METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIALIZED GESTURE SENSING FOR FITTING HEARING AIDS

• US 20110044483A1
• Filed: 08/18/2009
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Starkey Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Starkey Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Edgar, Dan
• Application Number:
  US12/543,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20110044483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/314
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/558 Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/70 Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting

Abstract

The present subject matter relates generally to method and apparatus for sensing gestures for fitting hearing aids.

Claims

1. A method for fitting a hearing aid worn by a wearer with a fitting system, comprising:

programming an interface to the fitting system adapted to input a plurality of gestures by a user of the system during a fitting session and adapted to convert each of the gestures into information useable by the fitting system for the fitting session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes instructions for operating the fitting system based on the gestures.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes settings for the fitting system based on the gestures.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes settings for the hearing aid based on the gestures.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising logging the gestures during the fitting session.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates starting a fitting session.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes an indicated ear.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates an environment change.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising cycling a current memory environment to another environment.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates a louder or softer volume setting.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates playing certain media files.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates to start the fitting session over.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicates that the fitting system should undo its last sensed change.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising terminating the fitting session based on the information.

15. A system for sensing a plurality of gestured inputs to a fitting system for fitting a hearing aid, the fitting system executing on a computer, the system comprising:

an input device for sensing the plurality of gestured inputs made remotely from the computer to communicate with the fitting system; and

computer readable information stored in memory to associate each of the plurality of gestures with an operation used in fitting the hearing aid,

wherein the computer readable information is accessible by the computer to convert each of the plurality of gestures into an appropriate instruction to operate the fitting system based on each of the plurality of gestures.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the input device is a camera in communications with the computer.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the input device is a wireless remote control adapted for handheld use and a sensor element in communications with the computer.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the input device is a head mounted mouse.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the input device is a wireless gyroscopic mouse.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the input device is a camera mouse.