Membrane and balloon systems and designs for conduits
AssigneeStaton Techiya LLC
InventorSteven Wayne Goldstein
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a balloon configured to contact a surface of a human conduit and one or more a biometric sensors operatively coupled to or on or in or within the balloon for detecting a biometric signal. The electronic device in some examples is a biometric sensor or measuring device. In other examples, the electronic device is an integrated device such as an earpiece having biometric sensors. In yet other examples, the electronic device can be operatively coupled to other device and other biometric sensors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims19
A method of controlling a wireless earphone, comprising:
- acquiring a user gesture from a sensor, where the sensor is part of an earphone;
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- associating the user gesture with controlling a function of the earphone.
A wireless earphone, comprising:
- a gesture detection sensor, where the sensor is part of an earphone;
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- a processor, where the processor is configured to receive a signal from the sensor, where the signal represents a gesture by a user, and where the processor controls a function of the earphone in response to the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.