AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL SELECTION FOR LIMB WORN DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of selecting a communication protocol to encode a message wirelessly transmitted from a limb worn device to a wirelessly controllable apparatus, comprising:
- analyzing an output of at least one motion sensor installed in a limb worn device having a man machine interface (MMI) to detect a human routine limb motion performed by a user wearing said limb worn device while said user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses and wears said limb worn device on a limb;
automatically selecting for an operation period, according to said detected human routine limb motion, one of a plurality of communication protocols where each communication protocol from said plurality of communication protocols is set to allow said limb worn device to communicate with another of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses;
automatically detecting a user input performed by said user using said MMI during said operation period; and
in response to said detecting, wirelessly and automatically transmitting a message indicative of operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor associated with said selected wirelessly controllable apparatus and correlated with said user input, said message being transmitted according to said selected communication protocol from said limb worn device to a first of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses.
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Abstract
A method of selecting a communication protocol to encode a message wirelessly transmitted from a limb worn device to a wirelessly controllable apparatus. The method comprises analyzing an output of at least one motion sensor installed in a limb worn device having an MMI to detect a human routine limb motion performed by a user wearing the limb worn device while the user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses, automatically selecting for an operation period, according to the detected human routine limb motion, one of a plurality of communication protocols, automatically detecting a user input performed by the user using the MMI during the operation period, and automatically generating and transmitting a message indicative of operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor associated with the selected wirelessly controllable apparatus and correlated with the user input.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of selecting a communication protocol to encode a message wirelessly transmitted from a limb worn device to a wirelessly controllable apparatus, comprising:
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analyzing an output of at least one motion sensor installed in a limb worn device having a man machine interface (MMI) to detect a human routine limb motion performed by a user wearing said limb worn device while said user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses and wears said limb worn device on a limb; automatically selecting for an operation period, according to said detected human routine limb motion, one of a plurality of communication protocols where each communication protocol from said plurality of communication protocols is set to allow said limb worn device to communicate with another of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses; automatically detecting a user input performed by said user using said MMI during said operation period; and in response to said detecting, wirelessly and automatically transmitting a message indicative of operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor associated with said selected wirelessly controllable apparatus and correlated with said user input, said message being transmitted according to said selected communication protocol from said limb worn device to a first of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A limb worn device, comprising:
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a housing sized and shaped to be worn on a limb of a user; at least one motion sensor mounted in said housing to detect a motion of said limb; a motion analysis module which analyzes outputs of said at least one motion sensor to detect a current human routine limb motion performed by said user while said user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses and automatically selects in response to said detection and according to said detected human routine limb motion one of a plurality of communication protocols where each communication protocol from said plurality of communication protocols is set to allow said limb worn device to communicate with another of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses; a man machine interface (MMI) which detects a user input performed by said user using said MMI after said motion analysis module performs said selection; and a wireless transmitter which transmits, to said first wirelessly controllable apparatus in response to said detection of said user input, a message encoded according to said selected communication protocol to indicate operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor of a first of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses.
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20. A system of establishing communication channels with different wirelessly controllable apparatuses for entering user inputs, comprising:
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a housing sized and shaped to be worn on a limb of a user; at least one motion sensor mounted in said housing; a memory for storing communication instructions for communicating with a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses according to a plurality of communication protocols; a motion analysis module which analyzes outputs of said at least one motion sensor to detect a human routine limb motion performed by said user while said user operates one of a plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses and automatically selects in response to said detection and according to said detected human routine limb motion one of said plurality of communication protocols; a man machine interface (MMI) mounted in said housing which detects a user input performed by said user using said MMI after said motion analysis module performs said selection; a message encoder which generates a message indicative of operation instructions to operate a function executed by a processor of a first of said plurality of wirelessly controllable apparatuses according to said selected communication protocol; and a wireless transmitter which transmits said message over a wireless network connection to said first wirelessly controllable apparatus in response to said detection of said user input.
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