User interfaces of a hearing device
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsJan Patrick Frieding, Ivana Popovac
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by an external unit of a hearing device. In an example method, the external unit determines whether a state of the external unit is one of (i) a coupled state when the external unit and the stimulation unit are coupled or (ii) a decoupled state when the external and the stimulation unit are decoupled. The external unit then provides one of (i) a first user interface when the determined state is the coupled state or (ii) a second user interface when the determined state is the decoupled state. The second user interface provides access to a greater number of functions of the hearing device than first user interface provides.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining whether a state of an external unit of a hearing device is one of (i) a coupled state when the external unit and a stimulation unit of the hearing device are coupled or (ii) a decoupled state when the external unit and the stimulation unit are decoupled;
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- providing by the external unit one of (i) a first user interface when the determined state is the coupled state or (ii) a second user interface when the determined state is the decoupled state, wherein the second user interface provides access to a greater number of functions of the hearing device than first user interface provides.
A hearing device system comprising:
- a stimulation unit;
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- an external unit comprising at least one user-interface component and configured to provide, via the at least one user-interface component, (i) a first user interface when the external unit is coupled to the stimulation unit or (ii) a second user interface when the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit, wherein functionalities provided via the second user interface differ from functionalities provided via the first user interface, and wherein the external unit provides fewer functionalities via the first user interface than via the second user interface.
An external unit of a hearing device comprising:
- at least one user-input component configured to receive a user input;
- at least one visual-output component configured to provide a visual output;
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- a processor configured to:
- (i) receive an indication of an interaction with the external unit;
- (ii) responsive to receiving the indication, determine whether the external unit is coupled to or decoupled from a stimulation unit of the hearing device;
- (iii) provide access to (a) a first set of functions of the hearing device when the external unit is coupled to the stimulation unit or (b) a second set of functions of the hearing device when the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit, wherein the second set of functions differs from the first set of functions;
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- (iv) cause the visual-output component to provide the visual output, wherein the visual output is selected one of (a) a first set of visual outputs when the external unit is coupled to the stimulation unit or (b) a second set of visual outputs when the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit, wherein the second set of visual outputs differs from the first set of visual outputs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.