US 12,133,058 B2
Hearing system and method of its operation for providing audio data with directivity
Benjamin Heldner, Murten (CH); and Xavier Gigandet, Cousset (CH)
Assigned to Sonova AG, Staefa (CH)
Appl. No. 17/789,844
Filed by SONOVA AG, Staefa (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051155
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144031, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031093 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 5/033 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/033 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a hearing system, the hearing system comprising an ear unit configured to be worn at an ear of a user, an output transducer included in the ear unit and configured to stimulate the user's hearing, and a detector arrangement comprising a plurality of spatially separated sound detectors and configured to provide audio data representative of detected sound, wherein the method comprises:
providing, in a control data provision step, control data based on orientation data generated by a handheld device configured to be held at a hand of the user during changing a spatial orientation of the handheld device, the orientation data indicative of the spatial orientation of the handheld device; and
providing, in a directivity provision step, the audio data with a directivity depending on the control data provided based on the orientation data generated by the handheld device.