Bioacoustic control system, method and apparatus
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a wearable apparatus, a bioacoustic signal in a plurality of bioacoustic signals, each particular bioacoustic signal in the plurality of bioacoustic signals related to a particular hand gesture in a plurality of hand gestures and each particular hand gesture in the plurality of hand gestures associated with a particular command in a plurality of commands, each particular command in the plurality of commands associated with activating a particular function in a plurality of functions performed by an electronic device, wherein the bioacoustic signal is conducted, by way of at least one bone to the wearable apparatus;
identifying, by the wearable apparatus, the particular hand gesture related to the bioacoustic signal based on a positive correlation between the bioacoustic signal and predetermined hand gesture data;
encrypting, by the wearable apparatus, the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture prior to wirelessly transmitting the particular command to the electronic device; and
wirelessly transmitting, by the wearable apparatus, the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture to the electronic device.
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Abstract
Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a wearable apparatus, a bioacoustic signal in a plurality of bioacoustic signals, each particular bioacoustic signal in the plurality of bioacoustic signals related to a particular hand gesture in a plurality of hand gestures and each particular hand gesture in the plurality of hand gestures associated with a particular command in a plurality of commands, each particular command in the plurality of commands associated with activating a particular function in a plurality of functions performed by an electronic device, wherein the bioacoustic signal is conducted, by way of at least one bone to the wearable apparatus; identifying, by the wearable apparatus, the particular hand gesture related to the bioacoustic signal based on a positive correlation between the bioacoustic signal and predetermined hand gesture data; encrypting, by the wearable apparatus, the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture prior to wirelessly transmitting the particular command to the electronic device; and wirelessly transmitting, by the wearable apparatus, the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wearable apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving a bioacoustic signal in a plurality of bioacoustic signals, each particular bioacoustic signal in the plurality of bioacoustic signals related to a particular hand gesture in a plurality of hand gestures and each particular hand gesture in the plurality of hand gestures associated with a particular command in a plurality of commands, each particular command in the plurality of commands associated with activating a particular function in a plurality of functions performed by an electronic device, wherein the bioacoustic signal is conducted, by way of at least one bone to the wearable apparatus, identifying the particular hand gesture related to the bioacoustic signal based on a positive correlation between the bioacoustic signal and predetermined hand gesture data, encrypting the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture prior to wirelessly transmitting the particular command to the electronic device, and wirelessly transmitting the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory storage component that stores instructions that, when executed by a processor of a wearable apparatus, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a bioacoustic signal in a plurality of bioacoustic signals, each particular bioacoustic signal in the plurality of bioacoustic signals related to a particular hand gesture in a plurality of hand gestures and each particular hand gesture in the plurality of hand gestures associated with a particular command in a plurality of commands, each particular command in the plurality of commands associated with activating a particular function in a plurality of functions performed by an electronic device, wherein the bioacoustic signal is conducted, by way of at least one bone to the wearable apparatus; identifying the particular hand gesture related to the bioacoustic signal based on a positive correlation between the bioacoustic signal and predetermined hand gesture data; encrypting the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture prior to wirelessly transmitting the particular command to the electronic device; and wirelessly transmitting the particular command associated with the particular hand gesture to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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