Method of localizing a sound source, a hearing device, and a hearing system
US10219083B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2420/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hearing system comprising a) a multitude M of microphones, M≥2, adapted for picking up sound from the environment and to provide corresponding electric input signals rm(n), m=1, . . . , M, n representing time, rm(n) comprising a mixture of a target sound signal propagated via an acoustic propagation channel and possible additive noise signals vm(n); b) a transceiver configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted version of the target sound signal and providing an essentially noise-free target signal s(n); c) a signal processor configured to estimate a direction-of-arrival of the target sound signal relative to the user based on c1) a signal model for a received sound signal rm at microphone m through the acoustic propagation channel, wherein the mth acoustic propagation channel subjects the essentially noise-free target signal s(n) to an attenuation αm and a delay Dm; c2) a maximum likelihood methodology; and c3) relative transfer functions dm representing direction-dependent filtering effects of the head and torso of the user in the form of direction-dependent acoustic transfer functions from each of M−1 of said M microphones (m=1, . . . , M, m≠j) to a reference microphone (m=j)…
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