APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEARING DEVICE

• US 20150162770A1
• Filed: 12/05/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Jong Min, SHIN, Hee Suk, JUNG, Ji Yeon
• Application Number:
  US14/561,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20150162770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/18 Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/22 Phase substances, e.g. smokes, aerosols or sprayed or atomised substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/24 Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/32 using rotary cleaning members
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/17 Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/00 Deaf-aid sets , i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception electrical stimulation of auditory nerves to promote the auditory function A61N1/36038; optical stimulation of auditory nerves to promote the auditory function A61N5/0622

Abstract

An apparatus for managing a hearing device through interoperation with a control terminal is provided. The apparatus may control, through an external control terminal, constituent elements configured to perform various operations of drying, cleaning, sterilizing, charging, and setting the hearing device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing a hearing device comprising:

a drying unit configured to dry the hearing device disposed in the apparatus; and

a communication unit configured to receive a control instruction from a control terminal to adjust an operating parameter of the drying unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operating parameter of the drying unit comprising at least one of a drying time, a drying strength, a drying period, a drying timer setting, or a drying state of the hearing device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a display configured to indicate an operating state of the drying unit is disposed on the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a lighting device configured to display different colors based on an operating state of the drying unit is disposed on the apparatus.

5. A apparatus for managing a hearing device comprising:

a cleaning unit configured to clean the hearing device disposed in the apparatus; and

a communication unit configured to receive a control instruction from a control terminal to adjust an operating parameter of the cleaning unit.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the operating parameter of the cleaning unit comprising at least one of an airflow strength, a suction strength, a rotation velocity of a brush to clean the hearing device, a cleaning state, a cleaning period, or a cleaning timer setting of the hearing device.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a display configured to indicate an operating state of the cleaning unit is disposed on the apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a lighting device configured to display different colors based on an operating state of the cleaning unit is disposed on the apparatus.

9. An apparatus for managing a hearing device comprising:

a sterilizing unit configured to sterilize the hearing device disposed in the apparatus; and

a communication unit configured to receive a control instruction from a control terminal to adjust an operating parameter of the sterilizing unit.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the operating parameter of the sterilizing unit comprising at least one of a sterilizing time, a sterilizing period, a disinfectant replacement, a sterilizing timer setting, or a sterilizing state of the hearing device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein a display configured to indicate an operating state of the sterilizing unit is disposed on the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein a lighting device configured to display different colors based on an operating state of the sterilizing unit is disposed on the apparatus.

13. An apparatus for managing a hearing device comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a hearing device disposed in the apparatus; and

a communication unit configured to receive a control instruction from a control terminal to adjust an operating parameter of the charging unit.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operating parameter of the charging unit comprising at least one of a charging time, a charging completion, a charging period, a charging timer setting, and a charging state of the hearing device.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a display configured to indicate an operating state of the charging unit is disposed on the apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a lighting device configured to display different colors based on an operating state of the charging unit is disposed on the apparatus.

17. An apparatus for managing a hearing device comprising:

a setting unit configured to set an application of a hearing device disposed in the apparatus; and

a communication unit configured to receive a control instruction from a control terminal to adjust an operating parameter of the setting unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the operating parameter of the setting unit comprising at least one of a setting of a parameter or a firmware upgrade of the hearing device.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein a display configured to indicate an operating state of the setting unit is disposed on the apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein a lighting device configured to display different colors based on an operating state of the setting unit is disposed on the apparatus.