Apparatus, a system and a method for monitoring a usage of an item
AssigneeVincent Laulagnet
InventorsVincent Laulagnet, Deogratius Musiige
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to an apparatus for monitoring a usage of an item. The usage characterises a physical handling of the item. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to measure the usage of the item and to generate usage data based on the measured usage; a processing unit configured to determine based on the generated usage data a characteristic indicative of the usage of the item; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the determined characteristic indicative of the usage of the item and/or the generated usage data.
Claims17
An apparatus for monitoring an activity involving a usage of an item, the usage characterising a physical handling of the item, the apparatus comprising:
- a first sensor configured to measure a first parameter related to a first condition affected by the usage of the item and to generate first usage data based on the measured first parameter;
- a second sensor configured to measure a second parameter related to a second condition and to generate second usage data based on the measured second parameter, wherein the generated second usage data comprises a sequence of environmental parameters, and/or a sequence of physiological parameters;
- a processing unit configured to determine based on the generated first and/or second usage data a characteristic indicative of the usage of the item by:
- obtaining a time stamp;
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- generating a spatio-temporal map of the measured environmental parameters based on at least one of a determined position vector, an estimated gravity vector, a computed acceleration vector, a computed velocity vector, and a determined orientation vector;
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- a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the determined characteristic indicative of the usage of the item and/or the generated first and/or second usage data.
A collector system for monitoring an activity involving a usage of an item, the usage characterising a physical handling of the item, the collector system comprising:
- an interface configured to receive usage data and/or a characteristic indicative of the usage of the item, wherein the received usage data comprises a sequence of environmental parameters, and/or a sequence of physiological parameters,
- a collector processing unit configured to determine based on the received usage data and/or the received characteristic a feature indicative of the usage of the item by:
- obtaining a time stamp;
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- generating a spatio-temporal map of the measured environmental parameters based on at least one of a determined position vector, an estimated gravity vector, a computed acceleration vector, a computed velocity vector, and a determined orientation vector;
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- a data storage unit configured to store the determined feature, the received usage data and the received characteristic;
- wherein the feature indicative of the usage of the item comprises a score of an evaluation test performed by a user;
- and the collector processing unit is configured to determine a correlation between the score and the received usage data and/or the received characteristic.
A method for monitoring an activity involving a usage of an item, the usage characterising a physical handling of the item, the method comprising:
- measuring (S1) a first parameter related to a first condition affected by the usage of the item and a second parameter related to a second condition;
- generating (S2) first usage data based on the measured first parameter and second usage data based on the measured second parameter, wherein the second usage data comprises a sequence of physiological parameters;
- determining (S3) based on the generated first and/or second usage data a characteristic indicative of the usage of the item by:
- obtaining a time stamp;
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- generating a spatio-temporal map of the measured environmental parameters based on at least one of a determined position vector, an estimated gravity vector, a computed acceleration vector, a computed velocity vector, and a determined orientation vector;
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- transmitting (S4) the determined characteristic indicative of the usage of the item and/or the generated first and/or second usage data on a wireless communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.