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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Seyedeh Fereshteh Shahmiri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jun Gong, Austin, TX (US);
Gierad Laput, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mengying Fang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ke-Yu Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Runchang Kang, Melrose, MA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Enclosed are embodiments for diagnosis and monitoring of bruxism using earbud motion sensors. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, with at least one processor, a signal derived from a motion sensor in an earbud, wherein the signal is captured while the earbud is inserted in an ear of a user; segmenting, with the at least one processor, the signal into segments; extracting, with the at least one processor, features from the segments; classifying, with the at least one processor, the features; and determining, with the at least one processor, that orofacial activity is predicted based on the classifying.