Patents by Inventor Jesper Jensen

Jesper Jensen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210352415
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) a multitude of input units, each providing an electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the user in a time-frequency representation, wherein the sound is a mixture of speech and additive noise or other distortions, e.g. reverberation, b) a multitude of beamformer filtering units, each being configured to receive at least two, e.g. all, of said multitude of electric input signals, each of said multitude of beamformer filtering units being configured to provide a beamformed signal representative of the sound in a different one of a multitude of spatial segments, e.g. spatial cells, around the user, c) a multitude of speech probability estimators each configured to receive the beamformed signal for a particular spatial segment and to estimate a probability that said particular spatial segment contains speech at a given point in time and frequency, wherein at least one, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Jesper JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20210352416
    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a) at least one hearing device adapted for being worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and b) a multitude of external, spatially separated, audio transmitters, each providing respective external electric sound signals comprising audio. The hearing system is configured to allow wireless communication, including audio communication, between said hearing device and said external audio transmitters, at least from said external audio transmitters to said at least one hearing device, to be established. The at least one hearing device comprises A) a multitude of microphones, each providing an electric input signal representative of sound; B) a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from said multitude of electric input signals; and C) an output unit configured to provide stimuli perceivable by the user as sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN
  • Patent number: 11170629
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for gas detection. A method may comprise operating a gas detector (102) with a first alarm setting comprising a first predefined threshold; receiving sensed data of oxygen content in the ambient air; when the sensed data is below the first predefined threshold, activating an alarm (110); generating an acknowledgement request asking if the gas detector has entered an inert work zone (122); receiving a response from the user acknowledging that the gas detector has entered an inert work zone; deactivating the alarm; changing the alarm settings of the gas detector to a second alarm setting comprising a second predefined threshold; continuing to receive sensed data of oxygen content in the ambient air; when the sensed data is above the second predefined threshold, activating an alarm; and generating an acknowledgement request for the user asking if the gas detector has entered a normal operation work zone (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jesper Jensen, Jacob Thomas Spector
  • Publication number: 20210329388
    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a) a multitude of M input transducers each providing an electric input signal representative of environment sound in a time-frequency representation (k, l), and each comprise varying amounts of target (s) and noise (v) signal components; b) a signal processor configured to process said multitude of electric input signals; and comprising a beamformer filter configured to receive said multitude M of electric input signals and to provide a spatially filtered signal and a post-filter configured to receive said spatially filtered signal and to provide an estimate ?(k, l) of a target signal representing said target signal components from said target sound source. The signal processor is configured to provide estimates of power spectral densities ?s(k, l) of said target signal components in dependence of inter-frequency bin relationships between the spectral components enforced by properties of the electric input signals across at least some of said frequency bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Adel ZAHEDI, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Lars BRAMSLØW, Thomas Ulrich CHRISTIANSEN, Jesper JENSEN
  • Patent number: 11140494
    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and external audio transmitters. The hearing system allows wireless communication to be established between the hearing device and the audio transmitters. The hearing device comprises microphones providing respective electric input signals; a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the electric input signals; and an output unit. The hearing system further comprises a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal and external electric signals from the audio transmitters, and providing a current input sound signal based thereon for presentation to the user. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection processor, which determines the source selection control signal based on a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210291060
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for collaborative online gaming, including at least one of providing a central repository master browser system; providing an experience calibrated match-making service; providing a dynamic multiplayer server component auto deployment and aggregation system; providing a lobby centric simultaneous and collaborative client game play launching feature; and providing a video game screen over-layer technology giving users access to a control interface while inside a video game being played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Jesper Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210274296
    Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device' adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend FELDT, Jesper JENSEN
  • Patent number: 11109166
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to play sound into an ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer (ITq) for picking up sound sq at said at least one input transducer from a sound field S around the hearing device and providing corresponding at least one electric input signal(s) INq representing said sound sq, i=1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Jensen, Peter Sommer, Svend Oscar Petersen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Jan M. De Haan, Michael Syskind Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11109163
    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a resulting beam former (Y) for providing a resulting beamformed signal YBF based on first and second electric input signals IN1 and IN2, first and second sets of complex frequency dependent weighting parameters W11(k), W12(k) and W21(k), W22(k), and a resulting complex, frequency dependent adaptation parameter ?(k). ?(k) may be determined as <C2*·C1>/<(|C2|2>+c), where * denotes the complex conjugation and (·) denotes the statistical expectation operator, and c is a constant, and wherein said adaptive beam former filtering unit (BFU) comprises a smoothing unit for implementing said statistical expectation operator by smoothing the complex expression C2*·C1 and the real expression |C2|2 over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan Mark De Haan, Jesper Jensen
  • Patent number: 11102590
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) a multitude of input units, each providing an electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the user in a time-frequency representation, wherein the sound is a mixture of speech and additive noise or other distortions, e.g. reverberation, b) a multitude of beamformer filtering units, each being configured to receive at least two, e.g. all, of said multitude of electric input signals, each of said multitude of beamformer filtering units being configured to provide a beamformed signal representative of the sound in a different one of a multitude of spatial segments, e.g. spatial cells, around the user, c) a multitude of speech probability estimators each configured to receive the beamformed signal for a particular spatial segment and to estimate a probability that said particular spatial segment contains speech at a given point in time and frequency, wherein at least one, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Jesper Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210168518
    Abstract: A hearing system configured to be located at or in the head of a user, comprises a) at least two microphones providing at least two electric input signals, b) an own voice detector, c) access to a database (Ol, Hl) comprising c1) relative or absolute own voice transfer function(s), and corresponding c2) absolute or relative acoustic transfer functions for a multitude of test-persons, d) a processor connectable to the at least two microphones, to the own voice detector, and to the database. The processor is configured A) to estimate an own voice relative transfer function for sound from the user's mouth to at least one of the at least two microphones, and B) to estimate personalized relative or absolute head related acoustic transfer functions from at least one spatial location other than the user's mouth to at least one of the microphones of the hearing system in dependence of the estimated own voice relative transfer function(s) and the database (Ol, Hl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
  • Publication number: 20210105565
    Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Smed KRISTENSEN, Thomas BENTSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
  • Patent number: 10967276
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for collaborative online gaming, including at least one of providing a central repository master browser system; providing an experience calibrated match-making service; providing a dynamic multiplayer server component auto deployment and aggregation system; providing a lobby centric simultaneous and collaborative client game play launching feature; and providing a video game screen over-layer technology giving users access to a control interface while inside a video game being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventor: Jesper Jensen
  • Patent number: 10966034
    Abstract: A method of training an algorithm for optimizing intelligibility of speech components of a sound signal in hearing aids, headsets, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Asger Heidemann Andersen, Jan M. De Haan, Jesper Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210084415
    Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises a first and second hearing aids. The hearing aids each comprises antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them. At least one of the hearing aids comprises primary and secondary adaptive 2-channel beamformers each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals. The primary and secondary 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a cascaded structure. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of user's own voice. In an embodiment, the spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment. In an embodiment, the inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Eleni KOUTROULI, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN
  • Publication number: 20210076124
    Abstract: A hearing device adapted for being located at or in an ear of a user, or for being fully or partially implanted in the head of a user comprises a) an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal representing sound in an environment of the user, said electric input signal comprising a target speech signal from a target sound source and additional signal components, termed noise signal components, from one or more other sound sources, b) a noise reduction system for providing an estimate of said target speech signal, wherein said noise signal components are at least partially attenuated, and c) an own voice detector for repeatedly estimating whether or not, or with what probability, said at least one electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, comprises speech originating from the voice of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Poul HOANG, Jan M. DE HAAN, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20210058713
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a) at least one input unit for providing a time-frequency representation Y(k,n) of an electric input signal representing sound consisting of target speech and noise signal components, where k and n are frequency band and time frame indices, respectively, b) a noise reduction system configured to b1) determine an a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate ?(k,n) of the electric input signal, and to b2) determine an a priori signal to noise signal ratio estimate ?(k,n) of the electric input signal from the a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate ?(k,n) based on a recursive algorithm providing non-linear smoothing. The a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimate of said electric input signal is provided as a mixture of first and second different a posteriori signal to noise ratio estimates. The invention may be used in audio processing devices, such as hearing aids, headsets, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jesper JENSEN, Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN
  • Patent number: 10887703
    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a first hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid. The hearing system comprises at least three input transducers, one of which being selected as a reference input transducer providing a reference input signal, at least two adaptive 2-channel beamformers, each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals, wherein the adaptive 2-channel beamformers maintain unit amplitude and phase for a target component of said reference input signal. The at least two 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a layered structure at least comprising a primary layer and a secondary layer. The adaptive parameter of a given 2-channel beamformer is determined from the first and second beamformer-input signals for the 2-channel beamformer in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Eleni Koutrouli, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Jan M. De Haan
  • Publication number: 20200396550
    Abstract: The present invention regards a hearing aid device at least one environment sound input, a wireless sound input, an output transducer, electric circuitry, a transmitter unit, and a dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system. The hearing aid device is configured to be worn in or at an ear of a user. The at least one environment sound input is configured to receive sound and to generate electrical sound signals representing sound. The wireless sound input is configured to receive wireless sound signals. The output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the hearing aid device user. The transmitter unit is configured to transmit signals representing sound and/or voice. The dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system is configured to retrieve a user voice signal representing the voice of a user from the electrical sound signals. The wireless sound input is configured to be wirelessly connected to a communication device and to receive wireless sound signals from the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Jan Mark DE HAAN
  • Patent number: 10861478
    Abstract: An audio processing device comprises a) at least one input unit for providing a time-frequency representation Y(k,n) of an electric input signal representing sound consisting of target speech and noise signal components, where k and n are frequency band and time frame indices, respectively, b) a noise reduction system configured to b1) determine a first signal to noise ratio estimate ?(k,n) of said electric input signal, and to b2) determine a second signal to noise signal ratio estimate ?(k,n) of said electric input signal from said first signal to noise ratio estimate ?(k,n) based on a recursive algorithm providing non-linear smoothing, and wherein a determination of said one or more bias and/or smoothing parameters comprises the use of supervised learning, e.g. one or more neural networks. The invention may be used in audio processing devices, such as hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems, handsfree telephone systems, mobile telephones, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Jensen, Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Michael Syskind Pedersen