Power management in low power wireless link in a hearing aid system
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorsAlberto Escolar Piedras, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
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AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorsAlberto Escolar Piedras, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
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A hearing aid system is configured for managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, each of the devices including a transmit and receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices. At least one of the devices includes: a microphone configured to receive an acoustical audio signal; a signal processor configured to process an audio signal based on the acoustical audio signal; and first link quality estimating circuitry configured to determine rate of change of a link quality signal. The at least one of the devices is configured to transmit the link quality signal to the other device, and the other device is configured to determine a power level of transmission of an information packet based on the rate of change of the link quality signal via a power controller comprised by the other device.
A hearing aid device configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, wherein the hearing aid device comprises a transmit and receive unit for establishing a short-range wireless link between the hearing aid device and the mobile device, wherein the hearing aid device comprises:
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