WEARABLE DEVICES FOR SENSING, DISPLAYING, AND COMMUNICATING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A USER

• US 20170251933A1
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyler Evan Sisk, Zachary Joseph Braun
• Original Assignee: Tyler Evan Sisk, Zachary Joseph Braun
• Inventors: Braun, Zachary Joseph, Sisk, Tyler Evan
• Granted Patent: US 10,052,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/20 Workers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0833 Measuring rate of oxygen consumption
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6817 Ear canal
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/003 Reconstruction from projections, e.g. tomography
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure can comprise a wearable device for sensing, displaying, and communicating data associated with a condition of a user. In some embodiments, the wearable device can comprise a biometric sensor unit configured to sense biometric data associated with a physiological condition of the user, a display unit configured to display a visual representation of the sensed biometric data from the biometric sensor unit to the user, and a control unit operatively coupled to the biometric sensor unit and the display unit. The control unit may also comprise at least one processor configured to receive indications of the sensed biometric data and cause the display unit to display the at least one visual representation of the biometric data and a communication unit, the communication unit configured to transmit and/or receive information associated with the sensed biometric data.

Claims

1. A wearable device for sensing, displaying, and communicating data associated with a condition of a user, the wearable device comprising:

a biometric sensor unit configured to sense biometric data associated with a physiological condition of the user;

a display unit configured to display at least one visual representation of the sensed biometric data from the biometric sensor unit to the user of the wearable device; and

a control unit operatively coupled to the biometric sensor unit and the display unit, the control unit comprising;

at least one processor configured to receive indications of the sensed biometric data and cause the display unit to display the at least one visual representation of the biometric data to the user, and

at least one communication unit, the communication unit configured to perform at least one of transmitting and receiving information associated with the sensed biometric data to and from a remote unit, respectively.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the biometric sensor unit comprises one or more sensors configured to sense a plurality of biometrics associated with the physiological condition of the user while using the wearable device, the plurality of biometrics comprising at least one of the user'"'"'s body temperature, heart rate, VO2_max, respiration, steps taken, blood pressure, heart rate variability, and calories burnt.

3. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the biometric sensor unit comprises an earpiece configured to be received by an ear of the user of the wearable device.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display unit comprises at least one of a near-eye display and a heads up display.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to display the at least one visual representation to the user of the wearable device in a location of the wearable device that is clear from obstructing a main view of the user of the wearable device.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit of the control unit comprises at least one of a transmitter configured to transmit the biometric data to the remote unit and a receiver configured to receive information from the remote unit, the received information including one or more messages indicating at least one of i) the biometric data associated with the user of the wearable device, ii) action items to be performed by the user of the wearable device, and iii) status messages associated with a condition of the user of the wearable device.

7. The wearable device of claim 6, wherein the condition of the user of the wearable device comprises a physiological condition of the user of the wearable device while the wearable device is in use.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the biometric sensor unit, display unit, and control unit is selectively attachable to headwear of the user of the wearable device.

9. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the biometric sensor unit and the control unit comprise one or more sensors configured to sense at least one of the internal or external temperature associated with the wearable device while the wearable device is in use.

10. A system for sensing, displaying, and communicating data associated with a condition of a user of a wearable device, the system comprising:

a wearable device comprising;

a biometric sensor unit configured to sense biometric data associated with the condition of the user,

a display unit configured to display one or more visual representations of at least the sensed biometric data from the biometric sensor unit to the user, and

a control unit operatively coupled to the biometric sensor unit and the display unit, the control unit configured to receive indications of the sensed biometric data from the biometric sensor unit and cause the display unit to display the one or more visual representations to the user.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a remote unit in communication with the wearable device, the remote unit comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the indications of the sensed biometric data from the control unit; and

a computer-executable application comprising a graphical user interface for interacting with a user of the remote unit.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer-executable application is stored in a memory coupled to one or more processors and is executable by the one or more processors to perform functions that comprise at least one of:

extracting a numerical representation of the sensed biometric data;

comparing the numerical representation of the sensed biometric data to a threshold value corresponding to a predetermined biometric range;

creating one or more graphical representations of the sensed biometric data for display on the graphical user interface; and

generating one or more messages indicating at least one of i) the biometric data associated with the user of the wearable device, ii) action items to be performed by the user of the wearable device, and iii) status messages associated with a condition of the user of the wearable device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more messages is communicated to the control unit of the wearable device, the control unit further configured to communicate the one or more messages to the display unit and the display unit configured to display the information to the user via a visual representation.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the biometric sensor unit comprises at least one sensor configured to sense a plurality of biometrics associated with the physiological condition of the user while using the wearable device, the plurality of biometrics comprising at least one of the user'"'"'s body temperature, heart rate, VO2_max, respiration, steps taken, blood pressure, and calories burnt.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the biometric sensor unit comprises an earpiece configured to be received by an ear of the user of the wearable device.

16. A method for sensing, displaying, and communicating data associated with a condition of a user of a wearable device, the method comprising:

sensing, by a biometric sensor unit, biometric data associated with a physiological condition of the user, the biometric sensor unit configured to communicate the sensed biometric data to a control unit;

receiving, by the control unit, the sensed biometric data, the control unit configured to communicate the biometric data to a display unit; and

displaying, by a display unit, at least one visual representation of the sensed biometric data to the user.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting, by the control unit, the biometric data to a remote unit; and

receiving, by the control unit, one or more messages from the remote unit, the one or more messages including information associated with the biometric data.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising, displaying, by the display unit, the one or more messages to the user of the wearable device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the remote unit comprises a computer-executable application including a graphical user interface for interacting with a user of the remote unit.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein sensing, by the biometric sensor unit, the biometric sensor unit comprises sensing, by one or more sensors, a plurality of metrics associated with the physiological condition of the user, the plurality of metrics comprising at least one of the user'"'"'s body temperature, heart rate, VO2_max, respiration, steps taken, blood pressure, and calories burnt while using the wearable device.