User interface control using vibration suppression
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJustin Burwinkel, Andy S. Lin
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Abstract
A hearing instrument may generate vibration, via a vibration unit, in response to determining a notification for a user of the hearing instrument. The hearing instrument may obtain a motion signal from one or more sensors indicative of the vibration generated by the hearing instrument. The hearing instrument determines, based on the motion signal, whether the user has touched the hearing instruments while the vibration unit is generating the vibration. The hearing instrument, responsive to a determination that the user has touched the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating vibration, executes a command.
Claims20
A hearing instrument comprising:
- a vibration unit;
- a motion sensor;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- cause the vibration unit to generate a vibration;
- obtain, from the motion sensor, a motion signal indicative of motion of one or more parts of the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration;
- determine, based on the motion signal, whether a user has further touched the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration by determining that the vibration has been dampened by the user touching the hearing instrument;
- and
- execute a command in response to determining that the user has further touched the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration.
A method comprising:
- causing, by a hearing instrument, a vibration unit to generate a vibration;
- obtaining, by the hearing instrument and from a motion sensor, a motion signal indicative of motion of one or more parts of the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration;
- determining, by the hearing instrument and based on the motion signal, while the vibration unit is generating the vibration, whether a user has further touched the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration by determining that the vibration has been dampened by the user touching the hearing instrument;
- and
- executing, by the hearing instrument, a command in response to determining that the user has further touched the hearing instrument while the vibration unit is generating the vibration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.