# US 8,788,077 B2 · Designer control devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,077 B2 - Document ID: US8788077B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/111,005 - Filed: 2008-04-28 - Published: 2009-01-08 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2007-04-27 - Assignees: Personics Holdings Inc. - Applicants: Steven Wayne Goldstein; John Usher - Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein; John Usher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788077B2 ## CPC - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - A61B 5/6817: {Ear canal} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Control devices are provided. A control device includes an input, an output, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input signal through the input. The input signal is generated from a user interface on a media device. The processor sends a control signal through the output to a sound reproduction device. The output signal controls audio generated by the sound reproduction device. The input, output, and processor are not included in the media device and are not included in the sound reproduction device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control device configurable to couple to a plurality of devices having different control functions comprising: a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions of the plurality of devices; and a processor coupled to the touch sensitive display, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the processor configured to receive at least one of the control functions and additional information from among the plurality of devices, the processor configured to selectably process the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms based on the respective device and to control the touch sensitive display such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information peculiar to the respective device of the plurality of devices are presented on the touch sensitive display, where the processor, responsive to an indication by the touch sensitive display, generates at least one control signal, where the processor sends the at least one control signal to the corresponding device among the plurality of devices being controlled and sends the selectably processed additional information to at least one of the plurality of devices, and where the additional information received from among the plurality of devices includes a signal generated from at least one of the plurality of processing algorithms including an audio signal processing algorithm to analyze an audio signal to determine a sound pressure level dosage as a percentage of an accumulated dose or as a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, where the control device is a piece of jewelry. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control device according to claim 2, where the at least one control function is received by the processor via at least one of a wired connection or a wireless connection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The control device according to claim 2, where the at least one control signal is sent by the processor via at least one of a wired connection or a wireless connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1 where the processor generates a plurality of control signals for the plurality of devices. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, where the plurality of devices includes at least one of a cell phone, a personal media player, a computer device, a biometric sensor system or a headset. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, where the at least one control signal is configured to control at least one of sound reproduction, sound recording or sound exposure monitoring of the corresponding device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, further including at least one of a microphone, a loudspeaker or a biometric sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, further comprising a battery warning system configured to provide an indication of a battery status of at least one of the control device or one or more of the plurality of devices. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, where the additional information includes at least one of sound exposure information, biometric information or audio information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, where the audio signal processing algorithm includes at least one of voice recognition, non-voice signal recognition or sound exposure monitoring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The control device of claim 1, wherein the audio signal processing algorithm analyzes the audio signal to determine the sound pressure level dosage as the percentage of the accumulated dose or as the time remaining value before the threshold shift occurs based on current ambient sound levels and levels of reproduced audio content. ### Claim 13 A method of facilitating remote control of at least one device having different control functions comprising: receiving, by a processor, an instruction for at least one of the control functions and additional information from the at least one device, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the additional information received from the at least one device including at least information extract from an audio signal; causing the processor to selectably process the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms and to control a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions of the at least one device, such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information are presented on the touch sensitive display, at least one of the plurality of processing algorithms including an audio signal processing algorithm which causes the processor to analyze the audio signal to determine a sound pressure level dosage as a percentage of an accumulated dose or as a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs; and generating at least one control signal by the processor responsive to determining the sound pressure level dosage exceeds a threshold for the threshold shift. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, where the at least one control signal is configured to control at least one of sound reproduction, sound recording or sound exposure monitoring of the corresponding device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, where the additional information includes at least one of sound exposure information, biometric information or audio information and wherein the method further comprises transmitting the at least one control signal to the at least one device being controlled. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, where the audio signal processing algorithm includes at least one of voice recognition, non-voice signal recognition or sound exposure monitoring.