ATE219318T1 - Hörgerät mit mikrophone-array - Google Patents

Hörgerät mit mikrophone-array

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ATE219318T1
ATE219318T1 AT98951816T AT98951816T ATE219318T1 AT E219318 T1 ATE219318 T1 AT E219318T1 AT 98951816 T AT98951816 T AT 98951816T AT 98951816 T AT98951816 T AT 98951816T AT E219318 T1 ATE219318 T1 AT E219318T1
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array
hearing
hearing aid
microphone array
output signals
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AT98951816T
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Marinus Marias Boone
Augustinus Johannes Berkhout
Ivo Leon Diane Marie Merks
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Univ Delft Tech
Stichting Tech Wetenschapp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/55—Electric hearing aids using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/552—Binaural
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/402—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic using contructional means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2201/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones covered by H04R1/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/40—Details of arrangements for obtaining desired directional characteristic by combining a number of identical transducers covered by H04R1/40 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/401—2D or 3D arrays of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2430/00—Signal processing covered by H04R, not provided for in its groups
    • H04R2430/20—Processing of the output signals of the acoustic transducers of an array for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R2430/23—Direction finding using a sum-delay beam-former
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers
    • H04R3/005—Circuits for transducers for combining the signals of two or more microphones

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Circuit For Audible Band Transducer (AREA)
  • Obtaining Desirable Characteristics In Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)
  • Headphones And Earphones (AREA)
  • Adornments (AREA)
  • Finger-Pressure Massage (AREA)
  • Respiratory Apparatuses And Protective Means (AREA)
  • Electrostatic, Electromagnetic, Magneto- Strictive, And Variable-Resistance Transducers (AREA)
AT98951816T 1997-10-20 1998-10-20 Hörgerät mit mikrophone-array ATE219318T1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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NL1007321A NL1007321C2 (nl) 1997-10-20 1997-10-20 Gehoorinrichting voor het verbeteren van de verstaanbaarheid voor slechthorenden.
PCT/NL1998/000602 WO1999021400A1 (en) 1997-10-20 1998-10-20 Hearing aid comprising an array of microphones

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EP (1) EP1025744B2 (de)
JP (1) JP2001521354A (de)
AT (1) ATE219318T1 (de)
AU (1) AU743280B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2308156C (de)
DE (1) DE69806040T3 (de)
HU (1) HUP0004032A3 (de)
IL (1) IL135718A0 (de)
NL (1) NL1007321C2 (de)
NO (1) NO318819B1 (de)
NZ (1) NZ504110A (de)
WO (1) WO1999021400A1 (de)

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DE69806040T2 (de) 2002-09-26
NO318819B1 (no) 2005-05-09
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NL1007321C2 (nl) 1999-04-21
DE69806040D1 (de) 2002-07-18
CA2308156C (en) 2005-01-11
NO20002032L (no) 2000-06-08
US20030156725A1 (en) 2003-08-21
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NO20002032D0 (no) 2000-04-18
HUP0004032A3 (en) 2002-05-28
CA2308156A1 (en) 1999-04-29
DE69806040T3 (de) 2008-08-21
WO1999021400A1 (en) 1999-04-29
JP2001521354A (ja) 2001-11-06
US7031483B2 (en) 2006-04-18
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