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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ivo Merks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John Ellison, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ke Zhou, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A local device of an auditory device system is configured to perform a process that switches between operating modes. As part of the process, the local device may determine a wireless quality parameter indicative of a current environment for wireless communication with the contra device. Additionally, based on the one or more local input audio signals and the wireless quality parameter, the local device may determine whether to change a local active operating mode of the local device from a bilateral mode to a binaural mode or from the binaural mode to the bilateral mode. The local device may generate a local output audio signal based on the one or more local input audio signals in accordance with the local active operating mode and may produce sound based on the local output audio signal.