Patents by Inventor Michael Syskind Pedersen
Michael Syskind Pedersen 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: 20240155297Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises first and second hearing aids, each comprising antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them and a BTE-part adapted for being located at or behind the external ear (pinna) of the user and comprising front and rear input transducers providing respective front and rear electric input signals. Each 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. The inputs to the primary 2-channel beamformers are, locally generated, front and rear electric input signals. The inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively. The spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Eleni KOUTROULI, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN
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Patent number: 11968501Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Asger Heidemann Andersen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Jesper Jensen, Michael Smed Kristensen
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Patent number: 11968500Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) at least one input transducer for converting sound in the environment of the hearing device to respective at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals representing said sound; b) a wireless receiver for receiving an audio signal from a wireless transmitter of a sound capturing device for picking up sound in said environment and providing a wirelessly received electric input signal representing said sound; and c) a processor configured c1) to receive said at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals, or a processed version thereof; c2) to receive said wirelessly received electric input signal; and c3) to provide a processed signal. The processor comprises a signal predictor for estimating future values of said wirelessly received electric input signal in dependence of a multitude of past values of said signal, thereby providing a predicted signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen
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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: 20240121561Abstract: A hearing aid device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises means to improve, augment and/or protect the hearing capability of a user by receiving acoustic signals from the surroundings of the user, generating corresponding audio signals, possibly modifying the audio signals and providing the possibly modified audio signals as audible signals to at least one of the user's ears. The hearing aid device comprises a sensor member for detecting the movement and/or acceleration and/or orientation (or spatial position) of the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises at least two hearing aid microphones and a control unit for determining the position or a deviation from an intended position of the hearing aid device or hearing aid microphones. The hearing aid device is configured to compensate for a possible dislocation of the hearing aid microphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Niels Stubager KIEMER, Jesper Kofoed NIELSEN, Björn OHL, Marianne Kleist ELMLUND, Karin CARVALHO, Henrik BENDSEN, Regin Kopp PEDERSEN, Christian C. BÜRGER, Steen Michael MUNK, Morten CHRISTOPHERSEN, Julie Hefting PEDERSEN, Bo WESTERGÅRD, Maria OXENBØLL
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Publication number: 20240114296Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing aid adapted to be worn at an ear of a user including one or more microphones and a processor configured to apply one or more processing algorithms. The processor can include a feedback control system for estimating a feedback path. The processor can be configured to estimate a speaker unit size in dependence of an estimated feedback path, wherein the feedback path is estimated while said hearing aid is located in a specific position away from the user's head. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Rasmus Lundgaard CHRISTENSEN, Fares EL-AZM, Adam KUKLASINSKI, Gerard Encina LLAMAS, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20240089651Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Poul HOANG, Jan M. DE HAAN, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN
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Patent number: 11917370Abstract: A binaural hearing system comprises first and second hearing aids, each comprising antenna and transceiver circuitry allowing the exchange of audio signals between them and a BTE-part adapted for being located at or behind the external ear (pinna) of the user and comprising front and rear input transducers providing respective front and rear electric input signals. Each 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. The inputs to the primary 2-channel beamformers are, locally generated, front and rear electric input signals. The inputs to the secondary 2-channel beamformer may be beamformed signals from the first and second hearing aids respectively. The spatially filtered signal of the secondary 2-channel beamformer may comprise an estimate of a target signal in the environment of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Eleni Koutrouli, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Jan M. De Haan
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Publication number: 20240064476Abstract: A hearing aid includes a forward path for processing sound from the user's environment. The forward path includes a) a first microphone providing a first electric input signal representing sound as received at the first microphone, the first microphone being located away from an ear canal of the user, b) an audio signal processor for processing the first electric input signal, or a signal or signals originating therefrom, and for providing a processed signal, c) an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable as sound to the user in dependence of the processed signal, and d) a second microphone configured to provide a second electric input signal representing sound received at the second microphone, the second microphone being located at or in the user's ear canal, and e) a feature extractor for extracting acoustic characteristics of the user's ear from the second electric input signal, or a signal originating therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Thomas BEHRENS, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Meng GUO
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Publication number: 20240064478Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing device including a multitude of input transducers providing a corresponding multitude of electric input signals, a noise reduction system comprising first and second beamformer filters configured to provide first and second beamformed signals, respectively, first and second noise reduction controllers configured to receive said multitude of electric input signals, and said first and second beamformed signals, respectively, and to provide respective first and second noise reduced signals, according to first and second adaptive selection schemes, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Adam KUKLASINSKI, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Cristian Andrés Gutiérrez ACUÑA, Fares EL-AZM, Sam NEES, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Silvia TARANTINO
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Publication number: 20240048920Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Justyna WALASZEK, Anders Vinther OLSEN, Karsten BONKE, Matias Tofteby BACH, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Mojtaba FARMANI, Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN, Angela JOSUPEIT, Claus Forup Corlin JESPERSGAARD, Gusztáv LÕCSEI
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Patent number: 11889265Abstract: A hearing aid device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises means to improve, augment and/or protect the hearing capability of a user by receiving acoustic signals from the surroundings of the user, generating corresponding audio signals, possibly modifying the audio signals and providing the possibly modified audio signals as audible signals to at least one of the user's ears. The hearing aid device comprises a sensor member for detecting the movement and/or acceleration and/or orientation (or spatial position) of the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises at least two hearing aid microphones and a control unit for determining the position or a deviation from an intended position of the hearing aid device or hearing aid microphones. The hearing aid device is configured to compensate for a possible dislocation of the hearing aid microphones.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Svend Oscar Petersen, Niels Stubager Kiemer, Jesper Kofoed Nielsen, Björn Ohl, Marianne Kleist Elmlund, Karin Carvalho, Henrik Bendsen, Regin Kopp Pedersen, Christian C Bürger, Steen Michael Munk, Morten Christophersen, Julie Hefting Pedersen, Bo Westergård, Maria Oxenbøll
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Patent number: 11856357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Poul Hoang, Jan M. De Haan, Jesper Jensen, Michael Syskind Pedersen
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Patent number: 11849275Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for reducing noise induced in one or more components in a hearing aid. The present disclosure provides methods for reducing noise induced in telecoils.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Matias Tofteby Bach, Rasmus Glarborg Jensen, Franz Treue, Kåre Tais Christensen
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Patent number: 11843917Abstract: A hearing aid configured to be worn at, and/or in, an ear of a user, comprises a forward path for processing sound from the environment of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Thomas Behrens, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Meng Guo
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Patent number: 11825270Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Justyna Walaszek, Anders Vinther Olsen, Karsten Bonke, Matias Tofteby Bach, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Mojtaba Farmani, Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Angela Josupeit, Claus Forup Corlin Jespersgaard, Gusztáv Lõcsei
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Publication number: 20230353952Abstract: A hearing aid adapted for being worn by a user comprises at least two microphones, providing respective at least two electric input signals representing sound; a filter bank converting the at least two electric input signals into signals as a function of time and frequency; a directional system connected to said at least two microphones and being configured to provide a filtered signal in dependence of said at least two electric input signals and fixed or adaptively updated beamformer weights. At least one direction to a target sound source is defined as a target direction. For each frequency band, one of said at least two microphones is selected as a reference microphone, thereby providing a reference input signal for each frequency band. The reference microphone for a given frequency band may be selected in dependence of directional data related to directional characteristics of the at least two microphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Christian Asp Mogensen
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Publication number: 20230308814Abstract: A hearing assistive device comprises a multi-microphone system for providing a processed input signal. The multi-microphone system comprises a multitude of microphones for picking up sound from an environment; and a beamformer filter configured to. The hearing assistive device further comprises an attachment element configured to fix the hearing assistive device to the body or clothes of a person. The multi-microphone system is configurable to operate in at least two modes in dependence of a mode control signal, A) a directional mode and B) an omni-directional mode wherein said multi-microphone system is configured to provide said processed input signal as a substantially directional signal, and as a substantially omni-directional signal, respectively. The attachment element is configured to provide an electric signal indicative of a current state of the attachment element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Carsten SCHEEL, Martin BERGMANN, Henrik BAY, Morten PEDERSEN, Bent KROGSGAARD, Jacob MIKKELSEN, Stefan GRAM, Jan M. DE HAAN, Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN
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Publication number: 20230308817Abstract: A hearing system comprises at least one hearing aid (HA) configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear of the user, and an external, portable processing device (EPD). The at least one hearing aid comprises a) at least one HA-input transducer for providing at least one HA-electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the hearing aid; b) a configurable noise reduction system for reducing noise in the at least one HA-electric input signal or in a signal originating therefrom based on a resulting set of noise reduction parameters; c) a noise reduction controller configured to determine a local set of noise reduction parameters; and d) a data receiver configured to receive data via a communication link from the external processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Vasudha SATHYAPRIYAN
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Patent number: 11743661Abstract: A hearing aid includes at least two microphones, providing respective at least two electric input signals representing sound around the user; a filter bank converting the electric input signals into signals as a function of time and frequency; a directional system connected to the microphones and being configured to provide a filtered signal in dependence of the electric input signals and fixed or adaptively updated beamformer weights. At least one direction to a target sound source is defined as a target direction. For each frequency band, one of the microphones is selected as a reference microphone, thereby providing a reference input signal for each frequency band. The reference microphone may be selected in dependence of directional data related to directional characteristics of the microphones. The reference microphone may be different for at least two frequency bands. The reference microphone may be adaptively selected based on a logic criterion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Christian Asp Mogensen