Patents Assigned to GN HEARING A/S
  • Patent number: 11882408
    Abstract: An earpiece for a hearing device, includes: an earpiece housing comprising an ear canal portion and an outer ear portion, the ear canal portion extending along an ear canal axis for positioning in an ear canal of a user, the ear canal portion having a first end; a first microphone for detecting ambient sound via a first input port in the earpiece housing; a second microphone; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal to the ear canal when the earpiece is inserted in an ear of the user; wherein the first microphone is arranged at a first distance from the first input port, wherein the first distance is at least 2 mm when measured parallel to a main plane having a main plane normal parallel to a main axis, the main axis forming a first main angle that is less than 30 degrees with the ear canal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Erik Alan Lindberg
  • Patent number: 11882412
    Abstract: A hearing system includes a hearing device, the hearing device comprising: an input module for providing a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor for processing the first input signal and providing a processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal based on the processor output signal; wherein the hearing system is configured to obtain a user input indicative of a change from a first primary setting to a first secondary setting of the hearing device, and wherein the hearing device, upon a detection of the change from the first primary setting to the first secondary setting, is configured to output a secondary audio output signal according to the first secondary setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Qi Yang, Greg Olsen, Shira Hahn, Bill Chang
  • Publication number: 20240015882
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) module comprising a unitarily formed multilayer PCB, where the multilayer PCB comprises a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising interleaved conductive and non-conductive layers, a first outer surface and an opposing second outer surface, the first outer surface comprising one or more components, the second outer surface comprising one or more electrical contacts such as solder bumps, and a first embedded semiconductor die having an active side facing the first outer surface, wherein the first embedded semiconductor die comprises a wireless radio-frequency transceiver such as a Bluetooth-compliant transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Maja Amskov Gravad, Søren Christian Ell
  • Publication number: 20240015457
    Abstract: A fitting device for fitting a hearing device. The fitting device comprising a fitting device interface and a fitting device processing unit. The fitting device processing unit is configured to obtain a list of hearing devices; output an initial discovery representation on the fitting device interface based on the list of hearing devices; receive a first control signal from an activated hearing device from the list of hearing devices, the first control signal being indicative of a user activation of the activated hearing device; determine a first discovery representation based on the first control signal; and output the first discovery representation on the fitting device interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Kim Heegaard HANSEN, Job GEURTS
  • Patent number: 11871186
    Abstract: An earmold having an earmold shell, the earmold shell having a first end facing a tympanic membrane when the earmold is worn by a user, and a second end facing toward a surrounding of the user when the earmold is worn by the user, includes: a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a receiver channel coupled to an output of the receiver and extending to a receiver opening in the first end; and a vent channel coupled to the receiver channel through a first vent port, the vent channel having a vent opening in the second end; wherein the receiver channel comprises a closing element, the closing element comprising a first magnetic member, wherein the closing element is configured to cause the first vent port to be open when in a first state, and to cause the first vent port to be closed when in a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Andreas Tiefenau
  • Patent number: 11871168
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa Merca, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 11863928
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earpiece and a retaining member for an earpiece. The earpiece being configured for insertion into at least a part of the ear canal of a user's ear. The retaining member comprising a body part configured to be attached to the earpiece. The retaining member comprising an elongated part configured to abut at least a part of the concha of the user's ear, when the retaining member is attached to the earpiece and the earpiece is inserted in its intended position in the user's ear, thereby providing retention of the earpiece in the ear canal. The body part comprises an opening/slit/gap configured to be arranged on a protrusion on the earpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Jan Johansen
  • Patent number: 11863974
    Abstract: A method for communication in a hearing system comprising the server device and a hearing device system, the hearing device system comprising a hearing device and a user accessory device with a user application installed thereon, the method includes: obtaining hearing device data for the hearing device; securing the hearing device data using a first security scheme to obtain a first output; securing the first output using a second security scheme to obtain a second output, wherein the second security scheme is different from the first security scheme; and transmitting the second output to the user accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Allan Munk Vendelbo
  • Patent number: 11861861
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a device parameter of a hearing device to be worn at the ear of a user, the method comprising: obtaining image data of one or more images, the image data including first image data of a first image of the outer human ear at a first angle; identifying, based on the first image data, a first anatomical landmark and a second anatomical landmark of the outer human ear using a processor; identifying the position of the first anatomical landmark and the second anatomical landmark in the first image; determining the device parameter of the hearing device based on the first anatomical landmark and the second anatomical landmark; and outputting the device parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Mehdi Hoorzad, Kexia Sun, Jesper Thaysen, Vince Maye
  • Publication number: 20230421155
    Abstract: A level shifter circuit includes: first and second output voltage supplies, and a latch circuit comprising a first logic gate having at least two first transistors, each of which having front and back gates, a first main input terminal, a first secondary input terminal, and a first output terminal, a second logic gate having at least two second transistors, each of which having front and back gates, a second main input terminal, a second secondary input terminal, and a second output terminal, and a latch output terminal, the first secondary input terminal being coupled to the second output terminal, the second secondary input terminal being coupled to the first output terminal, the latch circuit having a first state in which the latch output terminal is coupled to the first output voltage supply, and a second state in which the latch output terminal is coupled to the second output voltage supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventor: Christian Westmark Sønnichsen
  • Patent number: 11856370
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to communicate with a binaural hearing device, includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the binaural hearing device, a signal indicating an orientation of a head of a user of the binaural hearing device; a memory storing head-related transfer functions (HRTF) respectively for a left ear and a right ear of the user; an input transducer configured to capture sound at a distance from the user; and a processing unit configured to provide a spatialized binaural audio signal based on the captured sound, the orientation of the head of the user, and the head-related transfer functions (HRTF); wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the spatialized binaural audio signal to the binaural hearing device for allowing the binaural hearing device to provide left and right audio outputs based on the spatialized binaural audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Changxue Ma, Andrew Dittberner, Eugene Brandewie
  • Publication number: 20230411999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wirelessly rechargeable hearing device having inductive charging circuitry comprising a receiver coil, which has a plurality of receiver coil windings surrounding a winding-free area. The hearing device further comprises a magnetic component configured to magnetically engage with another magnetic component comprised outside the hearing device and the magnetic component is further arranged within a volume that extends perpendicularly from the winding-free area. Further, the disclosure relates to a charger for the wirelessly rechargeable hearing device, where the charger comprises a magnetic component arranged within a volume that extends perpendicularly from a winding-free area defined by transmitter coil windings. Lastly, a system comprising the wirelessly rechargeable hearing device and the charger is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Søren Davids, Christopher Wessel Lindberg, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen, Henrik Nielsen, Sinasi Özden
  • Patent number: 11849288
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of improving usability of, and satisfaction with, a hearing aid. Further provided is a system comprising a hearing aid, wherein the system is configured to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Tobias Piechowiak, Christoffer Dyssegard, Anthea Bott, Lionel Plato Kuhlmann
  • Publication number: 20230403521
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earpiece for a hearing device. The earpiece is configured for insertion into at least a part of an ear canal of a user's ear and comprises an earmold and a receiver module, wherein the receiver module is configured to be detachably introduced into an inner cavity of the earmold and comprises a receiver housing with an outer surface and a receiver, which receiver housing is configured for detachable mating with an adapter having an external and an internal surface. The disclosure further relates to a method of detachable assembly of an earpiece of a hearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jan JOHANSEN, Timea Denisa MERCA
  • Publication number: 20230396936
    Abstract: A hearing device comprises a first microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal, and a second microphone for provision of a second microphone input signal; a voice detector module for processing the first and second microphone input signals, the voice detector module configured to detect own-voice of a user; a processor for provision of an electrical output signal; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal, wherein the voice detector module is configured to determine a direction parameter indicative of a direction of a sound source based on first and/or second microphone input signal; determine whether a direction criterion based on the direction parameter is satisfied; determine a first distance parameter indicative of a distance to the sound source; determine whether a distance criterion based on the first distance parameter is satisfied; and provide a voice detector output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Changxue MA, Srdjan PETROVIC
  • Publication number: 20230396942
    Abstract: A hearing device includes a first input transducer configured for providing a first electric input signal, a second input transducer configured for providing a second electric input signal, a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first band-pass filter configured for band-pass filtering the first electric input signal and a second band-pass filter configured for band-pass filtering the second electric input signal. The hearing device further comprises a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first and second electric input signals; and an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal, wherein the voice detector module is further configured for notifying a detection of the own voice to the processing unit if one or more of the detection criteria are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Rob DE VRIES, Changxue MA, Srdjan PETROVIC
  • Patent number: 11838718
    Abstract: A hearing protection system, a hearing protection device and related method, the hearing protection device comprising an earpiece device comprising a first connector, and first and second earpieces, the first earpiece comprising a first primary microphone and a first receiver wired to the first connector and the second earpiece comprising a second primary microphone and a second receiver wired to the first connector; and a processing device comprising a processor, an earpiece interface, and a wireless communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to receive a first microphone input signal from the first primary microphone; process the first microphone input signal for provision of a first primary output signal for the first receiver based on the first microphone input signal; receive a communication request from a communication device via the communication interface; and in response to receipt of the communication request, communicate with the communication device via the communication interfac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Casper Silbo Raft
  • Publication number: 20230385020
    Abstract: A hearing device and method performed by the hearing device is provided. the hearing device, comprising an interface, a processor, and a memory, wherein the hearing device is configured to obtain connection data indicative of one or more audio sources connected to the hearing device; determine a connection scheme based on the connection data; receive, via the interface, one or more RX events from connected audio sources according to the connection scheme; and transmit, via the interface, one or more TX events to connected audio sources according to the connection scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Thorkild Find PEDERSEN, Brian Dam PEDERSEN
  • Patent number: 11818530
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a charging kit for charging one or more rechargeable hearing devices being configured to be worn by a user. The charging kit comprises a base charger being configured to receive a first model specific insert, the base charger comprising a transmitter charging element, where the first model specific insert is adapted to removably receive at least a first model specific hearing device of the one or more hearing devices, the first model specific hearing device comprising a first receiver charging element. The transmitter charging element is arranged in the base charger on an adjustable support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Morten Lerstrup Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20230362562
    Abstract: An in-the-ear (ITE) part includes: a connector for coupling with a BTE part; a hollow earmould comprising a front end, a rear end, and a hollow cavity, wherein the front end of the earmould is configured to face a tympanic membrane of the user, the front end comprising a front opening, the front opening comprising a front filter, the rear end comprising a rear opening; a receiver in the hollow cavity; a sound passage extending between the front opening and the rear end; an active vent, wherein when the active vent is in an open state, the active vent provides a fluid connection through the sound passage, and wherein when the active vent is in a closed state, the active vent hinders the fluid connection through the sound passage; and a rear filter at the rear opening, or in the hollow cavity between the rear opening and the active vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jan Johansen, Henrik Nielsen, Thomas John Chappell, Timea Denisa Merca, Thomas Olsgaard