公开(公告)号：US11463822B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16439777

申请日：2019-06-13

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Niels Ole Knudsen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H03M3/00

Abstract: A hearing assistive device including an audio processing circuit with an analog-to-digital converter having an integrator integrating a voltage present in the summation point; a comparator comparing an output from the integrator with a reference voltage (Vref) and outputting a logical level in accordance with the comparison; a feedback loop coupling a feedback signal back to the summation point; and a reference voltage generation circuit being adapted to provide the reference voltage (Vref) being lower than a power supply voltage (Vbattery) and following the decay of the power supply voltage (Vbattery) with a predefined margin.

公开(公告)号：US11323826B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US15864039

申请日：2018-01-08

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Soren Erik Westermann ,  Svend Vitting Andersen ,  Anders Westergaard ,  Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A hearing aid service system includes an Internet enabled personal communication device and one or more hearing aids provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aids to a remote server. Each hearing aid includes a processor controlling the operation of the hearing aid, and a memory containing program code for at least one add-on program for the operation of the hearing aid. The server manages user accounts for a plurality of hearing aid users, including managing subscription status for the add-on program. The server creates a subscription status change event for the account upon change of the subscription status for the at least one add-on program and sends a status change instruction to the hearing aids for enabling or disabling one or more of the add-on programs by using the communication device as gateway.

公开(公告)号：US20210352418A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17382820

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Anders WESTERGAARD ,  Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G16H40/67

Abstract: A method of personalizing at least one hearing aid for a hearing aid user including manufacturing at least one hearing aid (1), receiving an audiogram from a server (37) for the hearing aid user, programming the at least one hearing aid (1) by the audiogram, whereby the at least one hearing aid (1) becomes personalized for the hearing aid user.
The at least one personalized hearing aid (1) is delivered to the hearing aid user. Once the user has received the at least one personalized hearing aid (1), he may take the hearing aids into use. If there arises a need for fine tuning, the hearing aid user may request a consultation with a hearing healthcare professional. The hearing healthcare professional has equipment (44, 45) for fine tuning the hearing aid (1), and he may fine tuning the at least one personalized hearing aid (1) in dialogue with the hearing aid user. Also provided is a hearing aid delivering system and an Internet enabled personal communication device.

公开(公告)号：US20210306767A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17268144

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: WIDEX A/S

Inventor： Pejman MOWLAEE ,  Lars Dalskov MOSGAARD ,  Thomas Bo ELMEDYB ,  Michael Johannes PIHL ,  Georg STIEFENHOFER ,  David PELEGRIN-GARCIA ,  Adam WESTERMANN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved noise reduction and a hearing aid system (100) adapted to carry out the method.

公开(公告)号：US11122375B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16880423

申请日：2020-05-21

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Anders Westergaard ,  Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G16H40/67

Abstract: A method of personalizing at least one hearing aid for a hearing aid user including manufacturing at least one hearing aid (1), receiving an audiogram from a server (37) for the hearing aid user, programming the at least one hearing aid (1) by the audiogram, whereby the at least one hearing aid (1) becomes personalized for the hearing aid user. The at least one personalized hearing aid (1) is delivered to the hearing aid user. Once the user has received the at least one personalized hearing aid (1), he may take the hearing aids into use. If there arises a need for fine tuning, the hearing aid user may request a consultation with a hearing healthcare professional. The hearing healthcare professional has equipment (44, 45) for fine tuning the hearing aid (1), and he may fine tuning the at least one personalized hearing aid (1) in dialogue with the hearing aid user. Also provided is a hearing aid delivering system and an Internet enabled personal communication device.

公开(公告)号：US11070922B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16458603

申请日：2019-07-01

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Anne Vikaer Damsgaard ,  Carsten Paludan-Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method (300) of operating a hearing aid system wherein the acoustical output signal intensity levels are confined to a range that primarily high-spontaneous rate auditory nerve fibres respond to, hereby providing sound processing that may benefit individuals with an auditory neurodegeneration, a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed carries out the method, a hearing aid system (100, 200) adapted to carry out the method and a method of fitting a hearing aid system.

公开(公告)号：US20210204073A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16760148

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: WIDEX A/S

Inventor： Thomas Bo ELMEDYB ,  Lars Dalskov MOSGAARD ,  Michael Johannes PIHL ,  Pejman MOWLAEE ,  David PELEGRIN-GARCIA

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved performance for a multitude of hearing aid system processing stages and a hearing aid system (400) for carrying out the method.

公开(公告)号：US11012792B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16481912

申请日：2018-01-18

Applicant: WIDEX A/S

Inventor： Thomas Bo Elmedyb ,  Lars Dalskov Mosgaard ,  Jakob Nielsen ,  Georg Stiefenhofer ,  Adam Westermann ,  Michael Pihl

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing aid system (500) with active noise cancelling and a method for operating such a hearing aid system.

公开(公告)号：US10863288B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16675752

申请日：2019-11-06

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Michael Ungstrup

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L25/54

Abstract: An input transducer (11, 12) of a hearing aid (10) converts audio from the environment into an electric input signal. A signal processor (13) amplifies and conditions the electric input signal according to a preset set of audio processing parameters, and an output transducer (14) reproduces output audio. The hearing aid (10) is connected with a personal communication device (20) via a short range radio communication link (15, 29). The personal communication device (20) identifies music included in the background noise. The personal communication device (20) retrieves a music stream based on the identified music, and streams the music stream to the hearing aid (10). The signal processor (13) of the hearing aid (10) combines the input signal from the input transducer (11, 12) and music signal in order to reduce the presence of the music included in the background noise from the audio signal delivered by the output transducer (14).

公开(公告)号：US10820123B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US16158469

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: Widex A/S

Inventor： Jan Hesselballe ,  Niels Christian Damgaard Jakobsen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q9/26 ,  H01Q7/00

Abstract: A hearing assistance device including a housing component (12) including a transceiver (68) and processing circuitry arranged in a compact block structure (50), a small feed loop (40) mounted on the compact block structure (50) and electrically connected to the transceiver (68), and an antenna element (30, 80) contained within a housing component (12). The small feed loop (40) and the antenna element (30, 80) are provided as metallic band elements, and the band elements in an area of electromagnetic coupling are arranged in substantially parallel planes.