US 12,284,485 B2
Hearing aid device comprising a sensor member
Michael Syskind Pedersen, Smørum (DK); Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Smørum (DK); Svend Oscar Petersen, Smørum (DK); Niels Stubager Kiemer, Smørum (DK); Jesper Kofoed Nielsen, Smørum (DK); Björn Ohl, Smørum (DK); Marianne Kleist Elmlund, Smørum (DK); Karin Carvalho, Smørum (DK); Henrik Bendsen, Smørum (DK); Regin Kopp Pedersen, Smørum (DK); Christian C. Bürger, Holte (DK); Steen Michael Munk, Smørum (DK); Morten Christophersen, Smørum (DK); Julie Hefting Pedersen, Smørum (DK); Bo Westergård, Smørum (DK); and Maria Oxenbøll, Smørum (DK)
Assigned to OTICON A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed by Oticon A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/538,844.
Application 17/399,667 is a division of application No. 16/678,567, filed on Nov. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,128,961, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Application 16/678,567 is a division of application No. 15/790,523, filed on Oct. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,524,061, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 15/790,523 is a division of application No. 15/420,268, filed on Jan. 31, 2017, granted, now 9,826,318, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Application 15/420,268 is a division of application No. 14/620,685, filed on Feb. 12, 2015, granted, now 9,596,551, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Application 18/538,844 is a continuation of application No. 17/983,733, filed on Nov. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,889,265.
Application 17/983,733 is a continuation of application No. 17/399,667, filed on Aug. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,533,570, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 14155022 (EP), filed on Feb. 13, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121561 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/305 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/453 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); G01C 9/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/0213 (2019.05); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A hearing aid device for improving, augmenting and/or protecting the hearing capability of a user when receiving acoustic signals from the surroundings of the user, the hearing aid device comprising
an input unit for generating corresponding audio signals,
a signal processing unit for modifying the audio signals,
an output unit for providing modified audio signals as audible signals to at least one of the user's ears,
an accelerometer capable of determining the acceleration acc in the hearing aid device and to compare a direction of detected acceleration vector acc to a direction of gravity g, and
a free fall detector for detecting when and where the hearing aid device is dropped in free fall, the free fall detector comprising the accelerometer,
where the hearing aid device is configured to send a signal to an auxiliary device when free fall is detected by the free fall detector.