PERSONALISED GENETIC INFORMATION HANDLING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD
A wearable device such as a wristband comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised genetic information, a product code reader for reading a product code from a product, and a processor for using a read product code to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.
1 . A wearable device comprising:
a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised genetic information;
a product code reader for reading a product code from a product;
a processor for using a read product code to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product; and
an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.
2 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and configured as a wristband or as a module attachable to a wristband.
3 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the product code is a barcode and the product code reader is a barcode reader.
4 . A wearable device according to claim 3 , wherein the barcode reader comprises a photo-imaging device.
5 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein said barcode reader uses optical components shared with a physiological sensor of the device.
6 . A wearable device according to claim 4 and comprising an optical projector for projecting a targeting light onto a product to aid alignment of the photo-imaging device with a barcode.
7 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises one or more of:
a display screen;
coloured lights;
a vibration motor;
a sound generator.
8 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and comprising one or more physiological and/or biometric sensors and/or biosensors for monitoring a wearer, and a processor for dynamically updating product recommendations in the database using sensed data.
9 . A wearable device according to claim 8 , wherein said processor is configured to receive a user input to switch on or off dynamic updating of the product recommendations.
10 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and comprising a wireless transceiver for communicating with a peer wearable device to exchange information within respective databases, and a processor for recalculating the product recommendations using a combination of the received data and the existing data.
11 . A wearable device according to claim 10 and comprising a proximity detector for initiating an exchange of data with a peer device when the devices are in close proximity to one another.
12 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein said database comprises product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised genetic information for each of a plurality of individuals, and the device comprises an interface for receiving a user selection of one of the individuals.
13 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the database includes markers to identify products whose recommendation is influenced by hereditary personalised genetic information, the device comprising means for receiving a user input to filter products based on said markers.
13 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and comprising a user interface for receiving from a user a notification of a product purchase, and means for storing that indication in the database.
14 . A wearable device according to claim 13 , wherein said user interface is configured to receive from a user a notification that a product should be removed from the database.
15 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and comprising a processor for automatically identifying the wearer, e.g. using voice recognition, biometric data, physiological data etc.
16 . A wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein said personalised genetic information comprises personalised epigenetic information.
17 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and being configured to operate in a low power sleep mode and a relatively high power active mode, the device being operable in the sleep mode to recognise a generic product code and cause a switch to the active mode.
18 . A wearable device according to claim 1 and comprising a geographic location system for detecting the location of the device, a processor being configured to make accessible or inaccessible related parts of the database in dependence upon the detected location.
19 . A system comprising a wearable device according to claim 1 and a computer device for communicating wirelessly with the wearable device in order to populate and/or update said database.
20 . A system according to claim 1 , wherein said computer device is a smartphone.
21 . A system according to claim 19 , wherein the computer device comprises a memory storing said personalised genetic information.
22 . A system according to claim 19 , the computer device being provided with an application for managing the wearable device.
23 . A system according to claim 19 , wherein data to populate or update the database is retrieved by the computer device from a cloud network.