Patents by Inventor Fares EL-AZM

Fares EL-AZM 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: 20240122543
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Karsten Bo RASMUSSEN, Anders Højsgaard THOMSEN, Fares EL-AZM, Anders Vinther OLSEN
  • Publication number: 20240114296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Rasmus Lundgaard CHRISTENSEN, Fares EL-AZM, Adam KUKLASINSKI, Gerard Encina LLAMAS, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
  • Publication number: 20240064478
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Adam KUKLASINSKI, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Cristian Andrés Gutiérrez ACUÑA, Fares EL-AZM, Sam NEES, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Silvia TARANTINO
  • Patent number: 10484800
    Abstract: The application relates to a hearing aid comprising a forward path comprising a) a multitude of input units for providing a multitude of electric input signals INi, i=1, . . . , M, representative of sound, b) a multi input beam former filtering unit for providing a beam formed signal YBF from said multitude of electric input signals, c) a gain unit for applying a hearing aid gain GHA to said beam formed signal YBF, and providing a processed signal, and d) an output unit for providing stimuli perceivable by a user as sound based on said processed signal or a signal derived therefrom. The hearing aid further comprises e) a gain control unit for limiting said hearing aid gain GHA to a modified full-on gain value G?FOG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan Mark De Haan, Fares El-Azm
  • Patent number: 10321243
    Abstract: A hearing device comprises A) a forward path, comprising a1) an input unit for providing a time-domain electric input signal as digital samples, a2) an analysis filter bank configured to provide a time-frequency representation of said electric input signal, a3) a signal processing unit for processing a signal of the forward path and providing a number of processed channel-signals, B) an onset detector configured to receive said time-domain electric input signal before entering said analysis filter bank, and to provide an onset control signal dependent on a current first order derivative of an envelope thereof, C) a level estimation unit for estimating a current level of said frequency sub-band signals, and comprising c1) a level adjustment unit configured to adjust the current levels of said frequency sub-band signals, and to control said level adjustment in dependence of said onset control signal. The invention may be used in audio devices, e.g. hearing aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan Mark De Haan, Fares El-Azm
  • Publication number: 20170347207
    Abstract: A hearing device comprises A) a forward path, comprising a1) an input unit for providing a time-domain electric input signal as digital samples, a2) an analysis filter bank configured to provide a time-frequency representation of said electric input signal, a3) a signal processing unit for processing a signal of the forward path and providing a number of processed channel-signals, B) an onset detector configured to receive said time-domain electric input signal before entering said analysis filter bank, and to provide an onset control signal dependent on a current first order derivative of an envelope thereof, C) a level estimation unit for estimating a current level of said frequency sub-band signals, and comprising c1) a level adjustment unit configured to adjust the current levels of said frequency sub-band signals, and to control said level adjustment in dependence of said onset control signal. The invention may be used in audio devices, e.g. hearing aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan Mark DE HAAN, Fares EL-AZM
  • Publication number: 20170339495
    Abstract: The application relates to a hearing aid comprising a forward path comprising a) a multitude of input units for providing a multitude of electric input signals INi, i=1, . . . , M, representative of sound, b) a multi input beam former filtering unit for providing a beam formed signal YBF from said multitude of electric input signals, c) a gain unit for applying a hearing aid gain GHA to said beam formed signal YBF, and providing a processed signal, and d) an output unit for providing stimuli perceivable by a user as sound based on said processed signal or a signal derived therefrom. The hearing aid further comprises e) a gain control unit for limiting said hearing aid gain GHA to a modified full-on gain value G?FOG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Jan Mark DE HAAN, Fares EL-AZM