PORTABLE WIRELESS PERSONAL HEAD IMPACT REPORTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for sensing, analyzing and reporting a collision event of a person or object with another person, or object, said system comprising:
- a sensor module consisting of at least one sensor operationally connected to one or more persons or objects and capable of sensing angular velocity of said person or object over time as a result of said collision event and of producing first signals comprising information representing properties of said angular velocity over time;
a sensor module processor in signal communication with said sensor module via a first receiver and programmed to analyze said information and compare it to one or more threshold values indicative of said collision event'"'"'s severity, to produce a second signal comprising data representing the results of said comparison(s);
a group tracking and communication device with a second receiver for receipt of said second signals and which is attached to one or more people or objects and is programmed to send third signals to one or more receivers, and;
a mobile communication device capable of receiving said third signals and transmitting messages.
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Abstract
A system for sensing, analyzing and reporting a collision event experienced by a person or object sensor module designed to a person or object, module angular velocities over time and a processor for analyzing the sensed velocities, calculating properties of angular velocities, such as jerk and jolt, comparing these properties with threshold values selected to correlate to predicted severities of injury to the person or object, transmitting information regarding these properties to communication device user-designated persons. Also provided are group tracking and communication devices for use by monitors to manage multiple persons equipped with sensor modules. The sensor modules and group tracking and communication devices are designed to be portable, attachable and detachable so that they can be attached to different types of gear used by persons engaging in different activities.
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91 Claims
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1. A system for sensing, analyzing and reporting a collision event of a person or object with another person, or object, said system comprising:
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a sensor module consisting of at least one sensor operationally connected to one or more persons or objects and capable of sensing angular velocity of said person or object over time as a result of said collision event and of producing first signals comprising information representing properties of said angular velocity over time; a sensor module processor in signal communication with said sensor module via a first receiver and programmed to analyze said information and compare it to one or more threshold values indicative of said collision event'"'"'s severity, to produce a second signal comprising data representing the results of said comparison(s); a group tracking and communication device with a second receiver for receipt of said second signals and which is attached to one or more people or objects and is programmed to send third signals to one or more receivers, and; a mobile communication device capable of receiving said third signals and transmitting messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A method of evaluating the severity of a collision event experienced by a person or object with another person or object, said method comprising:
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sensing angular velocities of said person or object over time as a result of said collision event; calculating jerk and/or jolt from said angular velocities over time; comparing said jerk or jolt with threshold values selected to correspond to one or more levels of severity of the collision event. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A method for predicting type and severity of an injury to a person or object caused by a particular collision event, said method comprising:
- setting threshold values for jerk and or jolt experienced by the person or object during a collision event that are likely to cause injury to said person or object, based on at least one fragility factor of the person or object, comparing and jerk and/or jolt forces on the person or object as a result of the particular collision event to said threshold values to predict the severity of said injury.
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- 89. An electronic storage device comprising a database comprising stored information comprising jerk and/or jolt data from multiple persons or objects during collision events, fragility factors of said persons or objects, and levels of injury caused by said collision events to each person or object.
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91. A method of making a system for sensing, analyzing and reporting a collision event of a person or object with another person, or object, said system comprising:
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providing a sensor module consisting of at least one sensor capable of sensing angular velocity of said person or object over time as a result of said collision event and of producing first signals comprising information representing properties of said angular velocity over time; operationally connecting said sensor module to one or more persons or objects; establishing signal communication between said sensor module and a processor programmed to analyze said information and compare it to one or more threshold values indicative of said collision event'"'"'s severity and to produce a signal comprising data representing the results of said comparison(s); establishing signal communication between said processor and a group tracking and communication device attached to one or more people or objects and programmed to send signals to one or more receivers, and; establishing signal communication between said group tracking and communication device capable of receiving the third signals and transmitting messages.
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