CN104980868A - A hearing instrument with a separate link - Google Patents
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The present invention provides a hearing instrument comprising a wireless receiver configured for receiving a message related to a ticket issued by a ticket management system and acquired by a user of the hearing instrument; a processing unit configured for handling the message according to hearing loss of the user; and a loudspeaker configured for converting the message to be handled into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of the user.
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The invention provides a kind of new-type hearing instrument, it comprises the wireless receiver being configured to receive the message relevant to bill, wherein bill is distributed by ticket management system and is obtained by the user of hearing instrument, wherein bill is associated with hearing instrument by ticket management system, and wherein hearing instrument is also configured to message conversion to become the acoustic signal sent to the eardrum of user.
Background technology
Recently, there is the hearing aids sound received from various source can being presented to the user of hearing aids.The example in source comprise such as such as in church, the public place such as auditorium, movie theatre, theater, such as the mobile phone of the public address systems such as railway station, airport, market etc., broadcast receiver, media player, with (Companion) microphone, broadcast system.
Such as, be well known that the audio signal using pick-up coil (telecoil) magnetic pick-up to be generated by such as phone, FM system (having neck ring) and loop inductance system (also referred to as " hearing ring "), sound can be sent to hearing aids by high s/n ratio thus.Recently, hearing aids has been equipped with the radio circuit for receiving radio signals, such as, substantially for receiving the replacement of streaming audio or auxiliary pick-up coil, such as from streamed music and the voice of media player such as MP3 player, television set etc.
Via such as by the short range network such as comprising Bluetooth technology that hearing aids and cell phone, audio headset, computer notebook computer, personal digital assistant, digital camera etc. interconnect, or other networks such as HomeRF, DECT, PHS, WLAN (wireless local area network) (WLAN) etc., or other private networks and the hearing aids be connected with various audio signal source also occur.
Summary of the invention
In some cases, such as in public places in, the user expecting to wear hearing instrument can listen to may broadcast be associated with new-type hearing instrument and be sent to the message of this new-type hearing instrument.
Such as, in bank, post office, some retail shops, doctor's office, hospital, City Hall, social security office etc., the numbered bill of tool is taken out to form virtual queue from machine.Display then can show the numbering of last called service, and/or the new or next numbering of called service can such as openly notify via the loudspeaker of queue area
When the user wearing new-type hearing instrument obtains numbering, this numbering is associated with new-type hearing instrument.Subsequently, when the numbering called service of user, remind user by the calling of the service message that will be sent by the hearing instrument of user and be received.Number another relevant service call to another not received by hearing instrument.
Similarly, the disclosed notice of another kind of type such as about to user institute booking according to the departure of relevant train, steamer or flight or delay, and this bill is associated with hearing instrument when user buys the bill of each mode of transportation, the hearing instrument of user can be sent to and be received by this hearing instrument.Such as, when comprising certain row's boarding at the seat of the user of hearing instrument in the calling of doorway, airport, the calling namely being comprised certain row's boarding at the seat obtained by user by boarding messages is sent to the hearing instrument of user and is sent prompting by the reception of this hearing instrument to user.Another boarding calling not comprising the seat of the user of hearing instrument is not received by the hearing instrument of user.
Bill can be obtained by user in several ways.Mode requires to wear the physical presence of user in specific location for hearing instrument, obtains bill and hearing instrument is identified and is associated to bill and makes the message relevant with the bill that the user by hearing instrument obtains can be sent to hearing instrument and be received by this hearing instrument at this ad-hoc location.
Other modes obtaining bill do not require the physical presence of user.Bill can obtain via internet, and user can submit the identifying information of hearing instrument to when obtaining bill, make the message relevant to obtained bill such as beep-page message such as can be sent to hearing instrument when the user of the service of being correlated with bill to hearing instrument is available and is received by hearing instrument.
Various application programs (app) for smart phone can be used for the bill obtained for large multiple affair and other services.These application programs can be modified and be configured to also receive that keyed in by user or be automatically sent to smart phone preferably by hearing instrument the hearing instrument identifying information for associating obtained bill, the message relevant to obtained bill such as beep-page message such as can be received via smart phone when the user of the service of being correlated with bill to hearing instrument is available and can be sent to hearing instrument and be received by hearing instrument.
Therefore, the invention provides a kind of new-type hearing instrument, it comprises: wireless receiver, it is configured to receive to distribute to by ticket management system and the relevant message of the bill obtained by the user of hearing instrument, wherein bill is associated with hearing instrument by ticket management system, and hearing instrument is also configured to message conversion to become the acoustic signal sent to the eardrum of user.
Wireless receiver can be configured to and wireless communication.
Wireless receiver can form a part for wireless transceiver.
Wireless transceiver can be configured to and wireless communication.
Hearing instrument can comprise input translator such as microphone, pick-up coil etc., and it is configured to the signal output audio signal based on the input translator putting on the signal processor being configured to audio signal alternatively.
Hearing instrument can comprise output translator such as one or two loudspeaker (being often called as the receiver in hearing instrument application) etc., and it is configured to export based on the optional audio signal processed the acoustic signal that the eardrum to user sends.
Processor can be configured to the hearing loss of the user compensating hearing instrument and export the audio signal of hearing compensation, such as hearing instrument can be intended to recover loudness, makes the loudness of applied signal will substantially be mated the loudness of the hearing loss compensation signal as user's perception during normal listener perceives at it.
Hearing instrument can also be configured to eliminate at least one other signal of being received by hearing instrument during sending to the eardrum of user such as from the input translator of hearing instrument audio signal and/or carry out one or more signal of other signal sources that free wireless receiver receives.By this way, allow user to be absorbed in message and reduce possible dispersion simultaneously.
Hearing instrument can also be configured to message and at least one other signal received by hearing instrument such as to mix from the audio signal of the input translator of hearing instrument and/or one or more the signal that carrys out other signal sources that free wireless receiver receives, and is configured to mixing output to convert to the acoustic signal that the eardrum to the user of hearing instrument sends.
Hearing instrument can also comprise the validator being configured to verify ticket management system, and hearing instrument can also be configured to when good authentication ticket management system, the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to the user of hearing instrument to send message conversion.
Hearing instrument can use together with handheld device such as panel computer, smart phone (such as IPhone, Android phone, Windows mobile phone etc.) etc.
Hearing instrument can comprise for data such as being identified the data of hearing instrument are sent to the data-interface of handheld device and/or ticket management system.
Data-interface can be wireline interface such as USB interface, or wave point such as blue tooth interface such as bluetooth low power consuming interface.
Hearing instrument can comprise the audio interface for receiving the audio signal from handheld device.
Audio interface can be wireline interface or wave point.
Data-interface and audio interface can be combined into individual interface such as USB interface, blue tooth interface, bluetooth low power consuming interface etc.
The present invention also provides a kind of ticket management system, and it comprises:
Transceiver,
User's Interface, and
Processor,
Processor is configured to
When the user receiving the correspondence keyed in by the user of use User's Interface asks, bill is distributed to the user of hearing instrument, and bill is associated with hearing instrument, makes transceiver the message relevant to bill can be sent to hearing instrument and hearing instrument can receive this message.
Ticket management system can also be configured to the message showing message or correspondence over the display.
Ticket management system can also be configured to the message such as notifying open notification message or correspondence in queue area via loudspeaker.
Ticket management system can also comprise encoder, and it is configured to identifying that the identification mark of ticket management system encodes to send together with message.
Ticket management system such as transceiver can comprise the interface of access, makes message to be sent to hearing instrument by internet and to be received by hearing instrument.
Association can comprise:
Specific (ad hoc) network is set up between ticket management system and hearing instrument; And
Measure the transmission characteristic of hearing instrument in described particular network.
Particular network can be bluetooth low power consuming network.
The transmission characteristic of hearing instrument can be in the RSSI value comprising at least one packet received from hearing instrument via described particular network in the time period that user asks by ticket management system.
Time period can be millisecond.
The transceiver of hearing instrument and the transceiver of ticket management system each can be the equipment or the circuit that comprise radio transmitters and wireless receiver.Transmitter and receiver can share common circuit and/or single shell.Alternatively, transmitter and receiver can not share circuit, and transceiver can comprise the autonomous device respectively with transmitter and receiver.
Each hearing instrument stores the data of the identification hearing instrument of himself, the such as numeral of identification number such as 32.Because the possibility of two users with the hearing instrument of band same identification data is insignificant, ball unique identifier of therefore not demanding perfection.
In addition, the invention provides a kind of method for message to be sent to hearing instrument from ticket management system, wherein ticket management system comprises transceiver and User's Interface, and the method comprises:
The user to bill received from the user of hearing instrument asks;
Bill is distributed to user;
Bill is associated with the hearing instrument of user; And
The message relevant to bill is received by ticket management system.
The method can also comprise:
Generate the identification mark identifying ticket management system,
Identification mark is sent together with message.
In hearing instrument, ticket management system is verified based on sent identification mark; And
When good authentication ticket management system, the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to the user of hearing instrument to send message conversion in hearing instrument.
In the method, the step of generation can comprise and encrypting identification mark.
In the method, the step of checking can comprise being included in for verifying that the encryption identification mark in ticket management system message is decrypted.
Hearing instrument can be hearing aids such as BTE, RIE, ITE, ITC, CIC etc., dual-lug type hearing aids, formula, helmet-type, head protector shell type etc. after tack formula, ear Chinese style, ear above formula, ear-shield type, neck, headphone, headphone, earphone, ear defenders, ear muff etc.
Message can be in hearing instrument or in the handheld device communicated with hearing instrument, be converted into the text message of voice.Preferably, message is dictation messages.
In full content of the present disclosure, the message relevant with bill is can in any form by message that hearing instrument receives, its acoustics output example that the generation of this message can be adopted such as to send from human speakers to the eardrum of the user of hearing instrument notifies as announced, comprises being applicable to the form of wireless transmission and being applicable to the digitlization message of the form of carrying out signal transacting in hearing instrument.
Hearing instrument can be configured to ignore message when ticket management system authentication failed, makes the user of hearing instrument creating disturbances to not by the message from undelegated source.
Hearing instrument can be blender, this blender have the output of the receiver being connected to receipt message input and be connected to other audio signals transmitter other inputs such as hearing instrument input translator and the output of audio signal of weighted array of the audio signal being imported into blender is provided.
In a mixer, can by being zero perform noise elimination by the weight setting of other signals except message.
In a mixer, the message ignored from unauthorized source can by being zero to perform the weight setting of message.
When the unsuccessful checking ticket management system of validator, hearing instrument can be configured to the weight adjusting blender, other signals of the current user of being sent to are attenuated during message is sent to user, message clearly can be heard by user, and user does not occur lose the connection with other signals received by hearing instrument simultaneously.Such as, by hearing instrument microphone message send during receive the decay from the acoustic signal around user allow user keep while listening to message with around be connected.
Hearing instrument can be configured to eliminate all the time by hearing instrument eardrum transmission period from message to hearing instrument user between other signals one or more of receiving.
Hearing instrument can have User's Interface such as button, remote controller etc., makes user can open and close the noise elimination of other signals as required, can or can not continue respectively as required to listen to other voice signals while receipt message.
The means that the User's Interface weight that can also comprise for the combination to input audio signal carries out user's adjustment such as dial or for the button of increasing amount adjustment.
In order to enable hearing instrument verify ticket management system, the electronic identification tag of unique identification ticket management system can be included in the message.
Preferably, the encrypted safety verification for ticket management system of electronic identification tag.
Electronic identification tag can comprise the digital certificate distributed by Certificate Authority.
Electronic identification tag can comprise Hash codes such as Message Authentication Code, so that hearing instrument can with the straightforward procedure of encryption checking ticket management system.
Signal transacting in new-type hearing instrument can be performed by specialized hardware, or can perform in one or more signal processor, or performs in the combination of specialized hardware and one or more signal processor.
Hearing instrument comprises: wireless receiver, and it is configured to receive the message relevant to the bill that the user for hearing instrument distributes; Processing unit, it is configured to carry out processing messages according to the hearing loss of user; And loud speaker, it is configured to the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to user to send handled message conversion.
Alternatively, hearing instrument also comprises the radio transmitters being configured to send signal to the ticket management system with the data identifying hearing instrument.
Alternatively, processing unit is also configured to message to mix with at least one other signal received by hearing instrument export to obtain to mix, and is configured to process mixing output according to the hearing loss of user.
Ticket management system comprises: transceiver; User's Interface; And processing unit, it is configured to: when the user receiving the correspondence keyed in by the user of use User's Interface asks, bill is distributed to the user of hearing instrument, bill is associated with hearing instrument, and controls transceiver and to associating of hearing instrument, the message relevant with bill is sent to hearing instrument based on bill with at least part of.
Alternatively, ticket management system also comprises encoder, and it is configured to identifying that the identification mark of ticket management system encodes to send together with message.
Alternatively, transceiver comprises the interface of access, and transceiver is configured to send a message to hearing instrument by internet.
Alternatively, processing unit is configured to: between ticket management system and hearing instrument, set up particular network; And measure the transmission characteristic of hearing instrument in particular network to perform the action of association.
Alternatively, particular network is bluetooth low power consuming network.
The method communicated between ticket management system and hearing instrument, wherein ticket management system comprises transceiver and User's Interface, and the method comprises: the user to bill received from the user of hearing instrument in ticket management system asks; By ticket management system, bill is distributed to described user; Bill is associated with the hearing instrument of user; And the message relevant to bill is sent to hearing instrument from ticket management system.
Alternatively, the method also comprises the identification mark generating and identify ticket management system, and this identification mark is sent to hearing instrument together with message.
Alternatively, the method also comprises: in hearing instrument, verify ticket management system based on sent identification mark; And when good authentication ticket management system, the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to user to send message conversion in hearing instrument.
As used in the disclosure, term " processing unit " can refer to can any project of executive signal process.Such as, term " processing unit " can refer to one or more processor, such as one or more signal processor, or any integrated circuit.Term " processing unit " can comprise the combination of software or hardware and software.Equally, as used herein, term " processor ", " signal processor " etc. are intended to refer to CPU related entities, no matter are hardware, the combination of hardware and software, software, or executory software.
Such as, " processor ", " signal processor " etc. can for but be not limited to process, processor, object, executable file, execution thread and/or the program run on a processor.
By the mode illustrated, term " processor ", " signal processor " etc. had not only referred to the application program run on a processor but also had referred to the application program run on hardware processor.One or more " processor ", " signal processor " etc. or its combination in any can reside in process and/or execution thread, and one or more " processor ", " signal processor " etc. or its combination in any can be positioned on hardware processor, may combine with other hardware circuits, and/or be distributed between two or more hardware processor, may combine with other hardware circuits.
In addition, processor (or term similar) can be can any assembly of executive signal process or any combination of assembly.Such as, signal processor can be asic processor, FPGA processor, general processor, microprocessor, circuit unit or integrated circuit.
By reading illustrating below, other aspects and feature will be apparent.
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Below with reference to the accompanying drawings the preferred implementation of new-type hearing instrument is described in more detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 schematically shows the electronic circuit of new-type hearing instrument,
Fig. 2 illustrates point of sale system,
Body 3 is the flow charts of method information being sent to hearing instrument from ticket management system, and
Fig. 4 is the list that can be stored in the memory of point of sale.
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Below, various execution mode is described with reference to the drawings.The element that numbers same is within a context same.Therefore, analogous element will not specifically describe relative to each the description of the drawings.Shall also be noted that accompanying drawing is only intended to be conducive to the explanation of execution mode, be not intended to the detailed description as invention required for protection, or as the restriction of scope of invention required for protection.In addition, illustrated embodiment does not need to have the whole of shown aspect or advantage.The aspect described in conjunction with particular implementation or advantage might not be limited to this execution mode, and can put into practice in any other execution mode, even if even if so do not illustrate or clearly do not describe.
To with reference to accompanying drawing, new method and hearing instrument be described more fully hereinafter now, the various examples of new method shown in it and new-type hearing instrument.But, can be specifically embodied as different forms according to the new method of claims and new-type hearing instrument, and should not be understood to be limited to example shown herein.
Fig. 1 schematically shows the exemplary hearing instrument circuit 100 of new-type hearing instrument.Shown new-type hearing instrument be any applicable Machine Design be such as worn on duct or part in duct, the type such as known after ear or at external ear: BTE, RIE, ITE, ITC, CIC etc.
Shown hearing instrument circuit 100 comprises microphone audio signal 116,118 front microphone 112 and rear microphone 114 for the acoustic sound signal from surrounding being converted to the correspondence exported by microphone 112,114.Microphone audio signal 116,118 is digitized in each A/D converter 120,122, wherein A/D converter 120,122 is for converting each digital microphone audio signal 124,126 of optional combination through pre-filtering (prefilter is not shown) and in signal combiner 128 to by each microphone audio signal 116,118, such as, for the formation of the directive digital microphone audio signal 130 of the tool known at field of hearing aids.Digital microphone audio signal 130 is imported into the blender 132 of the weighted sum being configured to export the signal being imported into blender 132.Blender exports 134 and is imported into the hearing loss processor 136 being configured to export 134 generation hearing compensation output signals 138 based on blender.Hearing compensation output signal 138 is imported into the receiver (loud speaker) 140 of the acoustical sound that the eardrum (not shown) for converting the user to hearing instrument to transmits.
Shown hearing instrument circuit 100 is also configured to receive the digital audio from various transmitter, this transmitter such as such as in church, auditorium, theater, movie theatre, bank, post office, retail shop, doctor's office, hospital, City Hall, the public place such as social security office, such as the such as mobile phone of the public address systems such as railway station, airport, market etc., broadcast receiver, media player, with microphone, broadcast system.
In an example shown, the digital audio comprising dictation messages is wirelessly sent to hearing instrument and the hearing instrument antenna 142 being connected to radio transceiver 144 receives.Radio transceiver identifies be intended to the device address of the equipment of digital audio, digital audio, possible sender identification symbol, possible network control signal etc. from comprising.Suppose received address and the addresses match of hearing instrument, then dector 148 extracts digital audio 150 from received numerical data 146 and digital audio 150 is forwarded to blender 132.Digital audio 150 can comprise the audio frequency from multiple source, and therefore digital audio 150 can form the multiple input signals for blender 132, an input signal for each audio-source.Other signals can eardrum transmission period from message to the user of hearing instrument between be attenuated.Other signals also can be eliminated.Whether user can key in order via the User's Interface of the hearing instrument of well known type, be eliminated to control other signals or decay.
As will be described as further below, the numerical data of message also comprises the data 152 relevant to the identification of bill (ticket) management system alternatively.Utilize this data, dector 148 is from these data 152 of digital data extraction and they be forwarded to and be optionally configured to verify the validator 154 of ticket management system.Optional output validation signal 156 formed be input to blender 132 for control blender input signal and the control of weight.
When ticket management system can not be verified, the respective weights of the ticket management system part of message is set to zero in blender 132, makes message not be sent to user; But message is left in the basket.
When ticket management system is verified, message is sent to user and other signals are attenuated during transmission of messages.
Blender 132 can have the memory for being stored in the information received between eardrum transmission period that message continues to the user of hearing instrument.The same sequence received by hearing instrument according to them in message or according to priority orders towards after the eardrum of the user of hearing instrument is transmitted, the information stored can then be imported in blender to be included in the output of blender 132.
Hearing instrument can be configured to eliminate all the time from ticket management system to other signals one or more received by hearing instrument between the eardrum transmission period of the user of hearing instrument.
In some embodiments, project 120,122,128,132,136,148,154 or aforementioned (such as project 120,122,128 and project 132, or project 132 and 148, or project 132 and 154 etc.) any combination can be considered to the example of processing unit.
Fig. 2 illustrates the point of sale 1 of the multiple equipment 3,4,5 and 6 having ticket management system 2 and worn by user.
Shown ticket management system 2 comprises processor 23, transceiver (TX/RX) 21 such as RF transceiver, input translator 26 such as microphone and activator appliance 22 such as button etc.Ticket management system 2 can be positioned at box office, bank counter, post office, retail shop etc.
Activator appliance 22 via link 24 wirelessly such as via bluetooth etc. or such as can be coupled in processor 23 communicatedly via cable etc. through a cable.Transceiver 21 may be implemented as and is configured to send and/or the transmitter of receiving radio data and receiver from least one multiple equipment 3,4,5 and 6.Transceiver 21 via link 25 wirelessly such as via bluetooth etc. or such as can be coupled in processor 23 communicatedly via cable etc. through a cable.In shown ticket management system 2, transceiver 21 is configured to send and/or receiving radio data from multiple equipment 3,4,5 and 6.
Transceiver 21 such as communicates with at least one in equipment 3,4,5 and 6 in the bluetooth of 2.4-2.5GHz frequency range or the communication protocol of similar bluetooth with the wireless communication interface such as basis of medical treatment (ISM) frequency range via in industry, science.
In shown ticket management system 2, input translator 26 points to the microphone of operation order according to the personnel 10 such as office worker etc. of management system 2.
Can be the processor 23 of the example of processing unit can be central processing unit (CPU), digital signal processor (DSP) etc.In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23 is configured to process and enters and/or from the data of activator appliance 22.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23 is configured to send via transceiver 21 and/or receive data.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor is configured to receive the data from activator appliance 22.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23 is applied to the one or more features such as such as sense of touch resistance, sense of touch, the color etc. that control activator appliance 22.
Each in equipment 3,4,5 and 6 comprises transceiver 31,41,51,61 such as wireless transceiver.
In shown ticket management system 2, equipment 3 is first hearing aidss, and equipment 4 is second hearing aidss, and equipment 5 is mobile phones, and equipment 6 is tablet PC, each comprises each transceiver 31,41,51,61 being configured to wireless transmission and receiving data.
Transceiver 31,41,51,61 each be configured to be coupled in radio communication ticket management system 2 wireless data is sent to ticket management system 2 and from ticket management system 2 receiving radio data.In shown ticket management system 2, transceiver 31,41,51,61 via industry, science and medical treatment (ISM) frequency range wireless communication interface according to such as in the bluetooth of 2.4-2.5GHz frequency range or the communication protocol of similar bluetooth with ticket management system 2 radio communication.
In fig. 2, the first user A carries the dual-lug type hearing aids that namely hearing instrument comprises the first hearing aids 3 and the second hearing aids 4, the second user B carrying mobile phone 5, and the 3rd user C carries tablet PC 6.
User A, B and C are etc. to be serviced in point of sale 1.Such as, user A is next serviced, and namely user B is waiting for after user A serviced after user A, and namely user C is waiting for after user B serviced after user B.
Arrive point of sale 1 by time serviced when hearing instrument carries personnel such as user A, these personnel such as activate activator appliance 22 to receive his or she numbering in the virtual queue of point of sale 1 by pressing the button.In response to the activation of activator appliance 22, ticket management system 2 distributes next available numbering to user A, and the hearing instrument that the numbering of this distribution and user A are worn is associated.When user A called is served, ticket management system 2 message of correspondence is such as comprised have can be serviced distribute the information of numbering the audio signal of message be sent to the hearing instrument 3,4 that user A wears.In other words, when the hearing instrument that distributed numbering and user A wear is associated, the hearing instrument that this message is worn with user A is associated.
Once be activated, activation signal is sent to processor 23 by from activator appliance 22, the activation of instruction activator appliance 22.Routine in the processor 23 of the receiver part of activation signal activation unlatching transceiver 21 or algorithm.
The receiver portion of transceiver 21 divides the radiofrequency signal detected from the one or more transmissions equipment 3,4,5 and 6.In shown ticket management system 2, the receiver portion of transceiver 21 divides first radiofrequency signal of detection from equipment 3 transmission, the second radiofrequency signal from equipment 4 transmission, from the 3rd radiofrequency signal of equipment 5 transmission and the 4th radiofrequency signal from equipment 6 transmission.In shown ticket management system 2, the receiver portion of transceiver 21 divides detection from the suitable subset of equipment 3,4,5 and 6 such as from the radiofrequency signal that the subset comprising equipment 3,4,6 sends.
In shown ticket management system 2, be performed in the such as two seconds time period of radio frequency detection after activator appliance 22 activates etc.In shown ticket management system 2, ticket management system 2 is configured to before and after, during activator appliance 22 activates, perform radio frequency continuously and detects.
In shown ticket management system 2, the radiofrequency signal sent by the first hearing aids and/or the second hearing aids is the radio beacon (radio beacon) of a such as inferior transmission in every two seconds during rule.In another embodiment, equipment 5 and the one or both in 6 also can be configured to send similar radio beacon during rule.
Divided the radiofrequency signal detected to be sent to processor 23 via link 25 by from transceiver 21 by the receiver portion of transceiver 21.In shown ticket management system 2, after sense cycle terminates for such as two seconds, the radiofrequency signal detected is sent to processor 23 by from transceiver 21.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23, based on each radiofrequency signal detected received from transceiver 21, calculates and/or measures and/or determine each mass value of equipment 3,4,5 and 6.Also by each mass value and equipment 3,4,5 and 6, each is associated processor 23.In shown ticket management system 2, mass value is received signal strength indicator RSSI.In another ticket management system 2, mass value is receive channel power instruction RCPE.In another ticket management system 2, mass value is signal to noise ratio snr.
Due to selected device maximum/highest quality value relied on as the user carrying selected device when starting activator appliance 22 near the instruction in activator appliance 22, therefore, based on mass value, processor 23 is that the equipment with maximum/highest quality value is chosen in the reception of message.
In shown ticket management system 2, mass value is RSSI, and or when being activated close to activator appliance 22, transceiver 21 can detect the high amplitude radiofrequency signal from equipment 3, transceiver 21 can detect from this frequency signal of short arc in equipment 4, transceiver 21 can detect from high amplitude radiofrequency signal in equipment 5, and transceiver 21 can detect the short arc radiofrequency signal from equipment 6.
Based on the radiofrequency signal detected from equipment 3, processor 23 calculates and/or measures and/or determines and the mass value that equipment 3 is associated.RSSI value 4 (large/high level) can such as be associated with equipment 3 by processor 23.Based on the radiofrequency signal detected from equipment 4, processor 23 calculates and/or measures and/or determines and the mass value that equipment 4 is associated.RSSI value 2 (middle low value) can such as be associated with equipment 4 by processor 23.Based on the radiofrequency signal detected from equipment 5, processor 23 calculates and/or measures and/or determines and the mass value that equipment 5 is associated.RSSI value 3 (middle high level) can such as be associated with equipment 5 by processor 23.Based on the radiofrequency signal detected from equipment 6, processor 23 calculates and/or measures and/or determines and the mass value that equipment 6 is associated.RSSI value 1 (low value) can such as be associated with equipment 6 by processor 23.
In shown ticket management system 2, to calculate and/or measured and/or determined mass value is stored in via communication link 29 and can be communicatively coupled to processor 23 or comprises the list in memory 28 such as RAM within the processor 23.The mass value stored is associated with the identifier of each equipment of expression, makes the entry of the list in memory 28 (entry) comprise the identifier be associated with equipment 3 and the mass value calculating and/or measure for equipment 3 and/or determine.List comprises the similar entry for other equipment as shown in Figure 4.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23 is also configured to the mark whether being supported audio stream to each entry setting instruction in list by the equipment of described entry identification.In shown ticket management system 2, the information relevant with stream ability can be sent to the utilizable transceiver 21 of processor 23 and indicate to set by institute's checkout equipment 3,4,5 and 6.
Based on the mass value be associated, owing to the highest/biggest quality value, processor 23 determines that when activator appliance 22 activates equipment 3 is near in ticket management system 2, thus in response to activation, the numbering in distributed virtual queue is associated with hearing aids 3, therefore, the message of correspondence is associated with hearing aids 3 by processor 23, reason is when the numbering called be associated with hearing aids 3 is served, and processor 23 chooses hearing aids 3 as the receiver with the message of the information of user A called service receiving transceiver 21 transmission.
Processor 23 carrys out generating messages by activating microphone 26, the personnel 10 operating ticket management system 2 can be served by the next one in call queue, at the user A of this situation, the analog voice signal of personnel 10 is converted into analog voice signal be converted into audio digital signals in A-D converter (not shown) after thus, and is sent to processor 23 via link 27 and transfers to transceiver 21 via link 25 from processor 23.
In addition, processor 23 controls transceiver 21 and the digital audio stream of representative digit voice signal is sent to selected device and hearing aids 3.By this way, processor 23 controls the user A that the voice signal streaming from personnel 10 is transferred to Portable device 3 by transceiver 21, thus guarantees voice data from ticket management system 2 to the privately owned safe transmission of selected hearing aids 3.
In shown ticket management system 2, microphone 26 be activate continuously namely before and after, during activator appliance 22 activates, and namely processor processed the audio signal from microphone 26 continuously before and after, during activator appliance 22 activates.Processor 23 controls transceiver 21 and " service call " message is sent to the equipment that the numbering in the virtual queue of serving with called is associated.Other equipment do not receive this message.
Shown in ticket management system 2 can also be configured to, broadcast the message such as emergency message etc. of particular type to the armamentarium be associated with the numbering in virtual queue of point of sale and/or the armamentarium of the coverage area that is positioned at transceiver 21.
In shown ticket management system 2, processor 23 according to cryptographic algorithm to digital audio encryption, can make transceiver 21 by the audio streams of encryption to equipment 3.In shown ticket management system 2, cryptographic algorithm is selected from encrypted private key and public key encryption.
In shown ticket management system 2, at least one in equipment 3,4,5 and 6 is configured to comprise the radio beacon be sent to from least one equipment 3,4,5 and 6 in the radiofrequency signal of the transceiver 21 of ticket management system 2.In shown ticket management system 2, all devices 3,4,5 and 6 is configured to comprise the radio beacon be sent to from relevant device 3,4,5 and 6 radiofrequency signal of the transceiver 21 of ticket management system 2.
In shown ticket management system 2, selected device 3 can be coupled in communicatedly in such as dual-lug type hearing aid device system to side apparatus 4.Ticket management system 2 is configured to ask to selected device 3 identifier that is associated with to side apparatus 4.When processor 23 chooses selected device 3 based on mass value, request can be sent to selected device 3 via transceiver 21 by processor 23.This request can comprise the request of the identifier to side apparatus 4.Exist side apparatus 4 if selected device 3 is configured to, by sending to processor 23 in response to request to the identifier of side apparatus 4 identification via transceiver 21; Otherwise selected device 3 can respond with predetermined code such as zero etc.Processor 23 can be stored in the identifier of side apparatus 4 in memory 28.In shown ticket management system 2, the identifier of side apparatus 4 is marked as in memory and is associated with selected device 3.Subsequently, the voice signal streaming from office worker 10 can be transferred to selected device 3 and to side apparatus 4 by ticket management system 2.Thus, guarantee to be uniquely identified side apparatus 4.Due to hatching effect, can provide in fact not as the signal of selected device the last 3 is to the transceiver 21 of ticket management system 2 side apparatus 4, and therefore based on list may imperfection to choosing of side apparatus.Request eliminates this problem to the method for the identifier of side apparatus.
In shown ticket management system 2, ticket management system 2 can continue voice data streaming to transfer to equipment 3, also may transmit as a stream to equipment 4 and if be identified, until the button in one in user A activated equipment 3 and equipment 4, this activation makes equipment 3 and/or equipment 4 can send signal to processor 23 via transceiver 21, the stopping of instruction stream.Then, after receiving the stop signal from the one or both in equipment 3 and equipment 4, ticket management system 2 stops audio stream being transmitted as a stream equipment 3 and equipment 4.
Fig. 3 represents execution mode message being sent to safely the equipment such as method of hearing aids 3 from ticket management system 2.
In first step and step 201, user A activates the activator appliance 22 of ticket management system 2.
The activation of activator appliance 22 starts the search step 210 that second step and ticket management system 2 search for radio frequency signal.This search is performed by the transceiver 21 that processor 23 controls by via link 25.The equipment 2 of the radio frequency signal searched by ticket management system 2 afterwards entrained by user A, same equipment 4 entrained by user A, the equipment 5 entrained by user B and the equipment 6 entrained by user C send.
In shown ticket management system 2, search for and namely performed before and after, during activator appliance 22 activates continuously by ticket management system 2.When activator appliance 22 is activated, be stored in together with the device id overview DIP such as learnt from bluetooth for institute's checkout equipment 3,4,5 and 6 each identifying informations and signal strength signal intensity and/or quality such as RSSI in the list that can be coupled in communicatedly via link 29 memory 28 of processor 23 etc. by transceiver 21 equipment 3,4,5 of detecting and 6 when activating.
In shown ticket management system 2, search for execution in the such as two seconds time period etc. after activator appliance activates.When activator appliance 22 is activated, the equipment 3,4,5 and 6 detected within after activator appliance 22 activates two seconds being waited by transceiver 21, with institute checkout equipment 3,4,5 with 6 each identifying information and signal strength signal intensity and/or quality together be stored in the list that can be coupled in communicatedly in the memory 28 of processor 23 etc.
In shown ticket management system 2, in a step 220, the project in processor 23 pairs of lists sorts and/or arranges, and makes the equipment with the highest signal strength detected when activator appliance 22 activates by transceiver 21 be placed in the top of list.
Based on signal strength signal intensity measured by institute's checkout equipment 3,4,5 and 6, in step 230, ticket management system 2 detects when activating or has thereafter the equipment of highest signal strength soon.Then, the distribution of ticket management system 2 shown in Fig. 2 has the bill of the available numbering of the middle next one of virtual list, this numbering is associated with selected device, and associated numbering is stored in together with the ID of selected device in memory 28.Ticket management system 2 also uses drawing machine (not shown) to distribute the numbered bill of print on it, and the user with equipment obtains this bill.
In next step 240, ticket management system 2 starts to send to from recording the streaming audio data coming from the microphone 26 of the speech data of personnel 10 equipment be associated with by the numbering in the virtual queue of personnel 10 call service by having.By this way, other users carrying other equipment still queued up in virtual queue do not receive the message of the equipment such as hearing aids 3 that ticket management system 2 sends to called to serve, and the user of the equipment be associated with the numbering in virtual queue thus avoids receiving the message provided to other users.
In shown ticket management system 2, in the step 250 after step 230, ticket management system 2 from selected device 3 to such as via wireless communication protocol be coupled in selected device 3 to side apparatus 4 request identifier.Due to hatching effect etc., after the selected device in the list do not need in memory to side apparatus 4.
In subsequent step 260, selected device 3 is sent to ticket management system 2 by the identifier of side apparatus 4.
Subsequently, ticket management system 2 send a message to selected device 3 and in step 240 by activate activator appliance 22 user A entrained by both side apparatus 4.
When personnel 10 or other staff stop using activator appliance 22, stop the search of radio frequency signal in step 270.
Fig. 4 illustrates the execution mode being stored in the list in the memory 28 of ticket management system 2 by processor 23.List 301 comprises row 302, and these row 302 comprise each identifier of the equipment 3,4,5 and 6 that detected by transceiver 21.In addition, list comprises row 303, and these row 303 comprise each mass value of institute's checkout equipment 3,4,5 and 6 of being measured via institute detection signal by processor 23 and/or calculate and/or determining, and wherein institute's detection signal receives from transceiver 21 via link 25.In addition, list comprises row 304, these row 304 comprise for institute's checkout equipment 3,4,5 and 6 each mark or binary value, whether its indicating equipment supports audio stream.In the diagram, binary value 1 indicating equipment allows audio stream, and binary value 0 indicates disabling of audio stream.
Although ticket management system 2 has been described to have processor 23, it should be noted that ticket management system 2 comprises any processing unit being configured to perform feature described herein.
In embodiments, activator appliance 22 and other transceiver and other processing unit can be included in assembly, this assembly and ticket management system 2 physical separation and be such as placed on the porch of ticket office, bank, post office, retail shop etc.In this embodiment, the transceiver of activator appliance assembly can perform the communication of transceiver 21 and hearing instrument.In addition, the information received from hearing instrument (such as RSSI) can be sent to the transceiver 21 of ticket management system by the transceiver of this assembly.The sound of office worker can be sent to assembly transceiver via transceiver 21, and is sent to hearing instrument from assembly transceiver.In embodiments, the process of DSP 23 can be performed by the additional processing unit in assembly.In this embodiment, the complexity of DSP 23 can be reduced.
Therefore, the invention provides a kind of hearing instrument, it comprises:
Wireless receiver, it is configured to receive to distribute to by ticket management system and the relevant message of the bill obtained by the user of hearing instrument,
Hearing instrument is also configured to carry out processing messages according to the hearing loss of user, and the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to user to send handled message conversion, and alternatively
Radio transmitters, it is configured to signal to be sent to the ticket management system with the data identifying hearing instrument, and alternatively
Hearing instrument can also be configured to eliminate at least one other signal received during message sends to the eardrum of user by hearing instrument, and alternatively
Hearing instrument is also configured to message to mix with at least one other signal received by hearing instrument, and be configured to process mixing according to the hearing loss of user export, and handled mixing is exported the acoustic signal converting the eardrum to hearing instrument user to and send, and alternatively
Hearing instrument comprises:
Validator, it is configured to verify ticket management system, and alternatively
Hearing instrument is also configured to when good authentication ticket management system, the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to the user of hearing instrument to send message conversion, and alternatively
Receiver formation is configured to wireless communication and is configured to a part for the transceiver communicated with handheld device alternatively.
The present invention also provides a kind of ticket management system, and it comprises
Transceiver;
User's Interface; And
Processor,
This processor is configured to:
When the user receiving the correspondence keyed in by the user of use User's Interface asks, bill is distributed to the user of hearing instrument, and
Bill is associated with hearing instrument, makes the message relevant to bill can be sent to hearing instrument from transceiver, and alternatively
Encoder, it is configured to identifying that the identification mark of ticket management system encodes to send together with message, and alternatively
Transceiver comprises the interface of access, makes message can be sent to hearing instrument by internet, and alternatively
Transceiver is configured to and wireless communication, and alternatively, this association comprises:
Particular network is set up between ticket management system and hearing instrument; And
Measure the transmission characteristic of hearing instrument in described particular network, and alternatively
Particular network is bluetooth low power consuming network, and alternatively
The transmission characteristic of hearing instrument can be by ticket management system in the RSSI value comprising at least one packet received from hearing instrument via described particular network in the time period that user asks, and alternatively
Time period can be millisecond.
The present invention also provides a kind of method sending message from ticket management system to hearing instrument, and wherein ticket management system comprises transceiver and User's Interface, and the method comprises:
The user to bill received from the user of hearing instrument in ticket management system asks,
By ticket management system, bill is distributed to described user,
Bill is associated with the hearing instrument of user, and
The message relevant to bill is sent to hearing instrument from ticket management system, and alternatively
Generate the identification mark identifying ticket management system, this identification mark is sent to hearing instrument together with message, and alternatively
In hearing instrument, ticket management system is verified based on the identification mark sent, and
When good authentication ticket management system, in hearing instrument, message conversion is become acoustic signal so that the eardrum to user transmits, and alternatively
Generate identification mark to comprise identification mark encryption, and alternatively
Verify that ticket management system comprises to be decrypted the encryption identification mark comprised in the message.
Although illustrate and describe embodiment; but be to be understood that; invention required for protection is limited to preferred implementation by itself and not intended to be; and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that and can make variations and modifications when not departing from essence of an invention required for protection and scope.Therefore, this specification and accompanying drawing should be illustrated as descriptive sense but not restrictive, sense.Invention required for protection is intended to contain the replacement scheme of alternative, amendment and equivalent.
Claims (11)
1. a hearing instrument, comprising:
Wireless receiver, it is configured to receive the message relevant to the bill that the user by ticket management system being described hearing instrument distributes;
Processing unit, it is configured to process described message according to the hearing loss of described user; And
Loud speaker, it is configured to the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to described user to send handled message conversion.
2. hearing instrument according to claim 1, wherein,
Also comprise radio transmitters, it is configured to signal is sent to the described ticket management system with the data identifying described hearing instrument.
3. hearing instrument according to claim 1 and 2, wherein,
Described processing unit is also configured to described message to mix with at least one other signal received by described hearing instrument export to obtain to mix, and processes described mixing output according to the described hearing loss of described user.
4. a ticket management system, comprising:
Transceiver;
User's Interface; And
Processing unit, it is configured to:
When the user receiving the correspondence keyed in by the user of the described User's Interface of use asks, bill is distributed to the user of hearing instrument,
Described bill is associated with described hearing instrument; And
Control described transceiver and to described associating of hearing instrument, the message relevant with described bill is sent to described hearing instrument based on described bill with at least part of.
5. ticket management system according to claim 4, wherein,
Also comprise encoder, it is configured to identifying that the identification mark of described ticket management system encodes to send together with described message.
6. the ticket management system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein,
Described transceiver comprises the interface of access, and described transceiver is configured to, by described internet, described message is sent to described hearing instrument.
7. the ticket management system according to any one in claim 4 ~ 6, wherein,
Described processing unit is configured to pass through:
Specific (ad hoc) network is set up between described ticket management system and described hearing instrument; And
Measure the transmission characteristic of described hearing instrument in described particular network,
Perform the action of association.
8. ticket management system according to claim 7, wherein,
Described particular network is bluetooth low power consuming network.
9. the method communicated between ticket management system with hearing instrument, wherein said ticket management system comprises transceiver and User's Interface, and described method comprises:
The user to bill received from the user of described hearing instrument in described ticket management system asks;
By described ticket management system, bill is distributed to described user;
Described bill is associated with the described hearing instrument of described user; And
The message relevant to described bill is sent to described hearing instrument from described ticket management system.
10. method according to claim 9, wherein,
Also comprise the identification mark generating and identify described ticket management system, described identification mark is sent to described hearing instrument together with described message.
11. methods according to claim 10, wherein,
Also comprise:
Based on sent identification mark, in described hearing instrument, verify described ticket management system; And
When described in good authentication during ticket management system, the acoustic signal becoming the eardrum to described user to send described message conversion in described hearing instrument.
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