of said own voice control signal. A binaural hearing aid system and a method of operating a hearing aid are further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in binaural hearing aid systems and associated applications, e.g. communication systems.

    HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210274296A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17186550

    申请日:2021-02-26

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device' adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200260198A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16785167

    申请日:2020-02-07

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a 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 a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time frequency representation k, m, where k and m are frequency and time indices, respectively, and k represents a frequency channel, the at least one electric input signal being representative of sound and comprising target signal components and noise components; and b) a signal processor comprising b1) an SNR estimator for providing a target signal-to-noise ratio estimate for said at least one electric input signal in said time frequency representation; and b2) an SNR-to-gain converter for converting said target signal-to-noise ratio estimate to respective gain values in said time frequency representation. The signal processor comprises a neural network, wherein the weights of the neural network have been trained with a plurality of training signals. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in audio devices, such as hearing aids, headsets, mobile telephones, etc., operating in noisy acoustic environments.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A TRANSMITTER

    公开(公告)号:US20230100340A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17994568

    申请日:2022-11-28

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    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 connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.

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