METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING WEARABLE SENSORS
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1. An system, comprising:
- a plurality of wearable sensors to be worn anywhere on a user'"'"'s body;
a near field communication (NFC) device associated with each of the wearable sensors; and
a mobile device including NFC capabilities to scan each of the sensors and associate an individual one of the plurality of sensors with a specific body part.
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Abstract
A mobile device may use near field communication (NFC) technology to configuration a generic pool of wearable, wireless sensors that may occupy different physical locations on an end user s body. The wearable sensors have an embedded NFC tag in them such, that a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, with an NFC capability may be used to configure sensors in the field so that it recognizes which sensor is connected to which body part. Such a system may be used for example to monitor and report on the user'"'"'s daily physical activity patterns or be used for video gaming applications where the user'"'"'s physical movements are detected and utilized to control the game.
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20 Claims
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1. An system, comprising:
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a plurality of wearable sensors to be worn anywhere on a user'"'"'s body; a near field communication (NFC) device associated with each of the wearable sensors; and a mobile device including NFC capabilities to scan each of the sensors and associate an individual one of the plurality of sensors with a specific body part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17)
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10. A method, comprising:
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providing a plurality of non-configured wearable sensors each having wireless capabilities; donning individual ones of the plurality of non-configured sensors on particular parts of a body; using a wireless device to scan individual sensors and configure each sensor to the particular part of the body; and wirelessly communicating physiological information between the sensors and the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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- 11. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the wireless capabilities comprises near field communication (NFC) technology.
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