Patents by Inventor Sigurdur SIGURDSSON
Sigurdur SIGURDSSON 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: 20240064478Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Adam KUKLASINSKI, Asger Heidemann ANDERSEN, Cristian Andrés Gutiérrez ACUÑA, Fares EL-AZM, Sam NEES, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Silvia TARANTINO
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Publication number: 20240048920Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Justyna WALASZEK, Anders Vinther OLSEN, Karsten BONKE, Matias Tofteby BACH, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Mojtaba FARMANI, Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN, Angela JOSUPEIT, Claus Forup Corlin JESPERSGAARD, Gusztáv LÕCSEI
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Patent number: 11825270Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Justyna Walaszek, Anders Vinther Olsen, Karsten Bonke, Matias Tofteby Bach, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Mojtaba Farmani, Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Angela Josupeit, Claus Forup Corlin Jespersgaard, Gusztáv Lõcsei
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Patent number: 11689869Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jesper Bruun Jensen, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
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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
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Patent number: 11356783Abstract: 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: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Jan M. De Haan, Nels Hede Rohde, Angela Josupeit, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
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Publication number: 20220132252Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Justyna WALASZEK, Anders Vinther OLSEN, Karsten BONKE, Matias Tofteby BACH, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Mojtaba FARMANI, Andreas Thelander BERTELSEN, Angela JOSUPEIT, Claus Forup Corlin JESPERSGAARD, Gusztáv LÕCSEI
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Publication number: 20220109939Abstract: 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: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Jan M. DE HAAN, Nels Hede ROHDE, Angela JOSUPEIT, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON
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Publication number: 20210352417Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jesper Bruun JENSEN, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON
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Patent number: 11122373Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Jesper Bruun Jensen, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
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Patent number: 10856087Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises an input unit; an output unit; an adaptive beamformer filtering unit configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on a multitude of electric input signals from the input unit and an adaptively updated adaptation factor ?; a memory, wherein A) a reference value REF, equal to or dependent on a value, ?ov, of said adaptation factor ? determined when a voice of the user is present, or B) a set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, is stored; and an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate is dependent on a) a current value of said adaptation factor ? and said reference value REF, or on b) said set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Michael Syskind Pedersen, Angela Josupeit, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Anders Vinther Olsen, Nels Hede Rohde
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Publication number: 20200077206Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jesper Bruun JENSEN, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON
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Publication number: 20190394586Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises an input unit; an output unit; an adaptive beamformer filtering unit configured to provide a spatially filtered signal based on a multitude of electric input signals from the input unit and an adaptively updated adaptation factor ?; a memory, wherein A) a reference value REF, equal to or dependent on a value, ?ov, of said adaptation factor ? determined when a voice of the user is present, or B) a set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, is stored; and an own voice detector configured to provide an estimate of whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound originates from the voice of the user, and wherein said estimate is dependent on a) a current value of said adaptation factor ? and said reference value REF, or on b) said set of parameters for classification based on logistic regression or a neural network, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Angela JOSUPEIT, Sigurdur SIGURDSSON, Anders Vinther OLSEN, Nels Hede ROHDE