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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Patrick Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Carroll Philip Gossett, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/04 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described herein related to using self-generated sounds for determining a worn state of a wearable computing device. A wearable computing device can transmit an audio signal. One or more sensors coupled to the wearable computing device may then receive a modified version of the audio signal. A comparison may be made between the modified version of the audio signal and at least one reference signal, where the at least one reference signal is based on the audio signal that is transmitted. Based on an output of the comparison, a determination can be made of whether the wearable computing device is being worn.


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