(19)
(11) EP 2 117 221 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.11.2009 Bulletin 2009/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.11.2009 Bulletin 2009/46

(21) Application number: 09004814.1

(22) Date of filing: 01.04.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04M 9/08(2006.01)
 H04M 1/58(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 11.04.2008 DE 102008018615

(71) Applicant: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH
86609 Donauwörth (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Beiten, Ingolf
    87666 Pforzen (DE)
  • Kratzer, Bernhard
    86456 Gablingen (DE)

(74) Representative: GPI & Associés 
1330, rue Guillibert de la Lauzière EuroParc de Pichaury, Bât B2
13856 Aix en Provence Cedex 3
13856 Aix en Provence Cedex 3 (FR)

   


(54) Device and method for generating a side tone


(57) The invention relates to a device and a method for generating a side tone (84), in particular for application in aviation and space technology. The device comprises a headset (50) with a microphone and earphones for the acquisition of an original signal (80) and for the reproduction of a side tone (84), a communication unit (43, 40) for connecting and controlling the headset (50), and a transmit/receive module (20). The device for generating the side tone (84) is characterised in that it furthermore comprises a comparator (60) which receives both the signal (81) that enters the transmit/receive module (20) and the signal (82) that is in fact being transmitted by the transmit/receive module (20), and in that it determines that the original signal (80) is actually being transmitted. In this case the comparator (60) instructs the communication unit (43, 40) to output the original signal (80) as a side tone (84) by way of the earphone of the headset (50).







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