Sony patents earbuds that use motion and sound to clean up health data
Sony describes a wearable earpiece that measures body signals like heart rate while filtering out background noise. It uses data from the device's microphone and motion sensors to identify and remove interference from the health readings.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a hearable device, an integrated circuit, and a biological signal measurement system that enable realization of acquisition of a cleaner biological signal. A noise reduction unit executes noise reduction of a biological signal of a user measured by a biological sensor using an output signal from at least one of a microphone or an inertial sensor as a reference signal. The present disclosure can be applied to a hearable device such as a TWS earphone.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A hearable device comprising: a microphone; an inertial sensor; a biological sensor that measures a biological signal of a user; and a noise reduction unit that executes noise reduction of the biological signal using an output signal from at least one of the microphone or the inertial sensor as a reference signal.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- HEARABLE DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260294341A1
- Application number
- 19476254
- Filed
- Apr 8, 2024
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A61B 5/6817 Human necessitiesA61B 5/0205 Human necessitiesA61B 5/165 Human necessitiesA61B 5/291 Human necessitiesA61B 5/372 Human necessitiesA61B 5/721 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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