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US 2019/0101977 A1Published application
Monitoring a user of a head-wearable electronic device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJoel S. Armstrong-Muntner, Nicholas P. Allec, James E. Stark
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for monitoring a user of a head-wearable electronic device with multiple light-sensing assemblies.
Claims28
A method of detecting head gestures performed by a user's head wearing an electronic device comprising a plurality of light-sensing components, the method comprising:
- during a first period in which the user performs a first head gesture, collecting first sensor data from the plurality of light-sensing components;
- during a second period in which the user performs a second head gesture, collecting second sensor data from the plurality of light-sensing components;
- calculating first signal characteristics based on the first sensor data;
- calculating second signal characteristics based on the second sensor data;
- assigning some or all of the first signal characteristics to a first cluster of signal characteristics;
- assigning some or all of the second signal characteristics to a second cluster of signal characteristics;
- during a third period, collecting third sensor data from the plurality of light-sensing components;
- calculating third signal characteristics based on the third sensor data;
- determining whether the third signal characteristics belong to the first cluster, the second cluster, or a third cluster;
- in accordance with a determination that the third signal characteristics belong to the first cluster, determining that the user has performed the first head gesture;
- in accordance with a determination that the third signal characteristics belong to the second cluster, determining that the user has performed the second head gesture;
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- in accordance with a determination that the third signal characteristics belong to the third cluster, determining that the user has not performed the first head gesture or the second head gesture.
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A method for monitoring a user wearing a head-wearable electronic device (HWD) on the user's head using a head gesture model custodian system, the method comprising:
- initially configuring, at the head gesture model custodian system, a learning engine;
- receiving, at the head gesture model custodian system from the HWD, HWD sensor category data for at least one HWD sensor category for a head gesture and a score for the head gesture;
- training, at the head gesture model custodian system, the learning engine using the received HWD sensor category data and the received score;
- accessing, at the head gesture model custodian system, HWD sensor category data for the at least one HWD sensor category for another head gesture;
- scoring the other head gesture, using the learning engine for the HWD at the head gesture model custodian system, with the accessed HWD sensor category data for the other head gesture;
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- when the score for the other head gesture satisfies a condition, generating, with the head gesture model custodian system, control data associated with the satisfied condition.
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A head-wearable electronic device comprising:
- a head-wearable housing structure comprising:
- an eye frame;
- a right temple frame extending from the eye frame;
- and
- a left temple frame extending from the eye frame, wherein, when the head-wearable electronic device is worn on a head of a user, the head-wearable housing structure is configured such that:
- the eye frame is positioned in front of at least one eye of the user's head;
- the right temple frame is held against a right surface of the user's head;
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- the left temple frame is held against a left surface of the user's head;
- a right light-sensing assembly supported by the right temple frame, comprising:
- a right light-emitting component operative to emit light into the right surface of the user's head when the head-wearable electronic device is worn on the head of the user;
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- a right light-sensing component operative to sense right light comprising at least a portion of the light emitted by the right light-emitting component;
- a left light-sensing assembly supported by the left temple frame, comprising:
- a left light-emitting component operative to emit light into the left surface of the user's head when the head-wearable electronic device is worn on the head of the user;
- and
- a left light-sensing component operative to sense left light comprising at least a portion of the light emitted by the left light-emitting component;
- and
- a processor operative to:
- analyze light data indicative of at least one of the sensed right light and the sensed left light;
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- determine a head gesture of the user based on the analyzed light data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.