US 12,268,523 B2
Biometric, physiological or environmental monitoring using a closed chamber
Steven Wayne Goldstein, Delray Beach, FL (US); John Patrick Keady, Fairfax Station, VA (US); and John Usher, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to ST R&DTech LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed by ST R&DTeCh, LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,948.
Application 17/461,948 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/517,657, filed on Jul. 21, 2019, abandoned.
Application 17/461,948 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/869,912, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,504,067.
Application 16/517,657 is a continuation of application No. 15/149,526, filed on May 9, 2016, granted, now 10,709,388, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/158,740, filed on May 8, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,302, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061767 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/1172 (2016.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6817 (2013.01) [A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1172 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/6803 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01); H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An earphone comprising:
a housing;
an ear canal acoustic environment sampling microphone;
a speaker;
an eartip, where the eartip is configured to fit upon a portion of the housing;
a biometric sensor, where the biometric sensor is configured to attach to at least one of the eartip or the housing or both, where the biometric sensor is configured to measure gas concentrations inside the ear canal acoustic environment and generate a biometric sensor data;
a second biometric sensor, wherein the second biometric sensor is a visual sensor configured to detect hand or finger gestures from a user and generate a second biometric sensor data;
a memory that stores instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving the biometric sensor data;
generating a gas concentration level using the biometric sensor data;
receiving the second biometric sensor data;
generating a command using the second biometric sensor data;
enacting control of the earphone in response to the command; and
sending a notification of the gas concentration level if a software variable has a particular value.