IP Library Granted Patent US 9,773,401
Granted Patent B1
US 9,773,401 · App. 15/175,129 · Granted Sep 26, 2017

Close range monitoring

Inventors: John J. Auvenshine (Tucson, AZ); Perry J. Gallo (Tucson, AZ); Scott W. Hughes (Fountain Inn, SC)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G08B21/182A61B5/02438A61B5/681G08B3/10G08B5/22G08B21/0211H04B1/385H04W4/005H04W4/008H04W76/02
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Patent No.
US 9,773,401
App. No.
15/175,129
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A wearable device may connect to a wearable device over a short-range wireless connection. The user device may receive sensor data from the wearable device, where the wearable device has sensors. The user device may determine that a safety alert parameter has been met, and in response generate an audible alarm. The device may then determine that the connection between the user device and the wearable device has been disconnected, and in response, generate a second audible alarm.

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

connecting a user device to a wearable device using a short-range wireless connection;

receiving, from the wearable device and through the short-range wireless connection, sensor data, the sensor data collected by at least one sensor on the wearable device;

determining a safety alert parameter has been met based on the received sensor data;

generating a first audible alarm in response to the determining the safety alert parameter has been met;

determining the connection between the user device and the wearable device has been disconnected; and

generating a second audible alarm in response to the determining the connection has been disconnected, wherein the determining the safety alert parameter has been met comprises:

detecting, from the sensor data received from the wearable, a set of temperature data;

comparing, with a threshold temperature, the data in the set of temperature data, wherein the threshold temperature data is the safety alert parameter; and

determining the temperature at the wearable, as indicated by the temperature data exceeds a threshold temperature, the threshold temperature determined to be an unsafe temperature.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the safety alert parameter includes a timing parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to generating the first audible alarm, generating metadata indicating the safety alert parameter met is a temperature-based safety alert parameter; and transmitting the metadata to the wearable.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data is obtained from a set of liquid sensors on the wearable.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short-range wireless connection is a BLUETOOTH connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is a smart watch.

7. A computer system comprising:

a computer readable storage medium with program instructions stored thereon;

a speaker; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to perform a method comprising:

connecting a user device to a wearable device using a short-range wireless connection;

receiving, from the wearable device and through the short-range wireless connection, sensor data, the sensor data collected by at least one sensor on the wearable device;

determining a safety alert parameter has been met based on the received sensor data;

generating a first audible alarm in response to the determining the safety alert parameter has been met;

determining the connection between the user device and the wearable device has been disconnected; and

generating a second audible alarm in response to the determining the connection has been disconnected, wherein the determining the safety alert has been met comprises:

detecting, from the sensor data received from the wearable, a set of temperature data;

comparing, with a threshold temperature, the data in the set of temperature data, wherein the threshold temperature data is the safety alert parameter; and

determining the temperature at the wearable, as indicated by the temperature data exceeds a threshold temperature, the threshold temperature determined to be an unsafe temperature.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to the generating the first audible alarm, generating metadata indicating the safety alert parameter met is a temperature-based safety alert parameter.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the sensor data is obtained from a set of liquid sensors on the wearable.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the wearable is a heart rate monitor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: AUVENSHINE, JOHN J.; GALLO, PERRY J.; HUGHES, SCOTT W.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038825/0641 →