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US 2011/0218757 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus having power control features for conformal sensing of change in motion of a body part
AssigneeMC10, Inc.
InventorsGilman Callsen, Roozbeh Ghaffari, William J. Arora, Bassel de Graff, Benjamin Schlatka, Jeffrey D. Carbeck
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Abstract
Sensing a change in motion proximate to a body part of a person via one or more sensing elements disposed on a flexible substrate and having a sufficient mechanical coupling to the body part. A proximity of the sensing element(s) to the body part is detected, and power is coupled to or decoupled from the sensing element(s) based at least in part on the detected proximity.
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An apparatus for sensing a change in motion proximate to a body part of a person, the apparatus comprising:
- a flexible substrate to substantially conform to a surface of the body part so as to facilitate comfortable and safe intimate proximity of the apparatus to the body part;
- at least one sensing element disposed on the flexible substrate to sense the change in motion proximate to the body part and provide at least one output signal representing the sensed change in motion;
- a power source to provide power to the at least one sensing element;
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- switching circuitry, coupled to the power source and the at least one sensing element, to detect the proximity of the apparatus to the body part and to electrically couple and/or decouple the power source and the at least one sensing element based at least in part on the detected proximity of the apparatus to the body part.
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A method, comprising:
- A) sensing a change in motion proximate to a body part of a person via at least one sensing element disposed on a flexible substrate having a sufficient mechanical coupling to the body part;
- B) detecting a proximity of the at least one sensing element to the body part;
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- C) coupling and/or decoupling power to and/or from the at least one sensing element based at least in part on B).
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A system, comprising:
- an apparatus for sensing a change in motion proximate to a body part of a person, the apparatus comprising:
- a flexible substrate to substantially conform to a surface of the body part so as to facilitate comfortable and safe intimate proximity of the apparatus to the body part;
- at least one sensing element disposed on the flexible substrate to sense the change in motion proximate to the body part and provide at least one output signal representing the sensed change in motion;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensing element;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
- a power source to provide power to at least the at least one sensing element;
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- switching circuitry, coupled to the power source and the at least one sensing element, to detect the proximity of the apparatus to the body part and to electrically couple and/or decouple the power source and the at least one sensing element based at least in part on the detected proximity of the apparatus to the body part;
- a coupling mechanism to mechanically couple the apparatus to the body part;
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- at least one light source coupled to the processor to provide at least one visual cue representing impact or trauma based at least in part on the at least one output signal generated by the at least one sensing element.
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