Patents Assigned to Oticon A/S
  • Patent number: 12205611
    Abstract: A hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer configured to pick up sound from an acoustic environment around the user when the user is wearing the hearing device, the at least one input transducer providing at least one electric input signal representative of said sound, b) at least one analysis filter bank configured to provide said at least one electric input signal as a multitude of frequency sub-band signals, the at least one analysis filter bank comprising b1) a plurality of M first filters hm(n), whose impulse responses are modulated from a first prototype filter h(n), where m=0, 1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Jesper Jensen
  • Publication number: 20250024210
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20250024209
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Poul HOANG
  • Patent number: 12200444
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Svend Oscar Petersen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Steen Michael Munk
  • Publication number: 20240430630
    Abstract: A hearing device to be worn at least partly behind an ear of a user, comprising a housing; and a radio-frequency antenna arranged at least partly inside the housing is disclosed. The radio-frequency antenna is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic radio-frequency signals, wherein the radio-frequency antenna comprises: at least one first antenna element with a plate like first surface, wherein the first antenna element has a feed for electrically connecting the radio-frequency antenna, and wherein the first antenna element has a ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Rune SØ, Jens TROELSEN, Morten THOUGAARD, Oleksandr RYBALKO
  • Patent number: 12177136
    Abstract: A method and wireless communication device use a first processing unit to perform a first communication event within a first communication window by use of a first communication protocol, a second processing unit to perform a second communication event within a second communication window by use of a second communication protocol, and a wireless communication unit connected to a radio-frequency antenna to transmit and/or receive a packet wirelessly. The first and second processing units may perform the first and second communication events via the wireless communication unit. The second processing unit or the wireless communication unit may transmit an event signal to the first processing unit when performing the second communication event or receiving a packet, respectively, to allow the first processing unit to arrange the first communication window (or first communication event) with respect to the second communication window (or second communication event) to minimize interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Franz Treue, Bjarne Klemmensen, Rune Sø
  • Publication number: 20240422490
    Abstract: An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly includes an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate includes conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER, Jens TROELSEN, Rune SØ, Oliver SUNDBERG, Finn DANIELSEN, Jesper B. JOHANSEN, Mads SAGER, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Bent JAKOBSEN
  • Publication number: 20240422481
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Christian Asp Mogensen
  • Publication number: 20240422482
    Abstract: A hearing device adapted to be worn by a user and for picking up sound containing the user's own voice is provided. The hearing device includes an input unit having first and second input transducers for converting sound to first and second electric input signals, respectively, representing the sound. The hearing device is configured to provide that the first and second input transducers are located on the user so that the user experiences first and second, acoustically different, acoustic environments, respectively, when the user wears the hearing device. The first acoustic environment may be defined as an environment where the own voice signal primarily originates from vibrating parts of the bones and skin or tissue. The second acoustic environment may be defined as an environment where the own voice signal primarily originates from the user's mouth or nose and is transmitted through air from said mouth or nose to the second input transducer(s). A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan M. DE HAAN, Mirjana ADNADJEVIC, Svend FELDT
  • Patent number: 12167195
    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a user. The hearing device comprises at least one input transducer for providing at least one electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, wherein said at least one electric input signal comprises a target signal component assumed to be of current interest to the user, and a noise component. The hearing device further comprises a noise control system configured to provide an estimate of said target signal component and an estimate of said noise component and to apply a statistical structure to said noise component to thereby provide a modified noise component comprising said statistical structure; and to determine a modified estimate of said target signal component in dependence of said modified noise component. Thereby an improved segregation of sound sources may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Hamish Innes-Brown, Martha Shiell, Michael Syskind Pedersen
  • Patent number: 12167207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic module for a hearing device. The electronic module comprises at least one electronic component for a hearing device and an embedding material covering the electronic component. The electronic component comprises at least one restricted area which is free from the embedding material. The restricted area is surrounded at least partially by a zone and the zone is covered by an attaching material. The attaching material covering the zone has a mold part formed by molding and freely formed edge facing the restricted area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Troels Holm Pedersen, Søren Wichmann, Dennis Presutti
  • Patent number: 12155998
    Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and an amplifier system for minimizing variation in an acoustical signal caused by variation in gain of an amplifier, comprising a battery for providing a supply voltage to the amplifier, a digital signal processor for providing the acoustical signal to the amplifier, a controller unit receiving an enablement signal when the supply voltage is in an offset mode, and based on the enablement signal requesting a measured voltage during a time period, and a first analog-to-digital converter configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier when receiving the request from the controller unit or the first analog-to-digital converter is configured for measuring the supply voltage to the amplifier continuously, and where variations in the measured voltage relates to variations in the supply voltage during the time period. Furthermore, the controller unit is configured to predict offset modes (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Bhat, Poul Henriksen, Alberto Escolar Piedras
  • Patent number: 12149882
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Poul Hoang, Jan M. De Haan, Jesper Jensen, Michael Syskind Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20240381040
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a power source; and a switched capacitor DC-DC converter electrically connected to the power source and having an input part configured for receiving charge from the power source at an input voltage of an input voltage range; an output part having multiple output ports, the output part being configured for supplying charge to the multiple output ports for providing multiple predefined output voltages; at least one flying capacitor configured for redistributing charge from the power source to the multiple output ports and/or in between the output ports; and a switching circuitry having a plurality of switches configured for electrically switching the switched capacitor DC-DC converter based on a switching scheme so as to provide the multiple predefined output voltages based on the input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Kåre Tais CHRISTENSEN
  • Patent number: 12143775
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20240373179
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid and detachable speaker unit assembly. The detachable speaker unit assembly comprises a fastening structure to provide an enhanced removal force and stable insertion into the ear canal of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Laursen, Bozhidar Kuzhuharov
  • Patent number: 12137323
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Jan M. De Haan, Poul Hoang
  • Patent number: 12137324
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 12133053
    Abstract: A hearing aid with an earpiece for placement in the ear canal, and a dome, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Svend Oscar Petersen, Jens Mørup, Nicolai Terp Holm, Sune Heibing, Anders Thule
  • Publication number: 20240357296
    Abstract: A hearing system comprises a) a multitude of M of microphones providing M corresponding electric input signals xm(n), m=1, . . . , M, and n representing time, b) a processor connected to said multitude of microphones and providing a processed signal in dependence thereof, c) an output unit for providing an output signal in dependence of said processed signal, and d) a database (?) comprising a dictionary (?pd) of previously determined acoustic transfer function vectors (ATFpd).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan M. DE HAAN, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend FELDT, Stig PETRI, Jakob Sloth LAURIDSEN