Portable terminal and sound detector, which both communicate using body area network, and data controlling method therefor

A method of controlling a sound detector, the method comprising:

• receiving control data, which controls the sound detector, from a portable terminal and another sound detector according to a manipulation of the portable terminal by a user by using a body area network (BAN);
• and
• amplifying first hearable data sensed by the sound detector according to the control data;
• selecting at least one of the amplified first hearable data and second hearable data, which is received from the portable terminal, based on the received control data,
• wherein the selecting is performed by the sound detector,
• wherein the control data comprises sound detector information, user information and hearable data edit information,
• wherein the sound detector information comprises information corresponding to an up-to-date record of previous and current operations of the sound detector,
• wherein the user information comprises a result of a hearing test performed for the user,
• wherein the hearable data edit information comprises compensation gain corresponding to an audiogram of the user, and
• wherein the control data is updated when a change of the sensed first hearable data exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the updated control data is transmitted to the another sound detector using the body area network.

A sound detector system comprising:

• a first sound detector comprising:
• a sound detector side controller;
• a sound detector side transmitter/receiver;
• and
• a sensing unit which senses first hearable data;
• and
• a second sound detector, wherein
• the sound detector side controller adaptively updates control data of the first sound detector when a change of the first hearable data sensed by the sensing unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and
• the sound detector side transmitter/receiver communicates the updated control data to the second sound detector and transmits the updated control data to the another sound detector using the body area network (BAN) of a user,
• wherein the control data comprises sound detector information, user information and hearable data edit information,
• wherein the sound detector information comprises information corresponding to an up-to-date record of previous and current operations of the sound detector,
• wherein the user information comprises a result of a hearing test performed for the user, and
• wherein the hearable data edit information comprises compensation gain corresponding to an audiogram of the user.

A method of controlling data of a sound detector comprising a first sound detector and a second sound detector, the method comprising:

• sensing first hearable data from outside the first sound detector and the second sound detector to generate sensed first hearable data;
• adaptively updating control data of the first sound detector when a change of the sensed first hearable data exceeds a predetermined threshold value;
• and
• transmitting the updated control data to the second sound detector using the body area network (BAN) of a user,
• wherein the control data comprises sound detector information, user information and hearable data edit information,
• wherein the sound detector information comprises information corresponding to an up-to-date record of previous and current operations of the sound detector,
• wherein the user information comprises a result of a hearing test performed for the user, and
• wherein the hearable data edit information comprises compensation gain corresponding to an audiogram of the user.

A method of determining hearable data reproduced in a sound detector which communicates with a portable terminal and another sound detector using body area network (BAN), the method comprising:

• sensing first hearable data in the sound detector from outside of the sound detector;
• receiving second hearable data previously stored in the portable terminal and control data, which controls the sound detector, from the portable terminal;
• and
• determining a reproduction mode for reproducing at least one of the amplified first hearable data and the second hearable data in response to a manipulation of the portable terminal by a user,
• wherein the control data comprises sound detector information, user information and hearable data edit information,
• wherein the sound detector information comprises information corresponding to an up-to-date record of previous and current operations of the sound detector,
• wherein the user information comprises a result of a hearing test performed for the user,
• wherein the hearable data edit information comprises compensation gain corresponding to an audiogram of the user, and
• wherein the control data is adaptively updated when a change of the sensed first hearable data exceeds a predetermined threshold value and the updated control data is transmitted from the another sound detector to the sound detector using body area network.

A sound reproducing system comprising:

• a sound detector for sensing and amplifying first hearable data from outside, wherein the sound detector communicates with a portable terminal and another sound detector using a body area network (BAN);
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• a portable terminal for determining a reproduction mode for reproducing at least one of the amplified first hearable data and second hearable data previously stored in the portable terminal or received in correspondence to manipulation of the portable terminal by a user and transmitting control data according to the determined reproduction mode to the sound detector by using a body area network (BAN),
• wherein the sound detector reproduces at least one of the amplified first hearable data and the second hearable data by referring to the control data received in the sound detector,
• wherein the control data comprises sound detector information, user information and hearable data edit information,
• wherein the sound detector information comprises information corresponding to an up-to-date record of previous and current operations of the sound detector,
• wherein the user information comprises a result of a hearing test performed for the user,
• wherein the hearable data edit information comprises compensation gain corresponding to an audiogram of the user, and
• wherein the control data is adaptively updated when a change of the sensed first hearable data exceeds a predetermined threshold value and the updated control data is transmitted from the another sound detector to the sound detector using body area network.