EP 3567874 B1 20220601 - HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE
Title (en)
HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES HÖRGERÄTS SOWIE HÖRGERÄT
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN APPAREIL AUDITIF AINSI QU'APPAREIL AUDITIF
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 102018207346 A 20180511
Abstract (en)
[origin: JP2019198073A] To provide a method for operating a hearing aid for improving emphasis of acoustic signals from a prescribed direction.SOLUTION: A hearing aid 2 comprises: a microphone 7 that generates an input signal E from acoustic signals from the environment; and a signal processor 4. The signal processor comprises an automatic gain controller 10 to modify the input signal E to generate an output signal A. The automatic gain controller has a compressor 12 that can be operated according to a compression standard. The environment is divided into a plurality of directions of which one is selected by a direction determination unit 14 as a relevant direction R. The input signal E is modified in a direction-dependent manner by the compressor 12 being operated according to the compression standard. The compression standard is set dependent on the relevant direction R. Thereby, acoustic signals from the relevant direction R are emphasized compared to acoustic signals from other directions.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
IPC 8 full level
H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: CN EP US)
H04R 25/356 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 25/40 (2013.01 - US); H04R 25/407 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 25/50 (2013.01 - CN); H04R 25/505 (2013.01 - US); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01 - US); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01 - CN US); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3567874 A1 20191113; EP 3567874 B1 20220601; CN 110475194 A 20191119; CN 110475194 B 20210518; DE 102018207346 A1 20191114; DE 102018207346 B4 20191121; DK 3567874 T3 20220829; JP 2019198073 A 20191114; JP 6870025 B2 20210512; US 10856089 B2 20201201; US 2019349692 A1 20191114
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 19167648 A 20190405; CN 201910353777 A 20190429; DE 102018207346 A 20180511; DK 19167648 T 20190405; JP 2019088979 A 20190509; US 201916409357 A 20190510