Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Short range, uni-directional wireless link
- Patent Title (中): 短距离,单向无线链路
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Application No.: US12991183Application Date: 2009-05-06
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Publication No.: US08831508B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Crilles Bak Rasmussen , Martin Bergmann , Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
- Applicant: Crilles Bak Rasmussen , Martin Bergmann , Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
- Applicant Address: DK Smorum
- Assignee: Oticon A/S
- Current Assignee: Oticon A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Smorum
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: EP08103848 20080507
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/055475 WO 20090506
- International Announcement: WO2009/135872 WO 20091112
- Main IPC: H04B5/00
- IPC: H04B5/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a system comprising a master device and at least one slave device, e.g. two slave devices, the master device comprising a transmitter including a Tx-inductive coil, and the slave device comprising a receiver including an Rx-inductive coil. The invention further relates to a method and use. The object of the present invention is to solve one or more problems of the prior art, e.g. economize on power consumption for a wireless communications link. The problem is solved in that the master and slave devices are adapted to establish a uni-directional wireless link for forwarding an upstream signal from the master to the slave device via the inductive coupling between the Tx- and Rx-induction coils when the master and slave devices are located within a certain distance from each other, wherein the master device is adapted to provide that the upstream signal comprises a payload signal and at least one control signal, the at least one control signal is/are embedded in the payload signal and repeated according to a predefined scheme, and wherein the at least one control signal represents an intended current setting of an operational parameter of the slave device. An advantage of the invention is that it provides a scheme for wirelessly controlling and changing the settings of a slave device from a master device using a uni-directional link from master to slave device. The invention may e.g. be used for applications involving wireless communication between devices at least one of which is a low-power (e.g. battery driven) device, e.g. a portable device, e.g. a listening device, such as a hearing instrument or a pair of hearing instruments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110059696A1 SHORT RANGE, UNI-DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS LINK Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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