PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883304
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["381", "315000"]

Abstract:
A method is provided for operating a hearing aid apparatus including two hearing aids being signal-coupled by a wireless first communication link with a comparatively short range and by a wireless second communication link with a comparatively long range. Each hearing aid has an integrated motion sensor for capturing a fall of the respective hearing aid. A first signal level of the first communication link is monitored and compared to a stored first threshold in each hearing aid. A notification signal is transmitted from the first hearing aid over the second communication link when the motion sensor captures a fall and the first signal level reaches or drops below the first threshold. Upon reception of the notification signal, a perceivable first information signal is produced by the second hearing aid as a protection against loss. A hearing aid apparatus is also provided for carrying out the method.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for operating a hearing aid apparatus, the method comprising the following steps:\n providing first and second hearing aids being signal-coupled by a wireless first communication link with a comparatively short range and by a wireless second communication link with a comparatively long range, and providing each of the hearing aids with a respective integrated motion sensor for capturing a fall of a respective hearing aid; monitoring a first signal level of the first communication link in each hearing aid and comparing the first signal level to a stored first threshold; transmitting a notification signal from the first hearing aid over the second communication link when the motion sensor captures a fall and the first signal level reaches or drops below the first threshold; and using the second hearing aid to produce a perceivable first information signal upon reception of the notification signal as a protection against loss.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16901
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15810527', '15047706', '15047755', '13212517', '15015498']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6866838277722009
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4660526897929198
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6646207139742728
- Mean Citation Score: 182.090352
- Max Citation Score: 191.50468
- Similarity Product: 160.4472830155373

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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