Activities detection using wearable sensors
OwnerEthan Y. Chaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for worn by a user, includes: an elastic sleeve configured to be worn at a foot of the user; and a plurality of sensors coupled to the elastic sleeve, wherein the sensors comprise at least a first sensor configured to sense a first force or first pressure, and a second sensor configured to sense a second force or second pressure; wherein the first sensor is at a first location with respect to the elastic sleeve so that when the user wears the apparatus, the first sensor will be at a medial side of the foot; and wherein the second sensor is at a second location with respect to the elastic sleeve so that when the user wears the apparatus, the second sensor will be at a lateral side of the foot.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an elastic structure, wherein at least a part of the elastic structure is configured for placement inside a shoe of a user;
- a plurality of sensors coupled to the elastic structure, the sensors comprising at least a first sensor and a second sensor;
- wherein when the user wears the shoe with the apparatus,
- the first sensor is (1) closer to a first peripheral side of a foot of the user than to a second peripheral side of the foot of the user, (2) below an ankle of the user, (3) between a bottom of the foot and a sole of the shoe, and (4) away from a top of the foot;
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- the second sensor is (1) closer to the second peripheral side of the foot than to the first peripheral side of the foot, (2) below the ankle of the user, (3) between the bottom of the foot and the sole of the shoe, and (4) away from the top of the foot.
A user interface device comprising:
- a wireless device configured to receive sensor data from sensors of an apparatus;
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- a processing unit configured to determine an activity performed by a user of the user interface device based on the sensor data from the sensors of the apparatus;
- wherein the sensor data comprises first sensor data provisioned by a first sensor of the sensors when the first sensor is (1) closer to a first peripheral side of a foot of the user than to a second peripheral side of the foot of the user, (2) below an ankle of the user, (3) between a bottom of the foot and a sole of the shoe, and (4) away from a top of the foot;
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- wherein the sensor data comprises second sensor data provisioned by a second sensor of the sensors when the second sensor is (1) closer to the second peripheral side of the foot than to the first peripheral side of the foot, (2) below the ankle of the user, (3) between the bottom of the foot and the sole of the shoe, and (4) away from the top of the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.