COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
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1. A communication system, comprising:
- a transmission unit to be worn at a user'"'"'s body at or below a neck of said user for transmitting audio signals via an inductive link; and
an earpiece to be worn at least in part in an ear canal of said user including a receiver unit for receiving audio signals via said inductive link from said transmission unit, an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals received by said receiver unit, and a loudspeaker for stimulating a hearing of said user according to said processed audio signals;
wherein said inductive link is an amplitude modulation inductive link having a carrier frequency of from 100 kHz to 30 MHz.
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Abstract
There is provided a communication system, comprising a transmission unit to be worn at a user'"'"'s body at or below the user'"'"'s neck for transmitting audio signals via an inductive link; and an earpiece to be worn at least in part in the user'"'"'s ear canal including a receiver unit for receiving audio signals via said inductive link from the transmission unit, an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals received by the receiver unit, and a loudspeaker stimulating the user'"'"'s hearing according to the processed audio signals; wherein said inductive link is an amplitude modulation inductive link having a carrier frequency of from 100 kHz to 30 MHz.
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a transmission unit to be worn at a user'"'"'s body at or below a neck of said user for transmitting audio signals via an inductive link; and an earpiece to be worn at least in part in an ear canal of said user including a receiver unit for receiving audio signals via said inductive link from said transmission unit, an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals received by said receiver unit, and a loudspeaker for stimulating a hearing of said user according to said processed audio signals; wherein said inductive link is an amplitude modulation inductive link having a carrier frequency of from 100 kHz to 30 MHz. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating a communication system comprising a transmission unit to be worn at a body of a user at or below a neck of said user and an earpiece to be worn at least in part in an ear canal of said user, comprising
supplying audio signals to said transmission unit, transmitting said audio signals from said transmission unit to said earpiece via an inductive link, and stimulating a hearing of said user via said earpiece according to audio signals received by said earpiece, wherein said inductive link is an amplitude modulation inductive link having a carrier frequency of from 100 kHz to 30 MHz.
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