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US 2015/0305426 A1Published application
Bicycle helmet with integrated electronics
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBenjamin Lee, Eswar Timmavajjala
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Abstract
A bicycle helmet includes a shell, a pad, and a sensor system. The sensor system is at least partially disposed on the shell or the pad. The sensor system can detect a user status and wirelessly transmit a status signal representing the detected user status to a paired device. The paired device can determine whether the user has suffered an injury and whether to contact emergency services. The bicycle helmet may include an integrated microphone and speakers so that the user can speak with an emergency services operator.
Claims20
A bicycle helmet comprising:
- a shell;
- a pad disposed on the shell;
- a sensor system at least partially disposed on at least one of the shell and the pad, wherein the sensor system is configured to detect a user status and transmit a status signal representing the detected user status to a paired device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor system incorporated into a bicycle helmet, a status signal representing a user status measured by the sensor system;
- processing, via a computing device, the status signal;
- and
- determining whether to contact emergency services based at least in part on the status signal.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- a mobile device;
- a bicycle helmet having a sensor system configured to pair with the mobile device, wherein the sensor system is further configured to detect a user status and transmit a status signal representing the detected user status to the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.