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US 11,759,149 B2Granted
Membrane and balloon systems and designs for conduits
AssigneeStaton Techiya LLC
InventorSteven Wayne Goldstein
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a balloon configured to contact a surface of a human conduit and one or more a biometric sensors operatively coupled to or on or in or within the balloon for detecting a biometric signal. The electronic device in some examples is a biometric sensor or measuring device. In other examples, the electronic device is an integrated device such as an earpiece having biometric sensors. In yet other examples, the electronic device can be operatively coupled to other device and other biometric sensors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims15
A device, comprising:
- an ambient sound microphone that generates an ambient signal;
- a sensor within or on a tubular structure, wherein the sensor controls a function of an earphone, wherein the earphone is designed to fit partially within a user's ear;
- a speaker that emits an audio content;
- a memory that stores instructions;
- a processor, wherein the processor acquires a user gesture from the sensor, wherein the user gesture results from the user touching the sensor or touching a cover on the sensor or touching the tubular structure, wherein the gesture is at least one of a double press, a triple press, a press and hold, a swipe along the tubular structure, or a combination thereof, and
- wherein the processor associates the user gesture with controlling a function of the earphone, wherein the function is at least one of playing audio, pausing audio, skipping forward in the audio, skipping backward in the audio, increasing a volume of the audio content, decreasing the volume of the audio content, activating a voice command mode, switching to ambient sound passthrough mode or a combination thereof.
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A method of controlling a wireless earphone, comprising:
- acquiring a user gesture from a sensor, where the sensor is part of an earphone, where the earphone is designed to fit partially within a user's ear canal, wherein the user gesture results from the user touching the sensor or touching a cover on the sensor or touching a tubular structure where the sensor is within, wherein the tubular structure has a length greater than it's diameter, wherein the gesture is at least one of a double press, a triple press, a press and hold, a swipe along the tubular structure, or a combination thereof;
- generating a control signal by associating the user gesture with controlling a function of the earphone, wherein the function is at least one of playing audio, pausing audio, skipping forward in the audio, skipping backward in the audio, increasing a volume of the audio content, decreasing the volume of the audio content, activating a voice command mode, switching to ambient sound passthrough mode or a combination thereof;
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- sending the control signal to a processor, wherein the processor is part of the earphone.
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A wireless earphone, comprising:
- an ambient sound microphone that generates a first microphone signal;
- an ear canal microphone that generates a second microphone signal;
- a gesture detection sensor, wherein the sensor is within or on a tubular portion of the earphone wherein the tubular portion has a length greater than its diameter and is designed to sit outside the concha of a user's ear;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor,
- wherein the processor receives a sensor signal from the sensor,
- wherein the processor associates the sensor signal with a gesture, and
- wherein the processor controles a function of the earphone based upon the gesture, wherein the function is at least one of playing audio, pausing audio, skipping forward in the audio, skipping backward in the audio, increasing a volume of the audio content, decreasing the volume of the audio content, activating a voice command mode, switching to ambient sound passthrough mode or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.