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Granted Patent B2
US 12,174,662 · App. 17/773,959 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Wearable sensor device and monitoring system

Inventors: Kei Kuwabara (Tokyo, JP); Akio Tokura (Tokyo, JP); Takako Ishihara (Tokyo, JP); Toshiki Wada (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Higuchi (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyoshi Togo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
G06F1/163G06F1/181H04W4/38
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Patent No.
US 12,174,662
App. No.
17/773,959
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body. The temperature and humidity sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of a housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface. The outer wall surface of the housing faces a left or right side or diagonally downward when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in a standing posture.

Claims (30)

1. A wearable sensor device comprising

a housing including an outer wall surface, the outer wall surface including a back surface which faces a living body, a front surface opposite to the back surface, and side surfaces, the side surfaces including a first side surface and a second side surface being shaped such that distance between the first side surface and the second side surface decreases from top to bottom when viewed from a side of the back surface;

an environmental sensor configured to measure ambient environmental information around the living body; and

a first coupling member configured to attach the wearable sensor device to the living body,

wherein the environmental sensor is provided on the first side surface of the outer wall surface of the housing, or provided to be separated from and facing the first side surface of the outer wall surface,

wherein an angle formed by the first side surface and a vertical direction is in a range of 30° to 60° when a lower end of the first side surface and a lower end of the second side surface are arranged horizontally from each other, and

wherein the first coupling member is provided only on the back surface of the outer wall surface of the housing.

2. The wearable sensor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a wireless communication device configured to wirelessly transmit the ambient environmental information to an external device, wherein:

the housing is sealed; and

the wireless communication device is provided in the housing.

3. The wearable sensor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective member having a ventilation hole around the environmental sensor.

4. The wearable sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the environmental sensor and the first coupling member are provided on respective surfaces of the housing that are orthogonal to each other; and

the environmental sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of the housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface, the outer wall surface being orthogonal to a body surface of the living body when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body.

5. A monitoring system comprising:

a wearable sensor device comprising:

a housing including an outer wall surface, the outer wall surface including a back surface which faces a living body, a front surface opposite to the back surface, and side surfaces the side surfaces including a first side surface and a second side surface being shaped such that distance between the first side surface and the second side surface decreases from top to bottom when viewed from a side of the back surface;

an environmental sensor configured to measure ambient environmental information around the living body; and

a first coupling member configured to attach the wearable sensor device to the living body, wherein the environmental sensor is provided on the first side surface of the outer wall surface of the housing, or provided to be separated from and facing the first side surface of the outer wall surface,

wherein an angle formed by the first side surface and a vertical direction is in a range of 30° to 60° when a lower end of the first side surface and a lower end of the second side surface are arranged horizontally from each other, and

wherein the first coupling member is provided only on the back surface of the outer wall surface of the housing; and

a wear to be worn on the living body, wherein the wear includes a second coupling member provided so as to be fitted with the first coupling member of the wearable sensor device.

6. The monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein:

the wear is an innerwear in which the second coupling member is provided on a surface opposite to a surface of the innerwear facing the living body.

7. The monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein the wearable sensor device further comprises a wireless communication device configured to wirelessly transmit the ambient environmental information to an external device, wherein:

the housing is sealed; and

the wireless communication device is provided in the housing.

8. The monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein the wearable sensor device further comprises a protective member having a ventilation hole around the environmental sensor.

9. The monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein the environmental sensor and the first coupling member are provided on respective surfaces of the housing that are orthogonal to each other; and

the environmental sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of the housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface, the outer wall surface being orthogonal to a body surface of the living body when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2022
From: KUWABARA, KEI; TOKURA, AKIO; ISHIHARA, TAKAKO; WADA, TOSHIKI; HIGUCHI, YUICHI; HASHIMOTO, YUKI; TOGO, HIROYOSHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059796/0570 →
Continuity (1)
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