Data logger system and related methods
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents
InventorsMichael Shafer, Paul Flikkema, Charles Loren Buck, Austin Rhodes
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Abstract
Implementations of data logger systems may include: a data logger coupled with an energy storage device. The data logger may be configured to couple to a living subject and record data related to one of the living subject's activities and a vital parameter of the living subject. The data logger system may also include an energy harvester electrically coupled with the energy storage device, where the energy harvester is configured to harvest energy from one of an external environment, the living subject, and both the external environment and the subject. The data logger may be configured to communicate with a remote communication system.
Claims16
A data logger system comprising:
- a data logger coupled with an energy storage device, the data logger configured to couple to a living subject and record data related to one of the living subject's activities and related to a vital parameter of the living subject;
- an energy harvester electrically coupled with the energy storage device, where the energy harvester is configured to harvest energy from one of an external environment, the living subject, and both the external environment and the living subject;
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- a processor and a memory;
- wherein the data logger is configured to communicate with a remote communication system while coupled to the living subject;
- wherein an energy usage of the data logger is monitored and adjusted using the processor and the memory using an electronic Hardware Abstraction Layer (eHAL);
- wherein the eHAL is directly coupled to and configured to directly alter hardware settings or alter the hardware settings through a hypervisor.
A data logger system comprising:
- a data logger configured to couple to a living subject and record data related to one of the living subject's activities and a vital parameter of the living subject;
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- an energy storage device configured to charge wirelessly through one of a remote communication system and a wireless charging system;
- a processor and a memory;
- wherein the data logger is configured to send and receive the data from the remote communication system while coupled to the living subject;
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- wherein an energy usage of the data logger is monitored and adjusted using the processor and the memory using an electronic Hardware Abstraction Layer (eHAL);
- wherein the eHAL is directly coupled to and configured to directly alter hardware settings or alter the hardware settings through a hypervisor.
A method of transferring information wirelessly to a data logger, the method comprising:
- gathering data relating to one of a living subject's activities and a vital parameter of the living subject through a sensor comprised in the data logger, the data logger configured to be coupled to the living subject;
- transferring the data relating to the living subject from the data logger to a remote communication system using a telecommunication channel and the data logger;
- detecting using a processor and a memory comprised in the data logger one or more errors in the data logger;
- if the one or more errors are detected and correctable, then correcting the one or more errors using the memory and the processor;
- if the one or more errors are detected and not correctable, then deactivating the data logger;
- wherein the one or more errors in the data logger are detected and corrected using the processor and the memory using an electronic Hardware Abstraction Layer (eHAL);
- wherein the eHAL is directly coupled to and configured to directly alter hardware settings or alter the hardware settings through a hypervisor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.