	US 12,236,680 B2
	Application for assisting a hearing device wearer
Qi Yang, Chicago, IL (US); Gregory B. Olsen, Lombard, IL (US); Jeffrey Todd Schlensker, Chicago, IL (US); and Viktor A. Mateevitsi, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/577,415.
Prior Publication US 2021/0089773 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)

CPC G06V 20/20 (2022.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04R 25/70 (2013.01)]

32 Claims

1. A digital assistance for assisting a wearer of a hearing device to correctly arrange the hearing device with respect to an ear of the wearer, comprising:

a control configured to enable a preview of a first image to be displayed, wherein the first image is generated by a camera;

wherein the control is also configured to enable a capturing of the first image, the first image showing at least the ear of the wearer with the hearing device arranged in and/or at the ear of the wearer;

wherein the digital assistance is implemented in an electronic device that comprises the camera for generating the first image, wherein the digital assistance implemented in the electronic device comprises a comparator configured to perform a comparison between (1) the first image showing the at least the ear of the wearer with the hearing device and (2) a reference image, to determine whether the hearing device is correctly arranged with respect to the ear of the wearer;

wherein the digital assistance comprises hardware, or a combination of software and the hardware;

wherein the reference image comprises a hearing device image and an ear image, and indicates a correct position of the hearing device image with respect to the ear image, wherein the reference image is either a right-side view or a left-side view of a head;

wherein the digital assistance is configured to inform the wearer whether the hearing device is correctly arranged with respect to the ear of the wearer based on the comparison performed by the comparator of the digital assistance; and

wherein the comparator in the electronic device is configured to perform the comparison by calculating a degree of correlation between (1) the first image showing the at least the ear of the wearer with the hearing device, and (2) the reference image having the ear image and the hearing device image.