Silent voice control based on facial skin micromovements

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform control commands based on facial skin micromovements, the operations comprising:

• operating at least one light source in a manner enabling illumination of a non-lip portion of a face;
• receiving specific signals representing light reflections associated with specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• accessing a data structure associating a plurality of non-lip facial skin micromovements with control commands;
• identifying in the data structure a specific control command associated with the specific signals associated with the specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• and
• executing the specific control command.

A method for executing control commands based on facial skin micromovements, the method comprising:

• operating at least one light source in a manner enabling illumination of a non-lip portion of a face;
• receiving specific signals representing light reflections associated with specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• accessing a data structure associating a plurality of non-lip facial skin micromovements with control commands;
• identifying in the data structure a specific control command associated with the specific signals associated with the specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• and
• executing the specific control command.

A head mountable system for executing control commands based on facial skin micromovements, the head mountable system comprising:

• a wearable housing configured to be worn on a head of an individual;
• at least one light source associated with the wearable housing and configured illuminate of a non-lip portion of a face of the individual;
• at least one detector associated with the wearable housing and configured to receive specific signals representing light reflections associated with specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• at least one processor configured to:
• access a data structure associating a plurality of non-lip facial skin micromovements with control commands;
• identify in the data structure a specific control command associated with the specific signals associated with the specific non-lip facial skin micromovements;
• and
• execute the specific control command.