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US 2017/0245764 A1Published application
Damage detection and bio-monitoring system
AssigneeRevision Military S.a.r.L.
InventorSTEVE CARKNER
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Abstract
A bio-monitoring system for armor plates. A piezoelectric sensor is used to measure flexing of an armor plate resulting from a wearer's respiration. The resulting measurements are used to determine at least one of a respiration rate and a heart rate of the wearer. Additional bio-monitoring sensors may be used. The system may be used in combination with an armor plate damage detection system.
Claims18
A method of measuring respiration rate comprising:
- (a) using a sensor on an armor plate to sense a flexing of the armor plate while the armor plate is worn by a user to produce flexing measurements;
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- (b) determining at least one of a respiration rate and a heart rate of the user based on at least the flexing measurements.
A device comprising:
- an armor plate;
- a sensor positioned on the armor plate to measure flexing of the armor plate;
- a processor configured to determine at least one of a respiration rate and a heart rate of a wearer of the armor plate, the processor using flexing data produced by the sensor.
A device comprising:
- an armor plate;
- a first sensor on the armor plate, the first sensor configured to measure flexing of the armor plate when the armor plate is worn by a user;
- a temperature sensor on the armor plate;
- and
- a perspiration sensor on the armor plate.
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