79results about "Bone conduction transducer hearing devices" patented technology

Systems and techniques are provided for processing audio data. For example, a process can include determining audio context information corresponding to a multi-band bone conduction microphone (BCM), wherein the audio context information is indicative of at least one of noise information or voice information. A process can include generating a control signal indicative of a resonance configuration for one or more resonators of a plurality of resonators included in the multi-band BCM, wherein the resonance configuration is based on the audio context information and corresponds to one or more frequency response adjustments. A process can include transmitting the control signal to the multi-band BCM, wherein the control signal is configured to cause the multi-band BCM to generate a BCM output signal using the resonance configuration.

The present disclosure provides a bone conduction speaker, comprising: a vibration assembly, the vibration assembly including a vibration element and a vibration housing, the vibration element being used to convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration, the vibration housing being used to contact with a face of a user and to transmit the mechanical vibration to the user in a bone conduction manner to produce a sound; and a resonance assembly including a first elastic element and a mass element, the mass element being connected to the vibration assembly by the first elastic element, wherein the vibration assembly causes the resonance assembly to vibrate, the vibration of the resonance assembly weakening a vibration amplitude of the vibration housing.

The application discloses a sound amplification device, which comprises a vibrating body, the vibrating body comprises at least one first vibrating surface and at least one contact area for contacting with a vibration source, the vibration source and the contact area are in detachable contact, the area of the first vibrating surface is larger than that of the contact area, the vibration source is used for generating vibration, the vibration is transmitted to the first vibrating surface through the contact area and is transmitted outward through the first vibrating surface.

A deep learning based noise reduction method includes collecting speech signals from a microphone; collecting bone-conducted signals from a bone-conduction sensor; transmitting the bone-conducted signals to a high-pass filter to filter out low frequency noise; transmitting both the filtered bone-conducted signals and the speech signals to a deep neural network (DNN) module; and activating the DNN module to process both the filtered bone-conducted signals and the speech signals and making predictions, thereby obtaining a clean speech.

The present disclosure provides a vibration component. The vibration component may include: a mass element; and an elastic element, the elastic element including a connection region and a first preprocessing region, wherein the connection region is configured to support the mass element; and a deformation quantity of the first preprocessing region is greater than a deformation quantity of a region of the elastic element other than the first preprocessing region when the mass element vibrates.

Provided is a hearing device having excellent added value by utilizing a novel application of cartilage conduction. The hearing device includes a vibrator configured to be attached in contact with an epidermis of an auricle; and a drive unit configured to drive and vibrate the vibrator, wherein the vibrator is configured to transmit sound to an inner ear and stimulates an ear acupuncture point by applying vibration to cartilage tissue surrounding an external auditory meatus.

A bone conduction speaker is provided herein. The bone conduction speaker may include a magnetic circuit component for providing a magnetic field, a vibration component located in the magnetic field, and a case. At least a part of the vibration component may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration signal. The case may include a case panel facing a human body side and a case back opposite to the case panel, and accommodate the vibration component that causes the case panel and the case back to vibrate. A vibration of the case panel may have a first phase, and a vibration of the case back may have a second phase. When frequencies of the vibration of the case panel and the case back are within 2000 Hz to 3000 Hz, an absolute value of a difference between the first and the second phase(s) may be less than 60 degrees.

A method for calibrating an implantable adaptive body noise reduction system includes capturing an externally generated body noise reference signal with at least one sound sensor and at least one vibration sensor; operating the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system based on the externally generated body noise reference signal; monitoring the operation of the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system to identify a convergence point; and setting one or more parameters of the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system based on the convergence point.

The disclosure relates to a bone anchored hearing aid device unit including a housing and an actuator having a first plate piezo element, and a clamp system configured for attaching the first plate piezo element to the housing, characterized in that the actuator has a second plate piezo element, in that the clamp system connects the first plate piezo element and the second plate piezo element, via the housing, and in that the clamp system is adapted for transferring, via the housing, a dynamic force between the first plate piezo element and the second plate piezo element. A method of operating a bone anchored hearing device unit is also disclosed.

Presented herein are techniques related to setting a filter for an implanted medical device and using the filter to improve operation of the implanted medical device to evoke a hearing percept. A first output signal is generated and delivered to the recipient. A feedback resulting from delivery of the first output signal to the recipient is captured. A resonance associated with the feedback is identified, and a filter is set to attenuate the resonance. A second output signal is then generated based on an input signal, which is filtered via the filter to attenuate portions of potential feedback in the input signal. Thus, limited amounts of feedback are processed to generate the second output signal, and delivering the second output signal to the recipient evokes a hearing percept more desirably.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing device including at least one first, outward-facing, input transducer configured to pick up first sounds from the environment of a user and a second, inward-facing, input transducer configured to pick up a second sounds at the eardrum of the user. The hearing device can further include a directional system including a) an own voice beamformer configured to provide an estimate of the user's own voice in dependence of the at least one first and the second electric input signals, configurable own voice beamformer weights; and b) an own voice analyzer configured to analyze at least one of the at least one first and said second electric input signals, and to provide an own voice beamformer weight control signal.

The sound receiver watch (100) for non-surgical hearing aid comprising a body detachably connected to the wrist band, said body accommodated with a main circuit powered with the battery (106) placed inside the body. The main circuit having inbuilt sound processor connected to a microphone (102) module being capable to process the sound, a transmitter being capable to transmit said processed sound to said hearing aid device, plurality of buttons to access the functions of said watch. The touch enabled display placed on the top side (105) of said body being connected to a microprocessor and said control circuit, a sort-distance wireless communication module being capable to provide the connectivity to said watch (100) and an USB charging port (103) located on said body, provided to charge said watch (100) battery (106) to operate the same, wherein, watch (100) dissemble as a transmitter and transmit the processed sound to said hearing aid device, said sound being bypass and received to the cochlea directly through the hearing aid device.

The present invention relates to a human body stimulation system that uses acoustic pressure to provide vibration and photoacoustic sound to provide bone conduction sound. More specifically, the present invention relates to a human body stimulation system that uses acoustic pressure to provide vibration and photoacoustic sound to provide bone conduction sound, the system includes a vibration device configured to provide vibration to a human body using acoustic pressure and a transducer that provides bone conduction sound using photoacoustic sound, and thus can provide vibration (tactile sensation) and bone conduction sound (auditory sensation) to a human body (particularly the brain). According to the present invention, bone conduction sound can be provided simultaneously with human body stimulation to vibration.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sound production component including a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit assembly, a coil, and a housing. The coil is connected to the diaphragm and is at least partially disposed in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit assembly, and the coil drives the diaphragm to vibrate to produce a sound after being energized. A sound outlet is provided on an inner side surface of the housing for directing a sound generated at a front side of the diaphragm out of the housing. The diaphragm comprises a main body region and a folded-ring region surrounding the main body region, the folded-ring region comprising an arc-shaped segment and a connection segment connected to the main body region. A projection of a center of the sound outlet along a vibration direction on the diaphragm is on an inner side of the arc-shaped segment.

An earpiece is configured for providing audiometric testing. The earpiece includes an earpiece housing, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiece housing, at least one transducer operatively connected to the intelligent control, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the intelligent control. The earpiece is configured to perform audiometric testing of a user by reproducing sounds at the at least one transducer and receiving user feedback regarding the sounds to provide audiometric test data.

Provided herein is a device for improved induction of sound by electromagnetic radiation, comprising a carrier layer; a first substance having a reflective property with respect to electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined wavelength spectrum; and a second substance having an absorptive property with respect to electromagnetic radiation having said predetermined wavelength spectrum; wherein said first substance is disposed in a region between said carrier layer and said second substance. Furthermore, a corresponding method is provided.

A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.

A method is provided that includes obtaining a first in-ear microphone (IEM) voice signal and a reference voice signal; decomposing the voice signal into signal components spanning frequency bands; determining, for each frequency band, a time-varying true value correction gain based on a difference between corresponding first features of the signal components; determining second features of the first IEM voice signal; configuring a model to predict a time-varying correction gain of an estimated true value correction gain from the second features; obtaining a second IEM voice signal; decomposing the second IEM voice signal into signal components spanning the frequency bands; determining third features of the second IEM voice signal that match the second features; executing the model for predicting the correction gain based on the third features; applying the correction gain to the second IEM voice signal to obtain a processed IEM voice signal; and outputting the processed IEM voice signal.

The present disclosure discloses a hearing aid device. The hearing aid device may comprise at least one sound transmitter configured to collect a sound signal and convert the sound signal into an electrical signal, a signal processing circuit configured to generate a control signal by processing the electrical signal, at least one vibration loudspeaker configured to convert the control signal into a vibration signal, and a housing structure configured to accommodate at least one of the at least one sound transmitter, the signal processing circuit, or the at least one vibration loudspeaker, wherein the control signal may include an original signal and an air-conducted sound leakage signal generated from the at least one vibration loudspeaker, and a difference between the air-conducted sound leakage signal received by the at least one sound transmitter and the original signal may not be larger than −33 dB.

Systems and techniques for processing audio data are provided. For example, a process can include determining audio context information corresponding to a multi-band bone conduction microphone (BCM), where the audio context information indicates at least one of noise information or speech information. The process can include generating a control signal indicating a resonance configuration of one or more resonators of a plurality of resonators included in the multi-band BCM, where the resonance configuration is based on the audio context information and corresponds to one or more frequency response adjustments. The process can include sending the control signal to the multi-band BCM, where the control signal is configured to cause the multi-band BCM to generate a BCM output signal using the resonance configuration.

A bone conduction device is configured to classify received sound signals (sounds) into one or more sound categories / classes (i.e., determine the input signal type). The bone conduction device is configured to dynamically set a maximum force output (MFO) of the bone conduction device at least based on the sound class of the sound signals.

A method of providing spatially localized haptics comprises the steps of applying an excitation signal directly to a first location on a body of a user. A measurement signal of vibrations of the body at a second location caused by propagation of the excitation signal through the body from the first location to the second location is generated by a first haptic vibration sensor in physical contact with the body at the second location. A body related transfer function is derived from the excitation signal, the measurement signal, and a measure of the spatial relationship between the first location and the second location on the body.

A pair of bone conduction hearing aid eyeglasses comprises a eyeglass mechanism, wherein at middle portions of both rear sides of the eyeglass mechanism are fixedly connected connection mechanisms, at sides of the connection mechanisms are fixedly connected bone conduction eyeglass leg mechanisms, outside rear-central portions of the bone conduction eyeglass leg mechanisms are sleeved rubber rings, at rear end portions of the bone conduction eyeglass leg mechanisms are fixedly provided connecting buckles, rear end portions of the connecting buckles are fixedly installed at front end portions of an anti-falling mechanism. By arranging bone conduction assemblies within the bone conduction leg mechanisms, patients with hearing impairments and myopia can achieve vision and hearing correction; connecting buckles are connected to automatically retractable anti-falling mechanism, so as to prevent the bone conduction hearing aid eyeglasses from failing off during vigorous movements, thus avoiding potential damage to the bone conduction hearing aid eyeglasses.

A bone conduction speaker is provided herein. The bone conduction speaker may include a magnetic circuit component for providing a magnetic field, a vibration component located in the magnetic field, and a case. At least a part of the vibration component may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration signal. The case may include a case panel facing a human body side and a case back opposite to the case panel, and accommodate the vibration component that causes the case panel and the case back to vibrate. A vibration of the case panel may have a first phase, and a vibration of the case back may have a second phase. When frequencies of the vibration of the case panel and the case back are within 2000 Hz to 3000 Hz, an absolute value of a difference between the first and the second phase(s) may be less than 60 degrees.

A device includes one or more inertial sensors and fusion circuitry coupled to the one or more inertial sensors. The inertial sensors, in operation, generate inertial sensor data with respect to a plurality of axes of movement. The fusion circuitry, in a polar fusion mode of operation, applies a plurality of polar rotation operations to the generated inertial sensor data to rotate the generated inertial sensor data onto an axis of the plurality of axes of movement. A fused data signal is generated based on a result of the plurality of polar rotation operations. The plurality of inertial sensors may include bone-conduction sensors.

An imaging apparatus includes a display device and a camera configured to generate image data reproducible as a series of images of a scene. Each of the series of images has a maximum field of view. A processor is configured to receive the image data, display at least a portion of the series of images, analyze the image data to determine if an object is recognized in each of the series of images, and generate a history of the series of images. The history is indicative of whether each of the series of images includes the object. Based at least in part on the history, the processor is configured to cause the display of the at least a portion of the series of images to be modified to: zoom in on the object, pan within the maximum field of view, zoom out on the scene, or any combination thereof.