Patent ID: 11882406
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A hearing instrument system, comprising:
a first hearing instrument designated as master and configured to be worn at a first ear of a user, the first hearing instrument including:
a first microphone;
a first speaker;
a first transceiver configured for wireless communication; and
a first processor configured to execute software instructions stored in a first memory, the software instructions, when executed, causing the first processor to:
transmit a first channel of audio samples collected at the first microphone in a first stream of protocol packets spaced apart by a plurality of data packets that contain audio samples and that are transmitted as the audio samples are collected, each of the plurality of data packets being shorter than each of the protocol packets so that a latency added by the stream of protocol packets to the transmitted audio samples is reduced; and

a second hearing instrument designated as slave and configured to be worn at a second ear of the user, the second hearing instrument including:
a second microphone;
a second speaker;
a second transceiver configured for wireless communication; and
a second processor configured to execute software instructions stored in a second memory, the software instructions causing the second processor to:
transmit a second channel of audio samples collected at the second microphone in packets that contain audio samples, the packets being transmitted as the audio samples are collected; and
receive the first channel of audio samples collected at the first microphone.