Apparatus and method for receiving inputs from a user
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsRobert Zurek, Simone Koo
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Abstract
An apparatus (300) and method (500) for receiving inputs from a user (102) is provided. The inputs from the user may be head gestures and/or speech of the user. The head gestures refer to movements of the head of the user. The apparatus includes an accelerometer (303) for receiving inputs from the user. The inputs are in form of nasal bone vibrations of the user, which are caused by the head gestures and/or speech of the user. The accelerometer further generates signals corresponding to the inputs received from the user.
Claims23
An apparatus for receiving inputs from a user, the apparatus comprising:
- an accelerometer, the accelerometer adapted to receive the inputs in form of nasal bone vibrations of the user, the nasal bone vibrations being caused by at least one of head gestures and speech of the user, the accelerometer adapted to generate signals corresponding to the head gestures and speech.
A method for receiving inputs from a user, the method comprising:
- receiving nasal bone vibrations of the user, the nasal bone vibrations being caused by at least one of head gestures and speech of the user;
- generating signals corresponding to the inputs received from the user;
- filtering the generated signals for identifying and removing signals caused by vibrations occurring due to movement of a nose-mounted-input-device relative to the user;
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- separating the filtered signals into high-band signals and low-band signals, the high-band signals being characteristic of the nasal bone vibrations caused by the speech of the user, the low-band signals being characteristic of accelerations that are caused by the head gestures of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.