HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A DATABASE OF ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240357296A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18759161

    申请日:2024-06-28

    申请人: Oticon A/S

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 H04R1/40 H04S7/00

    摘要: A hearing system comprises a) a multitude of M of microphones providing M corresponding electric input signals xm(n), m=1, . . . , M, and n representing time, b) a processor connected to said multitude of microphones and providing a processed signal in dependence thereof, c) an output unit for providing an output signal in dependence of said processed signal, and d) a database (Θ) comprising a dictionary (Δpd) of previously determined acoustic transfer function vectors (ATFpd). The processor is configured A) to determine a constrained estimate of a current acoustic transfer function vector (ATFpd,cur) in dependence of said M electric input signals and said dictionary (Δpd), B) to determine an unconstrained estimate of a current acoustic transfer function vector (ATFuc,cur) in dependence of said M electric input signals, and C) to determine a resulting acoustic transfer function vector (ATF*) for a user of the hearing system in dependence thereof and of a confidence measure related to said electric input signals. A method of operating a hearing device is also disclosed. Thereby an improved noise reduction system for a hearing aid or headset may be provided.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240348977A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18579244

    申请日:2022-07-06

    IPC分类号: H04R3/12 H04R1/40

    摘要: An electronic device includes a communicator, a sound outputter, and a controller. The communicator communicates with a terminal of a human speaker and communicates with another electronic device that outputs at least one of a predetermined auditory effect or a predetermined visual effect. The sound outputter outputs an audio signal of the human speaker that the communicator receives from the terminal of the human speaker as sound of the human speaker. The controller sets a volume of the sound that the sound outputter outputs. The controller controls the other electronic device to output at least one of the auditory effect or the visual effect when a level of the sound at a position of a candidate that is to be a recipient of the sound is changed at the terminal of the human speaker.

    ACOUSTIC APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开
    ACOUSTIC APPARATUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240348956A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18628207

    申请日:2024-04-05

    发明人: Ryo ITO

    IPC分类号: H04R1/02 H04R1/40

    摘要: An acoustic apparatus includes at least two speakers, each of the speakers having a sound producing direction directed to a corresponding ear of left and right ears of a listener; and an enclosure covering a back portion of a corresponding speaker of the speakers. An opening to open the enclosure is provided at a position further away from the corresponding ear than the corresponding speaker of the speakers. An opening area of the opening is greater than or equal to an effective vibration area of each of the speakers.

    IMAGE DETECTING METHOD AND IMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240331440A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18190894

    申请日:2023-03-27

    发明人: Keng-Chih Chen

    摘要: The image detecting apparatus including an image capturing device, a microphone array and a processing circuit is provided. The image capturing device captures an image. The microphone array detects a voice source. The processing circuit performs a voice activity detection on a first number of voice signals captured by the microphone devices to determine whether the voice source is a preset type voice. The processing circuit performs a beamforming operation on a second number of voice signals captured by the microphone devices to generate a region of interest (ROI) setting signal when the voice source is the preset type voice. The ROI setting signal indicates a location of the voice source in the image. The processing circuit performs an image detecting operation on a ROI image. The ROI image is determined according to the image and the ROI setting signal. The first number is smaller than the second number.