WEARABLE BODY MONITOR TO PROVIDE INDICATORS OF AN INDIVIDUAL
The invention is a system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status. The system works deriving a physiological or contextual status parameter of an individual using the system. The derivation utilizes two sensed parameters of the individual. The system is able to present the derived parameter in relation to any other sensed parameters, entered information, life activities data, or other derived data.
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25 . A system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting a status of an individual to a user, the system comprising:
a first sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a first physiological parameter of the individual if said first sensor is in proximity to the individual, the first sensor selected from the group consisting of a galvanic skin response sensor, an accelerometer, and a sensor that generates data indicative of said individual's heart;
a second sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a second physiological parameter of the individual if said second sensor is in proximity to the individual, the second sensor selected from the group consisting of a galvanic skin response sensor, an accelerometer, and a sensor that generates data indicative of said individual's heart;
a processing unit in electronic communication with said first sensor and said second sensor; and
an output device in electronic communication with said processing unit, wherein said processing unit is programmed
(a) to generate at least one of a derived status parameter of the individual and a derived parameter related to an activity in which the individual has engaged, the derived parameters based on both of said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual and said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual, and
(b) to cause said output device to present to a user an indicator of said derived parameters of the individual in relation to indicators of at least one of (i) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (ii) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
26 . The system of claim 25 wherein at least one of said first sensor, said second sensor, and said processing unit is in a unitary wearable device.
27 . The system of claim 25 wherein the system further comprises an input device to enable a user to enter data into the system.
28 . The system of claim 25 wherein said sensors are in a wearable device.
29 . The system of claim 28 wherein said processing unit is located remotely from said wearable device.
30 . The system of claim 25 wherein said data generated by the system is aggregated into a database accessible to a user.
31 . The system of claim 27 wherein said data generated by the system and said data entered by the user is aggregated into a database accessible to a user.
32 . The system of claim 30 wherein the user is at least one of an authorized user and the individual.
33 . The system of claim 30 wherein said database is stored on a network storage device.
34 . The system claim 33 wherein said processing unit is programmed to receive a query from a user, to access said database, and to cause said output device to generate a report based on said query with said data from said database.
35 . The system of claim 25 wherein said processing unit is programmed to generate feedback data relating to a degree to which the individual has achieved one or more preset goals, said feedback data being generated from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual, and said derived parameters, wherein said processing unit is programmed to cause said output device to provide said feedback data to a user.
36 . The system of claim 25 wherein said output device is at least one of a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a pager, and a mobile phone.
37 . The system of claim 25 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are visual for at least one of (a) a said derived parameter of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
38 . The system of claim 25 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are audio for at least one of (a) a said derived parameter of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
39 . The system of claim 25 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are tactile for at least one of (a) a said derived parameter of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
40 . The system of any one of claim 25 or 29 wherein said processing unit is adapted to generate one or more web pages comprising said data generated by the system, and wherein said output device makes one or more of said web pages accessible to a user over the Internet.
41 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the derived parameter relates to the individual's sleep.
42 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the derived parameter relates to an activity level of the individual.
43 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the derived parameter relates to stress of the individual.
44 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the derived parameter relates to an energy expenditure of the individual.