公开(公告)号：US11863939B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17573918

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Matthias Riepenhoff ,  Erwin Kuipers

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/43 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2420/07

Abstract: An exemplary system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to determine that an audio streaming session is to be initiated in which an audio signal is streamed to a hearing device, provide, based on the determining that the audio streaming session is to be initiated, an option for a user to select an ambient sound attenuation setting for use by the hearing device during the audio streaming session, detect a selection by the user of the option; and direct, based on the user selecting the option, the hearing device to initiate the audio streaming session and attenuate, in accordance with the ambient sound attenuation setting, ambient sound during the audio streaming session.

公开(公告)号：US11647342B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17714897

申请日：2022-04-06

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/30 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R2225/61

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for avoidance of user discomfort due to pressure differences by vent valve. In one embodiment, a method for equalizing air pressure in ear canal includes sensing a pressure difference between a pressure in ear canal (PEC) and an ambient pressure (PAMB) by a sensor of a hearing device. Based on sensing the pressure difference, an active valve is set to a first position to open a vent through the hearing device or to a second position to close the vent through the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US11622215B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16713330

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Grace Gardner

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing device assembly is configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal of a user. The hearing device assembly includes a housing including an output transducer configured to provide an output audio signal representative of sound presented to the user. The housing is configured to be positioned entirely within the ear canal. The hearing device assembly also includes a tube extending from an end of the housing and configured to provide an acoustic pathway from outside the ear canal to the housing, an inner seal extending from the housing, and an outer seal extending from the tube. The inner seal and the outer seal are together are configured to enclose a main volume that surrounds the tube within the ear canal and that is acoustically sealed from an ambient environment of the user.

公开(公告)号：US11197109B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US17094659

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Christian Landolt ,  Christian Frei ,  Erwin Kuipers ,  Manuel Weibel

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An illustrative hearing device comprises a controller module and a receiver module including a speaker and an active vent which can be switched between an open state and a closed state, wherein the speaker is electrically connected to the controller module by two differential audio lines, wherein the active vent comprises a solenoid with an inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal connected to the controller module via one of the differential audio lines and the second terminal connected to the controller module either via the other one of the differential audio lines or to at least one control output of the controller module via a separate control line.

公开(公告)号：US20210185463A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US16713330

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Grace Gardner

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing device assembly is configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal of a user. The hearing device assembly includes a housing including an output transducer configured to provide an output audio signal representative of sound presented to the user. The housing is configured to be positioned entirely within the ear canal. The hearing device assembly also includes a tube extending from an end of the housing and configured to provide an acoustic pathway from outside the ear canal to the housing, an inner seal extending from the housing, and an outer seal extending from the tube. The inner seal and the outer seal are together are configured to enclose a main volume that surrounds the tube within the ear canal and that is acoustically sealed from an ambient environment of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20210144492A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17094615

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Manuel Weibel ,  Matthias Riepenhoff ,  Christian Landolt ,  Christian Frei ,  Erwin Kuipers

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01M10/42

Abstract: An illustrative hearing device includes a battery having a battery voltage, a microphone for transducing sound into an input signal, a processor configured to be operated with an operating voltage and to generate an output signal from the input signal, a speaker for transducing the output signal to an acoustic signal, and a valve. An acoustic effect of the valve is adjustable by applying a valve voltage, wherein the adjustment is controllable by the processor. The hearing device comprises a voltage regulator configured to generate the operating voltage from the battery voltage, wherein the operating voltage is less than the battery voltage and wherein the valve voltage is greater than the operating voltage.

公开(公告)号：US20240073629A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17893591

申请日：2022-08-23

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Ralph Peter Derleth ,  Eleftheria Georganti ,  Markus Hofbauer ,  Gilles Courtois ,  Erwin Kuipers ,  Antonio Hoelzl

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/41

Abstract: An exemplary system includes a memory storing instructions and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process comprising: accessing fitting data representative of fitting parameters set by a fitting application to fit a hearing device to a user; determining user behavior data indicative of a hearing intention of the user in an auditory scene where the user is located; determining auditory scene data representative of information about the auditory scene; and implementing, based on the fitting data, the user behavior data, and the auditory scene data, a sound processing delay scheme for use by the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US11832064B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17669660

申请日：2022-02-11

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Manuel Weibel

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/603 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/65 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/31 ,  H04R2460/11

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising a housing configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal of a user, the housing having an opening leading to an interior space enclosed by the housing; a slidable member moveable relative to the opening between different positions including a first position and a second position; an actuator configured to actuate the movement of the slidable member forth from the first position to the second position, and back from the second position to the first position; and a controller configured to control the actuator. The disclosure further relates to a hearing system comprising the hearing device and a stationary device, and a method of operating the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20220196833A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17536504

申请日：2021-11-29

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers

IPC: G01S15/89 ,  G01S7/52

Abstract: A method for determining a geometry of an ear canal or a portion of an ear of a person may include filling the ear canal and/or the portion of the ear with a liquid or a gel, inserting a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer probe or a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer probe, acquiring data using the probe, and processing the acquired data to obtain a 2D or 3D image of the ear canal and/or the portion of the ear.

公开(公告)号：US11082781B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16535240

申请日：2019-08-08

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device includes a behind-the-ear (BTE) component with a speaker, an earpiece with an active vent, and a sound tube operatively connecting the earpiece and the speaker of the BTE component. The hearing device further includes a controller that adjusts the configuration of the active vent. The controller can adjust the configuration of the active vent by control signals transmitted via conductive wires, electrically conductive layers, or via a wireless link.