Method and apparatus to use a sensor in a body-worn device
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1. A body-worn device, comprising:
- at least one radiation sensor detecting UV radiation, implemented in the body-worn device, that converts the detected UV radiation into UV radiation data, wherein a radiation sensor of the at least one radiation sensor differentiates between natural and artificial light;
at least one processor implementing;
an exposure data calculator that receives the UV radiation data and adjusts the UV radiation data to determine an effective radiation exposure by applying a multiplier to the UV radiation data based on a combination of;
a user state, user characteristics, and health history, the health history including prior health conditions;
a recommendation calculator to determine a recommendation to the user, based on the effective radiation exposure;
a motion sensor determining when the body-worn device is not being worn, wherein the at least one processor turns off the body-worn device, to save power; and
a wireless connection mechanism wherein at least one of the user state, the user characteristics, and the health history, are accessed using the wireless connection mechanism.
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Abstract
A body-worn device comprising a radiation system to determine a raw radiation exposure of a user, and a user characteristic adjustment logic to adjust the raw radiation exposure based on user characteristics is described. The body-worn device in one embodiment further includes a recommendation calculator to determine a recommendation to the user, based on the adjusted radiation exposure.
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1. A body-worn device, comprising:
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at least one radiation sensor detecting UV radiation, implemented in the body-worn device, that converts the detected UV radiation into UV radiation data, wherein a radiation sensor of the at least one radiation sensor differentiates between natural and artificial light; at least one processor implementing; an exposure data calculator that receives the UV radiation data and adjusts the UV radiation data to determine an effective radiation exposure by applying a multiplier to the UV radiation data based on a combination of;
a user state, user characteristics, and health history, the health history including prior health conditions;a recommendation calculator to determine a recommendation to the user, based on the effective radiation exposure; a motion sensor determining when the body-worn device is not being worn, wherein the at least one processor turns off the body-worn device, to save power; and a wireless connection mechanism wherein at least one of the user state, the user characteristics, and the health history, are accessed using the wireless connection mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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converting detected UV radiation into UV radiation data, wherein a radiation sensor of the at least one radiation sensor differentiates between natural and artificial light, by at least one radiation sensor detecting the UV radiation, implemented in a body-worn device; receiving the UV radiation data and adjusting, by a processor, the UV radiation data based on a combination of user characteristics, health history, and user state to generate an effective exposure; determining a cumulative effective exposure and providing, by a processor, a recommendation to a user based on the cumulative effective exposure; turning off the system when the body-worn device is not being worn, as determined by a motion sensor, and thus is not monitoring the sun exposure data of the user to save power; and accessing at least one of the user state, the user characteristics, and the health history using the wireless connection mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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