- Patent Title: Sound processor apparatus with dual-mode earhook interface assembly
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Application No.: US14761003Application Date: 2013-01-15
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Publication No.: US09615180B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Lee F. Hartley , Lakshmi N. Mishra , R. Tissa Karunasiri , Logan P. Palmer
- Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
- Applicant Address: CH Staefa
- Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Staefa
- Agency: ALG Intellectual Property, LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2013/021606 WO 20130115
- International Announcement: WO2014/112984 WO 20140724
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R1/10 ; A61N1/36 ; H04R25/02

Abstract:
An exemplary sound processor apparatus includes 1) an earhook interface assembly that includes a plurality of contacts and that is configured to interchangeably connect to a microphone assembly and an EAS receiver assembly by way of the plurality of contacts, and 2) a control module communicatively coupled to the plurality of contacts and that is configured to selectively operate in an input mode or in an output mode. While operating in the input mode, the control module uses the plurality of contacts as input ports to receive one or more audio signals detected by the microphone assembly while the microphone assembly is connected to the earhook interface assembly. While operating in the output mode, the control module uses the plurality of contacts as output ports to output one or more EAS signals to the EAS receiver assembly while the EAS receiver assembly is connected to the earhook interface assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150358710A1 SOUND PROCESSOR APPARATUS WITH DUAL-MODE EARHOOK INTERFACE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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