Method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- storing, in a memory, personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information;
obtaining context related information including an activity, a location, and a time of day;
retrieving environmental conditions that affect ultraviolet exposure, the environmental conditions including weather conditions, where the weather conditions are retrieved from a network;
predicting ultraviolet exposure time based on the personal information, the context related information, and the environmental conditions; and
outputting information corresponding to the ultraviolet exposure time;
wherein predicting ultraviolet exposure time is based on erythemal effective radiant exposure as a function of the context related information and the environmental conditions.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring. The method may include storing (320), in a memory, personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information, obtaining (330) context related information including an activity, a location, and a time of day, and retrieving (340) environmental conditions that affect ultraviolet exposure. The environmental conditions can include weather conditions retrieved from a network. The method can also include predicting (350) ultraviolet exposure time based on the personal information, the context related information, and the environmental conditions and outputting (360) information corresponding to the ultraviolet exposure time.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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storing, in a memory, personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information; obtaining context related information including an activity, a location, and a time of day; retrieving environmental conditions that affect ultraviolet exposure, the environmental conditions including weather conditions, where the weather conditions are retrieved from a network; predicting ultraviolet exposure time based on the personal information, the context related information, and the environmental conditions; and outputting information corresponding to the ultraviolet exposure time; wherein predicting ultraviolet exposure time is based on erythemal effective radiant exposure as a function of the context related information and the environmental conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a controller coupled to the housing, the controller configured to control the operations of the apparatus; a memory coupled to the controller, the memory configured to store personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information; an input coupled to the controller, the input configured to obtain context related information including an activity, a location, and a time of day; a network interface coupled to the controller, the network interface configured to retrieve environmental conditions that affect ultraviolet exposure, the environmental conditions including weather conditions; an ultraviolet exposure time prediction module coupled to the controller, the ultraviolet exposure time prediction module configured to predict future ultraviolet exposure time based on the personal information, the context related information, and the environmental conditions; and a display coupled to the controller, the display configured to output information corresponding to the ultraviolet exposure time; wherein the ultraviolet exposure time prediction module is configured to predict ultraviolet exposure time based on an ultraviolet index that is determined based on erythemal effective radiant exposure as a function of the personal information, the context related information, and the environmental conditions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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storing, in a memory, personal information including skin type and sun protection factor information; obtaining context related information including activity information indicating an outdoor activity a user is engaging in, a location, a date, and a time of day; retrieving environmental conditions that affect ultraviolet exposure, the environmental conditions including forecast weather conditions, where the forecast weather conditions are retrieved from a network; predicting future ultraviolet exposure time based on personal information and erythemal effective radiant exposure, where erythemal effective radiant exposure is based on solar spectral irradiance as a function of the context related information and the environmental conditions, and erythemal effective radiant exposure is further based on erythema action spectrum, time, and a relevant wavelength; and outputting information corresponding to the future ultraviolet exposure time.
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