Granted Patent B2

US 9,470,704 · App. 13/975,294 · Granted Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A wearable motion sensing device, comprising:

a necklace,

a motion sensor attached to the necklace; and

a pendant attached to the necklace, wherein the motion sensor is attached to the necklace at a diametrically opposed location of the necklace as to where the pendant is attached to the necklace, wherein a mass of the pendant urges the motion sensor towards a back of a neck of the human being when the necklace is worn by the human being;

wherein the necklace further comprises insulated electrical conductors that electrically connect the motion sensor to the pendant, allowing a power supply of the pendant to provide electrical power to the motion sensor; and

wherein the pendant is detachable from the necklace and the pendant includes a processor circuit configured to detect whether the pendant is attached to the necklace and;

if the pendant is detected to be attached to the necklace, then the processor circuit is further configured to identify motion of the motion sensor, and

if the pendant is detected to be detached from the necklace, then the processor circuit is further configured to identify motion of the pendant.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the necklace further comprises insulated electrical conductors that electrically connect the motion sensor to the pendant, allowing the processor of the pendant to receive sensed signals of the motion sensor.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pendant comprises at least one of a battery, a central processing unit, wireless communications circuitry, an audio beeper, and a microphone.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor senses motion of the human being, and electrical circuitry of the pendant monitors the sensed motion.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the motion sensor comprises at least one accelerometer for generating an acceleration signature based on the sensed acceleration of the motion sensor, and wherein the pendant comprises:

means for matching the acceleration signature with at least one of a plurality of stored acceleration signatures, wherein each stored acceleration signatures corresponds with a type of motion; and

means for identifying the type of on of the motion sensor based on the matching of the acceleration signature.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor further comprises a temperature sensor.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor further comprises a moisture sensor.

8. The de vice of claim 1 , further comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and the pendant further comprising an electrocardiogram processor, the pendant electrocardiogram processor configured to receive an electrical signal from the human being via the first and second electrodes.

9. A method of detecting motion of a human, comprising:

generating an acceleration signature based on acceleration of a motion sensor that is coupled to a necklace and is configured to be worn at a rear neck area of the human;

detecting, using a processor circuit in a pendant that is attachable to the necklace, whether the pendant is attached to the motion sensor; and

when the processor circuit detects that the pendant is attached to the motion sensor, identifying a type of motion of the motion sensor, and

when the processor circuit detects that the pendant is not attached to the motion sensor, identifying a type of motion of the pendant;

wherein the motion sensor includes one or more accelerometers that detect motion of the human.

10. A method of detecting motion of a human, comprising:

placing a wearable motion sensing device on the human, the wearable motion sensing device including a pendant that is attached to the wearable motion sensing device at a location of the wearable motion sensing device relative to a motion sensor of the wearable motion sensing device wherein a mass of the pendant urges the motion sensor towards the human being;

generating an acceleration signature based on sensed acceleration of the motion sensor; wherein motion sensor includes accelerometers that detects motion of the motion sensor, and the pendant comprises processing circuitry for matching and identifying a type of motion;

wherein the motion sensor includes accelerometers that detect motion of the motion sensor, and the pendant comprises processing circuitry for matching and identifying a type of motion; and further comprising:

the pendant detecting whether it is attached to the wearable motion sensing device;

if the pendant is attached to the wearable motion sensing device, then the pendant matching and identifying motion of the motion sensor; and

if the pendant is not attached to the wearable motion sensing device, then the pendant matching and identifying motion of the pendant.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wearable motion sensing device distributes an acceleration signature matching processing if a processing capability is available to the wearable motion sensing device through available network connections, wherein distributing the acceleration signature matching processing saves the wearable motion sensing device processing power.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wearable motion sensing device distributes an acceleration signature matching processing if the processing capability is available to the wearable motion sensing device through available network connections, wherein distributing the acceleration signature matching processing increases a speed of the processing of the wearable motion sensing device.

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