HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT VIA MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20180109889A1
• Filed: 10/18/2016
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arm Limited (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Arm Limited (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kang, Sang-Hun, Diestelhorst, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 10,231,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/162 Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/065 Aids for the handicapped in understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/43 Signal processing in hearing aids to enhance the speech intelligibility
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/55 Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/505 using digital signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/558 Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency

Abstract

Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to hearing aids, and may relate more particularly to adjusting one or more parameters for one or more hearing aids based, at least in part, on one or more detected audio interactions between a user and one or more second parties.

Claims

1. A method, at a mobile device, comprising:

detecting an audio interaction between a user and one or more second parties; and

adjusting one or more parameters to one or more hearing aids to enhance audibility or intelligibility to the user of an audio signal based, at least in part, on an identity of at least one of the one or more second parties.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the at least one of the one or more second parties at least in part by comparing one or more signals and/or states derived from the audio interaction with voice print content stored in a memory of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the at least one of the one or more second parties at least in part by user indication of the one or more second parties via a graphical user interface of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting the one or more parameters of one or more hearing aids comprises communicating one or more signals and/or states comprising particular voice print content associated with the identified at least one of the one or more second parties between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the communicating the one or more signals and/or states between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids comprises communicating the one or more signals and/or states via a wireless type connection.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the voiceprint content stored in the memory is stored as at least part of one or more records identifying one or more second parties.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more records comprise one or more contact lists, and wherein the one or more contact lists include one or more names, phone numbers, email addresses, or photographs, or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising obtaining the voiceprint content at least in part via analysis of audio content captured during one or more real-time phone conversations or captured as one or more voice messages, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the adjusting the one or more parameters of one or more hearing aids further comprises communicating one or more signals and/or states comprising content obtained at least in part via one or more cameras, one or more microphones, or one or more sensors, or any combination thereof, of the mobile device between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the content obtained at least in part via the one or more cameras, microphones, or sensors, or any combination thereof, of the mobile device comprises a parameter representative of an approximate distance between the identified at least one of the one or more second parties and a user of the one or more hearing aids or comprises one or more parameters descriptive at least in part of an environment in which the user of the one or more hearing aids is located, or a combination thereof.

11. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor to;

detect an audio interaction between a user and one or more second parties; and

adjust one or more parameters to one or more hearing aids to enhance audibility or intelligibility to the user of an audio signal based, at least in part, on an identity of at least one of the one or more second parties.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor, at least in part to identify the at least one of the one or more second parties, to compare one or more signals and/or states to be derived from the audio interaction with voice print content to be stored in a memory of the mobile device.

13. The mobile of claim 12, wherein, to adjust the one or more parameters of one or more hearing aids, the processor further to, via a communications interface of the mobile device, communicate between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids one or more signals and/or states to comprise particular voice print content to be associated with the at least one of the one or more second parties to be identified.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein, to communicate the one or more signals and/or states between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids, the processor to communicating, via the communications interface of the mobile device, the one or more signals and/or states via a wireless type connection.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the voiceprint content to be stored in the memory is to be stored as part of one or more records to identify one or more second parties.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the one or more records to comprise one or more contact lists to include one or more names, phone numbers, email addresses, or photographs, or any combination thereof.

17. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the processor further to obtain the voiceprint content at least in part via analysis of audio content to be captured via one or more real-time phone conversations or to be captured as one or more voice messages, or a combination thereof.

18. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein, to adjust the one or more parameters of one or more hearing aids, the processor further to communicate via the communications interface one or more signals and/or states to comprise content to be obtained at least in part via one or more cameras, one or more microphones, or one or more sensors, or any combination thereof, of the mobile device between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the content to be obtained at least in part via the one or more cameras, microphones, or sensors, or any combination thereof, of the mobile device to comprise a parameter to be representative of an approximate distance between the at least one of the one or more second parties to be identified and a user of the one or more hearing aids or to comprise one or more parameters to be descriptive at least in part of an environment in which the user of the one or more hearing aids is to be located.

20. A system, comprising:

a mobile device to include a processor to detect an audio interaction between a user and one or more second parties; and

one or more hearing aids, wherein the one or more hearing aids to adjust one or more parameters of the one or more hearing aids to enhance audibility or intelligibility to the user of an audio signal based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals representative at least in part of an identity of at least one of the one or more second parties to be communicated between the mobile device and the one or more hearing aids.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the processor, at least in part to identify the at least one of the one or more second parties, to compare one or more signals and/or states to be derived from the audio interaction with voice print content to be stored in a memory of the mobile device.