US 12,212,912 B2
Wearable audio device placement detection
Jeremy Kemmerer, Holliston, MA (US); Miriam Israelowitz, Brookline, MA (US); and Joseph H. Cattell, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,004.
Application 17/858,004 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/034049, filed on May 25, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/034049 is a continuation of application No. 16/882,673, filed on May 25, 2020, granted, now 11,202,137, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400329 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable audio device, comprising:
an electro-acoustic transducer for producing sound;
a proximity sensor that is configured to detect when the wearable audio device is close to a user;
an internal microphone positioned within a housing of the wearable audio device and configured to detect sound in a cavity formed at least in part by a portion of the housing; and
a processor that is configured to:
estimate, based on at least the proximity sensor, whether the wearable audio device is in place on the user's body, and to estimate, based on the internal microphone, whether the user has completed handling of the wearable audio device; and
estimate, based on the internal microphone, whether the user has completed handling of the wearable audio device after the estimating, based on at least the proximity sensor, whether the wearable audio device is in place on the user's body.