SENSING OF A USER'S PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTEXT USING A COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one work surface that includes one or more electrodes disposed on the work surface to directly or indirectly contact with at least portions of limbs of a user, when the portions of limbs are disposed on the work surface, to obtain one or more parameters of physiological context of the user; and
circuitry coupled with the electrodes to detect direct or indirect contact between the user'"'"'s portions of limbs and the electrodes and on detection, collect the one or more parameters of the physiological context while the direct or indirect contact is maintained.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an apparatus for opportunistic measurements of user'"'"'s physiological context. In one instance, the apparatus may comprise a work surface that includes one or more electrodes disposed on the work surface to directly or indirectly contact with user'"'"'s portions of limbs, when the user'"'"'s portions of limbs are disposed on the work surface to interact with the apparatus, to obtain one or more parameters of user'"'"'s physiological context; and circuitry coupled with the electrodes to detect direct or indirect contact between the user'"'"'s portions of limbs and the electrodes and on detection, collect the parameters of the user'"'"'s physiological context while the direct or indirect contact is maintained. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one work surface that includes one or more electrodes disposed on the work surface to directly or indirectly contact with at least portions of limbs of a user, when the portions of limbs are disposed on the work surface, to obtain one or more parameters of physiological context of the user; and circuitry coupled with the electrodes to detect direct or indirect contact between the user'"'"'s portions of limbs and the electrodes and on detection, collect the one or more parameters of the physiological context while the direct or indirect contact is maintained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a casing, having at least one work surface that includes one or more electrodes disposed on the work surface to directly or indirectly contact with portions of limbs of a user to obtain one or more parameters of physiological context of the user when the portions of limbs are disposed on the work surface; and circuitry coupled with the electrodes to detect direct or indirect contact between the portions of limbs and the electrodes and to collect the one or more parameters of the physiological context during the direct or indirect contact. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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disposing a plurality of electrodes comprising an electrically conductive pattern on a work surface of a computing device; disposing circuitry in the computing device, for detecting direct or indirect contact between portions of limbs of a user and the electrically conductive pattern and collecting one or more parameters of a physiological context of the user during the direct or indirect contact; and electrically coupling the circuitry with the electrically conductive pattern. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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