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Granted Patent B2
US 10,168,219 · App. 14/726,472 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Wearable device with combined sensing capabilities

Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun (HsinChu, TW); Ming-Han Tsai (HsinChu, TW)
Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,168,219
App. No.
14/726,472
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a wearable device with combined sensing capabilities, which includes a wearable assembly and at least one multi-function sensor module. The wearable assembly is suitable to be worn on a part of a user's body. The wearable assembly includes at least one light-transmissible window. The multi-function sensor module is located inside the wearable assembly, for performing an image sensing function and an infrared temperature sensing function. The multi-function sensor module includes an image sensor module for sensing a physical or a biological feature of an object through the light-transmissible window by way of image sensing; and an infrared temperature sensor module for sensing temperature through the light-transmissible window by way of infrared temperature sensing.

Claims (17)

1. A wearable device with combined sensing capabilities, comprising:

a wearable assembly for being worn on a part of a user's body, wherein the wearable assembly has at least two light-transmissible windows, one of the at least two light-transmissible windows is provided at an upper surface of the wearable assembly, and another one of the at least two light-transmissible windows is provided at a lower surface of the wearable assembly; and

at least two multi-function sensor modules located inside the wearable assembly, wherein, the at least two multi-function sensor modules are respectively corresponding to the two light-transmissible windows, wherein, the at least two multi-function sensor modules are for performing an image sensing function and an infrared temperature sensing function, each of the at least two multi-function sensor modules including:

an image sensor module for sensing a physical or a biological feature of an object through the at least one light-transmissible window by way of image sensing; and

an infrared temperature sensor module for sensing temperature through the corresponding light-transmissible window by way of infrared temperature sensing;

wherein, the multi-function sensor module corresponding to the light-transmissible window provided at the upper surface performs non-contact type temperature sensing through the corresponding light-transmissible window at the upper surface, and wherein the multi-function sensor module corresponding to the light-transmissible window provided at the lower surface performs contact type temperature sensing through the corresponding light-transmissible window at the lower surface;

whereby, the wearable device integrates both non-contact type temperature sensing and contact type temperature sensing into the one single wearable assembly.

2. The wearable device with combined sensing capabilities of claim 1 , wherein the image sensor module is for sensing heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, blood pressure or breathing rate.

3. A wearable device with combined sensing capabilities, comprising:

a wearable assembly for being worn on a part of a user's body, wherein the wearable assembly has a light-transmissible window at an upper surface of the wearable assembly; and

at least one multi-function sensor module located inside the wearable assembly, for performing an image sensing function and an infrared temperature sensing function, the multi-function sensor module including:

an image sensor module for sensing a physical or a biological feature of an object through at least one of the light-transmissible windows by way of image sensing;

an infrared temperature sensor module for sensing temperature through the light-transmissible window by way of infrared temperature sensing; and

a contact type temperature sensor, for sensing temperature a temperature contact point located at the lower surface, for directly contacting the object, the temperature contact point being coupled to the contact type temperature sensor;

wherein, the temperature contact point located at the lower surface and the light-transmissible window located at the upper surface are at different sides of the multi-function sensor module;

wherein, the multi-function sensor module performs non-contact type temperature sensing through the light-transmissible window at the upper surface and performs contact type temperature sensing through the temperature contact point at the lower surface;

whereby, the wearable device integrates both non-contact type temperature sensing and contact type temperature sensing into one single wearable assembly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2015
From: SUN, CHIH-MING; TSAI, MING-HAN
To: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035750/0044 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104108897 A · Mar 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160273967A1 · Sep 22, 2016
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