Instrument with remote object detection unit
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorsAdis BJELOSEVIC, Ole Fogh OLSEN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus having a directional microphone system having adaptable directionality and a remote object detection unit configured to detect a remote object by detecting a transmitted signal reflected from the object, the directionality of the directional microphone system may be modified or adapted based on the detection of the remote object.
Claims20
A head-worn apparatus for enhancing sound perception of a user, the apparatus having a housing adapted to be worn at the head of the user, the head-worn apparatus comprising:
- a directional microphone system having adaptable directionality, where the directional microphone system comprises a plurality of omnidirectional microphones,
- a remote object detection unit configured to emit an electromagnetic signal and to detect a remote object by detecting an electromagnetic signal reflected off the object, a processor for adapting the adaptable directionality of the directional microphone system based on the detection of the remote object, wherein the processor is adapted to enhance sound from the object according to the users specific hearing loss.
A hearing aid comprising an input device for receiving a sound signal, a processor for processing the sound signal to compensate for a users hearing loss, an output transducer for providing the processed signal to the user in a form perceivable as sound, a remote object detection unit for detecting objects remote from the hearing aid by detecting reflections of an electromagnetic signal transmitted from the remote detection unit and reflected by the remote object.
A method of operating a head-worn apparatus having a directional microphone system having adaptable directionality, a processor for adapting the adaptable directionality of the directional microphone system, and a remote object detection unit configured to detect a remote object, the method comprising:
- transmitting from the remote object detection unit an electromagnetic signal,
- receiving at the remote object detection unit a reflected electromagnetic signal,
- determining whether a remote object is present based on the reflected electromagnetic signal and the relative direction to the remote object, and
- adapting the directionality of the directional microphone system based on the detection of a remote object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.