MULTIMODAL PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING FOR WEARABLE DEVICES OR MOBILE DEVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more multimodal physiological sensors configured to receive physiological signals in a first mode and to generate data communication signals in a second mode;
a wearable housing including the one or more multimodal physiological sensors, the wearable housing configured to position at least a subset of the one or more multimodal physiological sensors to receive a physiologic signal originating from human tissue; and
a multimodal physiological sensing device configured to receive a sensor signal to based on the physiologic signal, the multimodal physiological sensing device being further configured to generate data representing a physiological characteristic.
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Abstract
Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for sensing health and wellness-related physiological characteristics. More specifically, disclosed is a physiological sensor using, for example, acoustic signal energy to determine physiological characteristics in one mode, such as a heart rate, the physiological sensor being disposed in a wearable device (or carried device), and generating data communication signals using acoustic signal energy in another mode. The physiological sensor also can be configured to receive data communication signals. In at least one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more multimodal physiological sensors configured to receive physiological signals in a first mode and at least generate data communication signals in a second mode. A wearable housing includes the multimodal physiological sensors, and a multimodal physiological sensing device is configured to receive a sensor signal and generate data representing a physiological characteristic.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more multimodal physiological sensors configured to receive physiological signals in a first mode and to generate data communication signals in a second mode; a wearable housing including the one or more multimodal physiological sensors, the wearable housing configured to position at least a subset of the one or more multimodal physiological sensors to receive a physiologic signal originating from human tissue; and a multimodal physiological sensing device configured to receive a sensor signal to based on the physiologic signal, the multimodal physiological sensing device being further configured to generate data representing a physiological characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving an acoustic signal originating from human tissue, the acoustic signal associated with a physiological characteristic; generating a first piezoelectric signal responsive to the acoustic signal; determining a portion of the piezoelectric signal associated with a heartbeat derived from the acoustic signal; identifying a heart rate at a processor based on the portion of the piezoelectric signal; detecting data to be transmitted acoustically; and generating a second piezoelectric signal to transmit the data via a piezoelectric transducer to communicate the data.
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