公开(公告)号：US12063478B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17442659

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Markus Müller ,  Christian Frei-Krumme

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  A61B5/02427 ,  A61B5/02438 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: A customized in-ear hearing device includes a light source, photodetector, light emission window, and light transmission window. The light source and the photodetector together function as a physiological sensor by emitting light from the light source through the light emission to the skin of a user's ear canal, and detecting at the photodetector light reflected by the skin that passes through the light detection window. The light emission window and light detection window are located at a customized portion of the sidewall of the device that contacts the skin in the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US12003926B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17763499

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Mueller ,  Natasha Thumm ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Christian Frei

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/291

CPC classification number: H04R25/609 ,  A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/6815 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  A61B5/6826 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user, a first sensor electrode provided on a surface of the ITE component and configured to contact, while the hearing system is worn by the user, outer ear tissue of the user, and a second sensor electrode configured to be located, while the hearing system is worn by the user, at an entrance to or outside of the ear canal of the user. The first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode may be configured to be used to detect a physiological attribute of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220174432A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17442659

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Markus Müller ,  Christian Frei-Krumme

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A customized in-ear hearing device includes a light source, photodetector, light emission window, and light transmission window. The light source and the photodetector together function as a physiological sensor by emitting light from the light source through the light emission to the skin of a user's ear canal, and detecting at the photodetector light reflected by the skin that passes through the light detection window. The light emission window and light detection window are located at a customized portion of the sidewall of the device that contacts the skin in the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US11863937B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17688552

申请日：2022-03-07

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Anne Thielen ,  Patrizia Richner ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Katja Dietrich ,  Adem Bici ,  Matthias Riepenhoff ,  Evgeny Murtola ,  Emily Urry

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/603 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system including a first hearing device configured to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a second ear of the user. The first hearing device includes a first physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of a physiological property of the user and the second hearing device includes a second physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the same physiological property as the sensor data provided by the first physiological sensor. A processing unit may be configured to control the first and second physiological sensor to alternatingly provide the sensor data in subsequent time intervals.

公开(公告)号：US11647950B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16834252

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Muller ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/6803 ,  A61B5/0261 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/40 ,  A61B2562/0238 ,  A61B2562/185

Abstract: An in-ear hearing device includes a light source configured to emit light, a photodetector configured to detect the emitted light after the emitted light passes through tissue of a subject, a spout; an audio receiver configured to deliver a sound to the subject through the spout, and a dome configured to conform to a shape of a subject's ear canal when the hearing device is in the ear canal. An output of the light source and an input of the photodetector are separated by the dome, and the dome absorbs and/or reflects at least part of the emitted light. The photodetector may be a forward biased photodiode. The sensor device can be realized with power levels, circuitry components, and in package sizes, of hearing devices.

公开(公告)号：US20220377476A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17763499

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Mueller ,  Natasha Thumm ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Christian Frei

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user, a first sensor electrode provided on a surface of the ITE component and configured to contact, while the hearing system is worn by the user, outer ear tissue of the user, and a second sensor electrode configured to be located, while the hearing system is worn by the user, at an entrance to or outside of the ear canal of the user. The first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode may be configured to be used to detect a physiological attribute of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210099811A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US16587896

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Christian Frei ,  Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Mueller ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G10K11/178 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes a behind-the-ear (BTE) component that includes a power source and an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The ITE component may include a microphone arranged so as to face outside of the ear canal of the user while the ITE component is worn by the user, a vent opening configured to ventilate the ear canal of the user to an environment outside of the ear canal, a receiver configured to provide an audio signal to the user based on an input audio signal detected by the microphone, and at least one of active noise control circuitry configured to reduce at least one of environmental noise entering the ear canal through the vent opening and occlusion and an active vent configured to control the vent opening.

公开(公告)号：US20240015450A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18211924

申请日：2023-06-20

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Anne Thielen ,  Konstantin Silberzahn

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/65 ,  H04R1/1041

Abstract: A method of processing sensor data generated in a hearing device is disclosed, the hearing device comprising a BTE housing configured to be worn behind an ear of a user and an ITE housing configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal of the ear. The method may include receiving, from a movement sensor included in the BTE housing, BTE housing movement data indicative of movements of the BTE housing; receiving, from an ear canal sensor included in the ITE housing, ear canal sensor data affected by movements of an ear canal wall, characterized by determining a correlation between the BTE housing movement data and at least part of the ear canal sensor data; and separating, based on the correlation, information about movements of the ear canal wall relative to the BTE housing from at least part of the ear canal sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US11115764B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16587759

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Mueller ,  Natasha Thumm ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Christian Frei

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user, a first sensor electrode provided on a surface of the ITE component and configured to contact, while the hearing system is worn by the user, outer ear tissue of the user, and a second sensor electrode configured to be located, while the hearing system is worn by the user, at an entrance to or outside of the ear canal of the user. The first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode may be configured to be used to detect a physiological attribute of the user while the hearing system is worn by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11044564B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16587896

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Christian Frei ,  Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Mueller ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G10K11/178 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/318 ,  A61B5/369 ,  A61B5/398

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes a behind-the-ear (BTE) component that includes a power source and an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The ITE component may include a microphone arranged so as to face outside of the ear canal of the user while the ITE component is worn by the user, a vent opening configured to ventilate the ear canal of the user to an environment outside of the ear canal, a receiver configured to provide an audio signal to the user based on an input audio signal detected by the microphone, and at least one of active noise control circuitry configured to reduce at least one of environmental noise entering the ear canal through the vent opening and occlusion and an active vent configured to control the vent opening.