Designer control devices
A control device configurable to couple to one or more devices having different control functions and a method of facilitating remote control of at least one device having different control functions includes a processor that receives an instruction for at least one of the control functions and additional information from the at least one device, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the additional information received from the at least one device including at least a locally transmitted data signal. The processor selectably processes the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms and controls a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions, such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information are presented on the touch sensitive display. The processor also generates at least one control signal responsive to receiving the locally transmitted data signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1. A wearable device, comprising:
a display;
at least one processor;
a biometric sensor configured to generate a biometric sensor data of a user while the user wears the wearable device; and
a microphone,
wherein, while the wearable device is worn by the user, the at least one processor performs operations comprising:
receiving the biometric sensor data;
capturing, using the microphone, an ambient sound of an environment, wherein the biometric sensor data is received and the ambient sound is captured while the wearable device is worn by the user;
determining a sound pressure level (SPL) of the ambient sound;
determining a SPL dose of a personal sound exposure of the user based on the SPL of the ambient sound, wherein the SPL dose comprises a percentage of an accumulated SPL dose or a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs;
wirelessly transmitting the biometric sensor data to an electronic device belonging to a second party; and
outputting the SPL dose to the user,
wherein the wearable device is at least one of an earphone, a headset having two earphones, a wrist-worn device, or a neck-worn device.
2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the biometric sensor comprises an electro-cardiac sensor.
3. The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the biometric sensor data includes a heart rate of the user, wherein the at least one processor plays back, through at least one speaker, sound based on the user's heart rate.
4. The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein the sound comprises a verbal message informing the user of the user's heart rate that is played back at user-defined time intervals.
5. The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor performs an operation that includes producing a heart-rate profile of the user based on the heart rate, wherein the heart-rate profile is wirelessly transmitted to the electronic device.
6. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the display is a touch-sensitive display, wherein the SPL dose is output responsive to user input through the touch-sensitive display.
7. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein outputting comprises displaying a visual message that includes the SPL dose on the display.
8. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor performs an operation comprising determining that the user has an ear health change based on the SPL dose of the personal sound exposure of the user, wherein, responsive to the ear health change, the SPL dose is output, and the biometric sensor data and the SPL dose are wirelessly transmitted to the electronic device.
9. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the biometric sensor is in contact with the user.
10. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein outputting the SPL dose comprises at least one of displaying a visual message on the display and playing back an audible message through one or more speakers.
11. The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the wearable device is the wrist-worn device, wherein the at least one processor performs at least one operation comprising receiving a SPL of sound of an audio reproduction by a headset worn by the user, wherein the SPL dose is based on the SPL of the ambient sound and the SPL of the sound of the audio reproduction.
12. The wearable device of claim 1 wherein the biometric sensor measures at least one of blood pressure, blood oxygen content, and heart rate.
13. A method performed by a wearable device while worn by a user, the method comprising:
receiving a biometric sensor data from a biometric sensor that is a part of the wearable device;
capturing, using a microphone of the wearable device, an ambient sound of an environment, wherein the biometric sensor data is received and the ambient sound is captured while the wearable device is worn by the user;
determining a sound pressure level (SPL) of the ambient sound;
determining a SPL dose of a personal sound exposure of the user based on the SPL of the ambient sound, wherein the SPL dose comprises a percentage of an accumulated SPL dose or a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs;
determining that the user has a health change based on the SPL dose;
responsive to determining that the user has the health change,
providing a notification to the user that includes the SPL dose; and
wirelessly transmitting at least one of the SPL dose and the biometric sensor data to an electronic device belonging to a second party,
wherein the wearable device is at least one of an earphone, a headset having two earphones, a wrist-worn device, or a neck-worn device.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein providing the notification comprises at least one of displaying a visual message on a display and playing back an audible message through one or more speakers.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the display and the one or more speakers are a part of the wearable device.
16. A method performed by a wearable device, the method comprising:
receiving biometric sensor data from a biometric sensor of the wearable device;
capturing, using a microphone of the wearable device, an ambient sound of an environment, wherein the biometric sensor data is received and the ambient sound is captured while the wearable device is worn by a user;
determining a sound pressure level (SPL) of the ambient sound;
determining a SPL dose of a personal sound exposure of the user based on the SPL of the ambient sound, wherein the SPL dose comprises a percentage of an accumulated SPL dose or a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs;
transmitting a first notification that includes the biometric sensor data to an electronic device belonging to a second party; and
outputting, by the wearable device, a second notification that includes the SPL dose to the user.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising receiving a SPL of sound of an audio reproduction, wherein the SPL dose is based on the SPL of the ambient sound and the SPL of the sound of the audio reproduction.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein outputting the second notification comprises at least one of: displaying a visual message that indicates the percentage or the time remaining value on a display of the wearable device and playing back an audible message that indicates the percentage or the time remaining value through one or more speakers of the wearable device.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the visual message is a first visual message, wherein the method further comprises displaying a second visual message that includes information regarding the biometric sensor data on the display of the wearable device.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the wearable device is a wrist-worn device.