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

Claim 0:
1. 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 packets that contain audio samples, the packets being transmitted as the audio samples are collected so that a latency in the wireless communication is within one order of magnitude of a sample period of the audio samples; 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;
receive the first channel of audio samples collected at the first microphone;
combine the first channel and the second channel for a binaural application; and
couple an output of the binaural application to the second speaker.