System and method for analyzing a physiological condition of a user

A sensor data collection device (104), comprising:

• a housing (200) having at least one external surface contactable against skin of a user and/or the user's environment;
• at least one aperture (202a, 202b) formed in the housing (200);
• at least one sensing unit (102) including at least two sensors (102a, 102b), wherein the at least one sensing unit (102) is configured to measure one or more parameters including (i) temperature and relative humidity from the user's skin and/or (ii) temperature and relative humidity from the user's environment, and capable of generating one or more signals representative of the measured parameters,
• wherein each sensor (102a, 102b) is positioned coaxially at a distance between 1.00 mm to 3.00 mm from a corresponding aperture (202a or 202b) to form an air gap between the sensor (102a, 102b) and the aperture (202a, 202b) associated with said sensor (102a, 102b).

A method for analyzing a physiological condition of a user, the method comprising the following steps:

• (i) measuring via an air gap, using at least one sensing unit having at least two sensors, one or more parameters including (i) temperature and relative humidity from the user's skin and/or (ii) temperature and relative humidity of the user's environment;
• (ii) generating, using the sensing unit, at least one or more signals representative of the measured parameters;
• and
• (iii) analyzing, using a transceiver, the one or more measured parameters for initiating one or more events based on the analyzed parameters of the user,
• characterized in that the step of measuring via an air gap, using at least one sensing unit includes positioning each sensor at a distance between 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm coaxially with a corresponding aperture formed on an external surface of a housing of a sensor data collection device or any electronic device, wherein at least one aperture is contactable with the user's skin.

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product when executed on a transceiver, causes the transceiver to perform each of the following steps:

• a. pairing the transceiver associated with a user with a corresponding sensing unit;
• b. receiving one or more parameters including temperature and relative humidity from the user's skin and/or temperature and relative humidity of the user's environment from the paired sensing unit;
• and
• c. analyzing the received parameters to initiate one or more events, wherein the events include alerting the user or his/her care provider of a physiological condition;
• notifying the user or his/her care provider of an impending physiological condition;
• and transmitting measured parameters as biofeedback to electronic devices employing human-computer interaction (HCI) when the measured parameters are indicative of an emotional state of the user,
• characterized in that the sensing unit is incorporated in a sensor data collection device comprising a housing having at least one external surface contactable against skin of a user and/or the user's environment and at least one aperture formed in the housing, wherein the sensing unit includes at least two sensors and each sensor is positioned coaxially at a distance between 1.00 mm to 3.00 mm with from a corresponding aperture to form an air gap between the sensor and the aperture associated with said sensor.