Patent ID: 11937943
Assignee: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H  G | IPC A  G  H

Claim 14:
15. The system of claim 12, wherein:
the segment of IMU data is a current segment of IMU data, the output values produced by the MLM are a first set of output values produced by the MLM,
the one or more processing circuits are further configured to:
obtain a third set of features, the third set of features characterizing a first previous segment of IMU data generated by the IMU, wherein the first previous segment of IMU data corresponds to a time before the current segment of IMU data;
obtain a fourth set of features, the fourth set of features characterizing a second previous segment of IMU data generated by the IMU, wherein the second previous segment corresponds to a time before the first previous segment;
apply the MLM to the third set of features to generate a second set of output values produced by the MLM;
apply the MLM to the fourth set of features to generate a third set of output values produced by the MLM, and

the one or more processing circuits are configured such that, as part of determining whether the user of the ear-wearable device has potentially been subject to improper care, the one or more processing circuits:
determine that the user has potentially been subject to a prolonged period of not moving based on the first set of output values indicating that the user has potentially been subject to the prolonged period of not moving and the second set of output values indicating that the user has not been potentially subject to improper care;
determine that the user has potentially been subject to a deviation from a schedule of activities associated with properly caring for the user based on the first set of output values indicating that the user has potentially been subject to the deviation from the schedule of activities and the second set of output values indicating that the user has not been potentially subject to improper care; and
determine that the user has potentially been subject to deprivation of the ear-wearable device based on the first set of output values indicating that the user has potentially been subject to deprivation of the ear-wearable device and the second set of output values indicating that the user has not been potentially subject to improper care.