KR20170009062A - Hearing aid and method for providing optimized sound depending on ambient environment using location information of user - Google Patents

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KR20170009062A
KR20170009062A KR1020150100453A KR20150100453A KR20170009062A KR 20170009062 A KR20170009062 A KR 20170009062A KR 1020150100453 A KR1020150100453 A KR 1020150100453A KR 20150100453 A KR20150100453 A KR 20150100453A KR 20170009062 A KR20170009062 A KR 20170009062A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a hearing assistance device, which is for providing sound optimized for the surrounding environment of a user, and a method thereof. More specifically, the hearing assistance device can provide sound optimized for the surrounding environment in consideration of the sound properties at the location of the user as well as the sound information around the user. The method for providing sound through the hearing assistance device includes: a step in which the hearing assistance device obtains the surrounding sound information of a user; a step in which the hearing assistance device transmits the surrounding sound information to the user terminal; a step in which the hearing assistance device receives environment variables calculated in consideration of the user terminal location information obtained by the user terminal and the surrounding sound information from the user terminal; and a step in which the hearing assistance device is fitted to the surrounding environment of the user by using the environment variables. The user terminal location information is calculated by using the coordinates of the user terminal, which is calculated by using access point (AP) related information received from APs to the user terminal, and electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal which is received from a location DB.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a hearing assistive device and a method for providing a sound optimized for a surrounding environment by using a location information of a user,

The present invention relates to a hearing assistive device and method for providing sound optimized for a user's surroundings. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hearing assistive device and method for providing a sound optimized for a surrounding environment to a user in consideration of not only acoustic information about a user but also acoustic characteristics of a place where a user is located.

Hearing aid is a device that amplifies the sound generated from the user's surroundings and compensates the user's hearing loss. Generally, hearing aids can be divided into pocket type, ear type, eagle type, and eardrum type.

At the beginning of the purchase, the hearing aid is used by fitting it to suit the hearing of the user. However, the user has to be exposed to various noise environments different from the environment at the time of the initial fitting in daily life. In this case, in order to smoothly listen to the ambient sound, the user has to constantly perform fitting according to the exposed environment.

Accordingly, in recent years, with the appearance of a digital hearing aid device, a hearing aid device itself is equipped with a function of converting ambient sound into a digital signal and fitting it, or by connecting with a user's terminal, It became possible to fit.

Nevertheless, the majority of methods have been based on fitting acoustic aids only with the acoustic information around the user. Also, even in the case of some devices considering the acoustic characteristics of the place where the user is located, the information about the place where the user is located is not automatically collected or acquired by the hearing aid system, There was a problem.

Korean Patent No. 10-1381021 (issued on March 27, 2014)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for connecting a user terminal to a hearing assistive device so that not only acoustic information about a user but also acoustic characteristics for a specific place, And an object of the present invention is to provide a sound optimized for a user's surrounding environment by automatically fitting the hearing aid.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing sound through a hearing aid,

The hearing aid acquiring the user's ambient acoustic information; Transmitting the ambient acoustic information to the user terminal; Receiving, by the hearing assistive device, environment variables calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the ambient sound information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal; And fitting the hearing assistive device to the environment of the user using the environment variable.

Here, the location information of the user terminal may include at least one of the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP, and the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB And the like.

The method may further include receiving the peripheral acoustic information acquisition request from the user terminal before the hearing assistive device acquires the peripheral acoustic information of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing sound through a hearing aid,

Receiving a user's peripheral acoustic information from the hearing aid device; Calculating an environment variable in consideration of the surrounding acoustic information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal; The user terminal may transmit the environment variable to the hearing aid so that the hearing aid is fitted to the user's surroundings using the environment variable.

Here, the location information of the user terminal may include at least one of the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP, and the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB And the like.

The method may further include the step of the user terminal making a request to acquire the ambient acoustic information from the hearing aid device before the user terminal receives the ambient acoustic information from the hearing aid device.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program stored in a computer-

A program stored on a computer readable recording medium for executing a method, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a user's ambient acoustic information by a hearing aid; Transmitting the ambient acoustic information to the user terminal; Receiving, by the hearing assistive device, environment variables calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the ambient sound information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal; And fitting the hearing assistive device to the user's surrounding environment using the received environment variable.

Here, the location information of the user terminal may include at least one of the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP, and the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB And the like.

The method may further include receiving the peripheral acoustic information acquisition request from the user terminal before the hearing assistive device acquires the peripheral acoustic information of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hearing aid comprising:

A peripheral acoustic acquiring unit for acquiring peripheral acoustic information of a user; An acoustic information transmitter for transmitting the ambient acoustic information to a user terminal; An environment variable receiver for receiving an environment variable calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the surrounding acoustic information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal; And a controller for fitting the hearing assistive device to the user's surroundings using the environment variables.

Here, the location information of the user terminal may include at least one of the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP, and the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB And the like.

Through the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize a user's surrounding environment by using a user terminal connected to a hearing aid,

In addition, in acquiring the location information of the user, a separate sensor and sensor network may not be provided since APs are used as they are.

In addition, by using not only the acoustic information of the user but also the information of the place where the user is located, it is possible to consider the acoustic characteristics according to the specific place, so that the accuracy of the fitting of the hearing aid can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
1 is a block diagram of a hearing aid system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing sound through a hearing aid according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a hearing aid according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a method of calculating an environmental variable according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing sound through a hearing aid according to another embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following examples are provided to aid in a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and / or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and these may be changed according to the intention of the user, the operator, or the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are intended only to describe embodiments of the invention and should in no way be limiting. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the singular form of a term includes plural forms of meaning. In this description, the expressions "comprising" or "comprising" are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof, Should not be construed to preclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, portions or combinations thereof.

It is also to be understood that the terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms, and the terms may be used to distinguish one component from another .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a hearing assistive device and method for providing sound optimized for a user's surroundings according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of a hearing aid system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 of the present invention includes a hearing aid 110, a user terminal 120, an AP 110, 130, a location DB 140, and communication networks 150, 160, and 170 that connect the respective components. Specifically, the communication network 150, 160, and 170 may include a first communication network 150 between the hearing aid 110 and the user terminal 120, a first communication network 150 between the user terminal 120 and the AP 130, 2 communication network 160 and a third communication network 170 between the user terminal 120 and the location DB 140.

The hearing aid 110 is a device for amplifying the sound generated in the user's surroundings and supplementing the user's decreased hearing. 3, the hearing assistive device 110 includes a peripheral acoustic acquiring unit 111, an acoustic information transmitting unit 112, an environment variable receiving unit 113, a control unit 114, and an output unit 115 And is communicatively coupled to the user terminal 120 through the first communication network 150.

The user terminal 120 is a device capable of transmitting and receiving various data by using a communication relay device either manually or automatically. For the purpose of the present invention, the hearing aid 110 and the user terminal 120 are identical The user terminal 120 may be a portable device such as a laptop, a tablet PC, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) A hearing aid device 110, and a control device dedicated to the hearing aid device 110. The user terminal 120 may also drive the hearing aid application 121 as shown in FIG. 4 and may communicate with the hearing aid 110 via the communication network 150, 160, The AP 130, and the location DB 140, respectively.

The AP 130 is a device that relays wireless data communication. The wireless communication chip constituting the AP 130 is a Combo chip including a Global Positioning System (GPS) or a location recognition information function. The AP 130 records the installation location and stores it in transmission data, Location monitoring function.

The AP 130 is installed indoors or outdoors and identifies the destination information included in the information sent from the user terminal 120 and specifies the most appropriate communication path to reach the user terminal 120 Is a device capable of transmitting data to a communication network corresponding to a designated communication path. That is, the AP 130 extracts the destination location of the data, designates the best communication path for the extracted location, and transmits the data to the user terminal 120 along the designated communication path. In addition, a plurality of user terminals 120 may be connected to one AP 130 at the same time, or one user terminal 120 may be connected to a plurality of APs 130 at the same time. The AP 130 is connected to the second communication network 160 in communication with the user terminal 120 and transmits information related to the AP 130 to the user terminal 120.

The AP-related information may include MAC address information, installation location information, SSID (Service Set Identifier), signal strength information, and signal transmission time information of the AP 130.

The location DB 140 may include not only an electronic map information that is already configured (open source type) such as a Google map, a Naver map, a next map, etc., but also an electronic map separately constructed for detailed place information such as floor information in a building And is communicatively coupled with the user terminal 120 to the third communication network 170. Furthermore, the location DB 140 may be stored in the memory of the user terminal 120 and used.

The first communication network 150 mediates transmission and reception of user ambient acoustic information and environment variables between the hearing aid 110 and the user terminal 120. The first communication network 150 may include a wired network and a wireless network. Specifically, the wireless network may be a wireless network such as a wireless fidelity (WiFi), a Bluetooth, a radio frequency (RF) IrDA (Infrared Data Association), UWB (Ultra Wide Band), and the like.

The second communication network 160 mediates transmission and reception of information related to the AP 130 between the user terminal 120 and the AP 130. The second communication network 160 may include a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a Bluetooth, a Radio Frequency, an Infrared Data Association (UWB) Ultra Wide Band have.

The third communication network 170 mediates transmission / reception of the electronic map information between the user terminal 120 and the place DB 140. The third communication network 170 may include Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), 3G and LTE. Further, the communication networks 150, 160, and 170 may include at least a known wired or wireless network.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing sound through a hearing aid according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a method of providing sound through a hearing aid device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a step S210 of acquiring the user's surround sound information by the hearing aid 110, The device 110 transmits the user's peripheral acoustic information to the user terminal 120 in step S220. The hearing aid 110 transmits the ambient sound information from the user terminal 120 to the user terminal 120 (S230) of receiving the environment variable calculated using the location information of the hearing aid device 110 (S230), fitting the hearing assistant device 110 to the surrounding environment of the user using the received environment variable And providing ambient acoustic to the user through the fitted auditory assist device 110 (S250). Further, the method may further include the step of the hearing assistant 110 receiving the ambient acoustic information acquisition request from the user terminal 120 before the hearing assistant 110 acquires the user's ambient acoustic information It is possible.

2 and 3, a method of providing a sound through a hearing assistive device system 100 and a hearing assistive device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

First, in step S210, the hearing aid 110 acquires the user's peripheral acoustic information. Specifically, the surround sound acquisition unit 111 in the hearing aid 110 acquires sounds such as sound and noise generated in the user's peripheral area, and converts the sound into a digital signal. The peripheral acoustic acquiring unit 111 may acquire the peripheral acoustic information from the user terminal 120 before the audible assist device 110 receives the peripheral acoustic information acquisition request, Information may be obtained. At this time, the obtained peripheral acoustic information is used for fitting the hearing aid 110 to the surrounding environment, and thus is not provided directly to the user.

Then, in step S220, the aural assistant device 110 transmits the obtained peripheral acoustic information of the user to the user terminal 120. [ Specifically, the acoustic information transmitting unit 112 transmits the user's peripheral acoustic information acquired by the peripheral acoustic acquiring unit 111 to the user terminal 120 through the first communication network 150.

Next, in step S230, the environment variable receiving unit 113 in the hearing aid device 110 receives the ambient sound information of the user from the user terminal 120 and the surrounding sound information of the user terminal 120 acquired by the user terminal 120 And receives the environment variables calculated in consideration of the place information.

FIG. 4 illustrates a method of calculating an environmental variable according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The environment parameter 430 is calculated using the surrounding acoustic information 410 received from the hearing aid 110 and the location information of the user terminal 120. The location information of the user terminal 120 may include location information of the user terminal 120 calculated using the AP related information 420a received from the AP 130, Using the electronic map information 420b corresponding to the coordinates of the electronic map information 420b.

The environment variable may include a frequency-dependent gain, a filter coefficient, a noise reduction parameter, etc., and it is preset to fitting the hearing assistive device using at least one of the hearing aid devices before using the hearing aid device 110 .

In order to calculate the environmental variable 430,

First, the ambient sound information 410 is already received through step S220,

The location information of the user terminal 120 acquired by the user terminal 120 may be stored in the location information of the user terminal 120 using the AP related information 420a received from the AP 130 Can be calculated using the coordinates of the user terminal 120 and the electronic map information 420b corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal 120 received from the place DB 140. [ Also, the location information of the user terminal 120 may be calculated by the hearing aid application 121 installed in the user terminal 120. Further, the location information on which the user terminal 120 is located may be directly input or selected by the user through the input device of the user terminal 120.

The location information of the user terminal 120 may be information such that the coordinates of the user terminal 120 calculated using the AP related information 420a received from the AP 130 are "latitude 37.5677584, longitude 126.8981147 , The location information of the user terminal 120 is calculated according to the electronic map information received from the location DB 140 corresponding to the location information, such as " Seoul World Cup Stadium 515, Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul.

In addition, the location information of the user terminal 120 is physically separated from other locations and can be specifically specified. For example, the location information of the user terminal 120 may include a movie theater, a concert hall, a market, a sports arena, a subway station, and the like. In addition, the noise characteristics generated at the corresponding place are measured in advance in each concrete place information, and the environmental variable calculation conditions in consideration of the noise characteristics are matched.

The coordinates of the user terminal 120 may include latitude and longitude at which the user terminal 120 is located, or coordinates within an arbitrarily assigned building based on a design drawing of the building. However, since the coordinates of the user terminal 120 can use a three-dimensional coordinate system, it is not limited to two-dimensional coordinates such as latitude and longitude.

When the user terminal 120 is located indoors, it receives information related to the AP 130 from the one or more APs 130 installed in the indoor space, and performs a known positioning method such as triangulation, AP Cell-ID measurement, . ≪ / RTI > In addition, when the user terminal 120 is located outdoors, it may be calculated using not only the positioning methods but also a Global Positioning System (GPS).

Further, when the user terminal 120 is present in the multi-storey building, the AP 130 may perform triangulation using AP related information received from four or more APs 130, Dimensional coordinates of the user terminal 120 may be calculated by including the layer information of the user terminal 120. [

The location DB 140 may include not only electronic map information such as a Google map, a Naver map, a next map, etc., but also electronic map information separately constructed for detailed place information in each building have. The electronic map information may include not only two-dimensional electronic map information but also three-dimensional electronic map information.

Next, the user terminal 120 calculates an environmental variable using the environmental sound information and the environment variable calculation condition matched with the location information of the user terminal 120. [

In step S240, the controller 114 in the hearing aid 110 uses the received environment variables to fit the hearing aid 110 into the user's surroundings. In addition, digital signal processing such as noise elimination, feedback control, and nonlinear amplification is performed on the digital signal received from the peripheral acoustic acquiring unit 111.

Finally, in step S250, the output unit 115 in the hearing aid 110 provides ambient acoustic information optimized for the user's surroundings using the fitted hearing aid 110. Specifically, the output unit 115 receives the digital signal subjected to the digital signal processing from the controller 1140, converts it into an analog signal, amplifies the analog signal, and provides the analog signal to a user.

In addition, since the location where the user is located and the ambient acoustic conditions of the user are continuously changed as the user moves, the method of providing sound through the hearing aid device 110 shown in FIG. 2 may be repeated have.

FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method for providing sound through a hearing assistive device in terms of a user terminal 120 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, the user terminal 120 requests the hearing assistant 110 to acquire the user's peripheral acoustic information (S510), and the user terminal 120 requests the hearing assistant 110 to acquire the user's surround sound information, (S530), the user terminal 120 calculates environment variables using the ambient sound information and the location information of the user terminal 120 (S530) The terminal 120 transmits the environment variable to the hearing aid 110 so that the hearing aid 110 is fitted to the user's surroundings using the environment variable S 540, . ≪ / RTI >

First, in step S510, the user terminal 120 requests the hearing assistive device 110 to acquire the user's surround sound information.

Next, in step S520, the user terminal 120 receives peripheral acoustic information of the user acquired by the hearing aid 110. [

In step S530, the user terminal 120 transmits the location information of the user terminal 120 received from the coordinates and location DB of the user terminal 120 using the AP-related information received from the AP 130, The location information of the user terminal 120 is calculated using the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal 120 and the location information of the user terminal 120, (See FIG. 4).

Finally, in step S540, the user terminal 120 transmits the calculated environment variable to the hearing aid 110, so that the hearing aid 110 uses the environment variable As shown in Fig.

In addition, the process of receiving the user's peripheral acoustic information from the hearing assistant device 110 and the process of calculating the location information of the user terminal 120 may be performed in a reversed order . That is, after the location information of the user terminal 120 is calculated, the user's peripheral acoustic information may be received from the hearing aid 110.

According to the embodiment disclosed in the present invention, the methods can be implemented as a computer-readable program, and can also be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include various recording devices in which a program readable by a computer system is stored. The computer-readable recording medium may include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium may be distributed to a networked computer system so that computer readable programs may be distributed and stored.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

110: Hearing aid
111: peripheral sound acquiring unit
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A method for providing sound through a hearing aid device,
The hearing aid acquiring the user's ambient acoustic information;
Transmitting the ambient acoustic information to the user terminal;
Receiving, by the hearing assistive device, environment variables calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the ambient sound information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal;
And fitting the hearing aid into the environment of the user using the environment variables. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the location information on which the user terminal is located comprises:
Using the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP and the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB, A method for providing sound through a device.
The method according to claim 1,
The method comprises:
Before the hearing aid acquires the user's ambient acoustic information,
Further comprising the step of the hearing assistant receiving the request to acquire the ambient sound information from the user terminal.
A method for providing sound through a hearing aid device,
Receiving a user's peripheral acoustic information from the hearing aid device;
Calculating an environment variable in consideration of the surrounding acoustic information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal;
The user terminal transmits the environment variable to the hearing aid,
And fitting the hearing aid into a surrounding environment of the user using the environment variable. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the location information on which the user terminal is located comprises:
Using the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP and the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB, A method for providing sound through a device.
5. The method of claim 4,
The method comprises:
Before the user terminal receives the ambient sound information of the user from the hearing aid,
Further comprising the step of the user terminal requesting to acquire the ambient acoustic information from the hearing assistive device.
A program stored in a computer-readable recording medium for executing a method,
The method comprises:
A step of the hearing assistant acquiring the user's peripheral acoustic information;
Transmitting the ambient acoustic information to the user terminal;
Receiving, by the hearing assistive device, environment variables calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the ambient sound information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal;
And fitting the hearing assistive device to the environment of the user using the received environment variable. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 20 >
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the location information on which the user terminal is located comprises:
Using the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP and the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB, A program stored on a readable recording medium.
8. The method of claim 7,
Before the hearing aid acquires the user's ambient acoustic information,
Further comprising the step of the hearing assistant receiving the request to acquire the ambient sound information from the user terminal.
A peripheral acoustic acquiring unit for acquiring peripheral acoustic information of a user;
An acoustic information transmitter for transmitting the ambient acoustic information to a user terminal;
An environment variable receiver for receiving an environment variable calculated from the user terminal in consideration of the surrounding acoustic information and the location information of the user terminal acquired by the user terminal;
And a controller for fitting the hearing assistive device to the user's surroundings using the environment variables.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the location information on which the user terminal is located comprises:
Using the electronic map information corresponding to the coordinates of the user terminal calculated using the AP related information received from the AP and the coordinates of the user terminal received from the location DB, device.
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