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    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK
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    发明申请
    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20210105565A1

    公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

    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 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G06N3/063

    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.

    Hearing device comprising a keyword detector and an own voice detector and/or a transmitter
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    发明申请
    Hearing device comprising a keyword detector and an own voice detector and/or a transmitter 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20200336846A1

    公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

    申请号：US16850884

    申请日：2020-04-16

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Inventor： Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Thomas BENTSEN ,  Anders Brødløs OLSEN ,  Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Michael Smed KRISTENSEN

    IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L15/22

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor providing a processed signal based on one or more of said at least one electric input signals; c) an output unit for converting said processed signal or a signal originating therefrom to stimuli perceivable by said user as sound; d) a keyword spotting system comprising d1) a keyword detector configured to detect a limited number of predefined keywords or phrases or sounds in said at least one electric input signal or in a signal derived therefrom, and to provide a keyword indicator of whether or not, or with what probability, said keywords or phrases or sounds are detected, and d2) an own voice detector for providing an own voice indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound signal originates from the voice of the user of the hearing device. The hearing device further comprises e) a controller configured to provide an own-voice-keyword indicator of whether or not or with what probability a given one of said keywords or phrases or sounds is currently detected and spoken by said user, said own-voice-keyword indicator being dependent on said keyword indicator and said own voice indicator.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK
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    发明申请
    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20250030994A1

    公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

    申请号：US18909364

    申请日：2024-10-08

    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.

    HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEARING AID AND AN EXTERNAL PROCESSING DEVICE
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    发明公开
    HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEARING AID AND AN EXTERNAL PROCESSING DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20230308817A1

    公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

    申请号：US18187715

    申请日：2023-03-22

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Vasudha SATHYAPRIYAN

    IPC: H04R25/00

    CPC classification number: H04R25/507 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R2225/43

    Abstract: A hearing system comprises at least one hearing aid (HA) configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear of the user, and an external, portable processing device (EPD). The at least one hearing aid comprises a) at least one HA-input transducer for providing at least one HA-electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the hearing aid; b) a configurable noise reduction system for reducing noise in the at least one HA-electric input signal or in a signal originating therefrom based on a resulting set of noise reduction parameters; c) a noise reduction controller configured to determine a local set of noise reduction parameters; and d) a data receiver configured to receive data via a communication link from the external processing device. The external processing device comprises A) at least one EPD-input transducer for providing at least one EPD-electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the external processing device; B) a parameter estimator for providing an external set of noise reduction parameters configured to reduce noise in the at least one EPD-electric input signal, or in the at least one HA-electric input signal, or in a signal originating therefrom; and C) a data transmitter configured to transmit data, including said external set of noise reduction parameters, via said communication link to the hearing aid. The noise reduction controller is configured to determine said resulting set of noise reduction parameters based on said local set of noise reduction parameters, or on said external set of noise reduction parameters, or on a mixture thereof, in dependence of a noise reduction control signal. A hearing aid and a method of operating a hearing system is further disclosed.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK
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    发明申请
    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20230056617A1

    公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

    申请号：US17981648

    申请日：2022-11-07

    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.

    A HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
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    发明申请
    A HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20230044634A1

    公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

    申请号：US17970275

    申请日：2022-10-20

    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.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM
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    发明申请
    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220124444A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

    申请号：US17562612

    申请日：2021-12-27

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Inventor： Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN ,  Jesper JENSEN ,  Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Anders Brødløs OLSEN ,  Michael Smed KRISTENSEN ,  Thomas BENTSEN ,  Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN

    IPC: H04R25/00

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear or to be fully or partially implanted in the head at an ear of the user. The hearing device comprises a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time frequency representation k, m, where k and m are frequency and time indices, respectively, and k represents a frequency channel, the at least one electric input signal being representative of sound and comprising target signal components and noise components; and b) a signal processor comprising b1) a target signal estimator for providing an estimate of the target signal; b2) a noise estimator for providing an estimate of the noise; b3) a gain estimator for providing respective gain values in said time frequency representation in dependence of said target signal estimate and said noise estimate, wherein said gain estimator comprises a neural network, wherein the weights of the neural network have been trained with a plurality of training signals, and wherein the outputs of the neural network comprise real or complex valued gains, or separate real valued gains and real valued phases. The invention may e.g. be used in audio devices, such as hearing aids, headsets, mobile telephones, etc., operating in noisy acoustic environments.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE PROCESSOR
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    发明申请
    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE PROCESSOR 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220109939A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

    申请号：US17062097

    申请日：2020-10-02

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Jan M. DE HAAN ,  Nels Hede ROHDE ,  Angela JOSUPEIT ,  Sigurdur SIGURDSSON

    IPC: H04R25/00

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided.

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