公开(公告)号：US12137323B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17691898

申请日：2022-03-10

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Poul Hoang

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L21/0216

Abstract: A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals.

公开(公告)号：US11856357B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17982687

申请日：2022-11-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Poul Hoang ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G10K11/178 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/1083 ,  G10K11/17837 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R25/505 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  H04R2460/01

Abstract: A hearing device adapted for being located at or in an ear of a user, or for being fully or partially implanted in the head of a user comprises a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal representing sound in an environment of the user, said electric input signal comprising a target speech signal from a target sound source and additional signal components, termed noise signal components, from one or more other sound sources, b) a noise reduction system for providing an estimate of said target speech signal, wherein said noise signal components are at least partially attenuated, and c) an own voice detector for repeatedly estimating whether or not, or with what probability, said at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, comprises speech originating from the voice of the user. The noise signal components are identified during time segments wherein the own voice detector indicates that the at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, originates from the voice of the user, or originates from the voice of the user with a probability above an own voice presence probability (OVPP) threshold value. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11743661B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17667293

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Christian Asp Mogensen

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/353 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: A hearing aid includes at least two microphones, providing respective at least two electric input signals representing sound around the user; a filter bank converting the electric input signals into signals as a function of time and frequency; a directional system connected to the microphones and being configured to provide a filtered signal in dependence of the electric input signals and fixed or adaptively updated beamformer weights. At least one direction to a target sound source is defined as a target direction. For each frequency band, one of the microphones is selected as a reference microphone, thereby providing a reference input signal for each frequency band. The reference microphone may be selected in dependence of directional data related to directional characteristics of the microphones. The reference microphone may be different for at least two frequency bands. The reference microphone may be adaptively selected based on a logic criterion.

公开(公告)号：US11671773B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17693694

申请日：2022-03-14

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Jan Mark De Haan

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/43 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R2225/39 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2499/11

Abstract: The present invention regards a hearing aid device at least one environment sound input, a wireless sound input, an output transducer, electric circuitry, a transmitter unit, and a dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system. The hearing aid device is configured to be worn in or at an ear of a user. The at least one environment sound input is configured to receive sound and to generate electrical sound signals representing sound. The wireless sound input is configured to receive wireless sound signals. The output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the hearing aid device user. The transmitter unit is configured to transmit signals representing sound and/or voice. The dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system is configured to retrieve a user voice signal representing the voice of a user from the electrical sound signals. The wireless sound input is configured to be wirelessly connected to a communication device and to receive wireless sound signals from the communication device. The transmitter unit is configured to be wirelessly connected to the communication device and to transmit the user voice signal to the communication device.

公开(公告)号：US11553285B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17381875

申请日：2021-07-21

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02

Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and external audio transmitters. The hearing system allows wireless communication to be established between the hearing device and the audio transmitters. The hearing device comprises microphones providing respective electric input signals; a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the electric input signals; and an output unit. The hearing system further comprises a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal and external electric signals from the audio transmitters, and providing a current input sound signal based thereon for presentation to the user. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection processor, which determines the source selection control signal based on a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof.

公开(公告)号：US11540063B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17060732

申请日：2020-10-01

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Asger Heidemann Andersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Nels Hede Rohde ,  Anders Brødløs Olsen ,  Michael Smed Kristensen ,  Thomas Bentsen ,  Svend Oscar Petersen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L17/00

Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors. The hearing device further comprises a transceiver comprising a transmitter and a receiver for establishing a communication link to another part or device or server, at least in a particular adaptation-mode of operation, and a selector for—in said particular adaptation-mode of operation—routing said feature vectors to said transmitter for transmission to said another part or device or server, and—in a normal mode of operation—to route said feature vectors to said neural network processor for use as inputs to said neural network, a neural network controller connected to said neural network processor for—in said particular adaptation-mode of operation—receiving optimized node parameters, and to apply said optimized node parameters to said nodes of said neural network to thereby implement an optimized neural network in said neural network processor, wherein the optimized node parameters have been selected among a multitude of sets of node parameters for respective candidate neural networks according to a predefined criterion in dependence of said feature vectors. A method of selecting optimized parameters for a neural network for use in a portable hearing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or headsets, or similar, e.g. wearable, devices.

公开(公告)号：US11533554B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US17017092

申请日：2020-09-10

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Poul Hoang ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G10K11/178 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device adapted for being located at or in an ear of a user, or for being fully or partially implanted in the head of a user comprises a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal representing sound in an environment of the user, said electric input signal comprising a target speech signal from a target sound source and additional signal components, termed noise signal components, from one or more other sound sources, b) a noise reduction system for providing an estimate of said target speech signal, wherein said noise signal components are at least partially attenuated, and c) an own voice detector for repeatedly estimating whether or not, or with what probability, said at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, comprises speech originating from the voice of the user. The noise signal components are identified during time segments wherein the own voice detector indicates that the at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, originates from the voice of the user, or originates from the voice of the user with a probability above an own voice presence probability (OVPP) threshold value. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11510019B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17186550

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Nels Hede Rohde ,  Thomas Bentsen ,  Anders Brødløs Olsen ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Svend Feldt ,  Jesper Jensen

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04M1/72409 ,  G01B17/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11483663B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17090448

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jesper Jensen ,  Andreas Thelander Bertelsen ,  Michael Syskind Pedersen

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing aid includes a) at least one input unit for providing a time-frequency representation Y(k,n) of an electric input signal representing sound consisting of target speech and noise signal components, where k and n are frequency band and time frame indices, respectively, b) a noise reduction system configured to b1) determine an a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate γ(k,n) of the electric input signal, and to b2) determine an a priori signal to noise signal ratio estimate ζ(k,n) of the electric input signal from the a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate γ(k,n) based on a recursive algorithm providing non-linear smoothing. The a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate of said electric input signal is provided as a mixture of first and second different a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimates. The invention may be used in audio processing devices, such as hearing aids, headsets, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20220256295A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17667293

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jesper Jensen ,  Christian Asp Mogensen

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing aid includes at least two microphones, providing respective at least two electric input signals representing sound around the user; a filter bank converting the electric input signals into signals as a function of time and frequency; a directional system connected to the microphones and being configured to provide a filtered signal in dependence of the electric input signals and fixed or adaptively updated beamformer weights. At least one direction to a target sound source is defined as a target direction. For each frequency band, one of the microphones is selected as a reference microphone, thereby providing a reference input signal for each frequency band. The reference microphone may be selected in dependence of directional data related to directional characteristics of the microphones. The reference microphone may be different for at least two frequency bands. The reference microphone may be adaptively selected based on a logic criterion.