Application US20200344541

EARPHONES WITH ACTIVITY CONTROLLED OUTPUT
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US20200344541

1. An earphone system, comprising: (16) (3)

an earpiece configured for arrangement proximate to a user's ear canal for listening to audio from a speaker, the earpiece including the speaker and an optical sensor;

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 optical sensor data from the optical 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.

2. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein, for the determining of the activity state of the user, the one or more processors are configured to determine a preliminary activity state of the user based on the optical sensor data from the optical sensor, and confirm the preliminary activity state based on the motion data from the motion sensor, to determine the activity state of the user. (1) (0)

4. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the determined activity state of the user is a learned activity state. (2) (0)

5. The earphone system of claim 4, (1) (2)

wherein the one or more processors are configured within the earpiece, and

wherein the motion sensor is configured in the earpiece, another earpiece of the earphone system, or a media device of the earphone system separate from respective one or more earpieces of the earphone system.

6. The earphone system of claim 5, (0) (2)

7. The earphone system of claim 4, wherein the one or more processors are configured in a media device of the earphone system separate from respective one or more earpieces of the earphone system. (1) (0)

10. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein (0) (3)

11. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein, when the motion data from the motion sensor and the optical sensor data from the optical sensor indicate the user is resting, the one or more processors determine whether the activity state is a sleeping state trained based on detected movements over time by the motion sensor that are below a predetermined threshold, the trained sleeping state being updated over time. (0)

12. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors determine where the motion data from the motion sensor and the optical sensor data from the optical sensor falls on a determined sleep-to-workout scale based on detected changes in movements of the user, to determine the activity state of the user. (0)

13. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to (3) (2)

determine between plural associated sub-states of the determined activity state based on detected changes in heart rate within a range of heart rates indicated by bio-signal data of a bio-sensor and corresponding to the determined activity state, where the optical sensor is the bio-signal sensor, and

selectively control the user sensory output based on the determination between the plural sub-states.

14. The earphone system of claim 13, wherein, when the determined activity state is a workout state, the plural associated sub-states include two or more of warming up, running, lifting weights, bicycling, climbing, dancing, jumping, doing yoga, and stretching sub-states. (0)

15. The earphone system of claim 13, wherein the one or more processors consider between the plural associated sub-states of the determined activity state based on location information regarding a location of the user. (1) (0)

18. The earphone system of claim 13, wherein the determination between the plural sub-states is based on a determined progression between the plural sub-states. (0)

19. The earphone system of claim 1, further comprising a remote control unit, separate from respective one or more earpieces of the earphone system, comprising another motion sensor and a user control interface for user selective further control of the user sensory output, (0) (2)

20. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the earpiece further comprises a communication module and wirelessly connects with a media device to receive audio output, corresponding to the user sensory output, using the communication module. (1) (0)

22. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to filter the optical sensor data from the optical sensor using the motion data from the motion sensor, included in the earpiece, and/or motion data from another motion sensor of the earphone system. (0)

23. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to monitor the motion data of the motion sensor, included in the earpiece, and/or other motion data from another motion sensor of the earphone system for detected indications that the user is inputting a touch or tap command, and to not rely on, for the determining of the activity state of the user, the motion data of the motion sensor and/or the other motion data of the other motion sensor that are determined to correspond to the detected indications that the user is inputting the touch or tap command. (1) (0)

24. The earphone system of claim 23, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether the touch or tap is a command (0) (3)

25. The earphone system of claim 1, further comprising a remote control unit, separate from respective one or more earpieces of the earphone system, including the one or more processors and a user control interface for user selective further control of the user sensory output, (0) (1)

26. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to obtain cadence sensor data, and to determine the activity state further based on the obtained cadence sensor data. (0)

27. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein, for the determining of the activity state of the user, the one or more processors are configured to determine the activity state of the user based on one or more user set activity states of the user with respect to user select optical sensor data and motion data. (0)

28. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the activity state from among plural user preset activity states set through a user interface of the earphone system. (0)

29. The earphone system of claim 1, (1) (2)

31. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a microphone and another motion sensor, and (0) (1)

32. An earphone method of a system having a motion sensor and an earpiece configured for arrangement proximate to a user's ear for listening to audio from a speaker, the earpiece including the speaker and an optical sensor, the method comprising: (0) (3)

33. An earphone system, comprising: (2) (2)

an earpiece configured for arrangement proximate to a user's ear for listening to audio from a speaker, the earpiece including the speaker, an accelerometer, and an optical sensor; and

one or more processors configured to determine an activity state transition of the user based on a combined consideration of obtained optical sensor data from the optical sensor and obtained motion data from the accelerometer, and

control a provision of audio information from a media player to the earpiece, for the listening to the audio, based on the determined activity state transition of the user.

34. The earphone system of claim 33, further comprising the media player, (1) (1)

36. The earphone system of claim 33, wherein the system further comprises another earpiece, wherein the earpiece and the other earpiece are wiredly connected. (0)

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Application US20200344541

EARPHONES WITH ACTIVITY CONTROLLED OUTPUT

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