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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Justin R. Burwinkel, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kyle Olson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Jeffrey Paul Solum, Greenwood, MN (US);
Yoshi Kasahara, Chaska, MN (US);
Gregory J. Haubrich, Champlin, MN (US);
Christine Tan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/18 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques to detect a non-alert state of a user may include receiving sensor data from an ear-worn electronic device worn by a user, automatically determining whether to initiate an alertness mode of the ear-worn electronic device based on the sensor data, and determining an alertness state of the user in response to determining to initiate the alertness mode.