Abstract:
A system including a headset and an audio gateway, and software applications that may be used with such headsets and gateways. The headset enables a user to discover and interact with applications resident on the headset, gateway, or a network accessible by the gateway. The headset functions as an application platform for the control and execution of the applications. The invention includes a method for providing a service to a user of the headset. The method involves the headset performing service discovery on the audio gateway to determine a method of transferring an application to the audio gateway, where the application provides the service. The headset causes the application to be transferred to the audio gateway using a method based on the service discovery, and the audio gateway executes the application, enabling the user to issue voice commands that are executed by the audio gateway to provide the service.
Abstract:
Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for sensing health and wellness-related physiological characteristics. More specifically, disclosed is a physiological sensor using, for example, acoustic signal energy to determine physiological characteristics in one mode, such as a heart rate, the physiological sensor being disposed in a wearable device (or carried device), and generating data communication signals using acoustic signal energy in another mode. The physiological sensor also can be configured to receive data communication signals. In at least one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more multimodal physiological sensors configured to receive physiological signals in a first mode and at least generate data communication signals in a second mode. A wearable housing includes the multimodal physiological sensors, and a multimodal physiological sensing device is configured to receive a sensor signal and generate data representing a physiological characteristic.
Abstract:
Techniques for component protective overmolding using protective external coatings include a device having a framework configured to be worn, elements coupled to the framework, the elements including a sensor, a molding formed over a portion of the framework and at least one of the elements, the molding configured to protect the device, a plug coupled to an end of the framework configured to transfer one or more electrical signals, and a cap configured to cover the plug.
Abstract:
Techniques for component protective overmolding using protective external coatings include a device having a framework configured to be worn, a button assembly coupled to the framework, the button assembly configured to send a signal to a circuit, the button assembly including a button configured to be depressed to displace a button shaft, a button inner housing coupled to the button and the button shaft, and a button outer housing coupled to the button inner housing, a first ring configured to form a first seal disposed substantially between the button inner housing and the button shaft, a second ring configured to form a second seal disposed substantially between the button inner housing and the button outer housing, and an outer molding formed over a portion of the button assembly.
Abstract:
Techniques associated with a combination speaker and light source responsive to states of an environment based on sensor data are described, including a housing, a light source disposed within the housing and configured to be powered using a light socket connector coupled to the housing, a speaker coupled to the housing and configured to output audio, and a sensor device comprising a light and speaker controller, the sensor device configured to determine an environmental state and to generate environmental state data associated with the environmental state, the light and speaker controller configured to send a control signal to one or both of the light source and the speaker.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for facilitating health and wellness-related information. More specifically, disclosed are systems, methods, devices, computer readable medium, and apparatuses configured to determine activity and activity types, including gestures, from sensed motion signals using, for example, a wearable device (or carried device) and one or more motion sensors. In some embodiments, a method can include receiving data representing a motion sensor signal from a motion sensor disposed in a wearable device, and generating intermediate motion signals from the motion sensor signal. The method can also include separating the motion sensor signal at a processor to form one or more constituent components, and identifying an activity based on at least one of the intermediate motion signals and at least one of the one or more constituent components.
Abstract:
Techniques associated with amplifying orientation changes for enhanced motion detection by a motion sensor are described, including structures configured to enhance detection of motion, the structure having an articulator configured to amplify a motion and a pin configured to apply a force on a pivot point on the articulator, a motion sensor coupled to the structure and configured to detect motion of the structure, and circuitry configured to translate data associated with rotational motion of the articulator into a movement of an adjacent surface. In some embodiments, a method includes coupling a motion sensor to a skin surface using an articulator, the articulator configured to rotate in multiple planes, detecting rotational motion of the articulator using the motion sensor, and deriving data associated with movement on the skin surface.