Gn Hearing A/s

Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Google Inc.

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, LLC

Dts, Inc.

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Changxue Ma

Andrew Dittberner

Rob De Vries

Yan Ming Cheng

James R Talley

Yan-Ming Cheng

Jonathan Boley

Tobias Piechowiak

Chen Liu

Harry M Bliss

Antonie Johannes Hendrikse

Yuan-Jun Wei

Mark Randolph

Woojay Jeon

Srdjan Petrovic

Jean-Marc Jot

Andreas Tiefenau

Theodore Mazurkiewicz

Guangji Shi

Steven J Nowlan

Michael E Groble

Rob Anton Jurjen De Vries

Dusan Macho

Li-Xin Zhen

Wei Lin

Prakairut Tarlton

Ted Mazurkiewicz

Fan Zhang

Eugene Brandewie

Janet E Cahn

A hearing device comprises a first microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal, and a second microphone for provision of a second microphone input signal; a voice detector module for processing the first and second microphone input signals, the voice detector module configured to detect own-voice of a user; a processor for provision of an electrical output signal; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal, wherein the voice detector module is configured to determine a direction parameter indicative of a direction of a sound source based on first and/or second microphone input signal; determine whether a direction criterion based on the direction parameter is satisfied; determine a first distance parameter indicative of a distance to the sound source; determine whether a distance criterion based on the first distance parameter is satisfied; and provide a voice detector output.

Hearing device with own-voice detection

A hearing device comprises: a transceiver module configured to receive a contralateral directional input signal from the contralateral hearing device; a first BTE microphone for provision of a first BTE microphone input signal; a second BTE microphone for provision of a second BTE microphone input signal; a first MIE microphone for provision of a first MIE microphone input signal; a first beamformer for provision of a directional input signal based on the first BTE microphone input signal and the second BTE microphone input signal; a second beamformer for provision of a binaural beamform signal based on a binaural transfer function, the directional input signal, and the contralateral directional input signal; a spatializer for provision of a spatial binaural beamform signal based on the binaural beamform signal and a spatialization transfer function; and a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the spatial binaural beamform signal.

Hearing device having bilateral beamforming with binaural cues

An electronic device configured to communicate with a binaural hearing device, includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the binaural hearing device, a signal indicating an orientation of a head of a user of the binaural hearing device; a memory storing head-related transfer functions (HRTF) respectively for a left ear and a right ear of the user; an input transducer configured to capture sound at a distance from the user; and a processing unit configured to provide a spatialized binaural audio signal based on the captured sound, the orientation of the head of the user, and the head-related transfer functions (HRTF); wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the spatialized binaural audio signal to the binaural hearing device for allowing the binaural hearing device to provide left and right audio outputs based on the spatialized binaural audio signal.

System for audio rendering comprising a binaural hearing device and an external device

The present disclosure relates to a method of performing bilateral dynamic range compression of first and second microphone signals generated by first and second hearing devices, respectively, of a binaural hearing system. The method comprises to pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's left or right ear by a first microphone to generate a first microphone signal in response to incoming sound and pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's opposite ear by a second microphone to generate a second microphone signal in response to the incoming sound.

Binaural hearing system comprising bilateral compression

A method performed by a first hearing device comprising microphone(s) configured to generate a first input signal, a communication unit configured to receive a second input signal from a second hearing device, an output unit, and a processor, the method comprising: generating a first intermediate signal including or based on a first weighted combination of the first input signal and the second input signal, wherein the first weighted combination is based on a first gain value and/or a second gain value; and generating an output signal for the output unit based on the first intermediate signal; wherein one or both of the first gain value and the second gain value are determined in accordance with an objective of making a power of the first input signal and a power of the second input signal differ by a preset power level difference greater than 2 dB in the weighted combination.

Hearing device with omnidirectional sensitivity

The present disclosure relates to a method of performing bilateral dynamic range compression of first and second microphone signals generated by first and second hearing aids, respectively, of a binaural hearing aid system. The method comprises to pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's left or right ear by a first microphone to generate a first microphone signal in response to incoming sound and pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's opposite ear by a second microphone to generate a second microphone signal in response to the incoming sound.

A method performed by a first hearing device, includes: determining a first gain value, a second gain value, or both the first and second gain values; generating an intermediate signal including or based on a combination of the first directional input signal and the second directional input signal, wherein the first and second directional input signals in the combination are combined based on the first gain value, the second gain value, or both of the first and second gain values; and generating an output signal for the output unit based on the intermediate signal; wherein one or both of the first gain value and the second gain value are determined in accordance with an objective of making a proportion of the first directional input signal and a proportion of the second directional signal at least substantially equal.

Hearing devices and related methods

The present disclosure relates to methods of performing bilateral processing of respective microphone signals of a left ear hearing aid and a right ear hearing aid of a binaural hearing aid system and to corresponding binaural hearing aid systems.

Binaural hearing aid system comprising a bilateral beamforming signal output and omnidirectional signal output

Disclosed is a hearing device and method of operating a hearing device in a binaural hearing system, the method comprising: receiving distal data from a distal hearing device; receiving an audio signal and converting the audio signal to a first microphone input signal and a second microphone input signal; and determining a beamforming scheme based on the distal data, the first microphone input signal, and the second microphone input signal, wherein determining the beamforming scheme comprises obtaining a zero-direction index, and wherein the beamforming scheme is based on the zero-direction index; and applying the beamforming scheme in a beamforming module of the hearing device.

Hearing device with adaptive binaural auditory steering and related method

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device, comprising: a transceiver module for obtaining a contralateral filtered beamform signal from the contralateral hearing device; microphones for provision of a first and second microphone input signals; a first beamforming module for provision of a first beamform signal based on the first and second microphone input signals; a filter bank, connected to the first beamforming module, for filtering the first beamform signal into a plurality of filtered beamform signals including a first bandpass beamform signal; a bandpass beamformer coupled to the filter bank; an adder, connected to the bandpass beamformer, for provision of a beamformed input signal; a processing circuit for processing the beamformed input signal and providing an electrical output signal based on the beamformed input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.

Hearing device with adaptive sub-band beamforming and related method

A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids. A first signal processor of the first hearing aid is configured to generate a first monaural beamforming signal based on microphone signal(s) supplied by a first microphone arrangement of the first hearing aid, the first monaural beamforming signal exhibiting a first polar pattern with maximum sensitivity in a target direction. The first signal processor is also configured to: generate a bilateral beamforming signal based on the first monaural beamforming signal and a second monaural beamforming signal from the second hearing aid; generate a third monaural beamforming signal based on the microphone signal(s) and exhibiting a third polar pattern with maximum sensitivity at the ipsilateral side of the first hearing aid; delay the third monaural beamforming signal; and combine the first bilateral beamforming signal and the time-delayed third monaural beamforming signal to form a first hybrid beamforming signal.

Bilateral hearing aid system comprising temporal decorrelation beamformers

A hearing device of a binaural hearing system is disclosed, the binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device. The hearing device comprises: a transceiver module for communication with the contralateral hearing device of the binaural system, the transceiver module configured for provision of a contralateral signal received from the contralateral hearing device; and a set of microphones comprising a first microphone and a second microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal and a second microphone input signal, respectively. The hearing device comprises: a beamforming module connected to the first microphone and the second microphone for processing the first microphone input signal, the second microphone input signal and the contralateral signal, the beamforming module configured to provide a first beamformed input signal. The hearing device comprises a beamforming controller connected to the beamforming module and the transceiver module.

Hearing device and method with flexible control of beamforming

A method, apparatus, and electronic device for voice navigation are disclosed. A voice input mechanismmay receive a verbal input from a user to a voice user interface program invisible to the user. A processormay identify in a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items. The processormay convert the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices. The processormay correlate a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to a phonemic representation of the verbal input.

Search-based dynamic voice activation

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a transceiver module; microphones for provision of first and second microphone input signal; a first beamforming module for provision of a first beamform signal based on the first microphone input signal and the second microphone input signal; a filter bank for filtering the first beamform signal into a plurality of first sub-band beamform signals including a first bandpass beamform signal, and for filtering a contralateral beamform signal into a contralateral bandpass beamform signal; a second beamforming module comprising an adaptive bandpass beamformer for provision of a second bandpass beamform signal; an adder for provision of a beamformed input signal; a processor for providing an electrical output signal based on the beamformed input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.

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Barrington, IL, United States of America

Changxue Ma