Patents by Inventor Mats Höjlund

Mats Höjlund 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).

  • Patent number: 10306377
    Abstract: A method including operating an adaptive system of a hearing prosthesis, and determining one or more feedback path parameters of the hearing prosthesis based on the operation of the adaptive system of the hearing prosthesis, wherein the action of determining one or more feedback path parameters includes determining the one or more feedback path parameters based on data based on adaptive filter coefficients of adaptive filters of the adaptive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt, Mats Höjlund
  • Patent number: 9967680
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a feedback reduction system for used in a hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis will receive an input signal, process the input signal, and create a transformed output. However, the hearing prosthesis may suffer from feedback. Thus, a system to minimize the feedback in a hearing prosthesis may be desirable. One system to minimize the feedback includes down-sample circuitry configured to down-sample a first signal, creating a down-sampled signal. They system also includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit filters both the first signal and the down-sampled signal. The filter will output a filtered signal and a filtered down-sampled signal, respectively. Additionally, the system features up-sample circuitry that up-samples the filtered down-sampled signal. The output of the up-sample circuitry is an up-sampled signal. Further, the system features combining circuitry that creates a feedback-reduced signal based on the up-sampled signal, the filtered signal, and an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mats Höjlund, Martin Hillbratt
  • Publication number: 20160241969
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a feedback reduction system for used in a hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis will receive an input signal, process the input signal, and create a transformed output. However, the hearing prosthesis may suffer from feedback. Thus, a system to minimize the feedback in a hearing prosthesis may be desirable. One system to minimize the feedback includes down-sample circuitry configured to down-sample a first signal, creating a down-sampled signal. They system also includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit filters both the first signal and the down-sampled signal. The filter will output a filtered signal and a filtered down-sampled signal, respectively. Additionally, the system features up-sample circuitry that up-samples the filtered down-sampled signal. The output of the up-sample circuitry is an up-sampled signal. Further, the system features combining circuitry that creates a feedback-reduced signal based on the up-sampled signal, the filtered signal, and an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Mats Höjlund, Martin Hillbratt
  • Patent number: 9351085
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a feedback reduction system for used in a hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis will receive an input signal, process the input signal, and create a transformed output. However, the hearing prosthesis may suffer from feedback. Thus, a system to minimize the feedback in a hearing prosthesis may be desirable. One system to minimize the feedback includes down-sample circuitry configured to down-sample a first signal, creating a down-sampled signal. They system also includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit filters both the first signal and the down-sampled signal. The filter will output a filtered signal and a filtered down-sampled signal, respectively. Additionally, the system features up-sample circuitry that up-samples the filtered down-sampled signal. The output of the up-sample circuitry is an up-sampled signal. Further, the system features combining circuitry that creates a feedback-reduced signal based on the up-sampled signal, the filtered signal, and an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mats Höjlund, Martin Hillbratt
  • Publication number: 20160014531
    Abstract: A method, including operating an adaptive system of a hearing prosthesis, and determining one or more feedback path parameters of the hearing prosthesis based on the operation of the adaptive system of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Evert Gustaf HILLBRATT, Mats Höjlund
  • Patent number: 9148734
    Abstract: A method, including operating an adaptive system of a hearing prosthesis, and determining one or more feedback path parameters of the hearing prosthesis based on the operation of the adaptive system of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt, Mats Höjlund
  • Patent number: 9020172
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. An example sound processor is disclosed. The example sound processor includes a module configured to identify a feedback artifact in a current sample of an input spectral component by determining that a change in a signal level of an input spectral component is approximately equal to a predicted change. The predicted change may be based on one or more characteristics of an external feedback loop. Responsive to identifying the feedback artifact, the sound processor is further configured to apply a modification to a parameter used to process the input spectral component. The modification reduces a likelihood of including audible feedback in a processed input spectral component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mats Höjlund
  • Publication number: 20140363036
    Abstract: A method, including operating an adaptive system of a hearing prosthesis, and determining one or more feedback path parameters of the hearing prosthesis based on the operation of the adaptive system of the hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Evert Gustaf HILLBRATT, Mats Höjlund
  • Publication number: 20140270292
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. An example sound processor is disclosed. The example sound processor includes a module configured to identify a feedback artifact in a current sample of an input spectral component by determining that a change in a signal level of an input spectral component is approximately equal to a predicted change. The predicted change may be based on one or more characteristics of an external feedback loop. Responsive to identifying the feedback artifact, the sound processor is further configured to apply a modification to a parameter used to process the input spectral component. The modification reduces a likelihood of including audible feedback in a processed input spectral component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Hillbratt, Mats Höjlund
  • Publication number: 20140177890
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a feedback reduction system for used in a hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis will receive an input signal, process the input signal, and create a transformed output. However, the hearing prosthesis may suffer from feedback. Thus, a system to minimize the feedback in a hearing prosthesis may be desirable. One system to minimize the feedback includes down-sample circuitry configured to down-sample a first signal, creating a down-sampled signal. They system also includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit filters both the first signal and the down-sampled signal. The filter will output a filtered signal and a filtered down-sampled signal, respectively. Additionally, the system features up-sample circuitry that up-samples the filtered down-sampled signal. The output of the up-sample circuitry is an up-sampled signal. Further, the system features combining circuitry that creates a feedback-reduced signal based on the up-sampled signal, the filtered signal, and an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Mats Höjlund, Martin Hillbratt