IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,718
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,718 · App. 17/767,359 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Earphone, information processing device, and information processing method

Inventor: Yasuhiko Imamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: VIE, Inc.
A61B5/25A61B5/372H04R1/105
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Patent No.
US 12,414,718
App. No.
17/767,359
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an earphone in which electroencephalogram electrodes come into close contact more readily when worn. An earphone includes a housing having elasticity on at least one end portion side outer layer, a speaker accommodated inside the housing, and an eartip that is fixed on the end portion side of the housing having the elasticity, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the speaker passes, and an elastic electrode that performs sensing of an electroencephalogram of a wearer.

Claims (17)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires an electroencephalogram signal output from an earphone comprising a housing, a speaker accommodated inside the housing and an eartip that is mounted on an end portion side of the housing, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the speaker passes, and an elastic electrode that performs sensing of an electroencephalogram of a wearer;

an estimating unit that estimates a state of a wearer from the acquired electroencephalogram signal, using a model that has learned a predetermined electroencephalogram signal of the wearer of the earphone and a state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the predetermined electroencephalogram signal; and

a processing unit that performs processing on the basis of the state of the wearer that is estimated, wherein the model is a customized model in which a predetermined model, which is trained regarding an electroencephalogram signal of another person and a state of the another person at the time of acquiring the electroencephalogram signal of the another person, has additionally learned the electroencephalogram signal of the wearer and the state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the electroencephalogram signal of the wearer.

2. An information processing device, comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires an electroencephalogram signal output from an earphone comprising a housing, a speaker accommodated inside the housing, an eartip that is mounted on an end portion side of the housing, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the speaker passes, and an elastic electrode that performs sensing of an electroencephalogram of a wearer;

an estimating unit that estimates a state of a wearer from the acquired electroencephalogram signal, using a model that has learned a predetermined electroencephalogram signal of the wearer of the earphone and a state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the predetermined electroencephalogram signal; and

a processing unit that performs processing on the basis of the state of the wearer that is estimated, wherein the processing unit performs induction processing for inducing transition from the state of the wearer estimated on the basis of a current electroencephalogram signal to a predetermined state of the wearer indicated by a first electroencephalogram signal, wherein feedback to the wearer is performed on the basis of the current electroencephalogram signal.

3. An information processing method, comprising one or a plurality of processors included in an information processing device executing:

acquiring an electroencephalogram signal output from an earphone comprising, a housing, a speaker accommodated inside the housing, an eartip that is mounted on the end portion side of the housing, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the speaker passes, and an elastic electrode that performs sensing of an electroencephalogram of a wearer;

estimating a state of the wearer from the acquired electroencephalogram signal, using a model that has learned a predetermined electroencephalogram signal of the wearer of the earphone and a state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the predetermined electroencephalogram signal; and

performing processing on the basis of the state of the wearer that is estimated,

wherein the model is a customized model in which a predetermined model, which is trained regarding an electroencephalogram signal of another person and a state of the another person at the time of acquiring this electroencephalogram signal, has additionally learned the electroencephalogram signal of the wearer and the state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the electroencephalogram signal.

4. An information processing method, comprising one or a plurality of processors included in an information processing device executing, acquiring an electroencephalogram signal output from an earphone comprising a housing, a speaker accommodated inside the housing, an eartip that is mounted on an end portion side of the housing, and that includes a sound conduit portion through which sound from the speaker passes, and an elastic electrode that performs sensing of an electroencephalogram of a wearer;

estimating a state of the wearer from the acquired electroencephalogram signal, using a model that has learned a predetermined electroencephalogram signal of the wearer of the earphone and a state of the wearer at the time of acquiring the predetermined electroencephalogram signal; and

performing processing on the basis of the state of the wearer that is estimated,

wherein the performing comprises performing induction processing of inducing transition from the state of the wearer estimated on the basis of the current electroencephalogram signal to a predetermined state of the wearer indicated by a first electroencephalogram signal, in which induction processing, feedback to the wearer is performed on the basis of the current electroencephalogram signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2024
From: VIE STYLE, INC.
To: VIE, INC.
Reel/Frame 066541/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2022
From: IMAMURA, YASUHIKO
To: VIE STYLE, INC.
Reel/Frame 061639/0982 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-185473 · Oct 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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