Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fall detection using photoplethysmography detectors in ear-wearable devices
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Application No.: US16230110Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US11324422B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Michael Karl Sacha
- Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner LLC
- Main IPC: A61B5/11
- IPC: A61B5/11 ; A61B5/024 ; A61B5/00
Abstract:
An ear-wearable device includes a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor. One or more processors of the ear-wearable device are configured to determine, based on sample values of a PPG signal generated by the PPG sensor, whether a user of the ear-wearable device has fallen.
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