Using a hearable to generate a user health indicator based on user temperature

A method of hearable use for a hearable comprising a wearable structure at least a portion of which is configured to be disposed within an ear of a user of the hearable when the hearable is in use by the user, the method comprising:

• acquiring, by a processor, temperature data in a form of a plurality of temperature measurements captured from a temperature compensating circuit while the portion of the wearable structure is disposed within the ear of the user, wherein the temperature compensating circuit is coupled with a sensor of the hearable and configured to measure temperature in an environment of the sensor for use in temperature compensation of operation of the sensor, wherein the sensor is a microphone, and wherein the temperature compensating circuit is disposed on the portion of the wearable structure which is configured to be disposed within the ear of the user;
• building, by the processor, a baseline model of normal temperature for the user from the plurality of temperature measurements;
• acquiring, by the processor, a second temperature measurement from a second temperature compensating circuit, wherein the second temperature compensating circuit is coupled with a second sensor of the hearable and configured to measure the second temperature in an environment of the second sensor for use in temperature compensation of operation of the second sensor, wherein the second sensor is a second microphone disposed on a second portion of the wearable structure, wherein the second temperature measurement is acquired contemporaneously with acquisition of the temperature measurement, and wherein the second temperature compensating circuit is disposed on a second portion of the wearable structure which is configured to be disposed outside the ear of the user when the hearable is in use by the user;
• computing, by the processor, a temperature of the user based on the temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement;
• comparing, by the processor, a temperature measurement acquired from the temperature compensating circuit to the baseline model of normal temperature for the user;
• comparing, by the processor, the computed temperature of the user to the baseline model of normal temperature for the user;
• responsive to the comparison of the temperature measurement acquired from the temperature compensating circuit showing a deviation beyond a preset threshold from the baseline model, generating, by the processor, a health indicator for the user based on the deviation;
• and
• responsive to the comparison of the computed temperature showing a second deviation beyond the preset threshold from the baseline model, generating, by the processor, the health indicator for the user based on the second deviation, wherein the health indicator is an indicator of the user having a fever.

A sensor processing unit comprising:

• a memory;
• a sensor, wherein the sensor is a microphone;
• a temperature compensating circuit coupled with the sensor and configured to measure a temperature in an environment of the sensor for use in temperature compensation of operation of the sensor;
• a second sensor, wherein the second sensor is a second microphone;
• a second temperature compensating circuit coupled with the second sensor and configured to measure a second temperature in an environment of the second sensor for use in temperature compensation of operation of the second sensor;
• and
• a sensor processor coupled with the memory, the temperature compensating circuit, the sensor, the second sensor, and the second temperature compensating circuit, and wherein the sensor processor is configured to:
• acquire temperature data in a form of a plurality of temperature measurements captured from the temperature compensating circuit while a portion of a hearable in which the temperature compensating circuit is located is disposed within an ear of a user;
• build a baseline model of normal temperature for the user from the plurality of temperature measurements;
• acquire a second temperature measurement from the second temperature compensating circuit while a second portion of the hearable in which the second temperature compensating circuit is also located is disposed outside the ear of the user, and wherein the second temperature measurement is acquired contemporaneously with acquisition of the temperature measurement;
• compute a temperature of the user based on the temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement;
• compare a temperature measurement acquired from the temperature compensating circuit to the baseline model of normal temperature for the user;
• compare the computed temperature of the user to the baseline model of normal temperature for the user;
• responsive to the comparison of the temperature measurement acquired from the temperature compensating circuit showing a deviation beyond a preset threshold from the baseline model, generate a health indicator for the user based on the deviation;
• and
• responsive to the comparison of the computed temperature showing a second deviation beyond the preset threshold from the baseline model, generate the health indicator for the user based on the second deviation, wherein the health indicator is an indicator of the user having a fever.