Controlling ear stimulation in response to image analysis

An ear stimulation device control system, comprising:

• a personal computing device;
• a user-facing camera associated with the personal computing device;
• image capture circuitry adapted to capture an image of a user of the personal computing device from the user-facing camera;
• image processing circuitry configured to process the image to determine at least one parameter;
• and
• neural stimulus control signal determination circuitry configured to control delivery of a stimulus to at least one nerve innervating a pinna of an ear of the user with an ear stimulation device, based at least in part on the at least one parameter,
• wherein the stimulus includes as least one of a mechanical stimulus, electrical stimulus, magnetic stimulus, ultrasonic stimulus, optical stimulus, or chemical stimulus.

An ear stimulation device control system, comprising:

• a personal computing device;
• a user-facing camera associated with the personal computing device;
• image capture circuitry adapted to capture an image of a user of the personal computing device from the user-facing camera;
• image processing circuitry configured to process the image to determine at least one parameter, wherein the image processing circuitry includes
• an earpiece location module configured to process the image to determine
• a presence of at least one earpiece of the ear stimulation device at the ear of the user, the ear selected from a right ear of the user and a left ear of the user;
• and
• at least one attribute of the at least one earpiece indicative of usability of the at least one earpiece with the ear of the user at which the earpiece is located;
• and
• neural stimulus control signal determination circuitry configured to control
• delivery of a stimulus to at least one nerve innervating an ear of the user with an ear stimulation device, based at least in part on the at least one parameter,
• wherein the neural stimulus control signal determination circuitry is configured to
• determine a target ear at which the at least one earpiece is usable, based on the at least one attribute of the at least one earpiece;
• determine that the ear at which the at least one earpiece is located is not the target ear at which the at least one earpiece is usable;
• and
• send a control signal from the personal computing device to the ear stimulation device to prevent delivery of the stimulus to the a least one nerve innervating the ear of the user.