US 12,342,131 B2
Temperature sensor based ear-worn electronic device fit assessment
Andy S. Lin, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Peter Flanagan, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Michael Karl Sacha, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Appl. No. 18/025,594
Filed by STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/045485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/066307, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,125, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336924 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/30 (2013.01) [H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 2225/83 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear-worn electronic device, comprising:
a housing configured to fit at least partially in an ear of a wearer;
a power source situated in the housing;
a temperature sensor arrangement situated in or on the housing and coupled to the power source, the temperature sensor arrangement comprising one or more temperature sensors configured to generate sensor signals in response to heat generated in the wearer's ear; and
a controller situated in the housing and coupled to the power source and the temperature sensor arrangement, the controller configured to assess a fit of the device within the wearer's ear using the sensor signals.