Patent ID: 11968501
Assignee: OTICON A/S
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A hearing device configured to be arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head, the hearing device comprising
at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal;
a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the at least one electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof, the signal processor including
an own voice detector connected to the at least one input transducer, the own voice detector being configured to provide an own voice indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, sounds in said at least one electric input signal, originates from the voice of the user of the hearing device,
a wake-word detector configured to detect a predefined wake-word in the at least one electric input signal or in a signal derived therefrom, and to provide a wake-word indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, the wake-word is detected, and
a controller configured to provide the transmit control signal in dependence of the own-voice indicator and the wake-word indicator;

a memory buffer for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and
a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal,
wherein the wake-word detection is activated by the detection of own voice-activity.