EARPHONES WITH BIOMETRIC SENSORS

摘要

Earphones with biometric sensors are disclosed. In addition to wirelessly receiving audio data for playback, the disclosed earphones collect the user's biometric data such as heartrate data and movement data, and wirelessly transmit the biometric data to a computing device for processing and user-interaction using an activity tracking application. The biometric earphones may include a battery; a circuit board electrically coupled to the battery; a processor electrically coupled to the circuit board; a pair of earphones; a controller; and a cable electrically coupling the earphones to the controller. One of the earphones includes an optical heartrate sensor electrically coupled to the processor, and protruding from a side of the earphone proximal to an interior side of a user's ear when the earphone is worn; and a motion sensor electrically coupled to the processor. The processor processes electronic input signals from the motion sensor and the optical heartrate sensor.

主权项

1. An activity monitoring device, comprising:
a battery; a circuit board electrically coupled to the battery; a first processor electrically coupled to the circuit board; a pair of earphones comprising speakers, at least one of the earphones comprising:
an optical heartrate sensor electrically coupled to the first processor, and protruding from a side of the earphone proximal to an interior side of a user's ear when the earphone is worn; anda motion sensor electrically coupled to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to process electronic input signals from the motion sensor and the optical heartrate sensor; a controller; and a cable electrically coupling the left and rights earphones to the controller.