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Synchronizing asynchronous dual-stack radio events for hearing device applications

US10624032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intricon Corporation · US

Inventors

Mark Seel · Fridley, US
Zachary Pope · Hopkins, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2018
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 14, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery-powered mobile hearing assist device allows concurrent wireless transception of control data via standard Bluetooth low energy (“BLE”), such as a smartphone, and proprietary audio streaming (“PAS”) from a second device such as a wireless audio streaming accessory. Power savings are achieved particularly in situations where the hearing device is searching for the PAS device. Instead of performing PAS search events as a separate wireless activity from the BLE advertising or connection events, including waking and ramping up for each of the BLE and PAS protocols, PAS search events are combined into the BLE advertising or connection events before returning to the sleep mode in each connection interval, eliminating duplicative processor steps, ramp up and/or ramp down.

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