公开(公告)号：US11240616B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16767076

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Michael Boretzki ,  Maxi Susanne Moritz ,  Elmar Fichtl ,  Volker Kuehnel ,  Ullrich Sigwanz ,  Josef Chalupper

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for adjusting a hearing device to personal preferences and needs of a user. The proposed method comprises providing initial settings and target settings for signal processing parameters of the hearing device, the user operating the user control element to provide an input for adjusting the current settings so as to meet the personal preferences and needs of the user, adjusting the current settings based on the initial settings and the target settings in dependence of the input to provide adjusted settings for the signal processing parameters. Thereby the user control element is located at the hearing device and/or a hearing device accessory such as a smartphone or tablet. Moreover, the present invention provides a system structured and configured to carry out the proposed method.

公开(公告)号：US11412332B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US17085914

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Manuel Christoph Kohl ,  Joachim Thiemann ,  Raphael S. Koning ,  Josef Chalupper

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary system comprises a first and second hearing device associated with a first and second ear of a user, respectively. The first hearing device is configured to detect a first audio signal representative of audio content, generate a first intermediate signal representation (ISR) corresponding to the first audio signal, the first ISR comprising a sparsely-encoded non-audio signal having a complexity measure that is below a threshold, and transmit the first ISR to the second hearing device. The second hearing device is configured to detect a second audio signal representative of the audio content, generate a second ISR corresponding to the second audio signal, and transmit the second ISR to the first hearing device. The first hearing device is further configured to generate, based on the first and second ISRs, an output audio signal, and provide the output audio signal to the first ear of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20220141599A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17085914

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Manuel Christoph Kohl ,  Joachim Thiemann ,  Raphael S. Koning ,  Josef Chalupper

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An exemplary system comprises a first and second hearing device associated with a first and second ear of a user, respectively. The first hearing device is configured to detect a first audio signal representative of audio content, generate a first intermediate signal representation (ISR) corresponding to the first audio signal, the first ISR comprising a sparsely-encoded non-audio signal having a complexity measure that is below a threshold, and transmit the first ISR to the second hearing device. The second hearing device is configured to detect a second audio signal representative of the audio content, generate a second ISR corresponding to the second audio signal, and transmit the second ISR to the first hearing device. The first hearing device is further configured to generate, based on the first and second ISRs, an output audio signal, and provide the output audio signal to the first ear of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20200322742A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16767076

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Michael Boretzki ,  Maxi Susanne Moritz ,  Elmar Fichtl ,  Volker Kuehnel ,  Ullrich Sigwanz ,  Josef Chalupper

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for adjusting a hearing device to personal preferences and needs of a user. The proposed method comprises providing initial settings and target settings for signal processing parameters of the hearing device, the user operating the user control element to provide an input for adjusting the current settings so as to meet the personal preferences and needs of the user, adjusting the current settings based on the initial settings and the target settings in dependence of the input to provide adjusted settings for the signal processing parameters. Thereby the user control element is located at the hearing device and/or a hearing device accessory such as a smartphone or tablet. Moreover, the present invention provides a system structured and configured to carry out the proposed method.