EP1017253A3 - Blind source separation for hearing aids - Google Patents

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EP1017253A3
EP1017253A3 EP99310611A EP99310611A EP1017253A3 EP 1017253 A3 EP1017253 A3 EP 1017253A3 EP 99310611 A EP99310611 A EP 99310611A EP 99310611 A EP99310611 A EP 99310611A EP 1017253 A3 EP1017253 A3 EP 1017253A3
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unmixing
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Justinian Rosca
Christian Darken
Thomas Petsche
Inga Holube
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/405—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic by combining a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/43—Signal processing in hearing aids to enhance the speech intelligibility
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing
    • H04R25/507—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing implemented by neural network or fuzzy logic

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  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
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  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
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Abstract

An electronic filtering device for performing real-time unmixing of a signal desired to be recovered by a user of the device, where the desired signal emanates from one of a plurality of independent signal sources. Two microphones positioned along a common axis develop first and second electrical input signals in response to reception by the microphones of acoustic signals from the plurality of independent signal sources. The common axis of the microphones is controllable in real time by the user to align the common axis so it points in the direction of the source of the desired signal. An adaptive unmixing signal processor responsive to the input signals develops output signals wherein the desired signal is separate from the mixture signal. A preprocessor may be provided to subject the input signals to one or both of a time delay processing and a decorrelation processing before their application to the unmixing signal processor, to enhance recovery of the desired signal. A selected output of the unmixing signal processor can be applied as an input to a speaker for reproduction, or can be further processed for signal enhancement by an additional processor before reproduction.
EP99310611A 1998-12-30 1999-12-24 Blind source separation for hearing aids Revoked EP1017253B1 (en)

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US22348598A 1998-12-30 1998-12-30
US223485 1998-12-30

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