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US 11,962,348 B2Granted
Audiometer system with light-based communication
AssigneeNatus Medical Incorporated
InventorNingzhou Cui
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Abstract
An audiometer system including an audiometer device that includes an audiometer digital signal processing (DSP) unit, an audiometer baseband processing unit positioned, and an audiometer light-based transceiver. The system further includes a transducer including a transducer light-based transceiver in optical communication with the audiometer light-based transceiver, a transducer baseband processing unit, a transducer processor unit, and an audio speaker.
Claims20
An audiometer system comprising:
- an audiometer device comprising:
- an audiometer digital signal processing (DSP) unit configured to:
- generate stimulus signals responsive to a user input signal;
- and
- convert the stimulus signals to a plurality of stimulus data packets;
- an audiometer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the audiometer DSP unit and configured to convert the stimulus data packets to a plurality of stimulus audiometer frames;
- and
- an audiometer light-based transceiver positioned in communication with the audiometer baseband processing unit and configured to transmit the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames;
- a transducer comprising:
- a transducer light-based transceiver positionable within a field of view of the audiometer light-based transceiver, the transducer light-based transceiver configured to receive the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames from the audiometer light-based transceiver;
- a transducer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the transducer light-based transceiver and configured to convert the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames to a plurality of extracted stimulus data packets;
- a transducer processor unit positioned in communication with the transducer baseband processing unit and configured to convert the plurality of extracted stimulus data packets into a patient stimulus signal;
- and
- an audio speaker positioned in communication with the transducer processor unit and configured to generate a sound responsive to the patient stimulus signal.
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An audiometer system comprising:
- an audiometer device comprising:
- an audiometer digital signal processing (DSP) unit configured to:
- receive at least one of an input audio signal and an input speech signal, defining an input signal;
- generate a stimulus stream responsive to the input signal;
- and
- generate a plurality of packets from the stimulus stream, defining stimulus data packets;
- an audiometer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the audiometer DSP unit and configured to:
- receive the stimulus data packets from the audiometer DSP unit;
- and
- generate a plurality of stimulus audiometer frames, each frame comprising a packet of the stimulus data packets;
- and
- an audiometer light-based transceiver positioned in communication with the audiometer baseband processing unit and configured to transmit the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames;
- a transducer comprising:
- a transducer light-based transceiver positionable within a field of view of the audiometer light-based transceiver, the transducer light-based transceiver configured to receive the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames from the audiometer light-based transceiver;
- a transducer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the transducer light-based transceiver and configured to:
- receive the plurality of stimulus audiometer frames from the transducer light-based transceiver;
- and
- extract the stimulus data packets from the stimulus audiometer frames, defining extracted stimulus data packets;
- a transducer processor unit positioned in communication with the transducer baseband processing unit and configured to convert the plurality of extracted stimulus data packets into a patient stimulus signal;
- an audio speaker positioned in communication with the transducer processor unit and configured to generate a sound responsive to the patient stimulus signal;
- and
- a transducer input device positioned in communication with the transducer processor unit and configured to:
- receive a patient input from the patient, defining a received patient input;
- and
- generate a patient response signal from the received patient input;
- wherein the transducer processor unit is further configured to convert the patient response signal to a plurality of transducer data packets;
- wherein the transducer baseband processing unit is further configured to generate a plurality of transducer frames, each transducer frame comprising a transducer data packet;
- wherein the transducer light-based transceiver is further configured to transmit the plurality of transducer frames to the audiometer light-based transceiver;
- wherein the audiometer light-based transceiver is further configured to receive the plurality of transducer frames from the transducer light-based transceiver;
- wherein the audiometer baseband processing unit is further configured to convert the plurality of transducer frames to a received patient response data packet;
- and
- wherein the audiometer DSP unit is further configured to:
- convert the received patient response data packet to an audio signal, defining a received patient audio signal;
- and
- transmit the received patient audio signal to a user playback device.
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An audiometer system comprising:
- an audiometer device comprising:
- an audiometer DSP unit configured to:
- generate tone signals responsive to a user input signal;
- generate masking signals responsive to a user input masking signal;
- convert the tone signals to a plurality of stimulus data packets;
- convert the masking signals to a plurality of masking data packets;
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- arrange the stimulus data packets and masking data packets into time division multiplexed (TDM) data packets;
- an audiometer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the audiometer DSP unit and configured to convert the TDM data packets to a plurality of TDM audiometer frames;
- and
- an audiometer light-based transceiver positioned in communication with the audiometer baseband processing unit and configured to transmit the plurality of TDM audiometer frames;
- a first transducer comprising:
- a first transducer light-based transceiver positionable within a field of view of the audiometer light-based transceiver, the first transducer light-based transceiver configured to receive the plurality of TDM audiometer frames from the audiometer light-based transceiver;
- a first transducer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the first transducer light-based transceiver and configured to:
- receive the plurality of TDM audiometer frames from the first transducer light-based transceiver;
- and
- convert the plurality of TDM audiometer frames to transducer TDM data packets;
- a first transducer processor unit positioned in communication with the first transducer baseband processing unit and configured to:
- receive the extracted TDM data packets from the first transducer baseband processing unit;
- extract the stimulus data packets from the transducer TDM data packets, defining extracted stimulus data packets;
- and
- convert the extracted stimulus data packets into a patient stimulus signal;
- and
- a first audio speaker positioned in communication with the transducer processor unit and configured to generate a sound responsive to the audio signal;
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- a second transducer comprising:
- a second transducer light-based transceiver positionable within a field of view of the audiometer light-based transceiver, the second transducer light-based transceiver configured to receive the plurality of TDM audiometer frames from the audiometer light-based transceiver;
- a second transducer baseband processing unit positioned in communication with the second transducer light-based transceiver and configured to:
- receive the plurality of TDM audiometer frames from the second transducer light-based transceiver;
- and
- extract the TDM data packets from the TDM audiometer frames, defining extracted TDM data packets;
- and
- a second transducer processor unit positioned in communication with the second transducer baseband processing unit and configured to:
- receive the extracted TDM data packets from the second transducer baseband processing unit;
- extract the masking data packets from the extracted TDM data packets, defining extracted masking data packets;
- and
- convert the extracted masking data packets into a masking audio signal;
- and
- a second audio speaker positioned in communication with the second transducer processor unit and configured to:
- receive the masking audio signal from the transducer processor unit;
- and
- generate a masking sound responsive to the masking audio signal;
- wherein the sound generated by the audio speaker of the second transducer is generated simultaneously with the sound generated by the audio speaker of the first transducer;
- wherein the audio speaker of the first transducer is positioned in audio communication with a first ear of a patient;
- and
- wherein the audio speaker of the second transducer is positioned in audio communication with a second ear of the patient.
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