Patents Assigned to GN Audio A/S
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Patent number: 12621599Abstract: Disclosed is a headset, an earphone and an ear cushion for attenuating audio noise by acoustic sealing of the ear. The ear cushion is configured to be arranged on an earphone. The ear cushion is configured to be arranged on the ear of a user when the user is wearing the earphone in its intended position. The ear cushion comprises a first foam having first properties. The ear cushion comprises a second foam having second properties. The second foam is at least partly surrounding the first foam. The second foam is configured to at least partly adjoin/abut at least a part of the user's ear. The first properties and the second properties are different.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Nuno Beleza Freire
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Patent number: 12598411Abstract: Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising a housing; at least a first electrical component arranged inside the housing; a speaker arranged in the housing; a first opening provided in the housing, where the first opening is configured to provide passage from surroundings into the housing, wherein the first opening is an opening for the speaker and/or a vent opening; a partition arranged inside the housing; wherein the partition is configured to divide the housing into at least a first compartment and a second compartment, where the first opening is provided in the first compartment, where the speaker is arranged in the first compartment, and where the first electrical component is arranged inside the second compartment; wherein the partition is arranged to seal the second compartment from the first compartment; wherein the partition is configured to prevent water, liquids, sweat and/or moisture from passing from the first compartment into the secondType: GrantFiled: March 27, 2024Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Henrik Björkvald, Lars Tuborg Jensen, Lars Persson, Dan Fiirgaard Schneefeldt, Magnus Steijner
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Patent number: 12593134Abstract: A panoramic video camera comprises a plurality of image sensors which are configured to capture a plurality of frames at a time; an image processing circuitry configured to generate a frame read signal to read the plurality of frames generated by the plurality of camera sensors, apply a cylindrical mapping function to map the plurality of frames to a cylindrical image plane and stitch the cylindrically mapped plurality of frames together in the cylindrical image plane based on a plurality of projection parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Yashket Gupta
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Patent number: 12567434Abstract: A method for speech extraction in an audio device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a microphone input signal from one or more microphones including a first microphone. The method comprises applying an extraction model to the microphone input signal for provision of an output. The method comprises extracting a near speaker component in the microphone input signal according to the output of the extraction model being a machine-learning model for provision of a speaker output. The method comprises outputting the speaker output.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Rasmus Kongsgaard Olsson, Clément Laroche
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Patent number: 12568324Abstract: A headset comprising a first earcup comprising a first capacitive sensor a second earcup comprising a second capacitive sensor, and a headband comprising a third capacitive sensor. A processor of the headset being configured to receive capacitive information from the first capacitive sensor, the second capacitive sensor, and the third capacitive sensor, to determine whether the first capacitive sensor, the second capacitive sensor, and the third capacitive sensor are capacitively coupled to a user wearing the headset based on the received capacitive information, and to set the headset to a first active mode, if the first capacitive sensor, the second capacitive sensor, and the third capacitive sensor are determined to be capacitively coupled to the user wearing the headset.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Boris Stankovic
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Patent number: 12568340Abstract: The present invention relates to an ear model unit for electroacoustic testing. The ear model unit is configured to be connected to an electrodynamic vibrator. The ear model unit comprises an elastomer part formed from an elastomer and a rigid element connected to the elastomer part. The rigid element comprises means for connecting to the electrodynamic vibrator and it is configured to cause vibration of the elastomer part upon being excited by the electrodynamic vibrator. Also described and recited are an apparatus and a method for performing the electroacoustic testing.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Helge Lykke Hansen
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Patent number: 12556865Abstract: A headband for a headset and a method for producing the headband for the headset is disclosed. The headband is configured to carry at least one earcup of the headset. The headband comprises a carrier and a rubber suspension formed by overmolding. The method comprising the steps of providing the carrier, arranging the carrier in an injection molding tool, and forming the suspension from a rubber material by overmolding such that the suspension forms at least two attachment points to the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Frank Lin, Seven Huang, Alice Lin, Jon Grane Madsen, Bill Zeng
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Patent number: 12543003Abstract: A speakerphone is disclosed. The speakerphone comprises an interface, a speaker, a plurality of microphones, a processor, and a memory.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Karim Haddad, Clément Laroche, Rasmus Kongsgaard Olsson
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Patent number: 12501230Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising a first radar sensor configured for obtaining first radar data indicative of a difference in the orientation of a head of the user and a further body part of the user. A processing unit of the hearing device is configured to receive the first radar data from the first radar sensor and determine, based on the first radar data, a first relative orientation, wherein the first relative orientation is a difference in the orientation of the head of the user and the further body part of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Henrik Gert Hassager, Søren Helstrup Kvist
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Patent number: 12495236Abstract: Disclosed is an annular ear cushion for an earphone configured to be worn at an ear of a user. The ear cushion is configured to abut the head of the user along an annular contact surface of the ear cushion and to abut or face a housing of the earphone along an annular attachment surface of the ear cushion when the user is wearing the earphone in its intended position, thereby reducing the level of sound entering the ear canal of the user from the environment. The ear cushion further comprising an annular exterior surface and an annular interior surface each extending from the contact surface to the attachment surface and facing respectively the environment and the ear canal of the user when the user is wearing the earphone in its intended position. The ear cushion further comprising a foam core (150) having a first acoustic impedance, and a cover having a first portion extending across the exterior surface and a second portion extending across the contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2023Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Peter John McCutcheon
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Patent number: 12490044Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal comprising a first and second spatialized audio signal, wherein the first audio signal has a first lateral spatializer of a multichannel audio spatializer, the second spatialized audio signal (R1) a second lateral spatializer of the multichannel audio spatializer, and the first and second spatialized audio signals differs from the each other. Also disclosed is a first equalizer transfer function receiving and filtering the first spatialized audio signal from first set of equalizer coefficients to provide a first equalized audio signal and second equalizer transfer function receiving and filtering the second spatialized audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Jesper Udesen
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Patent number: 12462828Abstract: A method for personalized bandwidth extension in an audio device. The method comprises obtaining an input microphone signal with a first bandwidth, obtaining a first user parameter indicative of one or more characteristics of a user of the audio device, determining, based on the first user parameter, a bandwidth extension model, and generating an output signal with a second bandwidth by applying the determined bandwidth extension model to the input microphone signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Rasmus Kvist Lund, Pejman Mowlaee
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Patent number: 12457449Abstract: The present invention discloses an audio signal processing system, a loudspeaker and an electronics device. The audio signal processing system having a clipping threshold estimator, which receives an input audio signal and outputs at least one clipping threshold; and an audio processing unit, which receives the input audio signal, processes the input audio signal to control the non-linear distortion added to the input audio signal based on the clipping threshold and outputs an output audio signal to a loudspeaker driver, wherein the clipping threshold estimator includes: an extraction unit which extracts a set of features from the input audio signal; and a regression or classification unit which receives the set of features and converts the set of features into the at least one clipping threshold by using a regression or classification processing.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventor: Jakob Birkedal Nielsen
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Patent number: D1100848Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: GN Audio A/SInventors: Iain Scott Pottie, Jacob Emil Ingemann Jensen, Thomas Richard Needham
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Patent number: D1100882Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Klaus Rath, Michael Sorensen, Mads Heje Fuglsang
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Patent number: D1113814Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2025Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Kevin Batson, Brian Collins, Christopher J Frederick, David Jaques, Iain Scott Pottie, Thomas F Terrien
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Patent number: D1117006Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Iain Scott Pottie, Kati Bjoerninen, Johan Birger
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Patent number: D1119860Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2025Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Iain Scott Pottie, Sangwoo Cho, Rasmus Trudslev Pedersen
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Patent number: D1126187Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: GN Audio A/SInventors: Iain Scott Pottie, Kati Bjoerninen, Johan Birger
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Patent number: D1130379Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: GN AUDIO A/SInventors: Iain Scott Pottie, Jacob Emil Ingemann Jensen, Thomas Richard Needham