Pairing of Hearing Devices with Machine Learning Algorithm

    公开(公告)号:US20210258704A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17175185

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    摘要: An illustrative method is disclosed for determining potential partner devices for a hearing device worn by a user, wherein the hearing device is adapted for establishing a data communication connection with other devices with a data communication interface and for receiving an audio data stream from the other devices via the data communication interface. The method includes generating context data from sensor data recorded by the hearing device; inputting the context data into a machine learning algorithm, which has been trained with historical context data to classify potential partner devices; and outputting at least one classification by the machine learning algorithm, the classification classifying the potential partner devices and indicating whether the user expects a data communication connection with the potential partner devices.

    Hearing devices with proactive power management

    公开(公告)号:US10834510B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16156464

    申请日:2018-10-10

    申请人: Sonova AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 G06N20/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for hearing devices with proactive power management are provided. Various embodiments dynamically adapt power consumption to the preferences, needs, and behavior of the hearing device user such that the hearing device provides function until the hearing device can be recharged. Moreover, some embodiments exploit the trend of more intelligent devices and machine learning to create dynamic power management schedules which can be temporarily implemented to create an optimal blend of performance versus battery life while minimizing perception of the feature or performance reduction to the user. Moreover, the dynamic nature of the power management used in various embodiments can account for battery degradation, updated firmware, and/or other factors that may impact battery life as the hearing device ages.

    GROUPING OF HEARING DEVICE USERS BASED ON SPATIAL SENSOR INPUT

    公开(公告)号:US20200314564A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16829986

    申请日:2020-03-25

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for controlling hearing devices are disclosed. Each hearing device is worn by a user, the users of the hearing devices having a conversation and the hearing devices being communicatively interconnected with each other for data exchange to form a hearing device system. A method includes acquiring a sound signal of each user with a microphone of the hearing device of the user; acquiring spatial information of each user; determining conversation patterns from the spatial information acquired for all users; determining conversation groups from the conversation patterns; outputting the sound signals from the users with a hearing device, such that sound signals from users of a conversation group that the user of the hearing device is a member of are output to the user and that sound signals from users of conversations groups of which the user is not a member are muted.

    PROVIDING FEEDBACK OF AN OWN VOICE LOUDNESS OF A USER OF A HEARING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200186943A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16692994

    申请日:2019-11-22

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    发明人: Manuela Feilner

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 G10L25/51

    摘要: A method for providing feedback of an own voice loudness of a user of a hearing device comprises: extracting an own voice signal of the user from an audio signal acquired with a microphone of the hearing device; determining a sound level of the own voice signal from the audio signal; determining an acoustic situation of the user; determining at least one of a minimal threshold and a maximal threshold for the sound level of the own voice signal from the acoustic situation of the user; and notifying the user, when the sound level is at least one of lower than the minimal threshold and higher than the maximal threshold.

    Prioritization of speakers in a hearing device system

    公开(公告)号:US11184484B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16831405

    申请日:2020-03-26

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04M3/56 H04L29/06 H04R3/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for controlling hearing devices are disclosed. Each hearing device is worn by a user, the hearing devices being communicatively interconnected with each other for data exchange to form a hearing device system. A method includes acquiring a sound signal of each user with a microphone of the hearing device of the user; determining from the sound signal a speaker signal, which indicates, whether the user is a speaking user; determining a priority score for each user from the speaker signal of the user; outputting sound signals from speaking users to the users via the hearing devices of the users, such that sound signals from speaking users with a priority score smaller than a threshold are muted.

    Hearing assistance method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10284971B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15510342

    申请日:2014-10-02

    申请人: Sonova AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 G10L25/60

    摘要: A method of providing hearing assistance to a at least one user wearing at least one receiver hearing assistance device from at least one audio transmission device worn by a another user, involving: automatically pairing and connecting the audio transmission device with the receiver hearing assistance device to form an ad-hoc network for exchanging network and/or control information, estimating at least one of an angular direction of the audio transmission device with regard to a viewing direction of the user of the receiver hearing assistance device and an angular direction of the receiver hearing assistance device with regard to a viewing direction of the user of the audio transmission device, admitting the audio transmission device to a wireless local acoustic area network for exchanging audio signals only if, as a predefined admission rule, the transmission device is within a field of view of one of the users.