IP Library Granted Patent US 9,161,138
Granted Patent B2
US 9,161,138 · App. 13/633,851 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Head-worn device with flight mode

Inventors: Brian Dam Pedersen (Ringsted, DK); Jesper Lund Nielsen (Ringsted, DK)
Assignee: GN RESOUND A/S
H04R25/554H04R25/552H04R25/602H04R2225/55H04R2225/61H04R2460/03
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Patent No.
US 9,161,138
App. No.
13/633,851
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-worn device includes: a transceiver for wireless interconnection of the head-worn device with another device; and a housing for accommodation of parts of the head-worn device, the housing having a battery compartment for accommodation of a battery for power supply of the head-worn device, and a battery cover for closing the battery compartment; and a controller that is configured to disable the transceiver in response to repeated opening and closing operations of the battery cover, while the parts of the head-worn device are operational.

Claims (36)

1. A head-worn device, comprising:

a transceiver for wireless interconnection of the head-worn device with another device;

a housing for accommodation of parts of the head-worn device, the housing having

a battery compartment for accommodation of a battery for power supply of the head-worn device, and

a battery cover for closing the battery compartment; and

a controller that is configured to disable the transceiver in response to repeated opening and closing operations of the battery cover, while the parts of the head-worn device are operational.

2. The head-worn device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to enable the transceiver after the transceiver has been disabled while the parts of the head-worn device are operational.

3. The head-worn device according to claim 1 , further comprising a timer for monitoring elapsed time from a closure of the battery cover.

4. The head-worn device according to claim 1 , further comprising a short boot counter for counting events of opening the battery cover before a boot time threshold has elapsed.

5. The head-worn device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to disable the transceiver in response to at least two opening and closing operations of the battery cover during which the battery cover stays closed for less than the boot time threshold.

6. The head-worn device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to enable the transceiver after the transceiver has been disabled in response to a closing operation of the battery cover during which the battery cover stays closed for longer than the boot time threshold.

7. The head-worn device according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is configured for interconnection of the head-worn device with a wireless network.

8. The head-worn device according to claim 1 , wherein the head-worn device comprises a hearing aid comprising:

an input transducer for conversion of acoustic sound into an electronic sound signal;

a signal processor for processing the electronic sound signal into a hearing loss compensated signal; and

an output transducer for conversion of the hearing loss compensated signal into an acoustic output signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing aid.

9. The head-worn device according to claim 8 , wherein the hearing aid is a part of a binaural hearing aid system.

10. A head-worn device, comprising:

a transceiver for wireless communication with another device;

a housing for accommodation of parts of the head-worn device, the housing having

a battery compartment for accommodation of a battery for power supply of the head-worn device, and

a battery cover for closing the battery compartment; and

a controller that is configured to disable the transceiver based on two or more opening operations of the battery cover.

11. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to enable the transceiver after the transceiver has been disabled while the parts of the head-worn device are operational.

12. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , further comprising a timer for monitoring elapsed time from a closure of the battery cover.

13. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , further comprising a short boot counter for counting events of opening the battery cover before a boot time threshold has elapsed.

14. The head-worn device according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is configured to disable the transceiver in response to at least two opening and closing operations of the battery cover during which the battery cover stays closed for less than the boot time threshold.

15. The head-worn device according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is configured to enable the transceiver after the transceiver has been disabled in response to a closing operation of the battery cover during which the battery cover stays closed for longer than the boot time threshold.

16. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , wherein the transceiver is configured for interconnection of the head-worn device with a wireless network.

17. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , wherein the head-worn device comprises a hearing aid comprising:

an input transducer for conversion of acoustic sound into an electronic sound signal;

a signal processor for processing the electronic sound signal into a hearing loss compensated signal; and

an output transducer for conversion of the hearing loss compensated signal into an acoustic output signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing aid.

18. The head-worn device according to claim 17 , wherein the hearing aid is a part of a binaural hearing aid system.

19. The head-worn device according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to disable the transceiver also based on a first closing operation of the battery cover, wherein the two or more opening operations of the battery cover comprises a first opening operation and a second opening operation, and wherein the first closing operation is temporally between the first opening operation and the second opening operation.

20. The head-worn device according to claim 19 , wherein the controller is configured to disable the transceiver also based on a second closing operation of the battery cover, and wherein the second closing operation is temporally after the second opening operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2013
From: PEDERSEN, BRIAN DAM; NIELSEN, JESPER LUND
To: GN RESOUND A/S
Reel/Frame 031063/0959 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 12185947 · Sep 25, 2012 · regional
Continuity (1)
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