Method and device for audio recording

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10212528-B2
Application number	US-201715790771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2017
Priority date	Feb 1, 2007
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

An acquisition system includes a processor, one or more sensors operatively coupled to the processor where the one or more sensors acquire at the ear, on the ear or within an ear canal, one or more of acceleration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure or heart-rate, and the one or more sensors configured to monitor a biological state or a physical motion or both for an event. The event can be a detection of a discrepancy when compared with a set of reference data by the one or more sensors or the biological state or the event can be one of a detection of an abrupt movement of a headset operatively coupled to the processor, a change in location of an earpiece operatively coupled the processor, a touching of the headset, a recognizing of a voice command, a starting or ending of a phone call, or a scheduled time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acquisition system comprising:
a processor;
one or more sensors within an earpiece operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the earpiece is configured to acquire at the ear, on the ear or within an ear canal, one or more of acceleration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure or heart-rate, the one or more sensors configured to monitor a biological state or a physical motion or both for an event, the processor configured to analyze a portion of the biological state or the physical motion; and
wherein the event is a detection of a discrepancy when compared with a set of reference data by the one or more sensors that monitor the physical motion or the biological state or the event is one of a detection of an abrupt movement of a headset operatively coupled to the processor, a change in location of the earpiece operatively coupled the processor, a touching of the headset, a recognizing of a voice command, a starting or ending of a phone call, or a scheduled time, wherein resulting biometric data from the one or more sensors is compared with the set of reference data, wherein the processor initiates a response when a sudden discrepancy is detected between the resulting biometric data and the set of reference data;
wherein the earpiece includes at least one ambient sound microphone and at least one ear canal microphone.

2. The acquisition system of claim 1 , further comprising a memory operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to save or temporarily save the portion of the biological state or the physical motion in the memory responsive to detection of the event or save a history of at least one among a conversation, a voice mail, or an audio recording responsive to the event.

3. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the event is a fall detected by the one or more sensors that monitor the physical motion or a biometric discrepancy detected by the one or more sensors.

4. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise sensors for monitoring one or more of blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure or heart-rate configured to monitor the biological state.

5. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise acoustical sensors for monitoring one or more of blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure or heart-rate configured to monitor the biological state.

6. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise sensors for monitoring acceleration configured to monitor the physical motion.

7. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a microphone mounted on a mobile phone or a second device configured to capture ambient sound proximate to the mobile phone or the second device.

8. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the processor monitors an internal sound exposure level inside the ear canal, adjusts audio to within an optimized listening level range, or a combination thereof.

9. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors detect a sudden movement, the processor initiates a response.

10. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the event includes a detected sound signature within a captured ambient sound captured by a microphone.

11. The acquisition system of claim 1 , further comprising an accident detector module coupled to the processor.

12. The acquisition system of claim 11 , wherein the accident detector module is configured to generate a stop or start signal in response to a biological state or movement detected by the one or more sensors or in response to a manual user activation.

13. The acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the system transmits data to a server for remote storage or for remote analysis or stores data in a local storage operatively coupled to the processor for local storage or local analysis.

14. An earpiece or headset comprising:
a processor;
an ambient microphone operatively coupled to the processor and configured to capture an ambient sound; and
one or more sensors within the earpiece configured to couple at the ear, on the ear, or within an ear canal operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the one or more sensors monitor at the ear, on the ear, or within the ear canal one or more of acceleration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart-rate, or an internal sound wherein the earpiece includes at least one ear canal microphone, wherein resulting biometric data from the one or more sensors is compared with a set of reference data, wherein the processor initiates a response when a sudden discrepancy is detected between the resulting biometric data and the set of reference data; and
a memory operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores a signal from ambient microphone or from the one or more sensors or both in response to an event.

15. The earpiece or headset of claim 14 , wherein the event comprises one or more of a touching of the headset, a recognizing of a voice command, a starting or ending of a phone call, a scheduled time, or an abrupt movement of the headset.

16. The earpiece or headset of claim 14 , wherein the event comprises one or more of a detection of a biological state or a detection of movement detected by the one or more sensors or in response to a manual user activation.

17. An acquisition system, comprising:
a processor;
one or more biometric or motion sensors within an earpiece coupled to the processor, wherein the earpiece is configured to monitor at the ear, on the ear, or within an ear canal one or more of acceleration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, an internal sound, or heart-rate configured to monitor a biological state or a physical motion or both, the processor configured to analyze a portion of the biological state or the physical motion in response to an event and wherein the earpiece includes at least one ear canal microphone configured to monitor sounds within the ear canal; and
wherein the one or more sensors are configured to detect the event by detecting a discrepancy between sensor data and a set of reference data or by detecting at least one of a touching of a headset operatively coupled to the processor, a recognizing of a voice command, a starting or ending of a phone call, a scheduled time, or an abrupt movement of the headset, wherein resulting biometric data from the one or more biometric or motion sensors is compared with the set of reference data, wherein the processor initiates a response when a sudden discrepancy is detected between the resulting biometric data and the set of reference data.

18. The acquisition system of claim 17 , wherein the set of reference data is reference data for a normal user, reference data for a healthy user, or reference data adapted for a particular user.

19. The acquisition system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to report at least one of the event, an accident, a potential accident, or an alarming incident.

20. The acquisition system of claim 17 , further comprising a remote audio forensic analysis system.

Assignees

• Staton Techiya Llc

Inventors

• Goldstein Steven W

Classifications

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