公开(公告)号：US20250097648A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18889645

申请日：2024-09-19

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Matthias FRÖHLICH ,  Jens HAIN ,  Florian HÖGL ,  Frank NAUMANN

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A monaural or binaural hearing system is configured to generate monaural or binaural beats and includes at least one hearing device having a main signal path. The hearing device also has an auxiliary signal path containing a signal generator for generating a first beat signal. The first beat signal is frequency-shifted relative to a further signal by a beat frequency producing the effect of the monaural or binaural beat for the user during operation. The signal generator is configured such that the first beat signal has, at least in certain operating modes of the hearing device, at least one signal component generated based on the electrical input signal, and hence based on ambient sound, and is denoted as the ambient signal. The beat signal is preferably composed of different signal components, the weighting of which is preferably adjusted depending on a signal level of the input signal.

公开(公告)号：US20250071487A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18810772

申请日：2024-08-21

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd. ,  Widex A/S

Inventor： Omid GHATREH SAMANI ,  Klaus KROGSGAARD ,  Manu TOM

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device includes a digital signal processing unit, a first electrical component, in particular a loudspeaker, and a second electrical component, in particular a microphone. The first electrical component is driven by the signal processing unit by way of two electrical line wires or interference source lines, and the second electrical component is connected to an electrical connecting line or receiver line. Each interference source line transmits a respective digital control signal during operation. To reduce or prevent coupling of interference effects to a signal transmitted via the receiver line, the two control signals fed into the interference source lines by the signal processing unit are modulated so a difference signal pertaining to the two control signals applied to the first electrical component is formed as a bipolar control signal alternating between precisely two voltage values, and a common mode signal formed from the two control signals is constant.

公开(公告)号：US12238485B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18075587

申请日：2022-12-06

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Uwe Flaig

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system. The assembly has a first charging contact which is accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly, and a second charging contact which is accessible on the outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly. Furthermore, the charging contact assembly has a control contact which is galvanically isolated on the outer side from the first and the second charging contacts, and a charging controller which is configured to detect a proper contacting of the first and second charging contacts with the corresponding mating contact based on contact with the control contact.

公开(公告)号：US20250039617A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18916947

申请日：2024-10-16

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Uwe Flaig

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system. The assembly has a first charging contact which is accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly, and a second charging contact which is accessible on the outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly. Furthermore, the charging contact assembly has a control contact which is galvanically isolated on the outer side from the first and the second charging contacts, and a charging controller which is configured to detect a proper contacting of the first and second charging contacts with the corresponding mating contact based on contact with the control contact.

公开(公告)号：US20250039593A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18785182

申请日：2024-07-26

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Nishshanka Bandara NARAMPANAWE ,  Chuan En Andrew ONG ,  Koen J. WEIJAND

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H02J50/12

Abstract: A method for operating an inductive charging device of a hearing instrument. The charging device includes a voltage source and an oscillating circuit connected thereto, a charging coil and a capacitance. The capacitance has a main capacitor and an adjustment branch connected in parallel therewith. For different states of the adjustment branch, which differ from one another on the basis of the capacitance of the adjustment branch, a value that denotes an electrical current resulting from the charging coil is recorded. That state in which the electrical current corresponding to the value is at a maximum is determined, and the adjustment branch is set to correspond to the state. There is also described an inductive charging device and a corresponding system.

公开(公告)号：US12143778B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17749377

申请日：2022-05-20

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Peter Nikles ,  Johannes Kuhn ,  HouQuan Chong

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H05K9/00

Abstract: A hearing aid, in particular an in-the-ear hearing aid, has a housing in which an antenna module is arranged. The antenna module has a winding and a receptacle space in which an electronic component, such as an earphone, is arranged. The antenna module is prefabricated in that an assembly body is provided to which a magnetic layer and then the winding are applied. The assembly body defines the receptacle space and is designed for this purpose optionally as a tubular hollow body having a cavity forming the receptacle space or the assembly body is alternatively removed so that the receptacle space is formed by the removal. The electrical component is then inserted into the receptacle space of the prefabricated antenna module and the unit, consisting of the component and the antenna module, is placed in the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20240357300A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18644388

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Tobias Merkl ,  Pascal Schreiber

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/456 ,  H04R25/60 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/77

Abstract: A hearing instrument has a housing which is wearable in an ear and which includes a concha portion and a thin canal portion protruding from the concha portion. The canal portion has a twice-curved shape to fit to the anatomy of the auditory canal. A damping body is inserted in the canal portion which is made of an elastic material to mount a receiver in vibration-damping fashion. The damping body has a pocket for accommodating the receiver and an adjoining sound tube. The sound tube is angled at a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the pocket, thereby forming a bend in the damping body, and its end distant from the pocket terminates in a support plate which rests on a shoulder of the canal portion. The support plate is angled obliquely with respect to an axis of the sound tube.

公开(公告)号：US20240323620A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18610533

申请日：2024-03-20

Applicant: SIVANTOS PTE. LTD.

Inventor： MATTHIAS MÜLLER-WEHLAU ,  NIKLAS HARLANDER ,  CHRISTOPH LÜKEN

IPC: H04R25/00

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

Abstract: A method for localizing a sound source for a binaural hearing system with first and second hearing instruments. First and second input signals are formed from an ambient sound signal and directional signals are formed by directional signal processing of the input signals. The directional signals have a minimum sensitivity in different minimum directions with respect to a preferred direction of the binaural hearing system. Based on the directional signals, first and second source directions of the sound source are determined starting from the first and second hearing instrument, respectively. Based on the source directions and a distance between the first and second hearing instruments, the distance of said sound source from a reference point of the binaural hearing system and a main direction of the said sound source are determined to thereby localize the sound source.

公开(公告)号：US20240276161A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18417317

申请日：2024-01-19

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Eghart Fischer ,  Cecil Wilson ,  Sebastian Best ,  Oliver Dressler

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R2430/03

Abstract: A method for operating a binaural hearing system having first and second hearing instruments uses respective first and second input transducers to generate first and second input signals from an ambient sound. The first and second input signals are subjected to respective first and second low-latency analyses to determine at least one first and at least one second respective parameter of a signal processing. The first parameter is transmitted to the second hearing instrument and the second parameter is transmitted to the first hearing instrument. A synchronized parameter is determined in the first and second hearing instruments based on the first and second parameters. The synchronized parameter is applied in the first hearing instrument to signal components of the first input signal and in the second hearing instrument to signal components of the second input signal. A binaural hearing system is configured to carry out the method.

公开(公告)号：US20240251209A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18422253

申请日：2024-01-25

Applicant: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Cecil Wilson ,  Matthias Müller-Wehlau

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R2225/39 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2430/01

Abstract: A method operates a hearing instrument having an acousto-electric first input transducer and an electro-acoustic output transducer. A first input signal is generated by the first input transducer from an ambient sound. The first input signal and/or a first intermediate signal derived from the first input signal is resolved into a multiplicity of frequency bands. An output signal is generated from the first input signal, or from the first intermediate signal, by frequency-selective signal processing. A relevant subset of frequency bands is determined from the aforementioned multiplicity such that, in each frequency band of the relevant subset, an output sound generated from the output signal by the output transducer makes a contribution that lies above a predefined or desired threshold, further, with the aid of signal components of the first input signal, or of the first intermediate signal.