FI108909B - Hörlurelement och terminal - Google Patents

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FI108909B
FI108909B FI963173A FI963173A FI108909B FI 108909 B FI108909 B FI 108909B FI 963173 A FI963173 A FI 963173A FI 963173 A FI963173 A FI 963173A FI 108909 B FI108909 B FI 108909B
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1. Hörelement (11) för att placeras i samband med orat, vilket hörelement omfattar ljudätergivningsmedel (12) för omvandling av en elektrisk signal till en akustisk ljudsignal (12’) och vidare för förmedling av denna till örongängen 5 (10) hos användaren av hörelementet (11), och taldetekteringsmedel (13) för detektering av talet (15’) frän användaren av hörelementet (11) ifrän användarens nämnda samma örongäng (10), kännetecknat av att det omfattar medel (34, 37, 50, 55) för eliminering av de ljud (12') som nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) producerar i örongängen (10) ur de ljud (12’, 15’, 10 17’) som nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13) detekterar.
2. Hörelement (11) enligt patentkrav 1, kännetecknat av att det dessutom omfattar medel (34, 37, 50, 55) för bestämning av impulsresponsen (56) mellan nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) och nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13). 15
3. Hörelement (11) enligt patentkrav 1, kännetecknat av att det dessutom omfattar medel (14, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37) för eliminering av externa : ·’ störande ljud (17’) ur de ljud (12’, 15’, 17’) som nämnda taldetekteringsmedel : “ (13) detekterar.
: ·* 4. Hörelement (11) enligt patentkrav 1, kännetecknat av att det dessutom 20 omfattar medel (34, 37, 38, 131-137) för separering av de ljudsignaler (12') ‘ som nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) producerar och de ljudsignaler (15’, 12’, 17’) som nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13) detekterar frän varandra.
•»* ·» ·;*’ 5. Hörelement (11) enligt patentkrav 1, kännetecknat av att det dessutom • omfattar medel (34, 37, 38,131-137) för uppdelning av det frekvensband (62- 25 67) som de ljudsignaler (12‘) som nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) producerar och de ljudsignaler (15’, 12’, 17’) som nämnda : \ i taldetekteringsmedel (13) detekterar i ätminstone tvä delar. 23 108909
6. Hörelement (11) enligt patentkrav 5, kännetecknat av att det dessutom omfattar prediktionsmedel (34, 37, 136) för saknande frekvensband (63, 65, 67) för prediktering av vid nämnda uppdelning av frekvensbanden (62-67) uppstädda saknande frekvensband (63, 65, 67).
7. Terminalarrangemang (120), vilket terminalarrangemang omfattar en terminal (121), vilken terminal (121) omfattar medel (122) för dubbelriktad förmedling av meddelanden, samt ett separat hörelement (11) för att placeras i samband med orat, vilket hörelement (11) omfattar ljudätergivningsmedel (12) för omvandling av en elektrisk signal till en akustisk ljudsignal (12’) och vidare för 10 förmedling av denna tili örongängen (10) hos användaren av hörelementet (11), och taldetekteringsmedel (13) för detektering av talet (15') frän användaren av hörelementet (11) ifrän nämnda samma örongäng (10) hos användaren av hörelementet (11), kännetecknat av att det omfattar medel (34, 37, 50, 55) för eliminering av de ljud (12‘) som nämnda 15 ljudätergivningsmedel (12) producerar i örongängen (10) ur de ljud (12’, 15’, 17’) som nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13) detekterar.
8. Terminal (100, 110), vilken terminal omfattar medel för dubbelriktad förmedling av meddelanden, ljudätergivningsmedel (12) för omvandling av en elektrisk signal till en akustisk ljudsignal (12’) och vidare för förmedling av ,,,· 20 denna tili örongängen (10) hos användaren av terminalen (100, 110) samt * · taldetekteringsmedel (13) för detektering av tai (15’), kännetecknad av att nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) och nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13) i :terminalen är anordnade närä varandra för placering av dem bäda samtidigt i samband med användarens ett och samma öra, och terminalen omfattar : · 25 dessutom medel (34, 37, 50, 55) för eliminering av de ljud (12’) som nämnda ljudätergivningsmedel (12) producerar i örongängen ur de ljud (12’, 15’, 17’) v. som nämnda taldetekteringsmedel (13) detekterar.
9. Terminal (100, 110) enligt patentkrav 8, kännetecknad av att en del av ; ; terminalens (100, 110) användargränssnitt (101, 102, 103) är placerad i en ‘ : 30 separat styrenhet (118) och att nämnda styrenhet (118) och terminalen (110) 24 108909 är anordnade att förmedla information mellan varandra genom ätminstone ett av följande kommunikationsmetoder: trädbaserad kommunikations- förbindelse (40) ooh trädlös kommunikationsförbindelse (114, 115).
10. Förfarande för ätergivning av ljud i en persons öra (10) ooh för detektering av 5 användarens tai (15’), vid vilket förfarande leds en första ljudsignal (12‘) in i orat, detekteras en andra ljudsignal (12’, 15’ 17’) ifrän nämnda samma öra (10) för detektering av en talsignal (15‘) som genom huvudet förmedlas frän personens stämband (15) tili örongängen (10) som respons pä att användaren talar, kännetecknat av att ur nämnda andra ljudsignal (12’, 15’ 10 17’) elimineras en del av den störning som den första ljudsignalen (12’) förorsakar i orat.
11. Förfarande enligt patentkrav 10, kännetecknat av att man för eliminering av en av en extern störningskälla (17) i örongängen förorsakad störande signal (171) ur nämnda detekterade andra ljudsignal (12', 15', 17') med hjälp av en 15 defektmikrofon (14) minskar den detekterade störande signalens (17') päverkan för förbättring av detektionen av talsignalen (15'). I *' i ,,, ! · · * * » » · · • » • · » * * *
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