In-ear health monitoring
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJeffrey L. Rogers, Brian Derek DeBusschere
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Abstract
This document describes techniques for, and systems that enable, in-ear health monitoring. The techniques described herein enable early detection of health conditions (e.g., contagious disease) through use of an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device. These techniques prompt a user, often through the user's smart phone, to listen to audio content through the device, which also takes the user's temperature. Through repetitive use, the techniques are capable of determining a temperature differential for the user, which aids in early detection of a contagious disease or other malady.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- prompting a person to initiate use of an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device;
- causing the in-ear health-monitoring and audio device to render audio content for at least a temperature-equalization period;
- after the temperature-equalization period has passed, causing the in-ear health-monitoring and audio device to sense the person's temperature;
- responsive to receiving sensor results for the person's temperature, determining a temperature differential for the person based on a comparison of the sensor results for the person's temperature with one or more prior person temperatures sensed by the in-ear health-monitoring and audio device;
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- providing the temperature differential to an entity associated with the person, a mobile computing device associated with the person, or a medical person or institution.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- presenting selectable entertainment content to a person;
- responsive to selection of the entertainment content, causing an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device to render the entertainment content for at least a temperature-equalization period;
- after the temperature-equalization period has passed, causing the in-ear health-monitoring and audio device to sense the person's temperature;
- responsive to receiving sensor results for the person's temperature, comparing the person's temperature to one or more prior person temperatures sensed by the in-ear health-monitoring and audio device to determine a temperature differential for the person;
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- providing the temperature differential to an entity associated with the person, a mobile computing device associated with the person, or a medical person or institution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.