IP Library Patent Application 13181486
Patent Application
App. No. 13/181,486

DEVICE CONTROL USING SENSORY INPUT

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13/181,486
Abstract

Techniques for device control using sensory input are described, including receiving input from one or more sensors, processing the input to determine a pattern, referencing a pattern against a pattern library, the pattern library indicating a device in data communication with a wearable device coupled to the one or more sensors, and generating a control signal to the device, the control signal being configured to initiate execution of one or more functions of the device.

Claims (35)

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving input from one or more sensors;

processing the input to determine a pattern;

referencing a pattern against a pattern library, the pattern library indicating a device in data communication with a wearable device coupled to the one or more sensors; and

generating a control signal to the device, the control signal being configured to initiate execution of one or more functions of the device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the one or more sensors is generated from a physical activity.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a biological state.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a physiological state.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the one or more sensors is associated with a psychological state.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is configured to provide bio-mechanical control of the device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is configured to monitor a biological condition when the wearable device is worn and to initiate an action in response to the biological condition.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input is a physical motion associated with the wearable device, the physical motion providing an input to an accelerometer that is configured to provide a signal that is transformed into the control signal.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control signal comprises one or more instructions transferred to the device using a wired data communication link.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control signal comprises one or more instructions transferred to the device using a wireless data communication link.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises another wearable device.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the control signal to the device is performed while the device is in use.

13 . A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store data associated with input received from one or more sensors; and

a logic module configured to process the input to determine a pattern, to reference the pattern against a pattern library, the pattern library indicating a device in data communication with a wearable device and the one or more sensors, and to generate a control signal to the device, the control signal being configured to initiate execution of one or more functions of the device.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors are in data connection with the wearable device.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the pattern library is configured to be stored in the memory.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the pattern library is configured to house one or more patterns, each of the one or more patterns being associated with an action to be performed by the device.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the control signal is generated by the processor if a physical activity associated with the pattern is identified in the pattern library.

18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the control signal is generated by the processor if a biological state associated with the pattern is identified in the pattern library.

19 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the control signal is generated by the processor if a physiological state associated with the pattern is identified in the pattern library.

20 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the control signal is generated by the processor if a psychological state associated with the pattern is identified in the stored in the pattern library.

21 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the device is configured to provide an environmental control.

22 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the device is configured to provide a physical security control.

23 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more functions comprises presenting and displaying content on the device.

24 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the logic module is configured to generate the control signal while the device is in use.

25 . A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving input from one or more sensors;

processing the input to determine a pattern;

referencing a pattern against a pattern library, the pattern library indicating a device in data communication with a wearable device coupled to the one or more sensors; and

generating a control signal to the device, the control signal being configured to initiate execution of one or more functions of the device.

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