Ear-worn electronic device for conducting and monitoring mental exercises

US11517708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Starkey Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Miquel Espi Maques · Berkeley, US
• Sahar Akram · Berkeley, US
• Navin Chatlani · Palo Alto, US
• Karim Helwani · Eden Prairie, US
• Carlos Renato Nakagawa · Eden Prairie, US
• Tao Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04S2420/01
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ear-worn electronic device includes a right ear device comprising a first processor and a left ear device comprising a second processor communicatively coupled to the first processor. A physiologic sensor module comprises one or more physiologic sensors configured to sense at least one physiologic parameter from a wearer. A motion sensor module comprises one or more sensors configured to sense movement of the wearer. The first and second processors are coupled to the physiologic and motion sensor modules. The first and second processors are configured to produce a three-dimensional virtual sound environment comprising relaxing sounds, generate verbal instructions within the three-dimensional virtual sound environment that guide the wearer through a predetermined mental exercise that promotes wearer relaxation, and generate verbal commentary that assesses wearer compliance with the predetermined mental exercise in response to one or both of the sensed movement and the at least one physiologic parameter.