Wearable with linked accelerometer system

• US 20180009447A1
• Filed: 07/07/2017
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent, Hgele, Felix, Mller, Nikolas
• Application Number:
  US15/643,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20180009447A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2030/043 about the roll axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/143 Alarm means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2300/36 Cycles; Motorcycles; Scooters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/18 Roll
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/04 related to roll-over prevention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 3/14 indicating functioning of other devices, e.g. acoustic warnings indicating that lights are switched on
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/414 Acceleration sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/4151 for sensing lateral inclination of the cycle
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/416 Physiological sensors, e.g. heart rate sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/07 Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication indicating working conditions of vehicles G07C5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones

Abstract

An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, at least one inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing, the at least one inertial sensor operatively connected to the processor, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece is configured to exchange inertial data with a vehicle having one or more inertial sensors. The vehicle may be a motorcycle, moped, scooter, bicycle, electric bicycle, personal transporter, hover board, or other type of vehicle.

Claims

1. An earpiece comprising:

an earpiece housing;

a processor disposed within the ear piece housing;

at least one inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing, the at least one inertial sensor operatively connected to the processor;

a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor;

wherein the earpiece is configured to bi-directionally exchange inertial data with a vehicle having one or more inertial sensors.

2. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle.

3. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is a personal transporter.

4. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the at least one inertial sensor comprises a nine axis inertial sensor.

5. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the exchange of the inertial data comprises receiving inertial data from one or more inertial sensors of the vehicle through the wireless transceiver.

6. The earpiece of claim 5 wherein the exchange of the inertial data further comprises sending inertial data from the at least one sensor disposed within the earpiece to the vehicle using the wireless transceiver.

7. The earpiece of claim 1 further comprising a speaker and wherein the earpiece is configured to provide an audio output at the speaker based on data from the at least one inertial sensor and from the inertial data from the vehicle.

8. The earpiece of claim 7 wherein the audio output comprises a verbal instruction.

9. The earpiece of claim 7 wherein the audio output comprises a warning.

10. The earpiece of claim 9 wherein the warning is a verbal warning.

11. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle and wherein the inertial data from the earpiece is indicative of leaning of a user who is riding the motorcycle.

12. The earpiece of claim 11 wherein a control system of the motorcycle is configured to make an adjustment based at least in part on the inertial data form the earpiece.

13. The earpiece of claim 12 wherein the user is a driver of the motorcycle.

14. The earpiece of claim 12 wherein the user is a passenger of the motorcycle.

15. A method for communication between a vehicle and an earpiece, the method comprising:

sensing earpiece inertial data with at least one inertial sensor of a wireless earpiece of a rider of the vehicle;

sensing vehicle inertial data with at least one inertial sensor of a vehicle;

wirelessly communicating the earpiece inertial data from the wireless earpieces to the vehicle;

adjusting a control system of the vehicle based at least in part on the inertial data from the earpiece.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising wirelessly communicating the vehicle inertial data from the vehicle to the wireless earpieces.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle and wherein the earpiece inertial data is indicative of lean of a user of the wireless earpiece on the motorcycle.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the user is a driver of the motorcycle.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the user is a passenger of the motorcycle.