Patent ID: 11889271
Assignee: EARLENS CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of charging a rechargeable battery in a hearing aid, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting a presence of a rechargeable hearing aid placed on or in a hearing aid charger;
generating a unique ID in the charger;
transmitting the unique ID to the hearing aid with the charger;
detecting an advertisement from the hearing aid on a network including the charger, wherein the advertisement is generated by the hearing aid in response the unique ID transmitted thereto, and wherein the hearing aid advertises itself on the network in response to demodulating the unique ID transmitted to the hearing aid;
associating the hearing aid to the charger in response to the detected advertisement;
radiating power from the charger to the hearing aid;
establishing the state of charge of the associated hearing aid prior to radiating power from the charger to the hearing aid; and
ending the association when the hearing aid is removed from the charger.