Ear-wearable devices for control of other devices and related methods
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsAchintya Kumar Bhowmik, Gregory John Haubrich, Paul Shriner
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AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsAchintya Kumar Bhowmik, Gregory John Haubrich, Paul Shriner
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Embodiments herein relate to ear-wearable devices that can be used to control other device and related methods. In a first aspect, an ear-wearable device is included having a control circuit, a wireless communications circuit, a microphone, and a motion sensor. The ear-wearable device is configured to receive an input from a wearer of the ear-wearable device, select a controllable device to be controlled based on factors including at least one of physical proximity between the ear-wearable device and the controllable device and a direction that the head of the wearer is pointing, and issue a control command to the controllable device. Other embodiments are also included herein.
An ear-wearable device comprising:
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A method of controlling a controllable device comprising:
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A method of controlling a controllable device comprising:
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