Patents Assigned to Widex A/S
  • Patent number: 11622203
    Abstract: A method (300) of fitting a hearing aid system, based on the use of hearing aid system setting data and data related to a possible hearing aid system performance verification for a multitude of different hearing aid system users, as well as a hearing aid system adapted to carry out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Peter Magnus Noergaard
  • Patent number: 11622210
    Abstract: A method of personalizing at least one hearing aid for a hearing aid user including manufacturing at least one hearing aid (1), receiving an audiogram from a server (37) for the hearing aid user, programming the at least one hearing aid (1) by the audiogram, whereby the at least one hearing aid (1) becomes personalized for the hearing aid user. The at least one personalized hearing aid (1) is delivered to the hearing aid user. Once the user has received the at least one personalized hearing aid (1), he may take the hearing aids into use. If there arises a need for fine tuning, the hearing aid user may request a consultation with a hearing healthcare professional. The hearing healthcare professional has equipment (44, 45) for fine tuning the hearing aid (1), and he may fine tuning the at least one personalized hearing aid (1) in dialogue with the hearing aid user. Also provided is a hearing aid delivering system and an Internet enabled personal communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Anders Westergaard, Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti
  • Publication number: 20230099499
    Abstract: A hearing aid having a digital processing unit (200) having at least four digital data inputs configured to provide four input signals, at least two digital data outputs configured to provide two output signals, and a calculation unit (100) having at least one switch and at least one first multiplexer configured to route the input signals from the digital data inputs to the digital data outputs. The first configuration of the at least one switch and the at least one first multiplexer provides a complex multiplication of the four input signals representing two complex numbers, and a second configuration of the at least one switch and the at least one first multiplexer provides parallel real multiplication of two pairs of input signals the four input signals representing four real numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Rune TORE
  • Publication number: 20230036155
    Abstract: A method of estimating a hearing loss based on a parameterized representation of a plurality of audiograms. The invention is also directed at a hearing estimation system (200) adapted to carry out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventors: Jens Brehm Bagger NIELSEN, Asger OUGAARD, Andreas Trier POULSEN
  • Publication number: 20230026692
    Abstract: A method (300) of operating a hearing aid with a low delay beam former and a hearing aid (200, 500).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus BENDTSEN, Lars Dalskov, Pejman MOWLAEE, Jacob Thorup HALD, Jannik Thorup ANDERSEN, Thomas Bo ELMEDYB, Georg STIEFENHOFER, Adam WESTERMANN, Michael Johannes PIHL, Nanna Moeller PEDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20230024080
    Abstract: A method of operating an in-situ fitting system (100) adapted to suggest an improved hearing aid parameter setting for a current user based on evaluated hearing aid parameter settings from a plurality of other users. The invention is also directed at an in-situ fitting system adapted to carry out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventors: Jens Brehm Bagger NIELSEN, Lasse Lohilahti MOELGAARD
  • Publication number: 20220417681
    Abstract: A hearing assistive device having an antenna component with a common antenna feed with a switching component. The antenna component has a first branch with a first resonance frequency and a second branch with a second resonance frequency. The hearing assistive device switches between a communication state and a wireless charging state. In the communication state a transceiver is connected to the antenna component, and in the wireless charging state a wireless charging unit is connected to the antenna component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventor: Abdul MUNEER
  • Publication number: 20220417676
    Abstract: A method of operating a hearing assistive device having a rechargeable battery, and comprises reading battery status data from a battery controller during use of the hearing assistive device, transferring the battery status data wirelessly from the hearing assistive device to a computing device and predicting, in the computing device, a remaining battery time for the rechargeable battery based upon the battery status data received. Once the remaining battery time is predicted, it is compared with a predefined use pattern for hearing assistive device and a user becomes notified if a conflict between the remaining battery time and the predefined use pattern is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Brian Lomholt JENSEN
  • Patent number: 11540070
    Abstract: A hearing aid system (100), wherein changes to the settings is only allowed if a hearing aid performance verification is carried out with a successful result as well as a method of operating such a hearing aid system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Peter Magnus Norgaard
  • Publication number: 20220393919
    Abstract: A digital receiver being adapted for receiving an MSK modulated signal, comprises a digital front-end unit (10) adapted for providing samples having a phase value (?measure) of a down-mixed signal, a phase compensation unit (11) adapted for compensating the phase value (?measure) by delivering a phase offset compensated sample having a phase value (?sync), and a coherent demodulator (12) adapted for recovering information content from the phase offset compensated sample. The phase compensation unit (11) is adapted for analyzing a phase value (?sync) of the phase offset compensated sample, calculating a phase offset value (?offset) based on the phase value (?sync) of the phase offset compensated sample, and applying the phase offset value (?offset) when delivering a subsequent phase offset compensated sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventor: Niels Ole KNUDSEN
  • Publication number: 20220345101
    Abstract: A method (400) of operating an ear level audio system, comprises the steps of applying (401) a first frequency dependent gain to an input signal in order to provide a first processed input signal adapted to at least one of compensating a hearing loss and suppressing noise, determining (402) a noise floor level of the first processed input signal, applying (403) a second frequency dependent gain to the first processed input signal and hereby providing an output signal such that for at least one frequency range the noise floor level of the output signal is positioned at a selected position above or below a hearing threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventors: Carsten PALUDAN-MÜLLER, Alan WIINBERG
  • Publication number: 20220345151
    Abstract: A differential delta-sigma-modulator has an integrator including a pair of single-ended amplifiers. A sample clock is driving a first switchable capacitor configuration and a second switchable capacitor configuration at a predetermined switching cycle. The first switchable capacitor configuration is adapted for sampling respective outputs from the pair of single-ended amplifiers on a pair of output sampling capacitors in the first part of the switching cycle. The second switchable capacitor configuration is adapted for charging a common mode capacitor with the average voltage of the voltage sampled by the pair of output sampling capacitors in the second part of the switching cycle. The voltage across the common mode capacitor represents the common mode voltage for the integrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventor: Niels Ole KNUDSEN
  • Publication number: 20220337961
    Abstract: A method (600) of operating a binaural ear level audio system in order to improve speech intelligibility and a binaural ear level audio system adapted to carry out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventor: Carsten PALUDAN-MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11468409
    Abstract: A hearing aid service system includes a personal communication device (13) acting as a gateway for one or more hearing aids (10, 11) to a remote server (25) accessible via the Internet. The hearing aids (10, 11) have a processor (121) monitoring electrical hearing aid parameters for detecting a change indicating a replacement of a hearing aid component (132; 140), and report the hearing aid component replacement to the remote server (25). The remote server (25) is tracking the consumption of hearing aid components for individual user accounts and identifies a priority item for sale depending on recorded consumption. The priority item for sale is displayed on the hearing aid control application software interface on the personal communication device (13). The remote server (25) completes the transaction based on data stored in the user account. The invention further provides a method for maintenance of a hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: WIDEX A/S
    Inventors: Soren Erik Westermann, Svend Vitting Andersen, Anders Westergaard, Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti
  • Patent number: 11470429
    Abstract: A method of operating an ear level audio system in order to provide improved own voice detection and an ear level audio system (100) for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Pejman Mowlaee, Lars Dalskov Mosgaard, Thomas Bo Elmedyb, Michael Johannes Pihl, Georg Stiefenhofer, David Pelegrin-Garcia, Adam Westermann
  • Patent number: 11463822
    Abstract: A hearing assistive device including an audio processing circuit with an analog-to-digital converter having an integrator integrating a voltage present in the summation point; a comparator comparing an output from the integrator with a reference voltage (Vref) and outputting a logical level in accordance with the comparison; a feedback loop coupling a feedback signal back to the summation point; and a reference voltage generation circuit being adapted to provide the reference voltage (Vref) being lower than a power supply voltage (Vbattery) and following the decay of the power supply voltage (Vbattery) with a predefined margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Niels Ole Knudsen
  • Patent number: 11438712
    Abstract: A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved noise reduction and a hearing aid system (100) adapted to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Pejman Mowlaee, Lars Dalskov Mosgaard, Thomas Bo Elmedyb, Michael Johannes Pihl, Georg Stiefenhofer, David Pelegrin-Garcia, Adam Westermann
  • Patent number: 11432074
    Abstract: A method (400) of testing microphone performance of a hearing aid system, based on a determined correlation measure between a first and a second microphone signal, as well as a hearing aid system adapted to carry out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Thilo Volker Thiede, Peter Magnus Noergaard
  • Patent number: 11399242
    Abstract: A hearing aid (10, 11) has a memory (123) for storing personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user. A user account is created from an Internet enabled computer device (17) on a remote server (25), and the user account includes the personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user and personal information. A wireless connection is set up between the hearing aid (10, 11) and the personal communication device (13), and the personal communication device (13) is identified as a gateway to the Internet for said hearing aid. The user grants access rights to a third party to modify data in a sub-set of the user account stored on the server (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Soren Erik Westermann, Svend Vitting Andersen, Anders Westergaard, Niels Erik Boelskift Maretti
  • Publication number: 20220217476
    Abstract: An ear level auditory system comprising at least one ear level audio device (110, 210) adapted to provide a treatment based on inducing neural oscillations in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Jens BASTUE, Jakob NIELSEN, Eline Borch PETERSEN