公开(公告)号：US20180006752A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15708253

申请日：2017-09-19

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Stephan GEHRING ,  Amre EL-HOIYDI

IPC: H04J3/16 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04J3/1694 ,  H04B1/713 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R27/02 ,  H04R2201/107 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2420/07 ,  H04R2430/01 ,  H04S2400/15

Abstract: A method for providing sound to at least one user, in which audio signals are captured and transformed into audio data that is transmitted to at least one receiver unit; audio signals are generated from the received audio data and the hearing of the user(s) stimulated thereby; wherein the audio data is transmitted as audio data packets in separate slots of a TDMA frame structure, wherein the transmission unit and the receiver unit(s) are synchronized to form a wireless network, wherein each TDMA frame structure has at least one listening slot during which the synchronized network members do not transmit data and at least one network members listens, and wherein control data is transmitted from an external control device according to a sequence pattern selected according to the duration and periodicity of the listening slot(s) to be received by the at least one synchronized network member during said listening slot(s).

公开(公告)号：US20170238103A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-17

申请号：US15504414

申请日：2014-09-15

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Stephan GEHRING ,  Daniel LUCAS-HIRTZ

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04W4/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/552 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2460/03 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A hearing assistance system, having first and second hearing devices worn at respective ears of a user, each hearing device having a BLUETOOTH® interface for wireless reception from an external audio source device, the hearing devices being adapted to establish a binaural data link between each other, wherein the hearing devices are adapted to define first and second sets of BLUETOOTH® profiles assigned to the first and second hearing devices respectively, with the first set and the second set differing by at least one profile, wherein the first devices are adapted to establish a BLUETOOTH® connection to an external device and to advertise their BLUETOOTH® profile to the external device, wherein the hearing devices are adapted to modify, by data exchange via the binaural link, the first and second set of BLUETOOTH® profiles by moving at least one of the profiles from one of the sets to the other set.

公开(公告)号：US20170257472A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15313681

申请日：2014-06-04

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Stephan GEHRING ,  Reto KURMANN ,  Ivo HASLER

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04M1/247 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04M1/60

CPC classification number: H04M1/7253 ,  H04M1/2475 ,  H04M1/6066 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A method of establishing a wireless network with a first hearing assistance device (10), a second hearing assistance device (11), and an external device (40), each device having a wireless network interface (20), the method having the steps of: establishing a communication link (30) between the first and second hearing assistance device, transmitting a remote pairing command from the first to the second hearing assistance device via the communication link, the remote pairing command being adapted to cause the second hearing assistance device to initiate pairing with the external device, pairing the second hearing assistance device and the external device upon an initiate pairing request transmitted by the second hearing assistance device, pairing the first hearing assistance device and the external device before or after the pairing of the second hearing assistance device and the external device.

公开(公告)号：US20170105076A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15313668

申请日：2014-05-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Stephan GEHRING

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/305 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2460/03

Abstract: A hearing assistance system having a first and second hearing assistance devices worn in first second ears of a user, each hearing assistance device having an interface for receiving an external data stream and stream access information from an external data source, and being adapted to exchange data with the other hearing assistance device. Each hearing assistance device is switchable between a meta-information scanning mode for receiving information from the external data source device and a sleeping mode. The hearing assistance devices are adapted to synchronize by data exchange between each other in such manner that, at least for some time, one of the hearing assistance devices is in the scanning mode and the other hearing assistance device is in the sleeping mode, each hearing assistance device being adapted to notify the other the hearing assistance device that it has received stream access information from the external data source device.

公开(公告)号：US20170070830A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-09

申请号：US15308924

申请日：2014-05-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Marc SECALL ,  Amre EL-HOIYDI ,  Stephan GEHRING ,  Hilmar MEIER

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04W8/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2460/03 ,  H04W8/005

Abstract: A hearing assistance system having a hearing assistance device to be worn at one of a user's ears and a scanning device, the hearing assistance device and the scanning device both having an interface for wireless data exchange between the hearing assistance device and the scanning device, wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted for wireless data exchange with an external device, wherein the scanning device is adapted to scan for wireless signals from the external device and to transmit, once such signals have been received by the scanning device, a message to the hearing assistance device for notifying the hearing assistance device of the availability of the external device, and wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted to decide, upon receipt of such notification message from the scanning device, whether on not to initiate wireless data exchange with the external device.

Abstract translation: 一种听力辅助系统，具有在用户的耳朵和扫描装置之一佩戴的助听装置，所述助听装置和所述扫描装置都具有用于所述助听装置与所述扫描装置之间的无线数据交换的接口，其中， 所述助听装置适于与外部设备进行无线数据交换，其中所述扫描设备适于扫描来自所述外部设备的无线信号，并且一旦已经被所述扫描设备接收到这样的信号，则向所述听觉者发送消息 辅助装置，用于通知听力辅助装置的外部装置的可用性，并且其中，所述助听装置适于在从所述扫描装置接收到所述通知消息时决定是否不发起与所述外部装置的无线数据交换 。