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

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, 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 method further comprises:
obtaining, by the one or more processing circuits, 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;
obtaining, by the one or more processing circuits, 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 of IMU data corresponds to a time before the first previous segment of IMU data;
applying the MLM to the third set of features to generate a second set of output values produced by the MLM; and
applying the MLM to the fourth set of features to generate a third set of output values produced by the MLM, and

determining whether the user of the ear-wearable device has potentially been subject to improper care comprises:
determining 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;
determining 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
determining 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.