WEARABLE TO MONITOR EXPOSURE TO UV RADIATION

• US 20170069192A1
• Filed: 09/06/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stella Wearables Inc.
• Original Assignee: Stella Wearables Inc.
• Inventors: SOOD, NISHANT, Gonzalez, Nicolas, Guadarrama, Enrique
• Granted Patent: US 10,072,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0219 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0233 Handheld
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/429 applied to measurement of ultraviolet light using counting tubes G01T
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A wearable or attachable device comprising a UV sensor configured to provide user-specific burn rate times providing an indication to the user when they are exposing themselves to harmful levels of UV radiation.

Claims

1. A wearable device to monitor radiation exposure of a wearer of the wearable device, the wearable device comprising:

a radiation sensor configured to output a signal based on an instantaneous ultraviolet radiation detected at the radiation sensor;

an output device configured to provide an alert to a wearer of the wearable device;

a memory, the memory configured to store one or more wearer characteristics; and

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a processor configured to execute machine readable instructions that cause the processor to;

store, in the memory, information indicative of the instantaneous ultraviolet radiation detected at the radiation sensor over time;

determine a total exposure, of the wearer, to ultraviolet radiation based on monitoring the signal from the radiation sensor;

determine, based on the one or more wearer characteristics, whether the total exposure has reached a threshold amount of exposure to ultraviolet radiation; and

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cause the output device to provide the alert to the wearer in response to determining that the total exposure has reached the threshold amount of exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the one or more wearer characteristics include a burn rate for the wearer.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the output device includes a light.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the output device includes a display.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the output device includes a vibrating motor.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a heart rate monitor.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising one or more movement sensors.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a location sensor.

9. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a strap; and

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a battery disposed within the strap.

10. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a short-range transceiver configured to transmit and receive data with a mobile computing device.

11. The wearable device of claim 10, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to:

store data received from the wearable device; and

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facilitate presenting the data received from the wearable device to a medical service provider.

12. The wearable device of claim 10, wherein the mobile computing device comprises:

a processor; and

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a memory storing machine-readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform one or more operations, the operations comprising;

facilitate selection and/or entry of a skin type by the wearer;

facilitate selection and/or entry of a protection factor by the wearer; and

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determine the threshold amount of exposure to ultraviolet radiation for the wearer.

13. The wearable device as in claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting, from the mobile computing device to the wearable device, the threshold amount of exposure to ultraviolet radiation for the wearer for storing in the memory of the wearable device as a user characteristic.

14. The wearable device as in claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at the mobile computing device from the wearable, data indicative of the instantaneous ultraviolet radiation detected at the radiation sensor of the wearable device over time.

15. The wearable device as in claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, at the mobile computing device, an amount of Vitamin D received by the wearer, the determining based on the received data from the wearable device over time.

16. The wearable device as in claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining, by the mobile computing device, a geographical location and a time of day associated with the mobile computing device;

obtaining, at the mobile computing device, a determination of an amount of UV radiation incident at the obtained geographical location and at the obtained time of day; and

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facilitating, by the mobile computing device, calibration of the radiation sensor at the wearable device based on the obtained determination of UV radiation incident at the obtained geographical location and at the obtained time of day.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, through a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device, an indication of one or more wearer characteristics of a wearer of a wearable device;

calibrating, using the mobile computing device, a radiation sensor of the wearable device, the radiation sensor configured to measure ultraviolet radiation;

monitoring, using the calibrated radiation sensor of the wearable device, an amount of ultraviolet radiation that the wearer of the wearable device is exposed to; and

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alerting the wearer of the wearable device in response to the wearer being exposed to a threshold amount of ultraviolet radiation, the threshold amount of ultraviolet radiation based on the one or more wearer characteristics.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more wearer characteristics comprise an indication of a skin type of the wearer of a wearable device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more wearer characteristics comprise an indication of a level of sun protection worn by the wearer of the wearable device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein calibrating the radiation sensor comprises:

obtaining, at the mobile computing device, a location of the mobile computing device;

obtaining, at the mobile computing device, an indication of an amount of ultraviolet radiation incident at the location of the mobile computing device, the indication based on weather at the location of the mobile computing device, a distance between the Earth and the Sun, and/or an angle of the Earth-axis with respect to the Sun;

receiving, at the mobile computing device from the wearable device, an indication of the amount of ultraviolet radiation incident on the radiation sensor; and

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determining, at the mobile computing device, a calibration amount for the radiation sensor of the wearable device based on the obtained indication of the amount of ultraviolet radiation incident at the location of the mobile computing device.