公开(公告)号：US20230209283A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18089093

申请日：2022-12-27

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Paul Wagner ,  Sebastian Kroedel ,  Claudio Santelli ,  Markus Hofbauer ,  Manon Barbier

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/507 ,  H04R25/606

Abstract: Methods, hearing systems and neural networks for audio signal processing are described. A hearing system comprises a neural network. An input audio signal is processed into an output audio signal at least partially by means of a processing unit of the hearing system. The audio signal processing of the input audio signal includes executing audio signal processing by the neural network for performing a step of the audio signal processing, determining a confidence parameter resembling the reliability of the audio signal processing by the neural network and steering the audio signal processing in dependence of the confidence parameter. A particularly suitable neural network is configured to solve a regression-based acoustic processing task and additionally determining the confidence parameter.

公开(公告)号：US11647347B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US16989989

申请日：2020-08-11

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Daniel R. Goodland ,  Andre L. Ochsenbein

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q9/16

CPC classification number: H04R25/658 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/51

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a faceplate for a hearing device, the faceplate configured to cover a lateral opening of a housing of the hearing device and having a side which is laterally oriented when the hearing device is worn at least partially in the ear canal, including the steps of: providing a faceplate base part including a first surface, a faceplate insertion part including a second surface, and a printed circuit board (“PCB”) with an antenna; inserting the antenna PCB into the faceplate base part so that that the antenna PCB extends along the first surface; inserting the faceplate insertion part into the faceplate base part so that the second surface of the faceplate insertion part pushes the antenna PCB against the first surface of the faceplate base part; and fixing the faceplate insertion part within the faceplate base part so as to form the faceplate.

公开(公告)号：US11647342B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17714897

申请日：2022-04-06

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/30 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R2225/61

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for avoidance of user discomfort due to pressure differences by vent valve. In one embodiment, a method for equalizing air pressure in ear canal includes sensing a pressure difference between a pressure in ear canal (PEC) and an ambient pressure (PAMB) by a sensor of a hearing device. Based on sensing the pressure difference, an active valve is set to a first position to open a vent through the hearing device or to a second position to close the vent through the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20230117443A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17799215

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Alessandro Gallo ,  Federico Ferrari

IPC: H04L43/0823 ,  H04L69/22 ,  G10L19/24

Abstract: An exemplary hearing device is configured to receive, from a source, a data packet, the data packet including a plurality of frames including a first frame and a second frame. The hearing device determines that the data packet has an invalid checksum. The hearing device accesses, in response to the determining that the data packet has the invalid checksum, a first frame checksum for the first frame and a second frame checksum for the second frame. The hearing device determines that the first frame checksum is invalid and that the second frame checksum is valid. The hearing device discards, based on the first frame checksum being invalid, the first frame and stores, based on the second frame checksum being valid, the second frame.

公开(公告)号：US11627398B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17210626

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Nadim El Guindi ,  Anne Thielen ,  Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Julia Seiter

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Hearing device including a housing worn at a user's ear; a movement detector providing movement data indicating movement of the housing; and a processor identifying, based on the movement data, movement features in a sequence. The movement features represent movement activity by the user. The processor determines a temporal characteristic of the sequence of movement features and/or an amplitude characteristic of the movement data associated with a movement feature in the sequence. A method of operating the hearing device, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method. The processor controls maintaining a data record representing the temporal characteristic and/or the amplitude characteristic determined at a plurality of times; determines a deviation measure indicating deviation between the data record and the temporal characteristic and/or the amplitude characteristic determined at a time later than the plurality of times; and controls operation of the hearing device depending on the deviation measure.

公开(公告)号：US11622215B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16713330

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Grace Gardner

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing device assembly is configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal of a user. The hearing device assembly includes a housing including an output transducer configured to provide an output audio signal representative of sound presented to the user. The housing is configured to be positioned entirely within the ear canal. The hearing device assembly also includes a tube extending from an end of the housing and configured to provide an acoustic pathway from outside the ear canal to the housing, an inner seal extending from the housing, and an outer seal extending from the tube. The inner seal and the outer seal are together are configured to enclose a main volume that surrounds the tube within the ear canal and that is acoustically sealed from an ambient environment of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20230084332A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17799218

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Alessandro Gallo

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing device is configured to concurrently maintain a first link with a source and a second link with a second hearing device. The hearing device scans, while not receiving data via the first link, the second link for a preamble of a binaural data packet for a first time period. Based on whether the preamble is detected, the hearing device selectively: receives the binaural data packet and ignores the first link while receiving the binaural data packet if the preamble of the binaural data packet is detected during he first time period; and scans the first link for a preamble of a data packet for a second time period if the preamble of the binaural data packet is not detected during the first time period.

公开(公告)号：US11595767B1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US17529347

申请日：2021-11-18

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Marius Rüfenacht ,  Hans Wunderli ,  Markus Gaugler

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A system with a first hearing device including a rechargeable power source, a second hearing device including a rechargeable power source, and a hearing device charger including a charger housing, a power source, charge circuitry operably connected to the power source, a first charge location and a second charge location. The first hearing device, the second hearing device and the hearing device charger may be respectively configured such that the first hearing device will be magnetically attracted to the hearing device charger in response to the first hearing device being positioned at the first charge location, the first hearing device will be magnetically repelled by the hearing device charger in response to the first hearing device being positioned at the second charge location, the second hearing device will be magnetically attracted to the hearing device charger in response to the second hearing device being positioned at the second charge location, and the second hearing device will be magnetically repelled by the hearing device charger in response to the second hearing device being positioned at the first charge location.

公开(公告)号：US20230031093A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17789844

申请日：2020-01-17

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Benjamin Heldner ,  Xavier Gigandet

IPC: H04R5/033

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of operating a hearing system comprising an ear unit wearable at an ear of a user, an output transducer included in the ear unit, and a detector arrangement comprising a plurality of spatially separated sound detectors and configured to provide audio data representative of the detected sound.

公开(公告)号：US11558699B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17183463

申请日：2021-02-24

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Jean-Louis Durrieu

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device component (6) comprises a sensor-unit (8) for receiving an audio-signal (AS), a separation device (9) for separating part-signals (PSi) from the audio-signal (AS), a classification device (10) for classifying the part-signals (PSi) separated from the audio-signals (AS), and a modulation device (11) for modulating the part-signals (PSi), wherein the classification device (10) is communicatively coupled to the modulation device (11) and wherein the modulation device (11) is designed to enable a concurrent modulation of different part-signals (PSi) with different modulation-functions depending on their classification.