Control Systems, Methods and Devices
AssigneeSensor Holdings Limited
InventorsTodd Gisby, Samuel Schlatter, Michael Andrew, Alan Deacon, Joren Thiessen
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Abstract
Disclosed are wearable devices for tracking parts of the anatomy of a user, including for example the hands, fingers, feet and chest of users. In some examples of the technology the wearable device includes a processor which is configured to compare anatomical position information against a preconfigured set of anatomical positions to determine when events should be sent to a remote device. In some examples the wearable device may rely on context information to modify its behaviour or switch between, activate or deactivate operating modes of the device.
Claims25
A wearable device comprising:
- a body configured to receive a part of the anatomy of a user;
- one or more sensors operatively connected to the body that are configured to provide data relating to the location, orientation and/or configuration of the body in use;
- a processor configured to process the data to determine anatomical position information;
- and
- a communications module operatively connected to the processor, and configured to communicate with at least one remote device,
- wherein the processor is configured to compare the anatomical position information against a pre-configured set of anatomical positions linked to one or more events, to determine whether the anatomical position information corresponds to one of the pre-configured anatomical positions,
- wherein the processor receives context information from any one or more of the remote device, the events sent to the remote device;
- and/or from existing context information and anatomical position data, and wherein the processor uses the context information together with the anatomical position information to determine whether the processor should send an event of the linked one or more events to the remote device via the communications module.
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A processor-implemented method of controlling a remote device using at least one wearable device which comprises, a body configured to receive a part of the anatomy of a user, one or more sensors operatively connected to the body that are configured to provide data relating to the location, orientation and/or configuration of the body in use, a processor configured to process the data to determine anatomical position information, and a communications module operatively connected to the processor, the method comprising the steps of:
- in a first mode of operation:
- A) processing the data from the one or more sensors to provide anatomical position information;
- B) comparing the anatomical position information to a pre-configured set of anatomical positions linked to one or more events;
- C) determining when the anatomical position information corresponds to a pre-configured anatomical position;
- D) communicating the corresponding events to the remote device using the communications module to thereby control the remote device;
- and in a second mode of operation:
- E) processing the data from the one or more sensors to provide anatomical position information;
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- F) communicating the anatomical position information to the remote device using the communications module to thereby control the remote device.
A wearable device comprising:
- a body configured to receive a part of the anatomy of a user;
- one or more sensors operatively connected to the body that are configured to provide data relating to the location, orientation and/or configuration of the body in use;
- a processor configured to process the data to determine whether anatomical position information corresponds to at least one of a set of predetermined anatomical positions each of the predetermined anatomical positions being linked to one or more events;
- and
- a communications module operatively connected to the processor, and configured to communicate with at least one remote device,
- wherein the processor is configured to receive context information from the remote device, and based on the context information enable or disable one or more of the events, such that after receiving a first piece of context information, the processor is configured to select from a first list of events corresponding to the predetermined anatomical positions, and after receiving a second piece of context information the processor is configured to select from a second list of events corresponding to the predetermined anatomical positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.