Personal monitoring apparatus
A system includes one or more sensors to detect activities of a mobile object; and a processor coupled to the sensor and the wireless transceiver to classify sequences of motions into groups of similar postures each represented by a model and to apply the models to identify an activity of the object.
1 . A wearable monitoring apparatus, comprising:
a housing adapted to be worn by a person on a wrist of the person;
a first wireless transceiver disposed in the housing for communicating according to a Bluetooth® communication protocol;
a second wireless transceiver disposed in the housing for communicating according to a second wireless communication protocol different from the Bluetooth® communication protocol;
a processor disposed in the housing, wherein the processor is configured to execute a voice recognizer, and
wherein the voice recognizer receives a voice signal from a user and converts the voice signal into a data signal, and
wherein the processor transmits the data signal using the first wireless transceiver to a third wireless transceiver disposed in a mobile device.
2 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a rechargeable battery disposed in the housing.
3 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
inductive coupling circuitry disposed in the housing and coupled to the
rechargeable battery for charging the rechargeable battery through induction.
4 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a speaker and a microphone.
5 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: an orientation sensor disposed in the housing.
6 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a touch-screen display.
7 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a GPS device.
8 . The wearable monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second wireless communication protocol is Wi-Fi®.