Hearing aid with transponder device and corresponding data transmission method
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Abstract
The object is to automate and simplify the programming of a hearing aid or some other hearing apparatus. Toward that end provision is made to provide the hearing aid with a transponder device which is connected to a signal processing means and an antenna device of the hearing aid. By means of the transponder device it is possible to extract energy for the signal processing device, for example, from a data signal received by the antenna device. As a result it is possible to program, by wireless means, a hearing aid which is not equipped with a battery or which is not switched on.
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26 Claims
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10. A hearing aid, comprising:
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an antenna arranged within the hearing aid that wirelessly transmits a data signal between the hearing aid and an external device;
a signal processing device arranged within the hearing aid that process the data signal; and
a transponder device that is connected to the antenna and the signal processing device, wherein the transponder device is configured to extract the data signal received by the antenna and to extract energy required for operating the signal processing device and the antenna from the data signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for transmitting a data signal between the hearing aid and an external device without an energy supplied from a battery, comprising:
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providing an antenna within the hearing aid for transmitting the data signal;
providing a signal processing device within the hearing aid for processing the data signal;
connecting a transponder device to the antenna and the signal processing device;
extracting the data signal received by the antenna via the transponder device;
extracting energy required for operating the antenna and the signal processing device from the data signal via the transponder device; and
transmitting the data signal with the extracted energy. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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