Hearing Device Offloading Acoustic Analysis to Smart Space System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hearing devices face limitations in processing power, memory, and battery life, which restrict their ability to implement resource-intensive operations, especially in providing enhanced listening experiences in diverse environments without compromising battery life or increasing device size.
Innovation Solution
A hearing device system that connects to a smart space system via the Internet, allowing it to access additional resources such as sensors, processing power, and data storage, enabling adaptive configuration based on environmental parameters measured by the smart space system, thereby offloading tasks and enhancing listening experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hearing devices implement resource-intensive operations locally, then listening experience quality improves, but battery life deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a smart space system as an intermediary that performs resource-intensive acoustic analysis and hearing program computation. The hearing device offloads these tasks to the smart space system, which has sufficient computational resources. The smart space system receives acoustic data from the hearing device, performs environment analysis, and returns optimized hearing programs, thereby improving listening experience without significantly increasing battery consumption at the hearing device.
2Reliability
If hearing devices implement resource-intensive operations locally, then listening experience quality improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex acoustic analysis and hearing program computation functions from the hearing device and relocates them to the smart space system. The hearing device retains only the essential functions of capturing acoustic data and receiving hearing programs, while the computationally intensive tasks are performed externally by the smart space system with its dedicated processing resources.
3Reliability
If hearing devices implement resource-intensive operations locally, then listening experience quality improves, but processing power requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The smart space system acts as a computational intermediary that provides the necessary processing power for acoustic analysis and hearing program generation. The hearing device leverages the processing capabilities of the smart space system rather than relying on its own limited processing power, enabling complex operations without increasing the processing requirements of the hearing device itself.
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AI summary
An Internet-connected system and method for adapting a hearing configuration in a smart environment includes a hearing system including a hearing device. The hearing system connects to the Internet and transmits or receives an identification parameter corresponding to the hearing system. The hearing system receives a hearing program parameter over the Internet for configuring the hearing device when the hearing system is within a smart environment defined by a smart space system. The hearing program parameter computed is based on an environmental parameter measured within the smart environment by a sensor system of the smart space system. The hearing program parameter is sent to the hearing system over the Internet in response to a discovery system of the smart space system detecting the presence of the hearing system in the smart environment in response to receiving the identification parameter. The hearing device is programmed based on the hearing program parameter.