US 11,917,374 B2
Head-wearable hearing instrument with improved co-existence of multiple communication interfaces
Søren Helstrup Kvist, Værløse (DK); and Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Værløse (DK)
Assigned to GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,567.
Application 18/121,567 is a continuation of application No. 17/367,282, filed on Jul. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,653,158.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70500 (DK), filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224649 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/554 (2013.01) [H04B 7/2643 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-wearable hearing instrument comprising:
a first portion configured for placement at, or behind, an ear of a user, and comprising a radio-frequency data communication interface, the radio-frequency data communication interface configured for data transmission in transmit time slots and for data reception in receipt time slots, wherein the transmit time slots and the receipt time slots are associated with the radio-frequency data communication interface;
a second portion configured for placement in an ear canal of the user, and comprising a sensor configured to sense a property associated with an operation of the head-wearable hearing instrument, wherein the sensor is also configured to generate sensor data based on the sensed property;
a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions for wired-transmission of the sensor data from the second portion to the first portion in transmit time slots associated with the wired data communication link;
wherein at least one of the transmit time slots associated with the wired data communication link is non-overlapping in time with respect to the receipt time slots and/or the transmit time slots associated with the radio-frequency data communication interface.