STANDALONE HANDHELD WELLNESS DEVICE
First Claim
1. A standalone computing device comprising:
- a housing having dimensions to enable holding the standalone computing device in a palm of a user'"'"'s hand, the housing including;
an input mechanism operable to detect signals indicative of the user'"'"'s physiological activity obtained from the user while the user is holding the standalone computing device in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand;
processing circuitry operable to generate physiological information based on the obtained signals indicative of the physiological activity, the physiological information indicative of a pattern of a bodily function of the user occurring while the user is holding the standalone computing device in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand; and
an output mechanism operable to generate a physically perceptible output based on the physiological information such that the physically perceptible output is a physical rendering of the pattern of the user'"'"'s bodily function.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a standalone handheld wellness device. The wellness device can have a housing with dimensions for being held in a palm of a user'"'"'s hand. The housing can include an input mechanism that detects signals indicative of the user'"'"'s physiological activity obtained from the user while the user is holding the wellness device in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand, and processing circuitry that generates physiological information based on the obtained signals indicative of the physiological activity. The physiological information may indicate a pattern of a user'"'"'s bodily function while the wellness device is held in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand. The housing can also include an output mechanism that generates a physically perceptible output based on the physiological information such that the physically perceptible output is a physical rendering of the pattern of the user'"'"'s bodily function.
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20 Claims
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1. A standalone computing device comprising:
a housing having dimensions to enable holding the standalone computing device in a palm of a user'"'"'s hand, the housing including; an input mechanism operable to detect signals indicative of the user'"'"'s physiological activity obtained from the user while the user is holding the standalone computing device in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand; processing circuitry operable to generate physiological information based on the obtained signals indicative of the physiological activity, the physiological information indicative of a pattern of a bodily function of the user occurring while the user is holding the standalone computing device in the palm of the user'"'"'s hand; and an output mechanism operable to generate a physically perceptible output based on the physiological information such that the physically perceptible output is a physical rendering of the pattern of the user'"'"'s bodily function. - 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 self-contained handheld device comprising:
a body having a shape that resembles a river stone, the body including; a sensor configured to collect signals indicative of a user'"'"'s heartbeat while the self-contained handheld device is positioned on a palm of the user'"'"'s hand; a processor configured to generate physiological information that reflects a pattern of the user'"'"'s heartbeat; a vibration motor configured to cause the self-contained handheld device to vibrate in accordance with the physiological information; and a light source configured to illuminate at least a portion of the self-contained handheld device in accordance with the physiological information.
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20. A method performed by a standalone computing device, comprising:
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detecting signals indicative of a user'"'"'s physiological activity obtained from the user while the standalone computing device is in contact with the user'"'"'s body; generating physiological information based on the obtained signals indicative of the physiological activity, the physiological information indicative of a pattern of a bodily function of the user occurring while the standalone computing device is in contact with the user'"'"'s body; and generating a physically perceptible output based on the physiological information such that the physically perceptible output is a physical rendering of the pattern of the user'"'"'s bodily function.
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