# US 2014/0207467 A1 · Hybrid Input Device For Touchless User Interface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0207467 A1 - Document ID: US20140207467A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/747,729 - Filed: 2013-01-23 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-23 - Assignees: Nokia Corporation - Applicants: Nokia Corporation - Inventors: Richard White; Jani Kivioja; Andrew Peter Matthews; Michael Astley; Stefano Marco Borini - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207467A1 ## CPC - G10L 15/24: Speech recognition using non-acoustical features - G01N 27/121: {for determining moisture content, e.g. humidity, of the fluid (moisture content of the tested material G01N27/048)} - G01N 27/125: {Composition of the body, e.g. the composition of its sensitive layer} - G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - H04W 12/06: Authentication - G01N 33/497: of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath - G06F 2218/00: Aspects of pattern recognition specially adapted for signal processing - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An apparatus includes a sensor comprising a sensing film configured to provide a signal based upon a user's breath and a controller operably associated with the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal based upon the user's breath. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: a sensor comprising a sensing film configured to provide a signal based upon a user's breath; and a controller operably associated with the sensor, where the controller is configured to receive the signal based upon the user's breath. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone operably associated with the controller. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the sensing film is selected from the group consisting of graphene oxide, graphene, functionalized graphene, fluorographene, molybdenite, boron nitride, and combinations of the foregoing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the signal based upon the user's breath is a variation in electrical impedance received on the sensing film. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller includes a speech recognition system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller includes a means for analyzing a velocity of a selected portion of speech of the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller includes a means for analyzing a thermal signature of a selected portion of the user's breath. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where moisture released from the user's breath is used for identification of the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the controller comprises a means for signal processing that filters out at least a portion of the signal from the sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the sensor senses humidity in the user's breath. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, where the received signal based upon the user's breath awakens a component of the apparatus from a sleep mode. ### Claim 12 An apparatus, comprising: a breath sensor comprising a film configured to sense a variation in electrical impedance based on a moisture gradient and output the sensed variation as an output signal; and a controller configured to process the output signal from the breath sensor; where the apparatus is configured to receive the output signal from the breath sensor and provide a signal in response thereto. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, where the controller includes a speech recognition system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, where the signal provided in response to the user's breath awakens the controller from a sleep mode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a control mechanism associated with the controller, the control mechanism being configured to transform the signal from the breath sensor to a square wave. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a microphone operably associated with the controller, the microphone being configured to receive an auditory signal from the user, the auditory signal being transformed into an electronic signal that can be used for at least one of user identification and mood recognition of the user. ### Claim 17 A method, comprising: providing a user interface comprising a sensor that includes a film configured to provide a signal as a result of moisture, and a controller operably associated with the sensor, the controller comprising a processor; receiving an input from a user at the user interface, the input comprising moisture in the form of humidity from a breath from the user; producing the signal from the input based upon the breath of the user; and receiving the signal produced from the input from the breath of the user at the processor and processing the signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, where processing the signal at the processor comprises analyzing the signal from the input based upon the breath of the user to determine at least one of velocity of speech, thermal signature, and moisture signature. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, where the determination of at least one of velocity of speech, thermal signature, and moisture signature is used to awaken the controller from a sleep mode. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to at least: receive an input from a user, the input comprising moisture in the form of humidity based upon a breath from the user; produce a signal from the input based upon the breath of the user; and receive the signal produced from the input based upon the breath of the user at a processor and process the signal.