Hearing System, Hearing Device and Method for Providing an Alert for a User

    公开(公告)号:US20220167099A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17508385

    申请日:2021-10-22

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    Abstract: A method of providing an alert for a user by a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of the user includes providing user-related data including information about at least one of the user, an ambient environment of the user, or a property of the hearing device worn by the user; characterized by providing vehicle-related data associated with at least one vehicle in a vicinity of the user, the vehicle-related data including information about a property of the vehicle; determining, based on the user-related data and the vehicle-related data, a relevance measure indicative of a probability that the user is endangered by the vehicle; and controlling an operation of the hearing device depending on the relevance measure, the operation alerting the user about the vehicle.

    Binaural Hearing System for Identifying a Manual Gesture, and Method of its Operation

    公开(公告)号:US20220159389A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17507788

    申请日:2021-10-21

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system comprising a first hearing device and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a respective ear of a user, each hearing device comprising a displacement sensor configured to provide respective displacement data indicative of a rotational displacement and/or a translational displacement of the hearing device, and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the displacement sensors. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method of operating a hearing system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method.

    Binaural hearing system for identifying a manual gesture, and method of its operation

    公开(公告)号:US11706575B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17507788

    申请日:2021-10-21

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    CPC classification number: H04R25/552

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system comprising a first hearing device and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a respective ear of a user, each hearing device comprising a displacement sensor configured to provide respective displacement data indicative of a rotational displacement and/or a translational displacement of the hearing device, and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the displacement sensors. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method of operating a hearing system, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method.

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