METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A UNIVERSAL SENSOR
First Claim
1. A universal sensor configured to be worn on a human body segment, the universal sensor comprising:
- a sensor pod including,a processor;
a first memory coupled to the processor and configured with a plurality of executable applications; and
a second memory; and
a sensor assembly removably coupled to the sensor pod, the sensor assembly including,a first sensor configured to detect a physical property directly associated with the human body segment upon which the universal sensor is worn and further configured to provide a first signal representative of the detected physical property; and
a third memory configured to provide a code indicative of the detected physical property to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute one of the executable applications in response to the code, the executed application causing the processor to manipulate the first signal into a first result for storage in the second memory in response to receiving a first synchronization signal; and
wherein the first result includes a first synchronization marker to designate a point in time in which the sensor pod received the first synchronization signal.
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Abstract
A universal sensor pod provides a native sensing function during a first mode of operation and a secondary sensing function during a second mode of operation. The universal sensor pod may transition from the native sensing function to the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. The universal sensor pod may continue one or more native sensing functions along with the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. A code embedded within the smart connector is transmitted to a processor contained within the universal sensor pod and in response, the processor executes a firmware application that is tailored to the secondary sensing function code in response to receiving the code.
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8 Claims
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1. A universal sensor configured to be worn on a human body segment, the universal sensor comprising:
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a sensor pod including, a processor; a first memory coupled to the processor and configured with a plurality of executable applications; and a second memory; and a sensor assembly removably coupled to the sensor pod, the sensor assembly including, a first sensor configured to detect a physical property directly associated with the human body segment upon which the universal sensor is worn and further configured to provide a first signal representative of the detected physical property; and a third memory configured to provide a code indicative of the detected physical property to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute one of the executable applications in response to the code, the executed application causing the processor to manipulate the first signal into a first result for storage in the second memory in response to receiving a first synchronization signal; and wherein the first result includes a first synchronization marker to designate a point in time in which the sensor pod received the first synchronization signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8-27. -27. (canceled).
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