CN101179869A - Hearing system with hearing transmitter and bandwidth transmitter - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an audition system with induction conveyance and broadband conveyance. In order to realize wireless communication between minitype audition devices especially between hearing aids having enhanced data transmission rate, in accordance with the present invention, an audition device equipped with a transceiver is proposed, wherein, the transceiver is provided with a reception apparatus and a digital broad band pulse emitter.Two such audition devices can execute mutual wireless communication through a connection station (BG) which is departed from the audition devices (HG-R, HG-L) in structure and is capable of conveying information from one audition device to the other one. The digital broad band pulse emitter is capable of realizing miniaturization and low energy consumption in the audition device.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of hearing system, this hearing system has two hearing devices and group through-connection stations of being designed for wireless telecommunications at least, and information can transmit between hearing devices by this group through-connection station.Can be understood as except hearing aids at this hearing devices and to also have wear-type product, earphone or the like.
Background technology
The hearing aids audio signal that is in primary band is known by the coil simulation ground transmission that induction is coupled.For example so-called telecoil adopts for voice signal when conversing.This external museum, similar site such as church will adopt inductor loop to be used for sending signal to hearing aids.Coil can also (when hearing aid wearer is worn two hearing aidss) be sent to another hearing aids to signal from a hearing aids when intersecting supply in addition.
The simulation of audio signal transmits and realizes by modulated carrier in typical case.This hearing aids possesses corresponding AM-/FM-receiver for this reason.Hearing aids after being worn on ear under the intersection supply situation also has the AM-/FM-reflector.
Except the wireless transmission of signal, the wired transmission between hearing aids also is feasible.Can carry out wired transmission from outer audio equipment to hearing aids by audio frequency boots shape plug (Audio-Schuh-Stecker) in addition.
At paper " An Ultra-Wideband Transceiver Architecture for Low Power; LowRate; Wireless Systems (a kind of low-power that is used for, low rate, the transceiver architecture of the ultrabroad band of wireless system) ", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, in September, 2005, the 54th volume, No. 5,1623 to 1631 pages, a kind of broadband laser pulse tranmission techniques that is used for wireless system has been described.This tranmission techniques is characteristics with the low-power consumption.This message transmission rate is higher relatively for the hearing aids characteristic.
By patent document US 5 751 820 A known a kind of hearing aids communication system that is used for wireless transmission.A transceiver has been installed in this hearing aids, this transceiver can with a remote control processing unit both-way communication.
File DE 602 02 618 T2 have described a kind of cellular system that is used for asymmetric wireless telecommunications in addition, and this system adopts a carrier wave and adopts ultrabroad band for up direction for down direction.A mobile communication equipment has a receiver and the ultrabroad band reflector based on carrier wave.Because ultrabroad band transmits than primary carrier and transmits the energy that needs still less, thus mobile communication equipment can from this energy-conservation benefit.And the communication from base station communication equipment to mobile communication equipment is to rely on carrier wave to transmit to realize.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, proposes a kind of hearing devices, adopts this device can realize low energy consumption but wireless telecommunications that data transmission rate is improved.Should provide corresponding hearing system in addition, the some hearing devices in this system are by the said method communication.
This technical problem solves by a kind of hearing system with at least two hearing devices spatially separated from each other according to the present invention, be implemented as at this hearing devices and be used for mutual wireless telecommunications, wherein each hearing devices is equipped with a transceiver, this transceiver has induction receiving system and digital broadband laser pulse reflector, and group through-connection station, this group through-connection station structurally separates with hearing devices, and can be sent to another to information from hearing devices by this group through-connection station, wherein this group through-connection station has the broadband receiving system that is used for the induced emission device that sends to hearing aids and is used for receiving from hearing devices.
Preferably between hearing devices, can transmit the field signal of digital modulation.Therefore the reliable transmission that has low hardware cost just becomes possibility.
The bandwidth of each broadband laser pulse reflector is at least 100MHz.Relatively just can realize high data transmission rate thus.
Each broadband laser pulse reflector all connects the electricity antenna of a miniaturization.The maximum extension of these antenna is preferably between 8 to 20 millimeters.So just can reduce the especially physical dimension of hearing aids of hearing devices.
Correspondingly, in a preferred embodiment, two-way by the group through-connection station realization between hearing devices, almost Tong Shi communication is exactly feasible.For this reason advantageously can also be when communication by the group through-connection station communicating control information.This almost simultaneously both-way communication by in a time window towards a certain direction communication and in another time window subsequently communication to another way become possibility.The low expense of transceiver is achieved.
This group through-connection station can also have to the bidirectional interface of exterior arrangement device in addition.When the configuration data of configuration device can be by the some transmission of group through-connection station in hearing devices is particularly advantageous.Therefore group through-connection station has just possessed dual function, can transmit signal between hearing devices, also can transmit signal to hearing devices from configuration device.
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To describe the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail now.
Fig. 1 shows the key diagram according to system of the present invention that has two hearing aidss.
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Next the embodiment that will describe in detail is a preferred implementation of the present invention.
Fig. 1 shows a hearing aid wearer, has worn hearing aids HG-L in his left ear, has worn hearing aids HG-R in his auris dextra.Communication between two hearing aidss realizes by portability base apparatus BG.Hearing aid wearer can be with this base apparatus BG such as in the pocket that is placed on the front, and this base apparatus is born the function of group through-connection station (Uebermittlungsstation).
Among hearing aids HG-R and the HG-L each all will be assembled the digit receiver and the reflector of audio signal.These two devices are in the extreme requirement that will meet aspect physical dimension and the power demand hearing aids.If the remote terminal of communication is the critical less portability base apparatus BG that requires, then, will add more complexity for the reflector and the receiver that are installed in it so in order to reach this target of restrictive condition in the compensation hearing aids.
In favourable execution mode, adopted the coil of miniaturization for the receiver of hearing aids HG-R and HG-L.The maximum extension of this coil is preferably between 4 to 8 millimeters.This coil for example can also be installed in the remote controller of hearing aids.
The receiving coil of hearing aids receives the field signal of the digital modulation of reflector, and this reflector has obviously bigger and so and more effective transmitting coil and reflector are installed among the base apparatus BG.The signal routes that is sent to hearing aids HG-R and HG-L from base apparatus BG indicates with arrow in the drawings.Inductive transmitter marks with TX in the drawings.It is had the signal processing unit P and the communication interface C control of memory.Described in addition base apparatus BG also has battery B, and unshowned herein functional unit and display unit.
Adopt the electricity antenna of miniaturization equally for the reflector among hearing aids HG-R and the HG-L, this antenna is launched wide band pulse signal with little emission field intensity.The technology of this emission wide band ping is known in the paper of having mentioned " An Ultra-Wideband Transceiver Architecture for Low Power; LowRate; Wireless Systems (a kind of low-power that is used for; low rate, the transceiver structure of the ultrabroad band of wireless system) ".Adopt this technology can make and save electric current in the extreme from the signal transmission of reflector.Sort signal is marked by the arrow from hearing aids HG-R and HG-L sensing base apparatus BG in the drawings.
In order in base apparatus BG, to receive weak wide band ping, to install obviously bigger herein and so and more effective electricity reception antenna with enough good quality.In order to survey weak signal reliably, receiving lines, the realization of receiver RX equally also is very expensive more precisely.
Under so-called patient was intersected the very necessary situation of supply (Cross-Versorgung), digitized audio signal was wanted and can be transmitted or opposite to the hearing aids HR-L on opposite from a hearing aids HR-R by base apparatus BG.Under the situation of the bidirectional crossed supply of patient, digitized audio signal is wanted and can side by side be transmitted from right to left and almost by base apparatus BG from left to right.For this purpose, the control signal of base apparatus BG will be transmitted simultaneously, and this control signal is alternately launched the hearing aids HG-R that participates in and the wide band ping of HR-L.
For the configuration of base apparatus BG, can optionally be designed for the bidirectional interface of configuration device KG.This interface not only can be simple serial wireline interface (such as USB) also can be wave point (such as bluetooth, Zigbee, WLAN).This bidirectional interface can be used to reconfigure programmable hearing aids in follow-up step.What transmit in this case is data programmed and no longer be digitized voice data, and this base apparatus is as being used for from coming work with group through-connection station to the configuration device transmission.This configuration device can be a PC or notebook, and the suitable software that is used for hearing aids acoustics has been installed on it.
Digitized audio receiver method by being suitable for hearing aids (induction coupling) combines with the digitized audio reflector method (electric broadband laser pulse) that is suitable for hearing aids, makes the notion of a kind of not only saving current of proposition but also space-efficient radio transmitters-receiver (transceiver) become possibility.Expensive function will be separated or rather in the base apparatus that separates with hearing aids with hearing devices at one and be realized, because this base apparatus is as group through-connection station and very low to the requirement of current drain and space requirement.
When reconfiguring programmable hearing aid, the high-speed data rate of hearing aids is that very big advantage is arranged, because make that thus quick and complete the reading that is stored in the data in the hearing aids becomes possibility.
This is external to utilize the high data transmission rate in the communication of hearing aids also to make the reality of novel hearing aids notion become possibility.Therefore file DE 10228157 has described the hearing aids with the signal processing apparatus in the unit externally.Up to the present the realizability of the high-speed data channel from the hearing aids to the outer member is not also succeedd in practice, makes it to become possibility but utilize now according to hearing devices of the present invention.
Claims (8)
1. a hearing system has
-at least two hearing devices (HG-R spatially separated from each other, HG-L), they are implemented as and are used for mutual wireless telecommunications, and wherein each hearing devices is equipped with a transceiver, this transceiver has induction receiving system and digital broadband laser pulse reflector, and
-group through-connection station (BG), this group through-connection station structurally separates with hearing devices, and can be sent to another to information from hearing devices by this group through-connection station, wherein this group through-connection station has the broadband receiving system that is used for the induced emission device that sends to hearing aids and is used for receiving from hearing devices.
2. hearing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, (HG-R can transmit the field signal of digital modulation between HG-L) at described hearing devices.
3. hearing system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, the bandwidth of each broadband laser pulse reflector is at least 100MHz.
4. as each described hearing system in the claim 1 to 3, wherein, the electricity antenna of each broadband laser pulse reflector is less than 20 millimeters.
5. as each described hearing system in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, described hearing devices (HG-R, can realize by described group through-connection station (BG) between HG-L) two-way, almost Tong Shi communication.
6. hearing system as claimed in claim 5, wherein, when communication also by described group through-connection station (BG) communicating control information.
7. as each described hearing system in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, described group through-connection station (BG) has to the bidirectional interface of exterior arrangement equipment (KG).
8. hearing system as claimed in claim 7 wherein, can pass through described group through-connection station (BG) to described hearing devices (HG-R, HG-L) the transmission configuration data in from described configuration device (KG).
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