Communication system and hearing device
AssigneePhonak AG
InventorHans-Ueli Roeck
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Abstract
A communication system has a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. The transmitter is built into a hearing device to be worn at one or both ears of an individual. The hearing device has an input acoustical-to-electrical converter unit and an output electrical-to-mechanical converter unit. The wireless transmitter is operationally connectable to the output of the input converter unit. The receiver is remote from the hearing device by a distance larger than any distance between two areas at one single individual. The transmitter and receiver form a wireless communication link at least for audio representing signals.
Claims17
Communication system comprising
- a hearing device worn at one or at both ears of one individual and improving hearing ability of an individual and comprising:
- an input acoustical-to-electrical converter unit with a first input and a first output, to convert acoustical signals from the surrounding of the individual impinging on said first input into electric signals representing said acoustical signals at said first output;
- a signal processing unit with a second input and a second output, said second input being operationally connected to said first output, said signal processing unit generating electrical signals at said second output, representing said acoustical signals;
- an output electrical-to-mechanical converter unit with a third input and a third output, said third input being operationally connected to said second output, said output electrical-to-mechanical converter generating at said third output mechanical signals representing said acoustical signals;
- a wireless transmitter with a fourth input and a fourth output, said fourth input being operationally connected to said first output, said wireless transmitter transmitting at said fourth output wirelessly signals representing said acoustical signals;
- a remote wireless receiver, remote from said individual, with a fifth input and with a fifth output, said fifth input being wirelessly connected to said fourth output, said remote wireless receiver generating electrical signals at said fifth output representing said acoustical signals;
- a remote electrical-to-mechanical converter unit, remote from said individual, with a sixth input and a sixth output, said sixth input being operationally connected to said fifth output, said remote electrical-to-mechanical converter unit generating mechanical signals at said sixth output, representing said acoustical signals, so that a second individual at a second location remote from a first location of said one individual may perceive said acoustical signals independent from a difference of said locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.