公开(公告)号：US20130070945A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-21

申请号：US13582576

申请日：2012-03-15

申请人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito ,  Takashi Katayama

发明人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito ,  Takashi Katayama

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/05 ,  H04S2400/11

摘要： The hearing aid makes conversation sound easier to hear. The hearing aid device (100) comprises a first audio controller (40) that receives a center signal (C), a left-front signal (L), a right-front signal (R), a left-rear signal (SL), and a right-rear signal (SR), and second audio controller (20) that receives the output signal from the first audio controller (40). The first audio controller (40) has a sound image localization processor (42) that locates a sound image in a specific direction with respect to the left-front signal (L), the right-front signal (R), the left-rear signal (SL), and the right-rear signal (SR). The second audio controller (20) has a first amplifier (21) that amplifies the output signal from the sound image localization processor (42), and a hearing aid processor (22) that amplifies the center signal (C) according to the hearing ability of the user of the hearing aid device (100), and outputs the output signal from the first amplifier (21) and the output signal from the hearing aid processor (22) as sound.

摘要翻译： 助听器使对话听起来更容易听到。 助听器装置（100）包括：第一音频控制器（40），其接收中心信号（C），左前信号（L），右前信号（R），左后信号（SL） ，以及右后信号（SR）和接收来自第一音频控制器（40）的输出信号的第二音频控制器（20）。 第一音频控制器（40）具有声像定位处理器（42），该声像定位处理器将相对于左前信号（L），右前信号（R），左后信号 信号（SL）和右后信号（SR）。 第二音频控制器（20）具有放大来自声像定位处理器（42）的输出信号的第一放大器（21）和根据听觉能力放大中心信号（C）的助听器处理器（22） 的助听器装置（100）的用户，并将来自第一放大器（21）的输出信号和来自助听器处理器（22）的输出信号作为声音输出。

公开(公告)号：US20110004468A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-06

申请号：US12866320

申请日：2010-01-28

申请人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito

发明人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito

IPC分类号： G10L21/04 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G10L11/04 ,  G10L11/06

CPC分类号： G10L21/04 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L25/78 ,  G10L25/93 ,  G10L2021/065 ,  H04R25/353 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2460/13

摘要： A hearing aid for improving diminished hearing caused by reduced temporal resolution includes: a speech input unit (201) which receives a speech signal from outside; a speech analysis unit (202) which detects a sound segment and a segment acoustically regarded as soundless from the speech signal received by the speech input unit and detects a consonant segment and a vowel segment within the detected sound segment; and a signal processing unit (204) which temporally increments the consonant segment detected by the speech analysis unit (204) and temporally decrements at least one of the vowel segment and the segment acoustically regarded as soundless detected by the speech analysis unit (204).

摘要翻译： 用于改善由减少的时间分辨率引起的听力减弱的助听器包括：语音输入单元（201），其从外部接收语音信号; 语音分析单元，其从声音输入单元接收到的语音信号中检测声音段和声音被认为是无声的段，并且检测检测到的声音段内的辅音段和元音段; 以及信号处理单元（204），其对由语音分析单元（204）检测到的辅音段进行时间上增量，并且在语音分析单元（204）检测到的元音段和被声音认为无声的段中至少一个时间上递减。

公开(公告)号：US08374877B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-12

申请号：US12866320

申请日：2010-01-28

申请人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito

发明人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito

IPC分类号： G10L21/06

CPC分类号： G10L21/04 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L25/78 ,  G10L25/93 ,  G10L2021/065 ,  H04R25/353 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2460/13

摘要： A hearing aid for improving diminished hearing caused by reduced temporal resolution includes: a speech input unit which receives a speech signal from outside; a speech analysis unit which detects a sound segment and a segment acoustically regarded as soundless from the speech signal received by the speech input unit and detects a consonant segment and a vowel segment within the detected sound segment; and a signal processing unit which temporally increments the consonant segment detected by the speech analysis unit and temporally decrements at least one of the vowel segment and the segment acoustically regarded as soundless detected by the speech analysis unit.

摘要翻译： 用于改善由减小的时间分辨率引起的听力减弱的助听器包括：语音输入单元，其从外部接收语音信号; 语音分析单元，其从所述语音输入单元接收到的语音信号中检测声音段和声音被认为无声音的段，并检测所检测到的声音段内的辅音段和元音段; 以及信号处理单元，其对由语音分析单元检测到的辅音段进行时间上递增，并且在语音分析单元检测到的元音段和被声音认为无声的段中至少一个时间上递减。

公开(公告)号：US20070165890A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-19

申请号：US11571940

申请日：2004-07-14

申请人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito ,  Atsunobu Murase

发明人： Kazue Fusakawa ,  Gempo Ito ,  Atsunobu Murase

IPC分类号： H04R5/02 ,  H04R5/00

CPC分类号： H04S1/002 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R2499/11 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2420/01 ,  H04S2420/07

摘要： A sound image localization device (10) comprising: band division means (11) for dividing an inputted acoustic signal to a high-band acoustic signal and a low-band acoustic signal; a first filter (12) and a second filter (13) for localizing the high-band acoustic signal; low-band localization means (16) having a third filter (14) and a fourth filter (15) for localizing the low-band acoustic signal; a first adder (17) for adding the output signals of the first filter (12) and the third filter (14), and a second adder (18) for adding the output signals of the second filter (13) and the fourth filter (15). The sound image localization device (10) having such a configuration mitigates the limit of the listening position as compared to the conventional one and enables localization of the sound image in any direction around a listener.

摘要翻译： 一种声像定位装置（10），包括：频带分割装置（11），用于将输入的声信号分割成高频带声信号和低频声信号; 用于定位高频带声信号的第一滤波器（12）和第二滤波器（13）; 低频定位装置（16）具有用于对低频声信号进行定位的第三滤波器（14）和第四滤波器（15）; 第一加法器（17），用于将第一滤波器（12）和第三滤波器（14）的输出信号相加;以及第二加法器（18），用于将第二滤波器（13）和第四滤波器 15）。 具有这种配置的声像定位装置（10）与常规配置相比，可以减轻收听位置的限制，并且可以使声音图像在收听者周围的任意方向进行定位。

公开(公告)号：US08548180B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US13146110

申请日：2010-11-09

申请人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama

发明人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： G10L21/02 ,  H04R25/50 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04S2420/07

摘要： To provide a hearing aid system (1000) performing dichotic-listening binaural hearing aid processing which improves the clarity of speech and maintains the spatial perception ability. Each of first and second hearing aid devices (1100, 1200) includes a sound pickup unit (1110, 1210) and an output unit (1120, 1220) outputting a sound indicated by a suppressed acoustic signal. The hearing aid system (1000) includes: a first band suppression unit (1300) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1120), by suppressing a signal in a first suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1110); and a second band suppression unit (1400) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1220), by suppressing a signal in a second suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1210). The suppressed acoustic signals indicating the sounds outputted respectively from the output units (1120, 1220) include, in common, a signal in a non-voice band included in the acoustic signal.

摘要翻译： 提供助听器系统（1000）进行双耳听力双耳助听器处理，提高语音的清晰度并保持空间感知能力。 第一和第二助听器装置（1100,1200）中的每一个包括输出由抑制声信号指示的声音的声音拾取单元（1110,1210）和输出单元（1120,1220）。 助听器系统（1000）包括：第一频带抑制单元（1300），通过抑制声信号中的第一抑制目标频带中的信号，产生表示从输出单元（1120）输出的声音的抑制声信号 从所述声音拾取单元输出; 以及第二频带抑制单元，通过从声音拾取单元（1210）输出的声学信号中抑制第二抑制目标频带中的信号，产生表示从输出单元（1220）输出的声音的抑制声音信号 ）。 指示分别从输出单元（1120,1220）输出的声音的抑制声信号包括声信号中包括的非声音频带中的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20110142272A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-16

申请号：US13059288

申请日：2010-06-15

申请人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama ,  Hikaru Takato

发明人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama ,  Hikaru Takato

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/121 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/43

摘要： A hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) according to the present invention is a hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) which determines a suitability (153) of a subject for dichotic hearing assistance, and includes: a hearing ability information obtaining unit (130) which obtains left-ear hearing ability information (150) and right-ear hearing ability information (151) each of which indicates a hearing ability for frequencies; a hearing ability type determining unit (131) which determines, among hearing ability types each of which is defined by a tendency in a change of the hearing ability with respect to the frequencies, a hearing ability type (152) of the hearing ability indicated by the left-ear hearing ability information (150) and the right-ear hearing ability information (151); and a suitability deciding unit (132) which determines, with reference to a suitability database (144), the suitability (153) of the subject for the dichotic hearing assistance based on a suitability corresponding, in the suitability database (144), to the hearing ability type (152) determined by the hearing ability type determining unit (131), the suitability database (144) showing a correspondence relationship between each of the hearing ability types and one of suitabilities of the subject for dichotic hearing assistance.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的听力辅助适应性确定装置（120）是确定用于双焦点助听器的对象的适合性（153）的听力辅助适应性确定装置（120），并且包括：听力能力信息获取单元（130） ），其获得左耳听力能力信息（150）和右耳听力能量信息（151），每个听力能力信息指示频率的听觉能力; 听力能力类型确定单元，其在由听觉能力相对于频率的变化趋势定义的听觉能力类型中，确定听力能力类型（152），由 左耳听力信息（150）和右耳听力信息（151）; 以及适合性决定单元（132），其根据适合性数据库（144），根据在适用性数据库（144）中对应的适用性，确定用于双眼听觉辅助对象的适合性（153） 由听力能力类型确定单元（131）确定的听力能力类型（152），适合性数据库（144），其表示每种听觉能力类型与用于双焦点听觉辅助的对象的适合性之间的对应关系。

公开(公告)号：US08571245B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-29

申请号：US13059288

申请日：2010-06-15

申请人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama ,  Hikaru Takato

发明人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama ,  Hikaru Takato

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/121 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/43

摘要： A hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) according to the present invention is a hearing assistance suitability determining device (120) which determines a suitability (153) of a subject for dichotic hearing assistance, and includes: a hearing ability information obtaining unit (130) which obtains left-ear hearing ability information (150) and right-ear hearing ability information (151) each of which indicates a hearing ability for frequencies; a hearing ability type determining unit (131) which determines, among hearing ability types each of which is defined by a tendency in a change of the hearing ability with respect to the frequencies, a hearing ability type (152) of the hearing ability indicated by the left-ear hearing ability information (150) and the right-ear hearing ability information (151); and a suitability deciding unit (132) which determines, with reference to a suitability database (144), the suitability (153) of the subject for the dichotic hearing assistance based on a suitability corresponding, in the suitability database (144), to the hearing ability type (152) determined by the hearing ability type determining unit (131), the suitability database (144) showing a correspondence relationship between each of the hearing ability types and one of suitabilities of the subject for dichotic hearing assistance.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的听力辅助适应性确定装置（120）是确定用于双焦点助听器的对象的适合性（153）的听力辅助适应性确定装置（120），并且包括：听力能力信息获取单元（130） ），其获得左耳听力能力信息（150）和右耳听力能量信息（151），每个听力能力信息指示频率的听觉能力; 听力能力类型确定单元，其在由听觉能力相对于频率的变化趋势定义的听觉能力类型中，确定听力能力类型（152），由 左耳听力信息（150）和右耳听力信息（151）; 以及适合性决定单元（132），其根据适合性数据库（144），根据在适用性数据库（144）中对应的适用性，确定用于双眼听觉辅助对象的适合性（153） 由听力能力类型确定单元（131）确定的听力能力类型（152），适合性数据库（144），其表示每种听觉能力类型与用于双焦点听觉辅助的对象的适合性之间的对应关系。

公开(公告)号：US20110280424A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-17

申请号：US13146110

申请日：2010-11-09

申请人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama

发明人： Yoshiaki Takagi ,  Gempo Ito ,  Eiji Noguchi ,  Takashi Katayama

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： G10L21/02 ,  H04R25/50 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04S2420/07

摘要： To provide a hearing aid system (1000) performing dichotic-listening binaural hearing aid processing which improves the clarity of speech and maintains the spatial perception ability. Each of first and second hearing aid devices (1100, 1200) includes a sound pickup unit (1110, 1210) and an output unit (1120, 1220) outputting a sound indicated by a suppressed acoustic signal. The hearing aid system (1000) includes: a first band suppression unit (1300) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1120), by suppressing a signal in a first suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1110); and a second band suppression unit (1400) generating the suppressed acoustic signal indicating the sound outputted from the output unit (1220), by suppressing a signal in a second suppression-target band out of the acoustic signal outputted from the sound pickup unit (1210). The suppressed acoustic signals indicating the sounds outputted respectively from the output units (1120, 1220) include, in common, a signal in a non-voice band included in the acoustic signal.

摘要翻译： 提供助听器系统（1000）进行双耳听力双耳助听器处理，提高语音的清晰度并保持空间感知能力。 第一和第二助听器装置（1100,1200）中的每一个包括输出由抑制声信号指示的声音的声音拾取单元（1110,1210）和输出单元（1120,1220）。 助听器系统（1000）包括：第一频带抑制单元（1300），通过抑制声信号中的第一抑制目标频带中的信号，产生表示从输出单元（1120）输出的声音的抑制声信号 从所述声音拾取单元输出; 以及第二频带抑制单元，通过从声音拾取单元（1210）输出的声学信号中抑制第二抑制目标频带中的信号，产生表示从输出单元（1220）输出的声音的抑制声信号 ）。 指示分别从输出单元（1120,1220）输出的声音的抑制声信号包括声信号中包括的非声音频带中的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20120132004A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-31

申请号：US13388352

申请日：2011-06-02

申请人： Gempo Ito

发明人： Gempo Ito

IPC分类号： A61B5/12

CPC分类号： A61B5/123

摘要： Provided is a hearing-ability measurement device and a method thereof for measuring a masking curve more correctly and in a shorter time.A test sound generation unit generates a test sound including a probe and a masker, and outputs the test sound from a test sound output unit. A perception examination unit examines whether or not the subject perceives the probe. An adjustment unit adjusts acoustic properties of the test sound, based on a result of the examination. Here, kinds of adjusted acoustic properties are different between the situation of prove perception success and the situation of prove perception failure. As a result, the masking curve is directly tracked and the measurement is performed more correctly and in a shorter time.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种能够更准确地且在更短时间内测量掩蔽曲线的听力测量装置及其方法。 测试声音产生单元产生包括探测器和掩蔽器的测试声音，并且从测试声音输出单元输出测试声音。 感知检查单元检查受试者是否感知探针。 调整单元根据检查结果调整测试声音的声学特性。 在这里，证明知觉成功的情况与证明知觉失败的情况之间的调整声学特性的种类是不同的。 结果，直接跟踪掩蔽曲线，并且在更短的时间内更正确地执行测量。

公开(公告)号：US09107620B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-18

申请号：US13388352

申请日：2011-06-02

申请人： Gempo Ito

发明人： Gempo Ito

IPC分类号： A61B5/12 ,  H04R29/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/123

摘要： Provided is a hearing-ability measurement device and a method thereof for measuring a masking curve more correctly and in a shorter time.A test sound generation unit generates a test sound including a probe and a masker, and outputs the test sound from a test sound output unit. A perception examination unit examines whether or not the subject perceives the probe. An adjustment unit adjusts acoustic properties of the test sound, based on a result of the examination. Here, kinds of adjusted acoustic properties are different between the situation of prove perception success and the situation of prove perception failure. As a result, the masking curve is directly tracked and the measurement is performed more correctly and in a shorter time.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种能够更准确地并且在更短时间内测量掩蔽曲线的听力测量装置及其方法。 测试声音产生单元产生包括探测器和掩蔽器的测试声音，并且从测试声音输出单元输出测试声音。 感知检查单元检查受试者是否感知探针。 调整单元根据检查结果调整测试声音的声学特性。 在这里，证明知觉成功的情况与证明知觉失败的情况有所不同。 结果，直接跟踪掩蔽曲线，并且在更短的时间内更正确地执行测量。