MEDICAL USE ANGULAR RATE SENSOR
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1. A sensor unit to detect a falling event, the sensor unit comprising:
- a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, the gyroscope adapted to sense an angular velocity of the monitored person and to output angular velocity data based on the sensed angular velocity;
a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, the micro-controller adapted to receive the angular velocity data and to recognize falling-pattern data in the angular velocity data; and
a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with a correlated time.
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Abstract
A sensor unit to detect a falling event that includes a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store angular velocity data with a correlated time. The gyroscope senses an angular velocity of the monitored person and outputs the angular velocity data based on the sensed angular velocity. The micro-controller receives the angular velocity data and recognizes falling-pattern data in the angular velocity data.
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20 Claims
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1. A sensor unit to detect a falling event, the sensor unit comprising:
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a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, the gyroscope adapted to sense an angular velocity of the monitored person and to output angular velocity data based on the sensed angular velocity; a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, the micro-controller adapted to receive the angular velocity data and to recognize falling-pattern data in the angular velocity data; and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with a correlated time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method to sense a falling event, the method comprising:
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sequentially sensing acceleration/velocity data; storing the acceleration/velocity data with a correlated time; and determining if the sequentially sensed acceleration/velocity data matches falling-pattern data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A program product comprising program instructions, embodied on a storage medium, that are operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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sequentially sense acceleration/velocity data; store the acceleration/velocity data with a correlated time; and determine if the sequentially sensed acceleration/velocity data matches falling-pattern data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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