Modular wearable safety device
AssigneeSaudi Electricity Company
InventorsKhalid Al-Dossary, Mohammed Bin Rashed, Mahmood Almoallem, Hassan Alnasser
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Abstract
A modular, wearable, safety device for monitoring the safety of a wearer and the wearer's environment comprising at least one biometric sensor and a plurality of sensors for measuring environmental data. The sensors are each removably interchangeable with each other. The central processing unit is configured to receive data from the at least one biometric sensor and the plurality of sensors and transmit the received data to the wireless communications module so that the wireless communications module can transmit the received data to an external server or database.
Claims13
A modular, wearable, safety device for monitoring the safety of a wearer and the wearer's environment, the safety device comprising:
- a display screen;
- at least one biometric sensor;
- a plurality of connection points;
- wherein each connection point of the plurality of connection points comprises a connector, each connector comprising a universal interface;
- a plurality of sensors for measuring environmental data;
- wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors comprises a common corresponding interface for engaging with the universal interface of the connector;
- wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is removably connected to its respective connection point of the plurality of connection points via the universal interface and the common corresponding interface, such that each sensor is removably interchangeable with each other;
- a wireless communications module;
- a central processing unit electrically connected to the display screen, the wireless communications module, the at least one biometric sensor, and the plurality of sensors via the plurality of connection points;
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- a filter for preventing particulates from entering the safety device;
- wherein the central processing unit is configured to receive data from the at least one biometric sensor and the plurality of sensors, and transmit the received data to the wireless communications module so that the wireless communications module can transmit the received data to an external server or database;
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- wherein the filter comprises a metallic grid that enhances robustness while allowing gas to enter the safety device.
A method of monitoring the safety of a wearer and the wearer's environment using a modular, wearable, safety device, the method comprising:
- selecting a plurality of sensors for measuring environmental data, the selection being at least partly a function of the wearer's environment;
- removably attaching each sensor of the plurality of sensors to a respective connection point of a plurality of connection points comprised in the safety device, each connection point comprising a connector having a universal interface, and each sensor comprising a common corresponding interface for engaging with the universal interface of the connector, such that each sensor is removably interchangeable with each other;
- measuring environmental data using the plurality of sensors;
- filtering using a metallic mesh, the metallic mesh preventing particulates from entering the safety device while enhancing robustness and allowing gas to enter the safety device;
- measuring biometric data using a biometric sensor;
- receiving the environmental data and the biometric data at a central processing unit;
- transmitting the environmental data and the biometric data to a wireless communications module;
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- transmitting the environmental data and the biometric data to an external server or database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.