Granted Patent B2

US 12,321,668 · App. 18/605,482 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen (Munich, DE); Luigi Belverato (Munich, DE); Martin Steiner (Munich, DE)

Assignee: BRAGI GMBH

G06F3/167G06F3/011G06F3/012G06F3/165G06F40/174G10L15/22G10L15/26H04R1/1016H04R1/1041H04R1/1083H04R2201/107H04R2460/07H04R2460/13

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method for performing voice dictation with an earpiece worn by a user, the method comprising:

receiving as input to the earpiece voice sound information from the user at one or more microphones of the earpiece;

inserting a machine-generated transcription of the voice sound information from the user into a plurality of fields within a user input area associated with an application executing on a computing device, wherein the plurality of fields includes at least a first field and a second field;

receiving as input to the earpiece a first set of user control information from one or more inertial sensors within the earpiece, each of the one or more inertial sensors comprising an accelerometer;

manipulating the application executing on the computing device based on the first set of user control information from the one or more inertial sensors within the earpiece to move between the first field and a second field within the plurality of fields within the user input area;

manipulating the application based on a second set of user control information from a head movement sensed by the one or more inertial sensors to select a location within the second field; and

selecting the location within the second field on the display associated with the application executing on the computing device in response to the head movements sensed by the one or more inertial sensors.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the location is a sentence.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first set of user control information comprises a head gesture from the user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first set of user control information further comprises a gesture made at or proximate the earpiece to alter a field and detected using one or more sensors of the ear piece.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the gesture is from a set consisting of a tap, a double tap, a triple tap, a hold, and a swipe.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the user input area is within a document.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a voice command at the earpiece from the user at the one or more microphones of the earpiece; and

further manipulating the application executing on the computing device using the voice command.

8. A system comprising:

an earpiece comprising:

(a) an earpiece housing;

(b) an inertial sensor disposed within the ear piece housing, the inertial sensor comprising an accelerometer;

(c) a processor disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the ear piece housing; and

(d) at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor;

(e) wherein the earpiece is configured to sense a plurality of head movements made by a user of the earpiece using the inertial sensor;

(f) wherein the earpiece is configured to receive voice dictation from the user of the earpiece using the at least one microphone; and

(g) wherein the earpiece is configured to interpret the head movements sensed using the inertial sensor independent of the at least one microphone into a first set of instructions and convey the first set of instructions to a computing device in operative communication with the earpiece and wherein the first set of instructions comprises voice control information; and

a software application executing on a computing device wherein the software application is configured to:

a) insert machine generated transcription of the voice dictation from the user into a first field within a user input area comprising a plurality of fields, the user input area associated with an application executing on the computing device; and

b) manipulate the application executing on the computing device based on the first set of instructions from a first head movement sensed using the inertial sensor to move between the first field to a second field within the plurality of fields within the user input area for editing the second field within the user input area;

c) manipulate the application executing on the computing device based on a second set of instructions from a second head movement sensed using the inertial sensor to move to a location within the second field within the user input area; and

d) select the location within the second field on the display associated with the application executing on the computing device in response to the second head movement sensed by the inertial.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the earpiece further comprises a gesture control interface operatively connected to the processor, wherein the gesture control interface detects one or more gestures made by the user.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the software application is a mobile application and the computing device is a mobile device.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the location is a second sentence.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the application is a mobile software application.

13. A method for performing voice dictation with an earpiece worn by a user, the method comprising:

receiving as input to the earpiece voice sound information from the user at one or more microphones of the earpiece;

obtaining a machine-generated transcription of the voice sound information;

inserting the machine-generated transcription of the voice sound information from the user into a plurality of fields within a user input area associated with an application executing on a computing device, wherein the plurality of fields includes at least a first field and a second field;

receiving as input to the earpiece a first set of user control information from one or more inertial sensors within the earpiece, each of the one or more inertial sensors comprising an accelerometer;

manipulating the application executing on the computing device based on the first set of user control information from the one or more inertial sensors within the earpiece to move between the first field and a second field within the plurality of fields within the user input area;

manipulating the application based on a second set of user control information from a head movement sensed by the accelerometer to select a location within the second field; and

graphically displaying the location within the second field on the display associated with the application executing on the computing device in response to the head movements sensed by the accelerometer.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the location is a sentence.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the graphically displaying is performed using highlighting.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the first set of user control information comprises a head gesture from the user.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the first set of user control information further comprises a gesture made at or proximate the earpiece to alter a field and detected using one or more sensors of the ear piece.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the gesture is from a set consisting of a tap, a double tap, a triple tap, a hold, and a swipe.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the user input area is within a document.

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