System and method for analyzing activity of a body
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A system that evaluates body activity relative to an environment, said system comprising a processor that is associable with a sensor for sensing dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body, said processor operable to process said sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic and an environmental representation to thereby determine whether said evaluated body activity is within environmental tolerance.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a system and method of operation for evaluating body activity relative to an environment. According to an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a processor that is associable with a sensor for sensing dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of the body. The processor is operable to process the sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic and an environmental representation to thereby determine whether the evaluated body activity is within environmental tolerance. The processor operates to monitor both activity and inactivity relative to the environmental representation.
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73 Claims
- 1. A system that evaluates body activity relative to an environment, said system comprising a processor that is associable with a sensor for sensing dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body, said processor operable to process said sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic and an environmental representation to thereby determine whether said evaluated body activity is within environmental tolerance.
- 21. A method of operating a system to evaluate body activity relative an environment wherein a sensor is associated with said body, said method of operation comprising the step of processing, with a processor, repeatedly sensed dynamic and static accelerative phenomena of said body as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic and an environmental representation to thereby determine whether said evaluated body activity is within environmental tolerance.
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41. A system that evaluates movement of a body relative to an environment, said system comprising:
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a sensor, associable with said body, that senses accelerative phenomena of said body relative to a three dimensional frame of reference in said environment, said sensor comprising a plurality of acceleration measuring devices; and a processor, associated with said sensor, that processes said sensed accelerative phenomena of said body as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic to thereby determine whether said evaluated body movement is within an environmental tolerance, and to thereby determine whether said body has experienced dynamic acceleration due to external forces by subtracting a value of gravitational acceleration from the total acceleration experienced by said body. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of operating a system to evaluate movement of a body relative an environment wherein a sensor is associated with said body, said method of operation comprising the steps of:
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processing, with a processor, repeatedly sensed accelerative phenomena of said body as a function of at least one accelerative event characteristic to thereby determine whether said evaluated body movement is within environmental tolerance; and determining whether said body has experienced dynamic acceleration due to external forces by subtracting a value of gravitational acceleration from the total acceleration experienced by said body. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
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66. A method of operating a system to distinguish accelerative phenomena of a body comprising the steps of:
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substantially continually measuring dynamic and static acceleration of said body in plural axes at a sensor maintained on the body and providing output signals indicative thereof; processing said output signals to distinguish between normal accelerative events and abnormal accelerative events based upon both said dynamic and said static acceleration of said body; and determining whether said body has experienced dynamic acceleration due to external forces by subtracting a value of gravitational acceleration from the total acceleration experienced by said body. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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