公开(公告)号：US12137324B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US18379411

申请日：2023-10-12

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Justyna Walaszek ,  Anders Vinther Olsen ,  Karsten Bonke ,  Matias Tofteby Bach ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson ,  Mojtaba Farmani ,  Andreas Thelander Bertelsen ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Claus Forup Corlin Jespersgaard ,  Gusztáv Lõcsei

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device. The controller is configured to: transmit the locally provided control signal to, and receive a corresponding remotely provided control signal from the opposite hearing aid via the communication link, and to compare the locally provided and the remotely provided control signals and to provide a comparison control signal in dependence thereof, and to transmit the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to the another device via the audio link in dependence of the comparison control signal.

公开(公告)号：US11825270B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17512125

申请日：2021-10-27

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Justyna Walaszek ,  Anders Vinther Olsen ,  Karsten Bonke ,  Matias Tofteby Bach ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson ,  Mojtaba Farmani ,  Andreas Thelander Bertelsen ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Claus Forup Corlin Jespersgaard ,  Gusztáv Lõcsei

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device. The controller is configured to: transmit the locally provided control signal to, and receive a corresponding remotely provided control signal from the opposite hearing aid via the communication link, and to compare the locally provided and the remotely provided control signals and to provide a comparison control signal in dependence thereof, and to transmit the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to the another device via the audio link in dependence of the comparison control signal.

公开(公告)号：US12058493B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17742132

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Jan M. De Haan ,  Nels Hede Rohde ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/43 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R2225/41

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.

公开(公告)号：US11356783B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

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.

公开(公告)号：US11689869B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17379571

申请日：2021-07-19

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jesper Bruun Jensen ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10L25/78 ,  G06V40/16 ,  H04N23/54

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  G06V40/168 ,  G10L25/78 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g. from a camera, containing information of current vibrations of a facial or throat region of said target talker, and the processing algorithm is configured to use the auxiliary electric signal or the signal derived therefrom to provide the enhanced signal.

公开(公告)号：US11122373B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16557120

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Jesper Bruun Jensen ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G10L25/78 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g. from a camera, containing information of current vibrations of a facial or throat region of said target talker, and the processing algorithm is configured to use the auxiliary electric signal or the signal derived therefrom to provide the enhanced signal.

公开(公告)号：US10856087B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16448711

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind Pedersen ,  Angela Josupeit ,  Sigurdur Sigurdsson ,  Anders Vinther Olsen ,  Nels Hede Rohde

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises an input unit; an output unit; an adaptive beamformer filtering unit configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on a multitude of electric input signals from the input unit and an adaptively updated adaptation factor β; a memory, wherein A) a reference value REF, equal to or dependent on a value, βov, of said adaptation factor β determined when a voice of the user is present, or B) a set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, is stored; and an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate is dependent on a) a current value of said adaptation factor β and said reference value REF, or on b) said set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, respectively.