EP1720378B1 - Télécommande d'une prothèse auditif formant part d'un réseau et utilisation du meme - Google Patents

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EP1720378B1
EP1720378B1 EP06113300A EP06113300A EP1720378B1 EP 1720378 B1 EP1720378 B1 EP 1720378B1 EP 06113300 A EP06113300 A EP 06113300A EP 06113300 A EP06113300 A EP 06113300A EP 1720378 B1 EP1720378 B1 EP 1720378B1
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Thomas Fischer
Thomas Lotter
Gottfried Rückerl
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/558—Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/55—Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2420/00—Details of connection covered by H04R, not provided for in its groups
    • H04R2420/07—Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones

Claims (8)

  1. Système à prothèse auditive comportant
    - une prothèse auditive et
    - une télécommande de prothèse auditive (FB) ou une station relais, qui peut être couplée à la prothèse auditive notamment par induction et qui comporte une interface de données pour la transmission de données depuis/vers un réseau de données,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - le réseau de données est un réseau ZigBee (HN),
    - l'interface de données correspond à la norme ZigBee et
    - un signal acoustique peut être déclenché dans la prothèse auditive (HG1, HG2) lorsque la télécommande de prothèse auditive (FB) ou la station relais reçoit des données prescrites.
  2. Système de prothèse auditive selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'interface de données garantit une liaison, bidirectionnelle avec le réseau national ZigBee (HN).
  3. Système de prothèse auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, lequel système dispose d'un dispositif d'affichage permettant d'effectuer un contrôle optique d'un état du réseau ou des composants du réseau.
  4. Système de prothèse auditive selon l'une des revendications 2 et 3, lequel système dispose d'éléments de commande spéciaux permettant de commander le réseau ou les composants du réseau.
  5. Système de prothèse auditive selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, lequel système comporte un dispositif de traitement de données qui permet, lorsque l'on quitte une maison, de contrôler dans le réseau national (HN) un nombre prescrit d'états d'appareils domestiques.
  6. Système de prothèse auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le type et/ou le son du signal acoustique peut varier en fonction de la source des données reçues.
  7. Utilisation d'une télécommande de prothèse auditive (FB) ou d'une station relais, qui peut être couplée par induction à une prothèse auditive (HG1, HG2), dans le but
    - de commander un ou plusieurs composants d'un réseau ZigBee (HN) et/ou
    - de recevoir des données du composant ou des composants par le biais du réseau ZigBee (HN),
    - des données et/ou commandes étant transmises par la station relais ou la télécommande utilisée comme intermédiaire entre la prothèse auditive (HG1, HG2) et le réseau (HN) et
    - un signal acoustique étant déclenché dans la prothèse auditive associée (HG1, HG2) lorsque la télécommande de prothèse auditive (FB) ou la station relais reçoit des données prescrites.
  8. Utilisation selon la revendication 7, dans lequel, lorsque l'on quitte une maison, on contrôle dans le réseau national (HN) un nombre prescrit d'états d'appareils domestiques au moyen de la télécommande de prothèse auditive.
EP06113300A 2005-05-02 2006-04-28 Télécommande d'une prothèse auditif formant part d'un réseau et utilisation du meme Active EP1720378B1 (fr)

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