Patents by Inventor Nels Hede ROHDE
Nels Hede ROHDE 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).
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Publication number: 20250030994Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Smed KRISTENSEN, Thomas BENTSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
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Patent number: 12143775Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Asger Heidemann Andersen, Jesper Jensen, Nels Hede Rohde, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Michael Smed Kristensen, Thomas Bentsen, Svend Oscar Petersen
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Publication number: 20240292164Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device’ adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend FELDT, Jesper JENSEN
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Patent number: 12058493Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Nels Hede Rohde, Angela Josupeit, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
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Publication number: 20240223973Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Smed KRISTENSEN
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Patent number: 12028685Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device’ adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Feldt, Jesper Jensen
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Patent number: 11968501Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Asger Heidemann Andersen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Jesper Jensen, Michael Smed Kristensen
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Publication number: 20240048919Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Mark Ruvald PEDERSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Rene POULSEN, Søren Vørnle NIELSEN, David Thorn BLIX
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Publication number: 20240007802Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a forward path comprising a) an input transducer for converting sound (x(n), v(n)) in an environment around the hearing aid to an electric input signal (y(n)) representing said sound; b) a hearing aid processor for processing said electric input signal (y(n)), or a signal originating therefrom (e(n)), and to provide a processed signal (u(n)) based thereon; c) an output transducer for converting said processed signal (u(n)), or a signal originating therefrom (ua(n)), to acoustic stimuli presented to said eardrum of the user. The hearing aid further comprises d) a feedback control system for attenuating or cancelling feedback propagated via a feedback path (H) from an electric input signal to said output transducer to an electric output from said input transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Meng GUO, Anders MENG, Daniel PLEWE, Jakob Sloth LAURIDSEN, Mirjana ADNADJEVICA, Mojtaba FARMANI, Nels Hede ROHDE, Adel ZAHEDI
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Publication number: 20230308817Abstract: A hearing system comprises at least one hearing aid (HA) configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear of the user, and an external, portable processing device (EPD). The at least one hearing aid comprises a) at least one HA-input transducer for providing at least one HA-electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the hearing aid; b) a configurable noise reduction system for reducing noise in the at least one HA-electric input signal or in a signal originating therefrom based on a resulting set of noise reduction parameters; c) a noise reduction controller configured to determine a local set of noise reduction parameters; and d) a data receiver configured to receive data via a communication link from the external processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Vasudha SATHYAPRIYAN
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Publication number: 20230100340Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user’s head or at least partly implanted in a user’s head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Smed KRISTENSEN
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Publication number: 20230074554Abstract: A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, the hearing aid comprising a user interface allowing the user to control functionality of the hearing aid, and a feedback sensor for repeatedly providing a feedback signal indicative of a current estimate of feedback from an output transducer to an input transducer of the hearing aid, wherein the user interface is based on changes to the current estimate of the feedback path, e.g. provided by the user. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. Thereby an alternative user interface for a hearing aid may be provided. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or headsets, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Sudershan Yalgalwadi SREEPADARAO, Anders MENG, Meng GUO, Mojtaba FARMANI, Martin KURIGER, Mikkel GRØNBECH, Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas JENSEN
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Publication number: 20230056617Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Jesper JENSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Smed KRISTENSEN, Thomas BENTSEN, Svend Oscar PETERSEN
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Patent number: 11582562Abstract: A hearing system configured to be located at or in the head of a user, comprises a) at least two microphones providing at least two electric input signals, b) an own voice detector, c) access to a database (Ol, Hl) comprising c1) relative or absolute own voice transfer function(s), and corresponding c2) absolute or relative acoustic transfer functions for a multitude of test-persons, d) a processor connectable to the at least two microphones, to the own voice detector, and to the database. The processor is configured A) to estimate an own voice relative transfer function for sound from the user's mouth to at least one of the at least two microphones, and B) to estimate personalized relative or absolute head related acoustic transfer functions from at least one spatial location other than the user's mouth to at least one of the microphones of the hearing system in dependence of the estimated own voice relative transfer function(s) and the database (Ol, Hl).Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jesper Jensen, Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen
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Publication number: 20230044634Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device’ adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede ROHDE, Thomas BENTSEN, Anders Brødløs OLSEN, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Svend FELDT, Jesper JENSEN
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Patent number: 11576001Abstract: A hearing aid comprises an input unit providing an electric input signal representing sound, a wake word detector configured identifying a particular wake word based on said electric input signal, and providing a wake word control signal indicative of whether, or with what probability, the wake word is detected, or an own voice detector estimating whether, or with what probability, the electric input signal originates from the voice of the user and providing an own voice control signal indicative thereof, transceiver circuitry establishing a communication link to another hearing aid allowing the transmission and/or reception of the electric input signal to/from the other hearing aid, and a pre-processor controlling the transceiver circuitry in dependence of the wake word control signal or the own voice control signal. A binaural hearing aid system and a method of operating a hearing aid are further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Jesper Jensen, Peter Mølgaard Sørensen, Gusztáv Lõcsei
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Patent number: 11546707Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Asger Heidemann Andersen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Jesper Jensen, Michael Smed Kristensen
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Patent number: 11540063Abstract: A hearing device comprises an input transducer comprising a microphone for providing an electric input signal representative of sound in the environment of the hearing device, a pre-processor for processing electric input signal and providing a multitude of feature vectors, each being representative of a time segment thereof, a neural network processor adapted to implement a neural network for implementing a detector configured to provide an output indicative of a characteristic property of the at least one electric input signal, the neural network being configured to receive said multitude of feature vectors as input vectors and to provide corresponding output vectors representative of said output of said detector in dependence of said input vectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Asger Heidemann Andersen, Jesper Jensen, Nels Hede Rohde, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Michael Smed Kristensen, Thomas Bentsen, Svend Oscar Petersen
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Patent number: 11510019Abstract: A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device' adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Nels Hede Rohde, Thomas Bentsen, Anders Brødløs Olsen, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Svend Feldt, Jesper Jensen
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Publication number: 20220272462Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn at or in an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer for converting a sound in an environment of the hearing device to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said sound originates from the voice of the user, and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, a face mask detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, said user wears a face mask while speaking, and to provide face mask control signal indicative thereof. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid or headset may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Angela JOSUPEIT, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON