SENSORY USER INTERFACE

• US 20120316456A1
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JB IP Acquisitions LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Rahman, Hosain Sadequr, Drysdale, Richard Lee, Luna, Michael Edward Smith, Fullam, Scott, Bogard, Travis Austin, Robison, Jeremiah, Utter, Max Everett II, Donaldson, Thomas Alan
• Application Number:
  US13/181,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316456A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/547
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• 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 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

Techniques for sensory user interface are described, including receiving a sensory input at a sensor coupled to a wearable device, converting the sensory input into data using the sensor and the processor, processing the data to generate a representation of a state, evaluating the representation to determine if an action is indicated, and performing the action if indicated based on an evaluation of the representation.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a sensory input at a sensor coupled to a wearable device;

converting the sensory input into data using the sensor and the processor;

processing the data to generate a representation of a state;

evaluating the representation to determine if an action is indicated; and

performing the action if indicated based on an evaluation of the representation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory input is a temperature.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory input is a measure of galvanic skin response.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory input is evaluated by the processor to determine a caloric burn rate.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory input is a clock signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory input is a signal used to determine a location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the sensory input further comprises taking one or more temperature measurements, the one or more temperature measurements being evaluated to determine a Circadian rhythm.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the action further comprises monitoring body temperature.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the action further comprises generating an alert configured to modify a cognitive behavior.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the data further comprises determining skin conductance response.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising using the skin conductance response to determine whether to generate an alert.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the data to generate the representation further comprises determining whether the representation is within a range of tolerance.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the state is determined by an activity.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the state is biological.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the state is physiological.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the state is psychological.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the action further comprises generating an alert if the state has changed.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert is initiated on a headset in wireless communication with the wearable device.

19. A sensory user interface system, comprising:

a wearable device being in data communication with a sensor configured to detect an input;

a memory configured to store data associated with the input and the wearable device; and

a processor configured to receive the input by the sensor, to convert the input into the data using the sensor and the processor, to process the data to generate a representation of a state, to evaluate the representation to determine if an action is indicated, and to perform the action if indicated based on an evaluation of the representation.

20. The sensory user interface system of claim 19, wherein the processor is coupled to the wearable device and configured to generate and to evaluate the representation.

21. The sensory user interface system of claim 19, wherein the processor is in data communication with the wearable device and configured to generate and to evaluate the representation.

22. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a sensory input at a sensor coupled to a wearable device;

converting the sensory input into data using the sensor and the processor;

processing the data to generate a representation of a state;

evaluating the representation to determine if an action is indicated; and

performing the action if indicated based on an evaluation of the representation.