System for providing a tactile stimulation in response to a predetermined alarm condition
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1. A tactile stimulation system, comprising:
- a plurality of detectors receiving input representative of a plurality of predetermined physical properties, each detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range,a tactile alarm configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface on a subject to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of one or more of the detectors and to be actuated in response to selected ones of the plurality of predetermined physical properties falling outside their respective predetermined ranges;
wherein the tactile alarm is divided into physically discrete segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property and provides tactile stimulation to the subject independently of other segments in response to an activation signal that corresponds to the predetermined property of the segment and a magnitude by which the predetermined property falls outside its predetermined range.
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Abstract
There is provided a tactile alarm system for use in environments having a plurality of audio and/or visual alarms each in communication with a detector measuring a predetermined physical property. The system includes one or more tactile alarms each connected to a different person and each configured to provide tactile stimulation to the person when one or more predetermined physical property falls outside a predetermined range.
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1. A tactile stimulation system, comprising:
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a plurality of detectors receiving input representative of a plurality of predetermined physical properties, each detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range, a tactile alarm configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface on a subject to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of one or more of the detectors and to be actuated in response to selected ones of the plurality of predetermined physical properties falling outside their respective predetermined ranges; wherein the tactile alarm is divided into physically discrete segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property and provides tactile stimulation to the subject independently of other segments in response to an activation signal that corresponds to the predetermined property of the segment and a magnitude by which the predetermined property falls outside its predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A tactile stimulation system, comprising:
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a plurality of detectors receiving input representative of a plurality of predetermined physical properties, each detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range, a tactile alarm configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface on a subject to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of one or more of the detectors and to be actuated in response to selected ones of the plurality of predetermined physical properties falling outside their respective predetermined ranges; wherein the tactile alarm is divided into physically discrete segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property and provides tactile stimulation to the subject independently of other segments in response to an activation signal that corresponds to the predetermined property of the segment and a magnitude by which the predetermined property falls outside its predetermined range, and wherein the tactile alarm provides tactile pulses that are coded such that a particular coding corresponds to a predetermined physical property and wherein the coding of the pulses supplied to the segments varies in intensity or spatially over the tactile alarm proportionally with the predetermined property as it falls outside its predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A tactile stimulation system, comprising:
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a plurality of detectors receiving input representative of a plurality of predetermined physical properties, each detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range, a plurality of tactile alarms each configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface on a plurality of subjects to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of one or more of the detectors and to be actuated in response to ones of the plurality of predetermined physical properties falling outside their respective predetermined ranges; wherein each tactile alarm is divided into segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property to provide a tactile stimulation system to the subject when an activation signal provided in one segment corresponds to a particular property falling outside its predetermined range.
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15. A method of employing a tactile stimulation system comprising a plurality of detectors receiving input representative of a plurality of predetermined physical properties, each detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range and a tactile alarm configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface on a subject to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of one or more of the detectors and to be actuated in response to selected ones of the plurality of predetermined physical properties falling outside their respective predetermined ranges;
- wherein the tactile alarm is divided into segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property to provide a tactile stimulation system to the subject when an activation signal provided in one segment corresponds to a particular property falling outside its predetermined range, the method comprising;
detecting a plurality of predetermined physical properties and generating detector signals indicative of the properties; disposing a tactile alarm on a subject wherein the tactile alarm is in communication with the detector signals and wherein the tactile alarm is activated in response to a selected one or more of the predetermined physical properties falling outside their predetermined range; and dividing the tactile alarm into a plurality of segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different property such that a tactile alarm signal is provided to the subject from a respective segment when a corresponding property falls outside its predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- wherein the tactile alarm is divided into segments wherein each segment corresponds to a different predetermined property to provide a tactile stimulation system to the subject when an activation signal provided in one segment corresponds to a particular property falling outside its predetermined range, the method comprising;
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