IP Library Granted Patent US 12661017
Granted Patent B2
US 12661017 · App. 18/632,483 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method for operating a hearing device system and hearing device system

Inventor: Julius Krieg (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
A61B5/0205A61B5/4803A61B5/6817G10L17/02A61B5/02438H04R25/604H04R25/609
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12661017
App. No.
18/632,483
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method operates a hearing device system which has a hearing device with a microphone and a further sensor for measuring a value characterizing the heart rate of a user. The value characterizing the heart rate of the user is measured by the further sensor. A first audio signal based on an ambient sound is produced by of the microphone. The voice of the user is identified in the first audio signal and a second audio signal is produced on the basis thereof. The second audio signal is divided up into a plurality of segments depending on the characterizing value. A hearing device system is provided for operating the method.

Claims (23)

1 . A method for operating a hearing device system having a hearing device with a microphone and a further sensor for measuring a value characterizing a heart rate of a user, which comprises the steps of:

measuring the value characterizing the heart rate of the user by means of the further sensor;

producing a first audio signal based on an ambient sound by means of the microphone;

identifying a voice of the user in the first audio signal;

producing a second audio signal on a basis of the first audio signal;

dividing up the second audio signal into a plurality of segments depending on the value characterizing the heart rate; and

matching lengths of the segments to one another.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises determining a timestamp for each segment of the plurality of segments.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein during each segment therein is only one heartbeat.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises identifying a vowel in the voice identified and the vowel is used as the second audio signal.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises creating a data set on a basis of the segments and storing the data set.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , which further comprises determining a mean value of the segments and assigning the mean value to the data set.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , which further comprises assigning the segments to the data set.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , which further comprises determining a feature of each segment of the segments and assigning the feature to the data set.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , which further comprises assigning the value to the data set.

10 . A hearing device system, comprising:

a hearing device having a microphone and a further sensor for measuring a value characterizing a heart rate, the hearing system is programmed to:

measure the value characterizing the heart rate of the user by means of said further sensor;

produce a first audio signal based on an ambient sound by means of said microphone;

identify a voice of the user in the first audio signal;

produce a second audio signal on a basis of the first audio signal;

divide up the second audio signal into a plurality of segments depending on the value characterizing the heart rate; and

match lengths of the segments to one another.