Patents by Inventor David Thorn BLIX

David Thorn BLIX 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).

  • Publication number: 20240048919
    Abstract: A method, at a hearing aid, including receiving a wireless signal including a succession of frames including a first frame including first encoded audio samples and determining a first codec, performing an error check based on the first frame, and in accordance with a determination that the first frame fails to pass the error check, performing a test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Ruvald PEDERSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Rene POULSEN, Søren Vørnle NIELSEN, David Thorn BLIX
  • Patent number: 11696079
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a comprises an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time-frequency representation; and a signal processor comprising a target signal estimator for providing an estimate of the target signal; a noise estimator for providing an estimate of the noise; and a gain estimator for providing respective gain values in dependence of said target signal estimate and said noise estimate. The gain estimator comprises a trained neural network, wherein the outputs of the neural network comprise real or complex valued gains, or separate real valued gains and real valued phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Zuzana Jel{hacek over (c)}icová, Rasmus Jones, David Thorn Blix, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jesper Jensen, Asger Heidemann Andersen
  • Publication number: 20230188909
    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises an input transducer configured to convert sound around a user to at least one electrical input signal representing the sound; an output transducer for providing an audible signal based on the at least one electrical input signal; transceiver circuitry configured to establish a wireless audio communication link with a secondary device; and a processor configured to operate the hearing aid in a system mode or a device mode. The hearing aid is configured to initiate establishment of the wireless audio communication link in dependence of a mode control signal. A non-wearable device comprising transceiver circuitry configured for establishing a wireless audio communication link with a hearing aid comprises a processor configured to receive and process at least one electrical input signal from a hearing aid to at least partially compensate for hearing impairment of a user; a power supply interface. The non-wearable device is integrated with another device having a specific other function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Lars RIEMER, Martin BERGMANN, Christian VENG, David Thorn BLIX
  • Patent number: 11638106
    Abstract: A hearing aid system configured to compensate for a hearing impairment of a use comprises A) a wearable device adapted for being worn by the user and comprising a1) an input stage comprising at least one input transducer for converting sound around the user to at least one electric input signal representing said sound, and a2) an input stage for providing stimuli representative of a processed version of said least one electric input signal to said user, said stimuli being perceivable by said user as sound; and B) a non-wearable device comprising b1) a processor, and b2) a power supply interface for providing power to the processor. The wearable device and the non-wearable device comprise respective transceiver circuitry for establishing a low latency wireless audio communication link between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Lars Riemer, Martin Bergmann, Christian Veng, David Thorn Blix
  • Publication number: 20220232331
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a comprises an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time-frequency representation; and a signal processor comprising a target signal estimator for providing an estimate of the target signal; a noise estimator for providing an estimate of the noise; and a gain estimator for providing respective gain values in dependence of said target signal estimate and said noise estimate. The gain estimator comprises a trained neural network, wherein the outputs of the neural network comprise real or complex valued gains, or separate real valued gains and real valued phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Zuzana JELCICOVÁ, Rasmus JONES, David Thorn BLIX, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN
  • Patent number: 11330378
    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear or to be fully or partially implanted in the head at an ear of the user comprises an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time-frequency representation and a signal processor comprising a neural network configured to provide respective gain values G(k,t) in said time-frequency representation for reducing noise components in said at least one electric input signal. The neural network comprises at least one layer defined as a modified gated recurrent unit, termed Peak GRU, comprising memory in the form of a hidden state vector h, and wherein an output vector o is provided by said Peak GRU in dependence of an input vector x and said hidden state vector h, wherein an output o(j,t) of the Peak GRU at a given time step t is stored as said hidden state h(j,t) and used in the calculation of the output o(j,t+1) in the next time step t+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Zuzana Jel{hacek over (c)}icová, Rasmus Jones, David Thorn Blix
  • Publication number: 20210409879
    Abstract: A hearing aid system configured to compensate for a hearing impairment of a use comprises A) a wearable device adapted for being worn by the user and comprising a1) an input stage comprising at least one input transducer for converting sound around the user to at least one electric input signal representing said sound, and a2) an input stage for providing stimuli representative of a processed version of said least one electric input signal to said user, said stimuli being perceivable by said user as sound; and B) a non-wearable device comprising b1) a processor, and b2) a power supply interface for providing power to the processor. The wearable device and the non-wearable device comprise respective transceiver circuitry for establishing a low latency wireless audio communication link between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Lars RIEMER, Martin BERGMANN, Christian VENG, David Thorn BLIX
  • Patent number: 10880659
    Abstract: There is provided a system (100) comprising an audio streaming device (102) having an audio streaming device receiver (104) arranged for receiving a first audio signal (106) comprising a first audio content and a second audio signal (108) comprising a second audio content, the system furthermore comprising a memory device (110) arranged for storing a user defined setting (112), a processor (114) arranged for providing an output audio signal (116), said output audio signal comprising a combination of the first audio content, and the second audio content, wherein the output audio signal comprises a ratio of a level of the first audio content and a level of the second audio content, and the ratio is determined based on the user defined setting (112), and wherein the system is further comprising a system transmitter (118) arranged for wirelessly transmitting the output audio signal (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Povl Koch, David Thorn Blix, Matias Tofteby Bach
  • Publication number: 20200245082
    Abstract: There is provided a system (100) comprising an audio streaming device (102) having an audio streaming device receiver (104) arranged for receiving a first audio signal (106) comprising a first audio content and a second audio signal (108) comprising a second audio content, the system furthermore comprising a memory device (110) arranged for storing a user defined setting (112), a processor (114) arranged for providing an output audio signal (116), said output audio signal comprising a combination of the first audio content, and the second audio content, wherein the output audio signal comprises a ratio of a level of the first audio content and a level of the second audio content, and the ratio is determined based on the user defined setting (112), and wherein the system is further comprising a system transmitter (118) arranged for wirelessly transmitting the output audio signal (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Povl KOCH, David Thorn BLIX, Matias Tofteby BACH
  • Patent number: 10659893
    Abstract: There is provided a system (100) comprising an audio streaming device (102) having an audio streaming device receiver (104) arranged for receiving a first audio signal (106) comprising a first audio content and a second audio signal (108) comprising a second audio content, the system furthermore comprising a memory device (110) arranged for storing a user defined setting (112), a processor (114) arranged for providing an output audio signal (116), said output audio signal comprising a combination of the first audio content, and the second audio content, wherein the output audio signal comprises a ratio of a level of the first audio content and a level of the second audio content, and the ratio is determined based on the user defined setting (112), and wherein the system is further comprising a system transmitter (118) arranged for wirelessly transmitting the output audio signal (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Povl Koch, David Thorn Blix, Matias Tofteby Bach
  • Publication number: 20190090072
    Abstract: There is provided a system (100) comprising an audio streaming device (102) having an audio streaming device receiver (104) arranged for receiving a first audio signal (106) comprising a first audio content and a second audio signal (108) comprising a second audio content, the system furthermore comprising a memory device (110) arranged for storing a user defined setting (112), a processor (114) arranged for providing an output audio signal (116), said output audio signal comprising a combination of the first audio content, and the second audio content, wherein the output audio signal comprises a ratio of a level of the first audio content and a level of the second audio content, and the ratio is determined based on the user defined setting (112), and wherein the system is further comprising a system transmitter (118) arranged for wirelessly transmitting the output audio signal (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Povl KOCH, David Thorn BLIX, Matias Tofteby BACH