Earphones with activity controlled output
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSammy PERGAMENT, Victor PÅSSE, Iman HABIB, Jesper JOHANSSON, Amir ADLOUNI
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an earphone apparatus and method. The earphone apparatus includes an earpiece, including a speaker, configured for arrangement relative to a user's ear for listening to audio from the speaker, a bio-sensor, a motion sensor, and a controller configured to determine an activity state of the user based on aggregated sensor data from the bio-sensor and the motion sensor over time, and to control audio output to the user based on the determined activity state.
Claims43
An earphone system, comprising:
- an earpiece, including a speaker and a bio-sensor, configured for arrangement relative to a user's ear for listening to audio from the speaker;
- a motion sensor configured to detect motion of the user;
- and
- one or more processors configured to
- determine an activity state of the user based on a combined consideration of obtained bio-signal data from the bio-sensor and obtained motion data from the motion sensor, and
- control a user sensory output to the user based on the determined activity state of the user.
An earphone method of an earphone system having earpieces configured for respective arrangements relative to a user's ears for listening to audio, the method comprising:
- controlling respective measuring of bio-signals and motion changes of a user by the earpieces;
- determining a learned activity state of the user based on a combined consideration of obtained bio-signal data from the bio-sensor and obtained motion data from the motion sensor;
- and
- controlling a provision of user sensory output to the user based on the determined activity state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.