Application US20200374619

EARPHONES WITH ACTIVITY CONTROLLED OUTPUT
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US20200374619

1. An earphone system, comprising: (21) (4)

one or more processors configured to determine an activity state of a user based on a combined consideration of respective sensor data of at least two different types of sensors, and

control a user sensory output to the user based on the determined activity state of the user;

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 a first sensor of a first sensor type of the at least two different types of sensors; and

a second sensor of a second sensor type of the at least two different types of sensors,

wherein the first sensor is an optical sensor and the first sensor type, of the at least two different types of sensors, is an optical sensor type.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the optical sensor generates heart rate data, and the determination of the activity state of the user is based on consideration of the heart rate data. (0)

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the optical sensor generates blood flow information, and the determination of the activity state of the user is based on consideration of the blood flow information. (0)

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the optical sensor is an IR sensor. (0)

5. 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 optical sensor data from the optical sensor, and confirm the preliminary activity state based on data from the second sensor, to determine the activity state of the user. (1) (0)

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

8. The earphone system of claim 7, (1) (2)

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

wherein the second 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.

9. The earphone system of claim 8, (0) (2)

10. The earphone system of claim 7, 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)

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

14. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the second sensor is a motion sensor. (0)

15. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein, when the data from the second sensor and 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 second sensor that are below a predetermined threshold, the trained sleeping state being updated over time. (0)

16. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors determine where data from the second sensor and 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)

17. 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-sensor, and

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

18. The earphone system of claim 17, 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)

19. The earphone system of claim 17, 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)

22. The earphone system of claim 17, wherein the determination between the plural sub-states is based on a determined progression between the plural sub-states. (0)

23. 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 sensor and a user control interface for user selective further control of the user sensory output, (0) (2)

24. 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)

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

27. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to monitor data of the second sensor, included in the earpiece, and/or data from another 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 data of the second sensor and/or the other data of the other sensor that are determined to correspond to the detected indications that the user is inputting the touch or tap command. (1) (0)

28. The earphone system of claim 27, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether the touch or tap is a command (0) (3)

29. 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)

30. 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)

31. 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. (0)

32. 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)

33. The earphone system of claim 1, (0) (2)

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

35. The earphone system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a microphone, and (0) (1)

36. An earphone method of a system having at least two different types of sensors 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 of a first sensor type of the at least two different types of sensors, the method comprising: (0) (3)

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Application US20200374619

EARPHONES WITH ACTIVITY CONTROLLED OUTPUT

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