US 12,225,352 B2
Audio streaming device
Morten Schmidt, Lynge (DK); and Soren Bredahl Greiner, Lynge (DK)
Assigned to Widex A/S, Lynge (DK)
Appl. No. 17/910,568
Filed by Widex A/S, Lynge (DK)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054311
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180454, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,593, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188906 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01)
CPC H04R 25/505 (2013.01) [G01P 15/0891 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio streaming device for streaming an audio signal to at least one hearing assistive device, and comprising
at least one input transducer,
an electronic sensor device adapted for sensing gravitational forces acting on the audio streaming device, and
a transmitter adapted for streaming audio from the at least one input transducer to the at least one hearing assistive device,
wherein the audio streaming device further comprises a microprocessor adapted for:
comparing an output signal from the electronic sensor device to a first threshold value, and
ceasing streaming by the transmitter of the audio stream from the at least one input transducer, when the output signal from the electronic sensor device exceeds the first threshold value; and
wherein the transmitter is adapted for streaming audio as data packets, and wherein a shock protection unit is adapted to instruct the transmitter to discard the next data packet and use a replacement data packet from the shock protection unit instead.
 
11. A method of managing an audio streaming device, comprising at least one input transducer, an electronic sensor device, and a transmitter, wherein the method comprises:
transmitting an audio stream from the at least one input transducer to the at least one hearing assistive device,
sensing gravitational forces acting on the audio streaming device
comparing the sensed gravitational forces to a first threshold value, and
ceasing the transmission of the audio stream audio stream, when the sensed gravitational forces exceeds the first threshold value;
wherein the method further comprises:
streaming audio as data packets, and
instructing the transmitter to discard the next data packet and use a replacement data packet from a shock protection unit instead.