Patent ID: 9439005
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A hearing system configured to be worn by a user, the hearing system comprising: an environment sound input unit; an output transducer; and electric circuitry, wherein the environment sound input unit is configured to receive sound from the environment of the environment sound input unit and to generate sound signals representing sound of the environment, wherein the output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the user, wherein the electric circuitry comprises a spatial filterbank configured to use the sound signals to generate spatial sound signals dividing a total space of the environment sound in a plurality of subspaces, defining a configuration of the subspaces, wherein a spatial sound signal represents sound coming from a subspace, and wherein the hearing system is configured to provide a configuration of the subspaces wherein at least one subspace is fixed and wherein at least one subspace is adaptively determined.