Systems within a communication device for evaluating movement of a body and methods of operating the same
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First Claim
1. A system within a communications device capable of evaluating movement of a body relative to an environment, said system comprising:
- a sensor, associable with said body, that senses dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body, and a processor, associated with said sensor, that processes said sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic to thereby determine whether said evaluated body movement is within environmental tolerance wherein said processor generates tolerance indicia in response to said determination; and
wherein said communication device transmits said tolerance indicia.
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Abstract
The present invention introduces systems, as well as methods of operating such systems, within a communication device for evaluating movement of a body relative to an environment. According to an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a sensor and a processor. The sensor, which is associable with the body, is operable to repeatedly sense accelerative phenomena of the body. The processor, which is associated with the sensor, is operable to process the sensed accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic. The system, and, more particularly, the processor generates state indicia relative the environment, and determines whether the evaluated body movement is within environmental tolerance. In a preferred embodiment, the processor communicates various state indicia to a monitoring controller, preferably using at least one of a wired network and a wireless network. The monitoring controller cooperates with the processor to remotely monitor the body.
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20 Claims
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1. A system within a communications device capable of evaluating movement of a body relative to an environment, said system comprising:
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a sensor, associable with said body, that senses dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body, and a processor, associated with said sensor, that processes said sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic to thereby determine whether said evaluated body movement is within environmental tolerance wherein said processor generates tolerance indicia in response to said determination; and
wherein said communication device transmits said tolerance indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a system within a communications device, wherein said system is capable of evaluating movement of a body relative to an environment, wherein said system comprises a sensor, associable with said body, that senses dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body, and
a processor, associated with said sensor, that processes said sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic to thereby determine whether said evaluated body movement is within environmental tolerance, wherein said method comprises the steps of: -
generating tolerance indicia in said processor in response to said determination of whether said evaluated body movement is within said environmental tolerance; and
transmitting said tolerance indicia through said communications device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. The method as claimed in clam 10 further comprising the steps of:
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generating in said processor state indicia while processing said sensed accelerative phenomena, which represents a state of said body within said environment over time; and
transmitting said state indicia through said communications device.
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Current AssigneeiLife Technologies, Inc.
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Original AssigneeiLIFE Solutions, Inc.
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InventorsLehrman, Michael L., Owens, Alan R., Halleck, Michael E., Massman, Edward L.
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Primary Examiner(s)Hofsass, Jeffery
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Assistant Examiner(s)Nguyen, Tai T.
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Application NumberUS10/331,958Publication NumberTime in Patent Office799 DaysField of Search340/573.1, 340/669, 340/670, 340/539.1, 340/426, 340/539.11, 340/426.15, 464/566, 600/300, 600/301US Class Current340/573.1CPC Class CodesA61B 2560/0209 adapted for power savingA61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory ...A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. acce...A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient usin...A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using ...A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating b...G08B 21/0446 worn on the body to detect ...G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect ...G11C 16/30 Power supply circuitsG16H 40/67 for remote operation
