US 11,856,367 B2
Hearing system, hearing device and method for providing an alert for a user
Manuela Feilner, Egg b. Zürich (CH); and Alexander Markus, Stäfa (CH)
Assigned to Sonova AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed by SONOVA AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,385.
Claims priority of application No. 20209284 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167099 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04R 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/505 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04R 25/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/48 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing an alert for a user by a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of the user, the method comprising:
providing user-related data including information about at least one of the user, an ambient environment of the user, or a property of the hearing device worn by the user;
providing first vehicle-related data associated with a first vehicle in a vicinity of the user, the first vehicle-related data including information about a property of the first vehicle;
providing second vehicle-related data associated with a second vehicle in the vicinity of the user, the second vehicle-related data including information about a property of the second vehicle;
determining, based on the user-related data and the first vehicle-related data, a first relevance measure indicative of a probability that the user is endangered by the first vehicle;
determining, based on the user-related data and the second vehicle-related data, a second relevance measure indicative of a probability that the user is endangered by the second vehicle;
determining, based on the first relevance measure and the second relevance measure, a prioritization measure indicating which of the first vehicle and the second vehicle is prioritized for providing alerts to the user, the prioritization measure based on one or more intrinsic properties of a vehicle including at least one of a type of the vehicle or a magnitude of harm associated with a mass of the vehicle; and
controlling an operation of the hearing device depending on the prioritization measure, the operation alerting the user about at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.