EP2890156B1 - Dispositif auditif avec données de position et procédé de fonctionnement d'un dispositif auditif - Google Patents

Dispositif auditif avec données de position et procédé de fonctionnement d'un dispositif auditif Download PDF

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EP2890156B1
EP2890156B1 EP13199856.9A EP13199856A EP2890156B1 EP 2890156 B1 EP2890156 B1 EP 2890156B1 EP 13199856 A EP13199856 A EP 13199856A EP 2890156 B1 EP2890156 B1 EP 2890156B1
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    • 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
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
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  • the performance of one or more functions by a hearing assist device is assisted or improved in some manner by utilizing resources of an external device and/or service to which the hearing assist device may be communicatively connected.
  • Such performance assistance or improvement may be achieved, for example and without limitation, by utilizing power resources, processing resources, storage resources, sensor resources, and/or user interface resources of an external device or service to which the hearing assist device may be communicatively connected.
  • the present invention relates to a hearing device and a method enabling adaptation of signal processing in the hearing device based on position data of the hearing device and/or position data of an audio system comprising one or more audio sources.
  • the hearing device comprises a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna and configured to wirelessly receive one or more audio streams from an audio system, the one or more audio streams including a first audio stream.
  • the first transceiver may be configured to receive and/or sent position data of the audio system and/or the hearing device.
  • the hearing device comprises a position controller for detecting position data of the hearing device.
  • the position controller has an output coupled to a position input of the secondary processing unit for sending a position control signal to the secondary processing unit.
  • the position controller may comprise a motion detector and a position processing unit connected to the motion detector.
  • the position processing unit is configured to estimate position data of the hearing device based on motion sensor output.
  • the motion detector may comprise one or a plurality of sensors e.g. one or more gyroscopes and/or one or more accelerometers.
  • the position controller may be configured for determining a position control signal based on the position data of the hearing device.
  • the position controller may comprise a position port and may be configured to receive audio system position data and/or send hearing device position data via the position port. Accordingly, the position controller may be configured for receiving audio system position data, and the position control signal may be based on the audio system position data.
  • the position port may be coupled to the first transceiver and/or second transceiver. Thus, the position controller may be configured to determine and send position control signal based on audio system position data received via the position port.
  • the position controller may comprise a control port for coupling to the primary processing unit for exchange of control signals.
  • the position data of the hearing device may comprise angular position data of the hearing device, and the position control signal is based on angular position data of the hearing device.
  • the position data may comprise distance position data of the hearing device.
  • the position data may comprise information of the distance of the hearing device relative to an audio source and/or a reference point.
  • the secondary processing unit is configured to process input signal(s) such as audio input signal and/or wireless input signal(s) depending on the position control signal.
  • the one or more audio streams may include a second audio stream that is converted to a second wireless input signal in the first transceiver.
  • the secondary processing unit may be configured to process the second wireless input signal from the first transceiver based on the position control signal.
  • the position control signal may select a value of a second gain to be applied to the second wireless input signal based on the position data of the hearing device.
  • the secondary processing unit may apply a second gain to the second wireless input signal based on the position control signal from the position controller.
  • the method for operating a hearing device comprises receiving a first audio stream and converting the first audio stream to a first wireless input signal.
  • a first audio stream may be converted into a first and a second wireless input signal.
  • the method comprises determining position data of the hearing device and processing the first wireless audio signal based on the position data of the hearing device to form an output signal.
  • the method may comprise obtaining position data of an audio system and processing the first wireless audio signal based on the position data of the hearing device and the position data of the audio system to form an output signal; and converting the output signal to an audio output signal.
  • one or more transceivers or transmitter units comprising transceivers are configured for broadcasting or transmitting audio track(s) and/or audio stream(s), e.g. to one or more hearing devices.
  • the audio system may comprise a first transceiver and optionally a second transceiver.
  • a transceiver may transmit one or more audio streams.
  • a transceiver may be identified by a transceiver address.
  • a transmitter unit may be configured to wirelessly transmit audio track(s) and/or audio stream(s).
  • An audio track is an audible signal.
  • Exemplary audible signals are speech, music, an airport call, a movie sound track or a combination thereof.
  • An audio stream is an electromagnetic signal representative of an audio track.
  • An audio stream is represented by a number of audio blocks each comprising one or more audio packets.
  • An audio packet comprises a finite part of an audio stream.
  • An audio packet may comprise an audio stream identifier, which may comprise one or more elements such as audio track identification, transceiver address or identification, audio group identification, audio source identification, etc.
  • Audio track identification may enable selection of audio streams representative of the same audio track
  • audio group identification may identify a certain group of audio tracks or audio streams e.g. an audio group may be audio tracks in the same or similar language, e.g. English, Danish or Chinese.
  • Transmitting and receiving the wireless audio stream(s) may be achieved by using wireless technology, thus transmitting/receiving audio blocks at one or more frequencies, e.g. in the range from 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz, in the range from 800 MHz to 1 GHz, in the range from 3.6 GHz to 3.7 GHz, and/or in the range from 4.9 GHz to 5.9 GHz.
  • frequencies e.g. in the range from 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz, in the range from 800 MHz to 1 GHz, in the range from 3.6 GHz to 3.7 GHz, and/or in the range from 4.9 GHz to 5.9 GHz.
  • the primary processing unit may be configured to control the first transceiver.
  • the first transceiver and/or the second transceiver may be configured to receive and/or send audio streams and/or position data at frequencies in the range from 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz, in the range from 800 MHz to 1 GHz, in the range from 3.6 GHz to 3.7 GHz, and/or in the range from 4.9 GHz to 5.9 GHz.
  • the first transceiver and/or the second transceiver may be configured to receive audio streams at frequencies in the range from 169 MHz to 218 MHz and/or in the range from 480 MHz to 520 MHz.
  • the hearing device may be configured for pairing the hearing device with an audio system, e.g. with one or more audio sources of the audio system. Pairing may comprise transmitting hearing device information from the hearing device to the audio system.
  • the hearing device information may comprise one or more of hearing device idenfication, hearing device manufacturer, hearing device model, and/or hearing device configuration data. Pairing of the hearing device with the audio system may additionally or alternatively comprise transmitting audio system information from the audio system to the hearing device and/or receiving audio system information from the audio system.
  • the audio system information may comprise one or more of audio system identification, audio source identification(s), transceiver identification(s) and/or audio stream configuration data.
  • the audio system may be configured to adapt the format of the first audio stream to be sent to the hearing device based on hearing device information received from the hearing device, e.g. model and/or manufacturer, data encoding format etc. Furthermore, pairing of the hearing device with the audio system may comprise exchanging an encryption key, such as to enable encryption of an audio stream, such as the first audio stream, before sending from the audio system, and decryption of the received wireless input signal, e.g. the first wireless input signal, in the hearing device.
  • an encryption key such as to enable encryption of an audio stream, such as the first audio stream
  • decryption of the received wireless input signal e.g. the first wireless input signal
  • the position controller may be configured to determine a gain or a vector of gains based on position data of the hearing device and/or position data of the audio system.
  • processing of the input signals may comprise applying a vector of gains.
  • the vector of gains may comprise a gain for each of the input signals.
  • the second FIL criterion may be based on the second view angle being the angle between the users direction of view and the direction from the hearing device to the second audio source.
  • the second FIL criterion may be given by: ⁇ 2 ⁇ T 2,1 , where ⁇ 2 is the second view angle and T 2,1 is a first threshold angle for the second audio source.
  • the first threshold angle T 2,1 may be in the range from 15 to 60 degrees.
  • the position controller may be configured to set the microphone gain to a first value if a criterion, such as the first FIL criterion and/or the second FIL criterion, is fulfilled.
  • the position controller may be configured to set the microphone gain to a second value if a criterion, such as the first FIL criterion and/or the second FIL criterion, is not fulfilled.
  • the first value may be less than the second value.
  • the position controller may be configured to determine a gain or a vector of gains based on an audio input signal from a microphone.
  • the position controller may be coupled to an output of the first microphone.
  • G is a vector with gains for the wireless input signal(s) and/or the audio input signal
  • P HD is position data for the hearing device
  • P AS is position data from the audio system
  • S mic is a control signal received by the microphone.
  • the control signal S received by the microphone may be within a selected frequency range outside the audible range.
  • P AS and/or S mic may be omitted.
  • Fig. 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary hearing device.
  • the hearing device 1 comprises a first antenna 4 and a first transceiver 6 coupled to the first antenna 4.
  • the first transceiver 6 is configured to wirelessly receive one or more audio streams 54 from an audio system, the one or more audio streams including a first audio stream.
  • the hearing device 1 comprises a primary processing unit 8 adapted for processing an input signal 60 according to a hearing prescription in order to alleviate a hearing loss, an acoustic output transducer 10 coupled to an output of the primary processing unit 8 for conversion of an output signal 62 from the primary processing unit 8 into an audio output signal 64, and at least one microphone including a first microphone 14.
  • the hearing device 1 comprises a secondary processing unit 16 with a first input 18 coupled to an output of the first transceiver 6 for receiving a first wireless input signal 56 representative of the first audio stream from the first transceiver 6, and a position controller 12 for detecting position data of the hearing device, the position controller 12 having an output coupled to a position input of the secondary processing unit for sending a position control signal 66 to the secondary processing unit 16.
  • the secondary processing unit 16 is configured to process the first wireless input signal 56 from the first transceiver 6 based on the position control signal 66.
  • the primary processor 8 may be coupled to the first transceiver 6, e.g. for sending and/or receiving pairing information to/from an audio system.
  • the secondary processing unit 16 has a second input 20 coupled to an output of the first microphone 14 for receiving an audio input signal 58.
  • the hearing device 1 is configured to pair with an audio system including one or more audio sources. For example, pairing of the hearing device 1 with the one or more audio sources is achieved by pairing the hearing device 1 with the audio system.
  • the primary processing unit 8 may perform signal processing such as noise reduction, filtering, amplification, etc. of the input signal 60.
  • the primary processing unit 8 may perform signal processing of the input signal 60 to account for hearing disability of the user of the hearing device 1.
  • the secondary processing unit 16 and the primary processing unit 8 may be embedded as a single processing unit as also indicated with the dotted box in Fig. 2 .
  • the position controller 12 is configured for detecting position data of the hearing device. Based on the position data of the hearing device, the position controller 12 determines gain(s) to be applied to the respective input signals to the secondary processing unit 16 and sends position control signal 66 indicative thereof to the secondary processing unit 16.
  • the secondary processing unit processes the input signal(s) including the first wireless input signal from the first transceiver based on the position control signal 66 from the position controller 12.
  • the first transceiver 6 may be coupled to the position controller 12 for receiving audio system position signal 68 indicative of position data of an audio system and/or sending position data of the hearing device to an audio system.
  • Fig. 2 schematically illustrates an exemplary hearing device.
  • the hearing device 1 comprises a second antenna 26 and a second transceiver 28 coupled to the position controller 12 for receiving audio system position signal 68 indicative of position data of an audio system and/or sending position data of the hearing device to an audio system.
  • Fig. 3 schematically illustrates an exemplary position controller 12.
  • the position controller 12 is configured for detecting position data of the hearing device 1 and has an output 30 coupled to a position input of the secondary processing unit 16 for sending a position control signal 66 to the secondary processing unit.
  • the position controller 12 comprises a motion detector 22 and a position processing unit 24 configured for estimating position data of the hearing device based on an output of the motion detector 22 and determining a position control signal 66 based on the position data of the hearing device.
  • the position controller may be configured to receive audio system position data and/or send hearing device position data via position port 32.
  • the position port 32 may be coupled to the first transceiver 6 and/or second transceiver 28.
  • the position controller 12 may be configured to determine and send position control signal 66 based on audio system position data from first transceiver 6 and/or second transceiver 28.
  • the position controller comprises a control port 34 for coupling to the primary processing unit 8 for exchange of control signals.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates an exemplary secondary processing unit.
  • the secondary processing unit 16 comprises a number of gain units including a first gain unit with adjustable first gain G 1 and a microphone gain unit with adjustable microphone gain G MIC .
  • the first gain G 1 applied to the input signal on the first input 18 is controlled by the position control signal 66.
  • the microphone gain G MIC applied to the audio input signal on the second input 20 is also controlled by the position control signal 66.
  • the amplified/attenuated signals from the gain units are summed in summation unit to form an input signal 60 to the primary processing unit.

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  1. Dispositif auditif (1) comprenant
    - une première antenne (4) ;
    - un premier émetteur-récepteur (6) couplé à la première antenne (4) et configuré pour recevoir sans fil un ou plusieurs flux audio (54) provenant d'un système audio, le ou les flux audio (54) comprenant un premier flux audio ;
    - une unité de traitement primaire (8) adaptée pour traiter un signal d'entrée (60) selon une ordonnance d'audition afin de soulager une perte auditive ;
    - un transducteur de sortie acoustique (10) couplé à une sortie de l'unité de traitement primaire (8) pour la conversion d'un signal de sortie (62) provenant de l'unité de traitement primaire (8) en un signal audio de sortie (64) ;
    - au moins un microphone ;
    - une unité de traitement secondaire (16) avec une première entrée (18) couplée à une sortie du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) pour recevoir un premier signal d'entrée sans fil (56) représentatif du premier flux audio provenant du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) ; et
    - un contrôleur de position (12) pour détecter des données de position du dispositif auditif (1), le contrôleur de position (12) ayant une sortie (30) couplée à une entrée de position de l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) pour envoyer un signal de commande de position (66) comprenant une valeur de position angulaire α1 à l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) ; le contrôleur de position (12) étant configuré pour sélectionner une valeur G1 d'un premier gain basé sur les données de position du dispositif auditif (1) en combinaison avec un signal de commande reçu par le microphone, le signal de commande étant dans une plage de fréquences sélectionnée en dehors de la plage audible ;
    dans lequel la valeur de position angulaire α1 est l'angle entre une direction de vue d'un utilisateur et la direction du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) ;
    dans lequel l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) est configurée pour appliquer la première valeur de gain au premier signal d'entrée sans fil (56) provenant du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) ; et
    dans lequel la première valeur de gain G1 est appliquée si la valeur de position angulaire α1 est au-dessous d'une première seuil T1.1.
  2. Dispositif auditif (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) est configurée pour appliquer une deuxième valeur de gain G2 au premier signal d'entrée sans fil (56) provenant du premier émetteur-récepteur (6), et dans lequel la deuxième valeur de gain est appliquée si la valeur de position angulaire α1 est au-dessus de la première seuil T1.1.
  3. Dispositif auditif (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la deuxième valeur de gain G2 est inférieure à la première valeur de gain G1.
  4. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la première seuil T1.1 est dans la plage de 15° à 60°.
  5. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le contrôleur de position (12) comprend un détecteur de mouvement (22) et une unité de traitement de position (24) connectée au détecteur de mouvement (22) et configurée pour estimer des données de position du dispositif auditif (1) sur la base de la sortie du détecteur de mouvement.
  6. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les données de position comprennent des données de position angulaire du dispositif auditif (1), et dans lequel le signal de commande de position (66) est basé sur des données de position angulaire du dispositif auditif (1).
  7. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un premier signal de gain est appliqué au premier signal d'entrée sans fil (56) basé sur des données de position du dispositif auditif (1).
  8. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le ou les flux audio (54) comprennent un deuxième flux audio converti en un deuxième signal d'entrée sans fil (57) dans le premier émetteur-récepteur (6), et dans lequel l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) est configurée pour traiter le deuxième signal d'entrée sans fil (57) provenant du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) en fonction du signal de commande de position (66).
  9. Dispositif auditif (1) selon la revendication 7, dans lequel un deuxième signal de gain est appliqué au deuxième signal d'entrée sans fil (57) basé sur des données de position du dispositif auditif (1).
  10. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le dispositif auditif (1) comprend une deuxième antenne (26) connectée au contrôleur de position (12) pour recevoir et / ou envoyer des données de position depuis / vers un système audio.
  11. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le contrôleur de position (12) est configuré pour recevoir des données de position de système audio, et dans lequel le signal de commande de position (66) est basé sur les données de position de système audio.
  12. Dispositif auditif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'au moins un microphone comprend un premier microphone (14) pour recevoir un signal audio acoustique et convertir le signal audio acoustique en un signal d'entrée audio (58), le premier microphone (14) ayant une sortie couplée à une deuxième entrée (20) de l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) pour envoyer le signal d'entrée audio à l'unité de traitement secondaire (16), et dans lequel l'unité de traitement secondaire (16) est configurée pour traiter le signal d'entrée audio (58) sur la base du signal de commande de position (66).
  13. Procédé (100) de fonctionnement d'un dispositif auditif (1), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    - recevoir (102) un premier flux audio ;
    - convertir (104) le premier flux audio en un premier signal d'entrée sans fil ;
    - déterminer (106) des données de position du dispositif auditif (1) ;
    - sélectionner une valeur d'un premier gain en fonction des données de position du dispositif auditif (1) en combinaison avec un signal de commande reçu par le microphone, le signal de commande étant dans une plage de fréquences sélectionnée en dehors de la plage audible ;
    - appliquer la première valeur de gain G1 au premier signal audio sans fil pour former un signal de sortie (62) ; dans lequel la première valeur de gain G1 est appliquée si une valeur de position angulaire α1 est au-dessous d'une première seuil T1.1, dans lequel la valeur de position angulaire α1 est l'angle entre une direction de vue d'un utilisateur et la direction du premier émetteur-récepteur (6) ; et
    - convertir (110) le signal de sortie (62) en un signal de sortie audio (64).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, le procédé comprenant
    - la réception d'un signal audio acoustique ;
    - la conversion du signal audio acoustique en un signal d'entrée audio (58) ; et
    - le traitement du signal audio d'entrée (58) et du premier signal audio sans fil sur la base des données de position du dispositif auditif (1) pour former le signal de sortie (62).
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