HEARING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING POSITION DATA AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION

• Main Authors: BERGER, Simon, BREITENMOSER, Andreas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.06.2023
• Subjects: DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS

The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising a housing (111, 311, 411) configured to be worn at an ear of a user, a displacement detector (108, 408, 801) configured to provide displacement data indicative of a rotational displacement and/or a translational displacement of the housing (111, 311, 312, 411), and a processing unit (102, 402) configured to generate position data based on said displacement data collected over subsequent periods, the position data indicative of an angular orientation and/or a spatial location of the housing (111, 311, 312, 411) with respect to a reference point (202, 902). The disclosure further relates to a method of operating a hearing device for generating position data.To provide the position data in a reliable way, a reliability measure of the position data is obtained, the reliability measure indicative of a reliability of the position data after said subsequent periods, and the position data is adjusted based on the reliability measure.