Patents by Inventor Jesper B. BOLDT

Jesper B. BOLDT 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: 20250030988
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a pinna restorer for provision of a pinna output based on a first pinna input and a second pinna input, wherein the first pinna input is based on a primary first microphone input signal, and wherein the second pinna input is based on a primary second microphone input signal, the pinna restorer comprising: a first filter for provision of a first mixer input based on the first pinna input, a second filter for provision of a second mixer input based on the second pinna input, a first mixer for provision of a first mixer output based on the first mixer input and the second mixer input, and a pinna controller; and an input mixer for provision of an input mixer output based on the pinna output and a secondary mixer input, wherein the secondary mixer input is based on a secondary microphone input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Rob DE VRIES, Jesper B. BOLDT, Eric Cornelis Diederik VAN DER WERF
  • Patent number: 12126972
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a first housing; a second housing; first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone in the second housing for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and a secondary mixer input, wherein the primary mixer input is based on the first primary microphone input signal and the second primary microphone input signal, and the secondary mixer input is based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to process the mixer output and to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing module is configured to mix a first component of the primary mixer input and a first component of the secondary mixer input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. Boldt, Erik Cornelis Diederik Van Der Werf, Rob De Vries
  • Publication number: 20230345174
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a first housing; a second housing; first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone in the second housing for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and a secondary mixer input, wherein the primary mixer input is based on the first primary microphone input signal and the second primary microphone input signal, and the secondary mixer input is based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to process the mixer output and to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing module is configured to mix a first component of the primary mixer input and a first component of the secondary mixer input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. BOLDT, Erik Cornelis Diederik VAN DER WERF, Rob DE VRIES
  • Patent number: 11743641
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a first housing; a second housing; first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone in the second housing for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and a secondary mixer input, wherein the primary mixer input is based on the first primary microphone input signal and the second primary microphone input signal, and the secondary mixer input is based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to process the mixer output and to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing module is configured to mix a first component of the primary mixer input and a first component of the secondary mixer input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. Boldt, Erik Cornelis Diederik Van Der Werf, Rob De Vries
  • Patent number: 11676621
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: an input module for provision of a first input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the first input signal; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator configured to determine a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the first input signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the processor based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the speech intelligibility estimator comprises a decomposition module configured to decompose the first input signal into a first representation of the first input signal in a frequency domain, wherein the first representation comprises one or more elements representative of the first input signal; and wherein the decomposition module comprises one or more characterization blocks for characterizing the one or more elements of the first representation in the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte Sørensen, Jesper B. Boldt, Angeliki Xenaki, Mathew Shaji Kavalekalam, Mads G Christensen
  • Publication number: 20230171553
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a pinna restorer for provision of a pinna output based on a first pinna input and a second pinna input, wherein the first pinna input is based on a primary first microphone input signal, and wherein the second pinna input is based on a primary second microphone input signal, the pinna restorer comprising: a first filter for provision of a first mixer input based on the first pinna input, a second filter for provision of a second mixer input based on the second pinna input, a first mixer for provision of a first mixer output based on the first mixer input and the second mixer input, and a pinna controller; and an input mixer for provision of an input mixer output based on the pinna output and a secondary mixer input, wherein the secondary mixer input is based on a secondary microphone input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Rob DE VRIES, Jesper B. BOLDT, Eric Cornelis Diederik VAN DER WERF
  • Patent number: 11653147
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and/or a secondary mixer input, primary mixer input being based on the first and second primary microphone input signals, the secondary mixer input being based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing controller is configured to increase an amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output for a time period after a presence of a sound event is determined, and reduce the amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output after the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. Boldt, Fredrik Gran
  • Patent number: 11330390
    Abstract: A sound generating object for worn by a user, includes: a first accelerometer; and a second accelerometer; wherein when the sound generating object is at an operative position, a line extending through the first and second accelerometers intersects an axis at right angle, the axis extending in an up-and-down direction, the first and second accelerometers being spaced by a known distance; wherein the first accelerometer is configured to determine a first acceleration component having a first value, and the second accelerometer is configured to determine a second acceleration component having a second value; and wherein the sound generating object is configured to determine a distance between ears of the user based on the first value of the first acceleration component determined by the first accelerometer, the second value of the second acceleration component determined by the second accelerometer, and the known distance between the first accelerometer and the second accelerometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Udesen, Jesper B. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20210345042
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and/or a secondary mixer input, primary mixer input being based on the first and second primary microphone input signals, the secondary mixer input being based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing controller is configured to increase an amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output for a time period after a presence of a sound event is determined, and reduce the amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output after the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. BOLDT, Fredrik GRAN
  • Publication number: 20210345041
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a first housing; a second housing; first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone in the second housing for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and a secondary mixer input, wherein the primary mixer input is based on the first primary microphone input signal and the second primary microphone input signal, and the secondary mixer input is based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to process the mixer output and to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing module is configured to mix a first component of the primary mixer input and a first component of the secondary mixer input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. BOLDT, Erik Cornelis Diederik VAN DER WERF, Rob DE VRIES
  • Patent number: 11164593
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: an input module for provision of a first input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the first input signal; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator configured to determine a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the first input signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the processor based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the speech intelligibility estimator comprises a decomposition module configured to decompose the first input signal into a first representation of the first input signal in a frequency domain, wherein the first representation comprises one or more elements representative of the first input signal; and wherein the decomposition module comprises one or more characterization blocks for characterizing the one or more elements of the first representation in the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte Sørensen, Jesper B. Boldt, Angeliki Xenaki, Mathew Shaji Kavalekalam, Mads G Christensen
  • Publication number: 20210335380
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: an input module for provision of a first input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the first input signal; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator configured to determine a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the first input signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the processor based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the speech intelligibility estimator comprises a decomposition module configured to decompose the first input signal into a first representation of the first input signal in a frequency domain, wherein the first representation comprises one or more elements representative of the first input signal; and wherein the decomposition module comprises one or more characterization blocks for characterizing the one or more elements of the first representation in the frequency domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte SØRENSEN, Jesper B. BOLDT, Angeliki XENAKI, Mathew Shaji KAVALEKALAM, Mads G. CHRISTENSEN
  • Patent number: 11082780
    Abstract: A hearing device for enhancing speech intelligibility, the hearing device includes: an input transducer for providing an input signal comprising a speech signal and a noise signal; a processing unit; an acoustic output transducer coupled to the processing unit, the acoustic output transducer configured to provide an audio output signal based on an output signal form the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more parameters of the input signal based on a codebook based approach (CBA) processing; and wherein the processing unit is configured to perform a Kalman filtering of the input signal based on the determined one or more parameters so that the output signal has an enhanced speech intelligibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Mathew Shaji Kavalekalam, Mads Graesboll Christensen, Fredrik Gran, Jesper B. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20210152971
    Abstract: A sound generating object for worn by a user, includes: a first accelerometer; and a second accelerometer; wherein when the sound generating object is at an operative position, a line extending through the first and second accelerometers intersects an axis at right angle, the axis extending in an up-and-down direction, the first and second accelerometers being spaced by a known distance; wherein the first accelerometer is configured to determine a first acceleration component having a first value, and the second accelerometer is configured to determine a second acceleration component having a second value; and wherein the sound generating object is configured to determine a distance between ears of the user based on the first value of the first acceleration component determined by the first accelerometer, the second value of the second acceleration component determined by the second accelerometer, and the known distance between the first accelerometer and the second accelerometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper UDESEN, Jesper B. BOLDT
  • Patent number: 10993048
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. Boldt, Charlotte Sørensen, Rene Burmand Johannesson
  • Patent number: 10911886
    Abstract: A sound generating object for worn by a user, includes: a first accelerometer; and a second accelerometer; wherein when the sound generating object is at an operative position, a line extending through the first and second accelerometers intersects an axis at right angle, the axis extending in an up-and-down direction, the first and second accelerometers being spaced by a known distance; wherein the first accelerometer is configured to determine a first acceleration component having a first value, and the second accelerometer is configured to determine a second acceleration component having a second value; and wherein the sound generating object is configured to determine a distance between ears of the user based on the first value of the first acceleration component determined by the first accelerometer, the second value of the second acceleration component determined by the second accelerometer, and the known distance between the first accelerometer and the second accelerometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Udesen, Jesper B. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20200077223
    Abstract: A sound generating object for worn by a user, includes: a first accelerometer; and a second accelerometer; wherein when the sound generating object is at an operative position, a line extending through the first and second accelerometers intersects an axis at right angle, the axis extending in an up-and-down direction, the first and second accelerometers being spaced by a known distance; wherein the first accelerometer is configured to determine a first acceleration component having a first value, and the second accelerometer is configured to determine a second acceleration component having a second value; and wherein the sound generating object is configured to determine a distance between ears of the user based on the first value of the first acceleration component determined by the first accelerometer, the second value of the second acceleration component determined by the second accelerometer, and the known distance between the first accelerometer and the second accelerometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper UDESEN, Jesper B. BOLDT
  • Publication number: 20190261098
    Abstract: A hearing device for enhancing speech intelligibility, the hearing device includes: an input transducer for providing an input signal comprising a speech signal and a noise signal; a processing unit; an acoustic output transducer coupled to the processing unit, the acoustic output transducer configured to provide an audio output signal based on an output signal form the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more parameters of the input signal based on a codebook based approach (CBA) processing; and wherein the processing unit is configured to perform a Kalman filtering of the input signal based on the determined one or more parameters so that the output signal has an enhanced speech intelligibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Mathew Shaji KAVALEKALAM, Mads Graesboll CHRISTENSEN, Fredrik GRAN, Jesper B. BOLDT
  • Patent number: 10284970
    Abstract: A hearing device for enhancing speech intelligibility, the hearing device includes: an input transducer for providing an input signal comprising a speech signal and a noise signal; a processing unit; an acoustic output transducer coupled to the processing unit, the acoustic output transducer configured to provide an audio output signal based on an output signal form the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more parameters of the input signal based on a codebook based approach (CBA) processing; and wherein the processing unit is configured to perform a Kalman filtering of the input signal based on the determined one or more parameters so that the output signal has an enhanced speech intelligibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Mathew Shaji Kavalekalam, Mads Graesboll Christensen, Fredrik Gran, Jesper B. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20190132688
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper B. BOLDT, Charlotte SØRENSEN, Rene Burmand JOHANNESSON