Patents by Inventor Karsten Bo Rasmussen
Karsten Bo Rasmussen 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).
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Publication number: 20240122543Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods, in particular performed by at least one hearing device, uses of the method, hearing devices and hearing systems. The method can include determining a reference orientation and/or position, in particular a reference vector uref, of a hearing device; detecting at least one movement and/or acceleration of the hearing device; determining at least one deviating orientation and/or position, in particular at least one deviation vector vd, of the hearing device based on the detected at least one movement and/or acceleration; and determining at least one deviation, in particular at least one deviation angle ?, between the reference orientation and/or position, in particular the reference vector uref, and the at least one deviating orientation and/or position, in particular the at least one deviation vector vd.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Anders Højsgaard THOMSEN, Fares EL-AZM, Anders Vinther OLSEN
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Publication number: 20230421971Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing aid configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear of the user and having an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user. The hearing aid can include an active occlusion cancellation system (AOCS) for providing an acoustic anti-occlusion signal configured to cancel or diminish a sense of occlusion of the user when the user is speaking, or otherwise is using his or her voice, or when otherwise moving the jaws. Methods of operating a hearing aid are further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
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Patent number: 11700493Abstract: A hearing aid is configured to be located at or in an ear of a user. The hearing aid comprises a heartbeat detector providing a pulse control signal, and a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether the hearing aid is located at a left or a right ear of the user in dependence of the pulse control signal. A method of operating a hearing aid and a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Troels Holm Pedersen, Amalie Sofie Ekstrand, Anders Vinther Olsen, Jacob Lindvig, Jana Thorin, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Nicolai Westergren, Sudershan Y. S, Tanveer Bhuiyan, Svend Feldt
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Publication number: 20230199411Abstract: A method of estimating a real-ear-to-coupler-difference (RECD) in a hearing is provided. The hearing aid comprises an input transducer; an output transducer; and an ITE-part configured to define a residual volume when mounted in an ear canal of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Steen Michael MUNK
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Patent number: 11395074Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) an input unit comprising a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output unit comprising an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) first and second spatial filters each connected to said input unit and configured to provide respective first and second spatially filtered signals based on said multitude of electric input signals and configurable beamformer weights. The first spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or a target maintaining, noise cancelling, beamformer directed at said environment of the user. The second spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or an own voice beamformer directed at the mouth of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Svend Oscar Petersen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen
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Patent number: 11363389Abstract: A hearing device comprises an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user comprising a housing comprising a seal towards walls or the ear canal, the ITE part comprising at least two microphones located outside the seal and facing the environment, and at least one microphone located inside the seal and facing the ear drum. The hearing device may comprise a beamformer filter connected to said at least three microphones comprising a first beamformer for spatial filtering said sound in the environment based on input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment, and a second beamformer for spatial filtering sound reflected from the ear drum based on said at least one electric input signal from said at least one microphone facing the ear drum and at least one of said input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Meng Guo, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Troels Holm Pedersen, Kenneth Rueskov Møller
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Publication number: 20220149800Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid a cochlear implant comprising a) at least one input transducer for capturing incoming sound and for generating electric audio signals which represent frequency bands of the incoming sound, b) a sound processor which is configured to analyze and to process the electric audio signals, c) a transmitter that sends the processed electric audio signals, d) a receiver/stimulator, which receives the processed electric audio signals from the transmitter and converts the processed electric audio signals into electric pulses, e) an electrode array embedded in the cochlear comprising a number of electrodes for stimulating the cochlear nerve with said electric pulses, and f) a control unit configured to control the distribution of said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Gary JONES, Søren Kamaric RIIS, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Julian SKOVGAARD
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Publication number: 20220095058Abstract: A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Anders Højsgaard THOMSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Edvinas BUREIKA, Christian Asp MOGENSEN, Troels Holm PEDERSEN, Gorm DANNESBOE, Jacob Anders ROUG, Mathias Bruun LARSEN, Mikkel NIELSEN
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Patent number: 11264964Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid a cochlear implant comprising a) at least one input transducer for capturing incoming sound and for generating electric audio signals which represent frequency bands of the incoming sound, b) a sound processor which is configured to analyze and to process the electric audio signals, c) a transmitter that sends the processed electric audio signals, d) a receiver/stimulator, which receives the processed electric audio signals from the transmitter and converts the processed electric audio signals into electric pulses, e) an electrode array embedded in the cochlear comprising a number of electrodes for stimulating the cochlear nerve with said electric pulses, and f) a control unit configured to control the distribution of said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Gary Jones, Søren Kamaric Riis, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Julian Skovgaard
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Patent number: 11228848Abstract: A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Edvinas Bureika, Christian Asp Mogensen, Troels Holm Pedersen, Gorm Dannesboe, Jacob Anders Roug, Mathias Bruun Larsen, Mikkel Nielsen
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Publication number: 20210360354Abstract: A bearing aid is configured to be located at or in an ear of a user. The hearing aid comprises a heartbeat detector providing a pulse control signal, and a processor. The processor is configured to estimate whether the hearing aid is located at a left or a right ear of the user in dependence of the pulse control signal. A method of operating a bearing aid and a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Troels Holm PEDERSEN, Amalie Sofie EKSTRAND, Anders Vinther OLSEN, Jacob LINDVIG, Jana THORIN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Nicolai WESTERGREN, Sudershan Y.S, Tanveer BHUIYAN, Svend FELDT
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Patent number: 11109166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Jesper Jensen, Peter Sommer, Svend Oscar Petersen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Jan M. De Haan, Michael Syskind Pedersen
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Publication number: 20210067885Abstract: A hearing device comprises an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user comprising a housing comprising a seal towards walls or the ear canal, the ITE part comprising at least two microphones located outside the seal and facing the environment, and at least one microphone located inside the seal and facing the ear drum. The hearing device may comprise a beamformer filter connected to said at least three microphones comprising a first beamformer for spatial filtering said sound in the environment based on input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment, and a second beamformer for spatial filtering sound reflected from the ear drum based on said at least one electric input signal from said at least one microphone facing the ear drum and at least one of said input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Meng GUO, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Troels Holm PEDERSEN, Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER
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Patent number: 10932066Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) an adaptive beamformer filtering unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit, and configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on said multitude of electric input signals and adaptively updated beamformer weights; and d) a feedback estimation unit providing feedback estimates of current feedback paths from said output transducer to each of said input transducers. The hearing device is configured to provide that at least one of said adaptively updated beamformer weights of the adaptive beamformer filtering unit is/are updated in dependence of said feedback path estimates. The application further relates to a method of suppressing feedback.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Meng Guo, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Troels Holm Pedersen, Kenneth Rueskov Møller
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Publication number: 20210021940Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) an input unit comprising a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output unit comprising an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) first and second spatial filters each connected to said input unit and configured to provide respective first and second spatially filtered signals based on said multitude of electric input signals and configurable beamformer weights. The first spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or a target maintaining, noise cancelling, beamformer directed at said environment of the user. The second spatial filter implements at a given time, a feedback cancelling beamformer, or an own voice beamformer directed at the mouth of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN
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Patent number: 10820119Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) an input unit comprising a multitude of input transducers for providing respective electric input signals representing sound in an environment of the user; b) an output unit comprising an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on said electric input signals or a processed version thereof; c) a spatial filter connected to said input unit and to said output unit, and configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on said multitude of electric input signals and configurable beamformer weights; d) a spatial filter controller configured to apply first and/or second different sets of beamformer weights to said multitude of electric input signals, wherein said first set of beamformer weights is applied to provide spatial filtering of sound from said output transducer, and wherein said second set of beamformer weights is applied to provide spatial filtering of an external sound field.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Svend Oscar Petersen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen
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Publication number: 20200260197Abstract: A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Anders Højsgaard THOMSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Edvinas BUREIKA, Christian Asp MOGENSEN, Troels Holm PEDERSEN, Gorm DANNESBOE, Jacob Anders ROUG, Mathias Bruun LARSEN, Mikkel NIELSEN
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Publication number: 20200221236Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jesper JENSEN, Peter SOMMER, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN
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Publication number: 20200204136Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid a cochlear implant comprising a) at least one input transducer for capturing incoming sound and for generating electric audio signals which represent frequency bands of the incoming sound, b) a sound processor which is configured to analyze and to process the electric audio signals, c) a transmitter that sends the processed electric audio signals, d) a receiver/stimulator, which receives the processed electric audio signals from the transmitter and converts the processed electric audio signals into electric pulses, e) an electrode array embedded in the cochlear comprising a number of electrodes for stimulating the cochlear nerve with said electric pulses, and f) a control unit configured to control the distribution of said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Gary JONES, Søren Kamaric RIIS, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Julian SKOVGAARD
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Patent number: 10615766Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid comprising a first microphone configured to receive a first acoustic signal and to convert the first acoustic signal to a first electrical audio signal, a speaker configured to emit an acoustic output signal into an ear of a user of the hearing aid device, a first analog-to-digital converter for converting the first electrical audio signal into a first time-domain input signal, a first input unit comprising a first analysis filter bank which is configured to convert the first time-domain input signal to a number NI,1 of first input frequency bands wherein the number NI,1 of first input frequency bands is determined by said first analysis filter bank, a first frequency band bundling and allocation unit which is configured to bundle adjacent first input frequency bands and to allocate first frequency bands to be processed to a number NP,1 of first processing channels, a memory unit which is configured to store data indicating which of the first NI,1 input frequency bands aType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Gary Jones, Søren Kamaric Riis, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Julian Skovgaard