US 11,929,071 B2
Hearing device system and method for operating same
Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi, Erlangen (DE); Marko Lugger, Weilersbach (DE); and Umut Goekay, Mainz (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,274.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 213 048.5 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122606 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [H04R 25/558 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a hearing aid system having a hearing aid and a peripheral device with a voice-controlled digital assistant, which comprises the steps of:
examining a microphone signal from the hearing aid for a presence of a wearer's own voice from own voice components of the wearer of the hearing aid;
examining the microphone signal for a predefined activation command from the voice-controlled digital assistant if the own voice components are detected by the hearing aid;
processing a portion of the microphone signal representing the predefined activation command and a subsequent speech sequence by the hearing aid for a speech recognizer of the voice-controlled digital assistant using an algorithm if the predefined activation command is recognized, and carrying out speech recognition by means of the hearing aid, wherein after a word of the predefined activation command and/or the subsequent speech sequence is recognized, a segmentation signal is inserted at a corresponding position of the portion of the microphone signal; and
transmitting a processed portion of the microphone signal to the peripheral device.