# US 11,910,173 B2 · Systems and methods for controlling electronic devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,173 B2 - Document ID: US11910173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/884,400 - Filed: 2022-08-09 - Published: 2022-12-01 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-07 - Assignees: Bose Corporation - Applicants: Bose Corporation - Inventors: Todd Richard Reily; Daniel Winchell Tellier; Daniel Buckley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910173B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/012: {Head tracking input arrangements} - H04R 5/033: Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/16: Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) - H04R 5/04: Circuit arrangements, {e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments (combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S)} - H04R 29/001: {for loudspeakers (H04R29/007 takes precedence)} - H04S 7/302: {Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation (H04S7/301 takes precedence)} - H04R 2430/01: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems - H04R 2460/01: Hearing devices using active noise cancellation - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS ## Abstract An audio system including a wearable audio device having a sensor to determine a first motion of the first wearable device from a first orientation to a second orientation, a first peripheral device, a first input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device, and circuitry connected to the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device. The circuitry is arranged to: receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is in the first orientation; receive the first input while the first wearable audio device is moved via the first motion to the second orientation; determine that the first input has been released during or after the first motion; and, adjust a setting of the wearable audio device or the first peripheral device based at least in part on the first motion from the first orientation to the second orientation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wearable device comprising: a user input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable device; a sensor arranged to measure motion of the wearable device; and circuitry arranged to receive an indication that the user input has been engaged while the wearable device is in a first orientation, receive an indication that the user input has been disengaged after the wearable device has been moved to a second orientation, determine, using measurements from the sensor, a motion from the first orientation to the second orientation, and change a user-adjustable setting of the wearable device based at least in part on the motion from the first orientation to the second orientation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the change of the user-adjustable setting includes incrementing the user-adjustable setting, decrementing the user-adjustable setting, or cycling through the user-adjustable setting. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the change of the user-adjustable setting includes at least one of adjusting a volume of an audio signal produced by a speaker of the wearable device, selecting a level of Active Noise Reduction (ANR), or selecting a preset user routine from a plurality of preset user routines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the change of the user-adjustable setting includes at least one of starting or playing an audio signal, stopping an audio signal, pausing an audio signal, resuming an audio signal, switching or cycling between tracks or audio files, answering a phone call, declining a phone call, accepting a notification, dismissing a notification, or accessing a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) program. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the motion includes at least one of a rotation horizontally about an imaginary vertical axis, a rotation vertically about an imaginary horizontal axis, a revolution, a roll, or a twist. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the change of the user-adjustable setting is proportional to a degree of rotation of the motion about an imaginary axis through the wearable device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes at least one of (i) a gyroscope, (ii) an accelerometer, (iii) a magnetometer, or (iv) any other sensor capable of determining the position, angular velocity, orientation, acceleration, or direction with respect to a magnetic force of the wearable device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising, after receiving the indication that the user input has been engaged and before receiving the indication that the user input has been disengaged, receive an indication that the wearable device has been moved to another orientation, determine, using measurements from the sensor, a motion from the first orientation to the other orientation, and change the user-adjustable setting of the wearable device based at least in part on the motion from the first orientation to the other orientation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further arranged to change the user-adjustable setting in another manner that is not based at least in part on motion of the wearable device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wearable audio device of claim 1, wherein the user input includes at least one of a touch capacitive sensor, a mechanical button, a slideable switch, a microphone, a sensor that detects gestures, a pressure or deformation sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, or an electrically active film. ### Claim 11 A method for controlling a wearable device including a user input arranged on, in, or in communication with the wearable device, the wearable device further including a sensor arranged to measure motion of the wearable device, the method comprising: receiving an indication that the user input has been engaged while the wearable device is in a first orientation; receiving an indication that the user input has been disengaged after the wearable device has been moved to a second orientation; determining, using measurements from the sensor, a motion from the first orientation to the second orientation; and changing a user-adjustable setting of the wearable device based at least in part on the motion from the first orientation to the second orientation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the changing of the user-adjustable setting includes incrementing the user-adjustable setting, decrementing the user-adjustable setting, or cycling through the user-adjustable setting. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the changing of the user-adjustable setting includes at least one of adjusting a volume of an audio signal produced by a speaker of the wearable device, selecting a level of Active Noise Reduction (ANR), or selecting a preset user routine from a plurality of preset user routines. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the changing of the user-adjustable setting includes at least one of starting or playing an audio signal, stopping an audio signal, pausing an audio signal, resuming an audio signal, switching or cycling between tracks or audio files, answering a phone call, declining a phone call, accepting a notification, dismissing a notification, or accessing a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) program. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the motion includes at least one of a rotation horizontally about an imaginary vertical axis, a rotation vertically about an imaginary horizontal axis, a revolution, a roll, or a twist. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the changing of the user-adjustable setting is proportional to a degree of rotation of the motion about an imaginary axis through the wearable device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the sensor includes at least one of (i) a gyroscope, (ii) an accelerometer, (iii) a magnetometer, or (iv) any other sensor capable of determining the position, angular velocity, orientation, acceleration, or direction with respect to a magnetic force of the wearable device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising, after receiving the indication that the user input has been engaged and before receiving the indication that the user input has been disengaged: receiving an indication that the wearable device has been moved to another orientation, determine, using measurements from the sensor, a motion from the first orientation to the other orientation; and changing the user-adjustable setting of the wearable device based at least in part on the motion from the first orientation to the other orientation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the user-adjustable setting can be changed in another manner that is not based at least in part on motion of the wearable device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the user input includes at least one of a touch capacitive sensor, a mechanical button, a slideable switch, a microphone, a sensor that detects gestures, a pressure or deformation sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, or an electrically active film.