HEARING AID FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING WEARER'S CONDITION

• Main Authors: BANG, SANG HYOK, PARK, HUI SEONG, KIM, WOO CHAN, PARK, YONG EON, PARK, JUN SEONG, PARK, JIN WOO, PARK, SEUNG WOO, PARK, JOON IL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 22.08.2024
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DEAF-AID SETS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURGERY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TESTING

노화 현상으로 인한 난청과 인지 기능 장애를 동반한 착용자의 상태를 실시간으로 모니터링 및 관리하는 청각보조기기를 제공하며, 청각보조기기는 착용자의 생체 데이터 및 움직임 데이터와 GPS 정보를 획득하고, 획득한 착용자 데이터 및 GPS 정보 중 적어도 하나를 기반으로 상기 착용자의 상태를 판단하고, 판단 결과에 대응하는 상기 케어기버의 음성 안내를 선택하여 보청기 모듈을 통해 착용자에게 제공한다. Provided is a hearing aid apparatus for monitoring and managing, in real time, the condition of a wearer with hearing loss and cognitive dysfunction due to aging. The hearing aid apparatus acquires biometric data and movement data on the wearer and GPS information, determines the condition of the wearer on the basis of at least one of the acquired wearer data or GPS information, and selects voice guidance of the caregiver corresponding to the determination result and provides same to the wearer through a hearing aid module.