EP2506603A3 - Hearing aid with a directional microphone system and method for operating such a hearing aid device with said directional mocrophone system - Google Patents

Hearing aid with a directional microphone system and method for operating such a hearing aid device with said directional mocrophone system Download PDF

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EP2506603A3
EP2506603A3 EP12160523.2A EP12160523A EP2506603A3 EP 2506603 A3 EP2506603 A3 EP 2506603A3 EP 12160523 A EP12160523 A EP 12160523A EP 2506603 A3 EP2506603 A3 EP 2506603A3
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Jens Hain
Matthias Müller-Wehlau
Sebastian Pape
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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
    • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
    • H04R29/004—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for microphones
    • H04R29/005—Microphone arrays
    • H04R29/006—Microphone matching
    • 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
    • H04R2225/39—Aspects relating to automatic logging of sound environment parameters and the performance of the hearing aid during use, e.g. histogram logging, or of user selected programs or settings in the hearing aid, e.g. usage logging
    • 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
    • H04R2225/41—Detection or adaptation of hearing aid parameters or programs to listening situation, e.g. pub, forest
    • 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

Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Hörhilfegerät (HA; HA1, HA2) mit einem Richtmikrofonsystem, umfassend wenigstens
- ein erstes Mikrofon (F; F1, F2), von dem ein erstes Mikrofonsignal (SF; SF1, SF2) ausgeht,
- ein zweites Mikrofon (B; B1, B2), von dem ein zweites Mikrofonsignal (SB; SB1, SB2) ausgeht,
- eine Verzögerungseinheit (T), wobei zum Erzeugen einer Richtwirkung das zweite Mikrofonsignal oder ein daraus hervorgehendes viertes Mikrofonsignal (SB3, SB4) mittels der Verzögerungseinheit um eine interne Zeitverzögerung (Ti; Ti1, Ti2) verzögert und mit dem ersten Mikrofonsignal oder einem daraus hervorgehenden dritten Mikrofonsignal (SF3, SF4) zum Erzeugen eines Richtmikrofonsignals (SD) verknüpft wird,
- eine Kreuzkorrelationsanalyseeinheit (K1, K2), in die das erste oder das dritte Mikrofonsignal und das zweite oder das vierte Mikrofonsignal eingehen, zur Bestimmung eines Werts einer Kreuzkorrelation der beiden Mikrofonsignale;
- eine Steuereinheit (C1, C2) zum Einstellen der Zeitverzögerung in Abhängigkeit von dem Wert der Kreuzkorrelation der beiden Mikrofonsignale;
- einen Klassifikator (K) zum Bestimmen einer Hörsituation, in der sich das Hörhilfegerät gerade befindet,
wobei
- die Einstellung der Zeitverzögerung in Abhängigkeit von der Hörsituation erfolgt.

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The invention relates to a hearing aid (HA, HA1, HA2) with a directional microphone system comprising at least
a first microphone (F; F1, F2) from which a first microphone signal (SF, SF1, SF2) originates,
a second microphone (B, B1, B2), from which a second microphone signal (SB, SB1, SB2) originates,
- A delay unit (T), wherein for generating a directional effect, the second microphone signal or a resulting fourth microphone signal (SB3, SB4) by means of the delay unit by an internal time delay (T i ; T i 1, T i 2) delayed and with the first Microphone signal or a resulting third microphone signal (SF3, SF4) for generating a directional microphone signal (SD) is linked,
a cross-correlation analysis unit (K1, K2), into which the first or the third microphone signal and the second or the fourth microphone signal are received, for determining a value of a cross-correlation of the two microphone signals;
a control unit (C1, C2) for adjusting the time delay in dependence on the value of the cross-correlation of the two microphone signals;
a classifier (K) for determining a hearing situation in which the hearing aid is currently located,
in which
- The adjustment of the time delay depending on the listening situation.
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