Patent attributes
In one aspect, a headset assembly may include a headset housing, at least one processor, and a microphone boom coupled to the headset housing. The microphone boom may include an infrared (IR) sensor on a distal end segment, where the IR sensor may be accessible to the at least one processor. The microphone boom may further include at least one microphone accessible to the at least one processor. Additionally, the headset assembly may include storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the IR sensor and, based on the input from the IR sensor, perform mouth feature extraction. The instructions may also be executable to execute at least one function based on the mouth feature extraction.