US 12,302,067 B2
Hearing device comprising a transmitter
Nels Hede Rohde, Smørum (DK); Thomas Bentsen, Smørum (DK); Anders Brødløs Olsen, Smørum (DK); Asger Heidemann Andersen, Smørum (DK); Michael Syskind Pedersen, Smørum (DK); Svend Oscar Petersen, Smørum (DK); Jesper Jensen, Smørum (DK); and Michael Smed Kristensen, Ballerup (DK)
Assigned to OTICON A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed by Oticon A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,499.
Application 17/994,568 is a division of application No. 16/850,884, filed on Apr. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,546,707, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Application 18/608,499 is a continuation of application No. 17/994,568, filed on Nov. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,968,501.
Claims priority of application No. 19169789 (EP), filed on Apr. 17, 2019; and application No. 19210634 (EP), filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0223973 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/558 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/16 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing device configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head, the hearing device comprising
at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal;
a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof;
a memory buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and
a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal,
wherein a transmit period is limited to a duration of time depending on the expected length of the keyword, wherein the keyword includes a wake-word and one of a command word and a command sentence, and
wherein the signal processor comprises an own voice detector connected to the at least one input transducer, the own voice detector being configured to provide an own voice indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, a given input sound signal originates from the voice of the user of the hearing device.