US 12,014,487 B2
Method and system for fault recognition in a hearing aid
Ulrich Giese, Fuerth (DE); and Eva Droste, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by SIVANTOS PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,888.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 209 509.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0036532 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/001 (2013.01) [G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 25/00 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for fault recognition in a hearing aid of a user, the method comprising:
providing an actual image of a component of the hearing aid;
carrying out an image comparison with an analysis unit, by comparing the actual image with one or a plurality of reference images, wherein each reference image shows the component in a state that is previously known to show the component as being faulty or as being faultless;
determining with the analysis unit that the component, as shown in the actual image, is in a state which is assigned to the reference image that is most similar to the actual image, to thereby recognize whether the component is faulty or the component is faultless; and
recognizing an incorrect or defective connection of two components of the hearing aid as a fault, which is recognized with one of the reference images being an image of the two components having faultless connection or a faulty connection.