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

Claim 19:
20. A method of operating 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 is provided, the method comprising:
providing at least one electric input signal representing an input sound signal;
analyzing the at least one electric input signal and providing a transmit control signal in dependence thereof, the analyzing including
providing 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,
detecting a predefined wake-word in the at least one electric input signal or in a signal derived therefrom, and providing a wake-word indicator estimating whether or not, or with what probability, the wake-word is detected, and
providing the transmit control signal in dependence of the own-voice indicator and the wake-word indicator;

sequentially storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and
transmitting at least a part of said time segment of the electric input signal 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.