Wet bulb globe temperature system
AssigneeZelusports, LLC
InventorScott Schultz
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Abstract
The invention described herein is a method and device for determining critical weather characteristics. In the preferred embodiment, the invention relates to methods and devices for determining, displaying, and recording the wet bulb globe temperature. The wet bulb globe temperature is critical for predicting health events such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke and other heat ailments.
Claims20
A computer implemented system for correlating a wet bulb globe temperature to a user specified location at a user specified time comprising:
- a positioning module configured to determine a physical location of a user;
- an electronic data feed source of weather data for the physical location or a secondary location;
- a processor configured to determine an ambient wet bulb globe temperature for the physical location or the secondary location based on the wet globe temperature, the black globe temperature, and the air temperature;
- a user interface module configured to display the ambient wet bulb globe temperature and configured to enable a user to select a wet bulb globe temperature limit and an alert time duration;
- a memory module configured to assign a time stamp and a location stamp to the ambient wet bulb globe temperature and to save the ambient wet bulb globe temperature having the time stamp and the location stamp;
- a wireless communication module;
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- an alert module configured to continuously monitor the ambient wet bulb globe temperature during the alert timer duration, and alert the user when the ambient wet bulb globe temperature meets or exceeds the wet bulb globe temperature limit for a preset time interval for a location specified by the user prior to the expiration of the alert timer duration, wherein the alert is a hardware haptic feedback mechanism and an auditory signal generator on a device of the user, to protect one or more athletes from heat stress.
A system for determining a wet bulb globe temperature comprising:
- a portable unit and a remote server, the portable unit comprising
- a positioning module configured to determine a physical location of a user,
- a user interface configured to display a wet bulb globe temperature for the physical location and further configured to enable a user to select an alert timer duration, and
- a wireless communication module configured to communicate with the remove server;
- the remote server comprising
- an electronic data feed source configured to receive weather data for the physical location,
- a processor configured to determine the wet bulb globe temperature for the physical location based on the wet globe temperature, the black globe temperature, and the air temperature,
- wherein the processor is further configured to continuously monitor the ambient wet bulb globe temperature during the alert timer duration, and to generate an alert signal when a wet bulb globe temperature limit for a preset time interval is reached prior to the expiration of the alert timer duration to protect one or more users from heat stress, wherein the alert signal communicates with an alert module to generate a hardware haptic feedback mechanism and an auditory signal generator on a device of the user
- a memory module configured to assign a time stamp and a location stamp to the wet bulb globe temperature and to save the wet bulb globe temperature having the time stamp and the location stamp, and
- a wireless communication component configured to communicate with the portable unit.
A wet bulb globe temperature device comprising
- a GPS module configured to establish a location of the device;
- a communication module configured to
- receive a wet bulb globe temperature from a processor, the wet bulb globe temperature further comprising an ambient wet bulb globe temperature and a forecasted wet bulb globe temperature and
- transmit the location of the device to the processor, a user selected location, and the wet bulb globe temperatures;
- wherein the processor is configured to determine the wet bulb globe temperature for the physical location based on the wet globe temperature, the black globe temperature, and the air temperature weather data and the air temperature, wherein the processor is further configured to generate an alert signal when a wet bulb globe temperature limit for a preset time interval is reached to protect one or more users from heat stress;
- a customizable user interface configured to
- receive the wet bulb globe temperature limit for the preset time interval and an alert time duration,
- display the ambient wet bulb globe temperature,
- display the forecasted wet bulb globe temperature;
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- an alert module configured to alert a user when the ambient wet bulb globe temperature equals or is greater than the wet bulb globe temperature limit prior to the expiration of the alert timer duration, wherein the alert is a hardware haptic feedback mechanism and an auditory signal generator on a device of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.