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Body-worn control apparatus for hearing devices

A technology for controlling equipment, hearing devices, applied in the direction of using external connection settings, hearing aids, earpiece/headphone accessories, etc., can solve problems such as increasing the risk of exposure

Active Publication Date: 2014-05-21
OTICON
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However, these sequences are often difficult to know by many hearing device wearers and also increase the risk of exposure

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[0024] figure 1 The control device 1 shown in includes a housing 2 with a reference electrode 3 and two sensor electrodes 4 , 5 , each electrode being arranged in or on a separate part of the housing 2 . The control device 1 is intended to be worn by a person, ie a wearer, with the part of the housing 2 in which the reference electrode 3 is arranged facing the region 6 of the wearer's body 7 in the working position. In the working position, the reference electrode 3 is thus capacitively coupled with the body region 6 , as indicated by arrow 8 . The part of the housing 2 where the sensor electrodes 4, 5 are arranged faces in a direction away from the body area 6, so that when the wearer's arm 9 approaches the sensor electrodes 4, 5, the sensor electrodes 4, 5 are in contact with the wearer's arm 9. Capacitive coupling, as indicated by arrows 10,11. In this specification, the hand and fingers are considered part of the arm.

[0025] The human body is generally a good conducto...

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An apparatus controlling a hearing device to recognize wearer gestures when the housing is in an operating position. Reference electrode coupled capacitively to a body area. Signal generator provides an electric probe signal between the sensor electrode and the reference electrode; a first measurement circuit determines the impedance between the sensor electrode and the reference electrode; a detector recognizes said gestures in dependence on the signal values; a control unit provides commands to the hearing device in dependence on recognized gestures. The signal generator provides the electric probe signal at multiple signal frequencies; the measurement circuit determines the signal values at multiple signal frequencies; and the detector recognizes the gestures in dependence on changes in ratios between the signal values determined at different signal frequencies.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a body-worn control device for a hearing device. More specifically, the invention relates to a control device adapted to control the operation of a hearing device such as a hearing aid, listening device, active ear protector, earphone or headset and having a capacitive sensor for detecting gestures. [0002] The invention can be used, for example, in the following applications: hearing aids for compensating the loss of the hearing ability of hearing-impaired persons, listening devices for enhancing the hearing ability of normal-hearing persons, active ear protectors for protecting the hearing ability of persons , or earphones or headsets used for electronic audio communications with others. Background technique [0003] Many hearing aid wearers want to hide their hearing loss. Clearly, the manual control of the hearing aid should be done as unobtrusively as possible. Depending on the circumstances, this may also be relevant ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04R25/00H04R1/10
CPCG06F3/011G06F3/017H04R25/453H04R25/558H04R25/55
Inventor K·B·拉斯姆森L·I·豪斯褚茨
Owner OTICON
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