MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DERIVING HUMAN STATUS INFORMATION
The invention is a wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, having sensors to generate data indicative of a physiological or contextual parameters of a user. A processor on the wireless communications device is adapted derive physiological state information of the user from the contextual or physiological parameters. The apparatus may include a central monitoring unit remote from the sensors for storing data and transmitting data to a recipient.
1 . A system for detecting, monitoring and reporting human physiological information, comprising:
a. a sensor device adapted to be placed in proximity to an individual's body, said sensor device including at least two of an accelerometer, a GSR sensor, a heart-related sensor, and a heat flux sensor, said sensor device being adapted to generate:
(i) data indicative of at least two of motion of said individual, the resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, heart-related data of said individual, and heat flow of said individual,
(ii) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of at least two of said motion of said individual, said resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, said heart-related data of said individual, and said heat flow of said individual, said derived data comprising a physiological parameter of said individual that cannot be wholly measured directly by any one of said accelerometer, said GSR sensor, said heat flux sensor and said heart-related sensor;
b. a central monitoring unit remote from said sensor device adapted to generate analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of:
(i) at least two of said data indicative of at motion of said individual, said resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, said heart-related data of said individual, and said heat flow of said individual,
(ii) said derived data, and
(iii) said analytical status data,
said central monitoring unit including a data storage device for retrievably storing at least one of:
(i) said at least two of said data indicative of at motion of said individual, said resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, said heart-related data of said individual, and said heat flow of said individual,
(ii) said derived data, and
(iii) said analytical status data;
c. a data transfer means for establishing at least temporary electronic communication between said sensor device and said central monitoring unit; and
d. a means for transmitting at least one of:
(i) said at least two of said data indicative of at motion of said individual, said resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, said heart-related data of said individual, and said heat flow of said individual,
(ii) said derived data, and
(iii) said analytical status data to a recipient.
2 . A sensor device adapted to be placed in proximity to an individual's body, comprising:
a. at least two of an accelerometer adapted to generate data indicative of motion of said individual, a GSR sensor adapted to generate data indicative of the resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, a heart-related sensor adapted to generated data indicative of said individual's heart, and a heat flux sensor adapted to generate data indicative of the heat flow of said individual;
b. a processor coupled to at least two of said accelerometer, said GSR sensor, said heart-related sensor, and said heat flow sensor, said processor being adapted to generate derived data from at least a portion of at least two of said data indicative of motion of said individual, data indicative of the resistance of said individual's skin to electric current, data indicative of said individual's heart, and data indicative of the heat flow of said individual, said derived data comprising a physiological parameter of said individual that cannot be wholly measured directly by any one of said accelerometer, said GSR sensor, said heart-related sensor, and said heat flux sensor;
c. means for inputting and outputting data from said sensor device; and
d. a computer housing for containing said processor.