US 12,256,198 B2
Control of parameters of hearing instrument based on ear canal deformation and concha EMG signals
Stéphane Gallégo, Vénissieux (FR)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,192.
Application 17/820,192 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/018121, filed on Feb. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,249, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394396 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61B 5/297 (2021.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/505 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61B 5/297 (2021.01); A61B 5/6815 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); G01P 13/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/40 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); H04R 2225/023 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a parameter of an audio system, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system, a deformation signal generated by a deformation sensor, wherein the deformation signal is indicative of a deformation of an ear of a user of a hearing instrument;
obtaining, by the processing system, an electromyographic (EMG) signal generated by an electrode in a concha of the user, wherein the EMG signal is indicative of activity of an intrinsic auricular muscle of the user;
determining, by the processing system, based on the deformation signal, whether the deformation of the ear of the user was caused by a movement of a jaw of the user;
based on the deformation of the ear of the user not having been caused by the movement of the jaw of the user, generating, by the processing system, based on the EMG signal, information regarding an auditory attention state of the user; and
controlling, by the processing system, based on the information regarding the auditory attention state of the user, the parameter of the audio system.