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Computerized method for adherence to physical restriction in the construction of an ITE hearing aid

US7672823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Nikles · Singapore, SG
Erika Martinewski · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Volker Gebhardt · Fairview Avenue, DE
Bassem Ismail · Erlangen, DE
Artem Boltyenkov · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Frank McBagonluri · Plainsboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 2006
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2225/77
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a computerized method for adherence to physical restrictions in the construction of an ITE hearing aid, each component to be placed in the shell of the hearing aid has a collision plot associated therewith. The collision plot is generated as a scatter plot by measurement and simulation, and represents the physical extent of the influence of a particular property of the component on other components. When virtual representations of the respective components are moved relative to another in the e-detailing software for determining the physical positions of the components in the ITE hearing aid, the collision plot for a given component is visually displayed, so that it can easily be seen when another component invades that collision plot, thereby representing an unacceptably close relative position of the two components.

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