System and method for device action and configuration based on user context detection from sensors in peripheral devices

• US 10,117,005 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2017
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Negi, Indira, Krishnamurthy, Lakshman, Al-Amin, Fuad, Yang, Xiaochao, Vogel, Brian K., Li, Jun, Essaian, Alexander, Vemprala, Sai Hemachandra, Kim, Donnie H., Nachman, Lama, Liu, Haibin
• Primary Examiner(s): Murillo Garcia, Fabricio R
• Application Number:
  US15/807,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20180070155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 34087007
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/00 Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis in musical instruments G10H
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system and method for device action and configuration based on user context detection from sensors in peripheral devices are disclosed. A mobile device includes an interface to receive sensor data from a sensor of a wearable peripheral device worn by a user. The mobile device further includes at least one processor to: identify an activity engaged in by the user based on the sensor data, detect a completion of the activity based on the sensor data, and configure the mobile device to generate a notification to the user in response to the detection of the completion of the activity.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

an interface to receive audio data from a sensor of a wearable peripheral device worn by a user; and

at least one processor to;

identify when the user is eating based on the audio data indicating the user is at least one of chewing or swallowing, the audio data generated in response to at least one of movement or sound of the user,

detect completion of the eating based on the audio data, and

configure the mobile device to generate a reminder to the user in response to the detection of the completion of the eating, the reminder to remind the user to take medication following the completion of the eating.

2. The mobile device as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is structured to configure the mobile device to generate a notification to the user during the eating based on a detected rate of the at least one of the chewing or the swallowing.

3. The mobile device as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is structured to determine a type of food the user is eating.

4. The mobile device as defined in claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is structured to determine the type of food based on the audio data.

5. The mobile device as defined in claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is structured to determine the type of food based on a user response to a prompt generated at the mobile device in response to detecting that the user is eating.

6. The mobile device as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is structured to configure the mobile device to suppress additional notifications received at the mobile device during the eating.

7. The mobile device as defined in claim 1, further including an audio jack, the wearable peripheral device corresponding to one of a headset or earbuds, the wearable peripheral device in communication with the mobile device via the audio jack.

8. A hardware memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a mobile device to at least:

identify when a user wearing a wearable peripheral device is eating, the eating identified based on audio data from the wearable peripheral device indicating the user is at least one of chewing or swallowing, the audio data generated in response to at least one of movement or sound of the user;

detect termination of the eating based on the audio data; and

generate a reminder to the user in response to the termination of the eating, the reminder to remind the user to take medication following the termination of the eating.

9. A method, comprising

identifying, by executing an instruction with at least one processor, an ending of eating by a user wearing a wearable peripheral device, the ending of the eating identified based on audio data from a sensor of the wearable peripheral device, the audio data indicating the user is at least one of chewing or swallowing, the audio data based on at least one of movement or sound of the user;

and

generating, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, a prompt to the user in response to the ending of the eating, the prompt to remind the user to take medication following the ending of the eating.