Hearing device or system adapted for navigation

    公开(公告)号:US10820121B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16210365

    申请日:2018-12-05

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, and is adapted for being worn by a user, the hearing system comprising a) an audio input unit configured to receive a multitude of audio signals comprising sound from a number of localized sound sources in an environment around the user, and b) a sensor unit configured to receive and/or provide sensor signals from one or more sensors, said one or more sensors being located in said environment and/or form part of said hearing system, and c) a first processor configured to generate and update over time data representative of a map of said environment of the user, said data being termed map data, said environment comprising a number of, stationary or mobile, landmarks, said landmarks comprising said number of localized sound sources, and said map data being representative of the physical location of said landmarks in the environment relative to the user, wherein the hearing system is configured to, preferably continuously, generate and update over time said map data based on said audio signals and said sensor signals. The invention further comprises a method.

    HEARING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR ORIENTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220070567A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17459603

    申请日:2021-08-27

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system comprising a hearing device, the hearing device being adapted for being worn by a user, the hearing system comprising an audio input unit configured to receive a multitude of audio signals comprising sound from a number of localized sound sources in an environment around the user, and a sensor unit configured to receive and/or provide sensor signals from one or more sensors, said one or more sensors being located in said environment and/or form part of said hearing system, and a first processor configured to generate and update over time data representative of a map of said environment of the user, said data being termed map data, said environment comprising a number of, stationary or mobile, landmarks, said landmarks comprising said number of localized sound sources, and said map data being representative of the physical location of said landmarks in the environment relative to the user, wherein the audio input unit comprises a microphone array comprising a multitude of microphones for picking up sound from said environment and providing respective microphone signals comprising sound from said number of localized sound sources and providing at least some of said multitude of audio signals, and wherein the hearing system comprising a head worn frame or structure whereon at least some, such as all, of said multitude of microphones are located.

    Hearing system configured to localize a target sound source

    公开(公告)号:US10945079B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16171976

    申请日:2018-10-26

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system is adapted to be worn by a user and configured to capture sound in an environment of the user and comprises a) a sensor array comprising M transducers for providing M electric input signals representing said sound and having a known geometrical configuration relative to each other; b) a detector unit for detecting movements over time of the hearing system, and providing location data of said sensor array at different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N; c) a first processor for receiving said electric input signals and—in case said sound comprises sound from a localized sound source S—for extracting sensor array configuration specific data τij of said sensor array indicative of differences between a time of arrival of sound from said localized sound source S at said respective input transducers, at said different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N; and d) a second processor configured to estimate data indicative of a location of said localized sound source S relative to the user based on corresponding values of said location data and said sensor array configuration data at said different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N.

    System for capturing electrooculography signals

    公开(公告)号:US11992324B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US16014763

    申请日:2018-06-21

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: An electrooculography (EOG) signal capture system comprises a) a sensor array adapted for being located at one of a left or right ears of a user and/or for fully or partially being implanted in the head at left or right ears of a user, the sensor array comprising a number Ns of electric potential sensors, respectively, for sensing respective electric potentials from the user's head, where Ns is larger than or equal to two, b) electronic circuitry coupled to the sensor array and configured to provide at least two different beamformed signals (SBF1, SBF2), each being representative of a weighted combination of said electric potentials, or of signals derived therefrom, and wherein a difference between said at least two different beamformed signals (ΔPBF=SBF1−SBF2)—at least in a specific electrooculography mode of operation—represents an electrooculography signal (ΔPEOG) from one or both eyes of said user. A single-sensor EOG-system is further proposed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or other electronic wearables.

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