MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN MOVEMENTS

• US 20140266737A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Theodore Caldwell
• Original Assignee: Theodore Caldwell
• Inventors: Caldwell, Theodore
• Application Number:
  US14/211,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266737A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.7
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A system can include a first device mounted to a wrist strap that includes wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines hand grip information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry; and a second device mounted to a waist strap that includes wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines posture information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first device mounted to a wrist strap that comprises wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines hand grip information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry; and

a second device mounted to a waist strap that comprises wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines posture information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a computing system that comprises wireless communication circuitry configured for communication with at least one of the wireless communication of the first device and the wireless communication circuitry of the second device.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the computing system comprises circuitry that monitors hand grip information and posture information.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first device and the second device comprises circuitry that monitors hand grip information and posture information.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first device comprises circuitry that monitors hand grip information and posture information.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the second device comprises circuitry that monitors hand grip information and posture information.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a third device mounted to a wrist strap that comprises wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines hand grip information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the first device determines right hand grip information and wherein the third device determines left hand grip information or wherein the third device determines right hand grip information and wherein the first device determines left hand grip information.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the first device comprises an accelerometer.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the first device comprises a strain sensor operatively coupled to the first device for measurement of changes in circumference of a wrist.

11. The system of claim 1 comprising an ergonomic monitoring system.

12. The system of claim 1 comprising RFID circuitry to read RFID devices.

13. A method comprising:

monitoring workplace movements at least in part via a plurality of systems wherein each of the systems comprises

a first device mounted to a wrist strap that comprises wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry, and

a second device mounted to a waist strap that comprises wireless communication circuitry, sensor circuitry, and circuitry that determines information based at least in part on information output by the sensor circuitry;

aggregating information from at least some of the plurality of systems; and

analyzing the information to assess at least a portion of the monitored workplace movements.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the analyzing assess at least a portion of the workplace movements for risk of bodily injury.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the analyzing assess at least a portion of the workplace movements for improving a workplace process.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the workplace process comprises a workplace process in a warehouse.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the monitoring workplace movements comprises monitoring workplace movements in a warehouse.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the monitoring workplace movements comprises monitoring workplace movements in a casino.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the monitoring workplace movements comprises monitoring workplace movements for workers with respect to tables.

20. The method of claim 13 further comprising monitoring movements of objects wherein at least one of the plurality of systems includes an RFID chip, an RFID reader circuit or an RFID chip and an RFID reader circuit.