PERSONAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BODY CONDITIONS USING E-FIELD COMMUNICATIONS
A personal monitoring system includes one or more passive biometric sensors and a communication device. A passive biometric sensor is operable to sense a body condition of a body in accordance with a sense signal at a sense frequency to produce sensed data of a body condition. The passive biometric sensor is further operable to transmit an e-field signal via the body regarding the sensed data, wherein the e-field signal is in accordance with an e-field transmit/receive frequency. The communication device is operable to receive the e-field signal via the body. The communication device is further operable to recover the sensed data from the received e-field signal.
1 . A personal monitoring system comprises:
a first sensor, when operably coupled to a body, is operably to:
sense a first body condition using a first sensing frequency; and
transmit a first e-field signal at a first e-field transceive frequency via the body regarding the first body condition;
a second sensor, when operably coupled to the body, is operably to:
sense a second body condition using a second sensing frequency; and
transmit a second e-field signal at a second e-field transceive frequency via the body regarding the second body condition; and
a communication device operable to:
receive the first e-field signal;
recover first data regarding the first body condition;
receive the second e-field signal; and
recover second data regarding the second body condition.
2 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 further comprises:
a third sensor, when operably coupled to the body, is operably to:
sense a third body condition using a third sensing frequency; and
transmit a third e-field signal at a third e-field transceiver frequency via the body regarding the third body condition; and
the communication device is further operable to:
receive the third e-field signal; and
recover third data regarding the third body condition.
3 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 further comprises:
a third sensor, when operably coupled to the body, is operably to:
sense the first body condition using a third sensing frequency; and
transmit a third e-field signal at a third e-field transceiver frequency via the body regarding the first body condition; and
the communication device is further operable to:
receive the third e-field signal;
recover third data regarding the first body condition; and
processing the first and third data regarding the first body condition to produce first body condition data.
4 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device further comprises:
an external wireless communication module for wireless communications with a computing device.
5 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 further comprises:
the communication device is further operable to transmit first input data to the first sensor via a first transmit e-field signal; and
the first sensor is further operable to:
receive the first transmit e-field signal via the body; and
recover the first input data from the received transmit e-field signal.
6 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the first body condition of the second body condition comprises one or more of:
heart rate;
respiration;
perspiration;
temperature;
hydration; and
a neurological system.
7 . The personal monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is further operable to:
assign the first sense frequency and the first e-field transceive frequency to the first sensor; and
assign the second sense frequency and the second e-field transceive frequency to the second sensor.
8 . A personal monitoring system comprises:
a first sensor, when operably coupled to a body, is operably to:
sense a first body condition using a first sensing frequency; and
transmit a first e-field signal at a first e-field transceive frequency via the body regarding the first body condition;
a second sensor, when operably coupled to the body in a position proximal to the first sensor, is operably to:
sense the first body condition using a second sensing frequency; and
transmit a second e-field signal at a second e-field transceive frequency via the body regarding the first body condition; and
a communication device operable to:
receive the first e-field signal;
recover first data regarding the first body condition;
receive the second e-field signal;
recover second data regarding the second body condition; and
process the first and second data regarding the first body condition to produce first body condition data.
9 . The personal monitoring system of claim 8 further comprises:
a third sensor, when operably coupled to the body, is operably to:
sense a second body condition using a third sensing frequency; and
transmit a third e-field signal at a third e-field transceiver frequency via the body regarding the third body condition; and
the communication device is further operable to:
receive the third e-field signal; and
recover third data regarding the second body condition.
10 . The personal monitoring system of claim 8 , wherein the communication device further comprises:
an external wireless communication module for wireless communications with a computing device.
11 . The personal monitoring system of claim 8 further comprises:
the communication device is further operable to transmit first input data to the first sensor via a first transmit e-field signal; and
the first sensor is further operable to:
receive the first transmit e-field signal via the body; and
recover the first input data from the received transmit e-field signal.
12 . The personal monitoring system of claim 8 , wherein the first body condition comprises one or more of:
heart rate;
respiration;
perspiration;
temperature;
hydration; and
a neurological system.
13 . The personal monitoring system of claim 8 , wherein the communication device is further operable to:
assign the first sense frequency and the first e-field transceive frequency to the first sensor; and
assign the second sense frequency and the second e-field transceive frequency to the second sensor.