公开(公告)号：US20220218281A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17571121

申请日：2022-01-07

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Mathias Bruun LARSEN ,  Sergi Rotger GRIFUL ,  José Antonio ESPARZA ISASA ,  Mikkel NIELSEN ,  Kim Mølholm HEJLESEN ,  Henrik BENDSEN ,  Preben KVIST ,  Svend Erik ELGAARD ,  Jeanette Bülow NIELSEN ,  Zenia Holtzmann LAUSTEN ,  Malte KIEWNING ,  Jesper B. JOHANSEN ,  Nicolai WESTERGREN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  Sudershan Y.S

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing aid having one or more biometrical sensors, where the hearing aid comprises at least one microphone configured to receive a sound of the surroundings, a signal processor configured to process the sound received from the microphone and a speaker unit configuration configured to emit the processed sound into the ear of a user, wherein one or more sensors is positioned substantially in the ear together with at least a part of the hearing aid, wherein the one or more sensors is configured as biometrical sensors configured for recording health data of a hearing aid user.

公开(公告)号：US20210392446A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17459370

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  José Antonio ESPARZA ISASA ,  Sergi Rotger GRIFUL ,  Antonello SALVATUCCI ,  Gary JONES ,  Kim Tilgaard PETERSEN ,  Peter SOMMER

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

公开(公告)号：US20230217193A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18093727

申请日：2023-01-05

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Amalie Sofie EKSTRAND ,  Mette CARSTENSEN ,  Nicolai WESTERGREN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  Sudershan Yalgalwadi SREEPADARAO ,  Elvira FISCHER

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G01P15/18

CPC classification number: H04R25/30 ,  G01P15/18 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/61

Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system comprises left and right hearing instruments each comprising a BTE-part comprising a housing configured to be located at or behind an outer ear of the user and an acceleration sensor configured to measure acceleration in at least two directions relative to the housing of the BTE-part and to provide acceleration data indicative thereof. A first one of the left and right hearing instruments comprises a transmitter configured to transmit said acceleration data to the other hearing instrument, and the other hearing instrument comprises a receiver for receiving said acceleration data from the first one of the hearing instruments. The other hearing instrument further comprises a controller for detecting whether or not the left and right hearing instruments are correctly mounted in dependence of a similarity measure between said acceleration data provided by the left and right hearing instruments. A method of operating a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210235203A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US16750854

申请日：2020-01-23

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Alejandro LOPEZ VALDES ,  Henrik BENDSEN ,  Claus CHRISTENSEN ,  Peter SCHMIDT ,  Ole ANDERSEN ,  Mikkel NIELSEN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A61B5/0496 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A method for picking up body signals from the head of a user comprises a) placing first and second electrodes on first and second different positions at a first side of the user's head in direct or capacitive contact with the user's head, said first side comprising a first eye of the user, the first and second electrodes being configured to pick up first and second electric potentials, respectively, from the user's body, and b) providing an Electrooculography signal representative of a corneo-retinal potential difference of said first eye of the user in dependence of said at first and second electric potentials. The first and second positions may be (substantially) located in a plane including the first eye of the user. A portable electronic device providing an Electrooculography signal, and a hearing device utilizing an Electrooculography signal is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20240361848A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18644164

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Michael Syskind PEDERSEN ,  Amalie Sofie EKSTRAND ,  Mette CARSTENSEN ,  Nicolai WESTERGREN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  Sudershan Yalgalwadi SREEPADARAO ,  Elvira FISCHER ,  Morten WESTERGAARD ,  Sergi Rotger GRIFUL ,  Martin SKOGLUND

IPC: G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/013 ,  H04R25/552

Abstract: A method, in particular performed by at least one hearing device, a hearing device, a binaural hearing system, and a computer program are disclosed. The method can include detecting at least one motion signal of at least one hearing device, processing the at least one motion signal of the at least one hearing device in three individual channels representing three spatial dimensions x′, y′, z′ of the at least one hearing device, calibrating the orientation of the three spatial dimensions x′, y′, z′ of the at least one hearing device to a standardized orientation of the head of the user wearing the at least one hearing device, and determining the amount of motion of the at least one hearing device in at least one of the calibrated spatial dimensions x, y, z of the at least one hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20240268758A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18639159

申请日：2024-04-18

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Svend Oscar PETERSEN ,  Mathias Bruun LARSEN ,  Sergi Rotger GRIFUL ,  José Antonio ESPARZA ISASA ,  Mikkel NIELSEN ,  Kim Mølholm HEJLESEN ,  Henrik BENDSEN ,  Preben KVIST ,  Svend Erik ELGAARD ,  Jeanette Bülow NIELSEN ,  Zenia Holtzmann LAUSTEN ,  Malte KIEWNING ,  Jesper B. JOHANSEN ,  Nicolai WESTERGREN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  Sudershan Y.S

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/55

Abstract: A hearing aid having one or more biometrical sensors, where the hearing aid comprises at least one microphone configured to receive a sound of the surroundings, a signal processor configured to process the sound received from the microphone and a speaker unit configuration configured to emit the processed sound into the ear of a user, wherein one or more sensors is positioned substantially in the ear together with at least a part of the hearing aid, wherein the one or more sensors is configured as biometrical sensors configured for recording health data of a hearing aid user.

公开(公告)号：US20220141601A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17575349

申请日：2022-01-13

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Alejandro LOPEZ VALDES ,  Henrik BENDSEN ,  Claus CHRISTENSEN ,  Peter SCHMIDT ,  Ole ANDERSEN ,  Mikkel NIELSEN ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/398 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R3/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/16

Abstract: A method for picking up body signals from the head of a user comprises a) placing first and second electrodes on first and second different positions at a first side of the user's head in direct or capacitive contact with the user's head, said first side comprising a first eye of the user, the first and second electrodes being configured to pick up first and second electric potentials, respectively, from the user's body, and b) providing an Electrooculography signal representative of a corneo-retinal potential difference of said first eye of the user in dependence of said at first and second electric potentials. The first and second positions may be (substantially) located in a plane including the first eye of the user. A portable electronic device providing an Electrooculography signal, and a hearing device utilizing an Electrooculography signal is further disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20240260887A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18640524

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Martin SKOGLUND ,  Alejandro Lopez VALDES ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN

IPC: A61B5/398 ,  A61B3/113 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/291 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/398 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/6803 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  A61B5/7207 ,  G06F3/013 ,  H04R25/40 ,  A61B3/113 ,  A61B5/0006

Abstract: An electrooculography (EOG) signal capture system comprises a) a sensor array adapted for being located at one of a left or right ears of a user and/or for fully or partially being implanted in the head at left or right ears of a user, the sensor array comprising a number Ns of electric potential sensors, respectively, for sensing respective electric potentials from the user's head, where Ns is larger than or equal to two, b) electronic circuitry coupled to the sensor array and configured to provide at least two different beamformed signals (SBF1, SBF2), each being representative of a weighted combination of said electric potentials, or of signals derived therefrom, and wherein a difference between said at least two different beamformed signals (ΔPBF=SBF1−SBF2)—at least in a specific electrooculography mode of operation—represents an electrooculography signal (ΔPEOG) from one or both eyes of said user. A single-sensor EOG-system is further proposed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or other electronic wearables.

公开(公告)号：US20230412990A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18458585

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thomas LUNNER ,  Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  José Antonio ESPARZA ISASA ,  Sergi Rotger GRIFUL ,  Antonello SALVATUCCI ,  Gary JONES ,  Kim Tilgaard PETERSEN ,  Peter SOMMER

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/41

Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

公开(公告)号：US20230009936A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17846664

申请日：2022-06-22

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Tanveer BHUIYAN ,  Nicolai WESTERGREN

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: Hearing aid system comprising at least one hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid system further comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters to provide said processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, at least one photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor configured to provide a PPG signal of the hearing aid user, and a listening effort determination unit configured to provide at least one PPG morphology parameter value based at least on the PPG signal, compare the at least one PPG morphology parameter value with at least one corresponding reference PPG morphology parameter value and determine a morphology comparison measure, and determine a listening effort of the hearing aid user. A hearing aid is further provided.