Patents by Inventor Jonas Raun HANSEN

Jonas Raun HANSEN 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: 20240259741
    Abstract: A method for determining ambient noise during a self-fitting hearing test performed via a set of hearing devices is disclosed herein. The set of hearing devices comprises a first hearing device configured to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a second ear of the user. The method comprises: performing, via the first hearing device, a first hearing test on the first ear of the user; obtaining, via the second hearing device, an input signal while the first hearing test is being performed, wherein the input signal is indicative of ambient noise; determining a first ambient noise level based on the input signal; and outputting the first ambient noise level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: GN Hearing 2 A/S
    Inventor: Jonas Raun Hansen
  • Patent number: 11765521
    Abstract: An earpiece includes: a first end; a second end opposite from the first end; a first channel extending from a first location that is closer to the first end than to the second end, to a second location that is closer to the second end than to the first end; and a first diaphragm, wherein the first diaphragm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the diaphragm configured to be in fluid communication with a lumen in the first channel, wherein the first diaphragm extends in a direction that is parallel to, or that forms an acute angle with, a longitudinal axis of the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jonas Raun Hansen, Jonathan Boley
  • Publication number: 20230276179
    Abstract: An earpiece includes: a first end; a second end opposite from the first end; a first channel extending from a first location that is closer to the first end than to the second end, to a second location that is closer to the second end than to the first end; and a first diaphragm, wherein the first diaphragm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the diaphragm configured to be in fluid communication with a lumen in the first channel, wherein the first diaphragm extends in a direction that is parallel to, or that forms an acute angle with, a longitudinal axis of the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jonas Raun HANSEN, Jonathan BOLEY
  • Patent number: 11653137
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device, includes: enabling first communication to a pair of headphones having first and second acoustic output transducers; enabling second communication to a first hearing device that has a first gain stage; communicating a band-limited portion of a first audio test signal via a second gain stage and via the first acoustic output transducer to the first hearing device while the first hearing device is in a first ear canal of a first ear, and communicating a band-limited portion of a second audio test signal via the second acoustic output transducer to an eardrum of a second ear; and determining a first gain value based on a gain value of the first gain stage and/or a gain value of the second gain stage, the first gain value being associated with the user's perception of equal loudness at both the first and second ears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Udesen, Jonas Raun Hansen
  • Publication number: 20220046362
    Abstract: An earpiece includes: a first end; a second end opposite from the first end; a first channel extending from a first location that is closer to the first end than to the second end, to a second location that is closer to the second end than to the first end; and a first diaphragm, wherein the first diaphragm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the diaphragm configured to be in fluid communication with a lumen in the first channel, wherein the first diaphragm extends in a direction that is parallel to, or that forms an acute angle with, a longitudinal axis of the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jonas Raun HANSEN, Jonathan BOLEY
  • Patent number: 11245973
    Abstract: A hearing device has an ear plug for insertion into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The ear plug comprises a vent having a vent valve device configured to open or close the vent. The hearing device is configured to obtain a predetermined audio signal representing a sound emitted by the vent when the vent valve device is being manipulated. The signal processor is configured to output a phase-inverted version of the predetermined audio signal to the receiver substantially at the same time as the vent valve device is manipulated, thus cancelling out the sound of the vent. The predetermined audio signal may be obtained during manufacture of the hearing device or it may be picked up by an in-the-ear microphone. Accordingly, the unpleasant sound of a vent being opened or closed while the hearing device is worn by a user is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Jonas Raun Hansen
  • Publication number: 20220014835
    Abstract: A hearing device has an ear plug for insertion into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The ear plug comprises a vent having a vent valve device configured to open or close the vent. The hearing device is configured to obtain a predetermined audio signal representing a sound emitted by the vent when the vent valve device is being manipulated. The signal processor is configured to output a phase-inverted version of the predetermined audio signal to the receiver substantially at the same time as the vent valve device is manipulated, thus cancelling out the sound of the vent. The predetermined audio signal may be obtained during manufacture of the hearing device or it may be picked up by an in-the-ear microphone. Accordingly, the unpleasant sound of a vent being opened or closed while the hearing device is worn by a user is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jonas Raun HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20210337301
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device, includes: enabling first communication to a pair of headphones having first and second acoustic output transducers; enabling second communication to a first hearing device that has a first gain stage; communicating a band-limited portion of a first audio test signal via a second gain stage and via the first acoustic output transducer to the first hearing device while the first hearing device is in a first ear canal of a first ear, and communicating a band-limited portion of a second audio test signal via the second acoustic output transducer to an eardrum of a second ear; and determining a first gain value based on a gain value of the first gain stage and/or a gain value of the second gain stage, the first gain value being associated with the user's perception of equal loudness at both the first and second ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Jesper UDESEN, Jonas Raun HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20160150329
    Abstract: A hearing device includes: a directional microphone assembly for provision of an electrical audio signal, and a processing unit connected to the microphone assembly, wherein the microphone assembly comprises a body and a first microphone, the body comprising a first sound path and a plurality of inlets, the first sound path having one or more bends, the plurality of inlets including a first inlet in fluid communication with the first sound path, and a second inlet, wherein the body has a first outlet in fluid communication with the first sound path, wherein the first microphone in a first directional mode is in fluid communication with the first outlet, and wherein a first distance between the first inlet and the first outlet along the first sound path, and a second distance between the second inlet and the first outlet along the first sound path, are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: GN RESOUND A/S
    Inventor: Jonas Raun HANSEN