IIDENTITY CONFIRMATION USING WEARABLE COMPUTERIZED EARPIECES AND RELATED METHODS

摘要

A customized wearable computerized earpiece, according to various embodiments is configured to confirm an identity of an individual. The earpiece may include a housing that is customized to fit within the individual's ear (e.g., ear canal). The earpiece may include one or more sensors configured to sense whether the earpiece is positioned within the ear of the individual. The one or more sensors may, for example, include one or more pressure sensors, one or more bio-electrical impedance sensors, one or more orientation sensors, one or more accelerometers, one or more oxygen sensors, one or more brainwave sensors, one or more heart rate sensors, or any other suitable sensor.

主权项

1. A system for confirming the identity of an individual, the system comprising:
(A) a wearable earpiece comprising:
a housing that is sized and adapted to fit at least partially into a human ear canal; andat least one sensor that is adapted to sense a sequence of movement of a wearer's ear canal when the housing is positioned at least partially within the wearer's ear canal; and (B) a computing device comprising a computer processor, wherein the computing device is adapted for:
executing a comparison of the sensed sequence of movement of the wearer's ear canal with a baseline movement sequence associated with a particular ear canal of a particular individual; andbased, at least in part, on the comparison, determining whether the sensed sequence of movement at least substantially matches the baseline movement sequence; andat least partially in response to determining that the sensed sequence of movement at least substantially matches the baseline movement sequence, generating an indication that the wearer is the particular individual.